The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-02-08
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the business.
The hotel of Thomas Barrett, at Flc
ence, having been sold to Edward l
Reading, the license was transferred
! the latter.
Richard Tolliver, colored, pleads
guilty to assault and battery {
his wife in Evesham township on Januar
"a. He was drunk at the time. The a
sault consisted of knocking her down an
kicking her.
Sylvanus II. Upper, of Palmyra, plead
ed guilty to assault and battery on h
wife.
Both defendants will be sentenced ne1
Thursday.
The next business was the hearing c
the application to have revoked the hott
license of Henry M. G. Fry, of Noun
Holly. T. Logan Gaskill and Allen s
Morgan, of Philadelphia, were counse
for Fry.
Charles E. Shepherd, counsel for tn
Law and Order Society, presented the pc
tition for revocation, and stated that the.
would prove the allegations therein spe
cited. After that evidence had been pre-
the license.
James L. Jamison testified that he ha'
served copy of the petition on Alfret
Wolfrom, owner of the Fry hotel proper
ty, at Wolfrom's residence at Trenton, OIL
January %, and had left copy with tn,
bartender at the hotel, on January "a
Mr.. Fry being absent at the time. Tn
name of Fry's hotel is the Imperial.
Harry circuit, aged II, of Mount Hol
ly, testified that he had visited the hote
once, when he got an oyster stew in thu
restaurant. He never got any drinks
there.
Edward Phares, 49, years of age, res
ident of Mount Holly, had been at the
hotel number of times. He could moi
recall the name of any person he ever
saw there. He had bought beer at the
hotel.
Joseph Deacon, a Westampton town
ship farmer, had not visited the hotel
during Fry's occupancy thereof.
Arthur Deacon, also of Westampton
township, was in the hotel once-during
the Mount Holly fair. He bought one
glass of beer. There was no disorder In
the place. \
Mrs. William Selser, of Mount Holly,
has been in the place on a number of oc-
casions. She always went there in the
company of her husband. The latter was
"never very drunk there" He was part
ly drunk two or three times when he en-
tered the hotel, and was given beer. The
beer was served to him in the restaurant
part of the hotel Witness denied that
he ever became so intoxicated at the I'M
perial that it required two persons to hold
him up and get him home.
William Selser said he had been at Fry
hotel number of times and bought beer.
Had been there once or twice when drunk.
John D. Hoffman had been in Fry's no.
tel day and evenings, but could not recall
dates. Got beer, never counted the num-
Der of glasses but never more than three.
Could not recall painter by name of Ed,
nor did he remember a man being carried
from the barroom in an intoxicated con-
dition, and he did not know that such a
man ever borrowed dollar. He knew
several men, but could not recall first
names. He had seen one man who,might,
from his actions, have been under the in
fuence of liquor. Never saw man there
with a pay envelope in his hand, COM
planning that he had been robbed, or had
lost his money. Had heard Fry refuse
to sell men drinks, and had heard him
tell them to get out. Had seen men stand
at the bar with flushed faces, drinking,
but witness did not think they were much
under the influence of liquor. Never saw
any one there who had not perfect con-
troll of himself.
Madeline Summers had been in the no.
tel twice in the evening. First time the
day it opened. Was in the waiting room.
Had three glasses of beer. A young man
by the name of Sylvester Cromwell was
with her. There were seven or eight per-
sons there. All women but one. The
others were there when she got there.
They were all drinking. Was there again
about three weeks ago. Then she was in
a room which was fitted up with tables
and chairs. There might be other rooms
like it, but she did not see them. There
we're two men and another woman with her.
Had glass of beer and an oyster stew.
Mr.. Gaskill asked to have this testimony
stricken out as irrelevant. The Judge de-
clined to do this at this point, although
he admitted it was irrelevant to date.
Eta Lee was the next witness. She had
visited the hotel. 81 don't drink nothing
but beer" she said. She did not recall
being there on the Goth of November. She
admitted smoking cigarettes but never
smoked in the hotel. There had been
white people In the room, but not in the
company of her and her friends. They
were eating, but she did not see them
drinking She never told light colored
man that things were not as lively on the
both of November as at other times.
Policeman Howard Curtis has the third
ward on his beat He knew FATTY Ro-
wan. He knew of two fellows, after the
hotel had closed, who were In quarrel
and he separated them. He could not re-
call the date. One of the men was Elias
Wright. He did not know the other.
Never saw Rowan around the hotel. Had
been in there himself, but never drank
there. Saw somebody come out of the
hotel and clean dirt from porch, but did
not know whether it was Fry.
Mrs. Jennie Poole had been at the hotel
with her husband. Knew May Conover
and had seen the latter in the cafe. Wit
ness drank beer. Her husband paid for
it. Had been in the hotel four times but
never without her husband. Never with
May Conover, and only saw the latter
there once.
Hunter E. VanLear, one of Hahn's de-
tectives, was in the hotel November 10,
at 11.25 In the evening. E. John Hahn
was with him. Charles Marshall, another
detective, was there. Quite number OF
people were there. Three or four buns
were in the back room in different stages
of intoxication. One asked VsnLear to
bring him drink. Saw John Hahn buy