The Detroit times., 1910-08-15
hUnDEROCCURs1N
SALOON OPEN
ON SUNDAY
Purins squabble Over Payment for
Drinks In Grifin's Place ON Michi.
gan-Ave., bartender Butler
Shoots Down VIM. Roach.
'ictim Was Sole Support of Widowed
Aother-"MOst Tragedies Due To
Drink Her Comment.

Police Commissioner croui first
learned OF the murder In the
Grimm saloon when he came to
police headquarters Monday morn.
'no' He had been at the Flats
over Sunday.
This fellow seems to be try.
ing to put himself out OF busI.
ness" was the only comment the
commissioner made.
violation OF the Sunday closing law
las indirectly responsible for the
Hing OF William Roache, 23 years
q, son and only support OF a widow
mother. Mrs. Roache- Holbrook, liv-
8 upstairs at No. 45s Grand River
re, In Frank G. Grifiin's saloon, No.
10 Michigan-ave., about o'clock
inday evening. Roache was shot
\ Harry Butler, bartender, during a
epute over the payment for some
ftnks.
Butler, who was arrested an hour or
4 after the shooting by Detectives
|ptter and Reid In his home, No. 46
acomb-st, says that he fred the
pot. not intending TO lit Roache, AFT
a the latter had struck him during the
Egument about the paying OF the
}inks.
James Kelgy, No. 80 Columbia,st.
xest. who was In the saloon wi
Pache, declares the latter didn't
pike Butler, and that there was nc
Novocauon for the shooting.
AFTER the shooting, Butler coolly
faced the revolver on a shelf behind
ae bar and walked out OF the saloon.
plfng the porter, Daniel Nolan, to
I;ck up, and that he would notify
3f1mn, the proprietor, Of the tragedy.
<Roache, after being shot, staggered
TO the alley from .he-rear- part-a-
he saloon and fell In his tracks. Mop
ms ambulance was soon on the
2ene and rushed him to the Boule-
lrd Sanitarium. He died while being
srried into the hospital.
Coroner Burgess had the body re-
owed to the county morgue and a
<st-mortem examination was held
<bnday morning. The coroner and
$b police are now making thorough
EFestigation Of the case. Butler will
Edoubtedly be prosecuted on q
large Of manslaughter or murder,
d It is not at all unlikely that Grit
will lose his license. Griffin Is
Nv holidaying at summer resort
hr New Baltimore.
THAT the saloon did a big days
Binesss on Sunday was evident from
contents OF the cash register.
Itch contained $293S. There were
Ieral men In the bar when the
gody occurred, but all were gone
en- the police arrived. Detectives
lson and Glare found nobody but
j porter around and he professed to
able to give them but little infor-
Ltion concerning the shooting. The
&cers thought he was not telling all
IA knew, SO they took him to police
{aduuarters as a witness. At first
said he was In his room upstairs
Lar the saloon when the shot was
Sd. but afterwards admitted he was
back room Of the saloon down
Eirs at the time. He declared. how
Ebr that he didn't see the shot fired.
S43oache's mother was notified OF the
[boting few hours after 1t occurred.
friend OF her son having broken the
Tvs to her. She appeared calm and
Imposed when seen by The Times,
anday morning, In her neatly-fur-
Shed little fiat In Grand River-aye.
This 10 an awful shock" she said
EMMY. willie was my only boy
3 we were so happy and comfort
le here together. / never thought