The Detroit times., 1912-05-29
Com. CrouPs Blacklist" Just
Made Public, Shows Up
Council in Sad Light.
vILEST OF RESORTS
CONTINUED IN BUSINESS
Aid. Zoeller, of Eighteenth
Ward, Branded by Police as
Persistent Law-Breaker."

sionCT CrouFs list OF undesirable
saIoonkeepers, made public for the
first time, Tuesday. shows that the
council, acting on the recommends
ton Of Its committee on liquor regu'
lation, practically ignored the In
formation given by the commissions
and granted licenses to more than LOO
saloonkeepecs branded as persistent
violators OF tho law. 1t shows thar
somc OF the most disorderly dives IN
the city were continued IN business
& II shows that In 80 instances saloons
that had beeu< conducted IN defiance
OF the law wefevcontinued in business
4 by permitting the proprletors 10
transfer their licenses to others,
while in q number of instances the
vioiators obtained licenses 10 locate
elsewhere. II alsoAshows that william
Il. Zoe;ler. alderman from the Eigh-
teenth ward, who has a'saloon IN NO.
2l46-2I4S Fort-st. west, Is CLASSIFIED
as "a persistent yiolator or the liquor
law, keeping opeE sundays prohlpIt-
ed holidays and after the cioslns
hour" - :, !, -.
desirable saloonkeepers," said Chair
man George Ellis, OF the committee
IN Iiouor regClation, when he was
asked before the council granted the
liceuses. to reveal the contents OF
Cor. missioner CrouPs document. The
police have named all the small viola
TORS those who have only made slight
infractions. let their foot slip once or
twice. that's all l don't think 1t
wouid he fair TO disclose who they
are. because merely mention of their
names being on Croul's list might
hurt their business"
Ellis was asked for the list after
II . oounciI finished it's work on the
license applications. The council put
out NJ business about IL saloonkeep-
ers. more than half the cases being
mandatory. the men having been
twice convicted CT having served
sentences in tie penitentiary. The
others we're those exposed by Inc
Times before the committee acted. The
committees copy of Commissioners
Croul's report is in Secretary Schreit-
er's safe. and the chairman refused
TO give II up so that the work OF the
committee might be Judged in the
light of the police report
sWere there no more serious viola
tors OF the LIQUOR law in Crouls list,
saluonkeepers who should have been
put out of business?" Ellis was asked
last week after the last report went
to the council.
Oh, Mr.. Ellis!
NO he replied The others were
oriy Trivial offenders, nothing of con-
sequence"
Commissioner Crours report con-
tains the names OF col saloonkeepers
and the least serious report against
any one of them Is this: is a persist
eut tiolator OF the liquor law, keep
ing open Sundays, prohibited hoit.
days and after the closing hours"
Tncscommittee did not consider that
sufficient grounds for closing saloon
although it had the right to do so and
the strong intimation, at least, from
the police that It ought TO have been
done.
A comparison of the councils
record of licenses granted with the
police record lays the council open
to the charge of discrimination, as
number OF the saloons continued in
business have records written against
thenas black as those few that were
put cut OF business. In the latter
cases publicity practically compelled
the committee to close the saloons,
while in the former cases the COM
miitce concealed the real condition Of
affairs SO that II might grant the
licenses. Proof OF this is 10 be found
In the fact that the councils record
shows a license was granted Charles
II. Breitmeyer for saloon in Nos.
1880 Randolph-st This is the
Breftueyer hotel and this is the
police report the committee had be-
fore n:
.'4shi5 saloon has hotel in connec.
tion.. The place is frequented by
young girls and women OF the under.
world. The rooms in the hotel are
rented unfortunately. Many couples
lave been taken out OF the place al
various times by the police. Several
times II has been necessary TO station
a police officer in front of II TO keep
outline scarlet women and young
girls.t
The councils record shows license
was granted to William ]. Werner for
a naieon at Nos. 1919 Randolph-st
This. Is the Grand Central hotel, op
pohrte the Hotel Bretmeyer. The DO
Ice report on the place follows:
This combined saloon and hotel is
frsQucLted by young girls and women
OF the street. The rooms are rented
indiscrimlnately, and drinks are serv
ed Ia them az all hours. Several
young girls and scarlet women have
been taken oct of the Blace during
tne year II is notorious resort
Young Eirls have been enticed there
and -dobauched II is also a persistent
yiolator of the liquor law keeping
opoa Sundays, prohibited holidays and
after The closing hour"
Too vile To Print.
One sentence Is eliminated from the
police report. showing a condition toe
vile IL be stated.
The report against George ]. Dide
care. No. T5s Franklin-st. who wa.
granted a license, is as follows:
s,Aspat-olmap who had entered THU
place m the discharge of his duty wa,
assaslted by Bidegare and his crow
on Sunday. Jan. 81, 1912. This salooi
Il freQuented by rough class o
foreigners. Slot machines have beel
taken from g. II has been necessar,
10 statIoh patrolmen in front In al
effort TO compel him 10 obey the Law
He Is defiant and persistent viola
Tor a the law"
The police reported that Anthem
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