Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-18
LIQUOR LICENSE
OF MANHATTAN
IS SURRENDERED
MANAGER OF RESORT GIVES UP
WITHOUT FIGHT
COMMISSION DOES NOTHING IN
REGARD TO SEYMOUR
Fate of Deputy Prosecutor Alleged to
Have Let Patrolman and Woman
Escape Is Left with City
Attorney
XT ITHOUT protest or a word of
w defense the Manhattan Hotel

HT ITHOUT protest or q word of
w defense the Manhattan Hotel
company yesterday surrendered
its restaurant liquor license. There
was little else this notorious resort
could do, as the raid conducted the
night of May proved to the satisfac-
ton of the courts that the liquor Ii
cense ordinance was being violated in
this place and the police commission
would have given the Manhattan little
consideration had the manager of the
place appeared in answer to the cita-
ton to show cause why the license
held should not be revoked.
In a short, sassy letter the manager,
w. H. Salway, declared the Manhattan
had decided to give up the license be-
fore it was cited to appear before the
police commission, as they were con-
sidering the matter of selling the place
for bona flde German hotel. Any
how the liquor license was not profit
able, was the way Mr. SalWay con-
cluded his letter.
This caused a broad smile to spread
around the council chamber, where the
commission held it's session last night,
becaue it is well known that If any
restaurant has profited through
LIQUOR license it is certainly the Man
haitian.
When the notice of surrender of IL
cense was read the commission very
promptly voted that it be Cancelled OF
record A number of witnesses VINO
had been subpoenaed by Chief DISH
man to testify against the Manhattan
were permitted to go, as their services
were not required.
The premature explosion of the
bombshell which the Manhattan had
expected to throw at the heads of the
commission was what induced the sur
render of the license.
Seymour Left to City Attorney
While the Manhattan had not intend
ed making any defense in the case,
Manager SalWay did not intend that
the proceedings should go as far as q
motion to revoke the license, and then
he would say that the raid was not "on
the square," that some of The inmates
of the place had been permitted to go,
while others were carted to the police
station where they gave their names
and addresses that they might be sum-
moned as witnesses against the place.
But this little matter leaked out last
Friday, and reference was made to ii
during the meeting of the commission
last night. The allegation was that
]. F. Seymour, deputy prosecuting at
torney, who conducted the raid at the
Manhattan, permitted Patrounan Il. N.
Sanders, who, with a young woman,
was an inmate of the place at the time
of the raid, to escape with his woman
companion. Chief Dishman reported
this matter to the commission last
night and submitted statements, in
writing, from Sergeant Long and Pa
trolman Murphy. Long said he had
heard Seymour talking to some news
paper men about Sanders and had said
he would let him go. Murphy made the
same statement.
The commission has no jurisdiction
over the acts of Mr.. Seymour, as he is
under the orders of the city attorney.
Prosecutor Guy Eddie told the COM
mission that he and City Attorney
Hewitt had had one conference over
the matter. and expected to have an
other soon.
But the commission has jurisdiction
over Patrolman Sanders, and, on mo-
ton of Commissioner Tapham Sanders
was ordered. fined $10O, which is a
months paw and to stand suspended
until the fine is paid.