The Detroit times., 1912-04-25
Appeals To Members of Liquor
Committee To Continue No
torious Saloon in Business
DIVE IN HIS WARD AND
HE'S SEEKING OFFICE
Alderman's Candidacy For
County Treasurer Explains
Activity For Plague Spot


notorious Bucket of Blood" saloon.
No. 1874 Clinton-st., became evident,
Wednesday, when II was disclosed
that Aid. William Gutman, OF the
Third ward, where the dive is locat-
ed, has been actively interesting him
self In behalf OF the place. Gutman
Is known to have appealed to mem
bers OF the committee, and some OF
the members are now in quandary
as to whether TO help Gutman or
stand by their guns and put the re-
sort out of business. as, they openly
declare, should be done.
= All the aldermen know that Gutman
is candidate for county treasurer,
and he claims to have the backing or
the machine organization In the coun-
~ for the office. When The Times
first showed up the Bucket or
Blood" in its true light the owners
began to get busy with the aldermen.
The only way they could do II Is
through playing the game of politics
and they threatened 10 fight the man
who fought the saloon. The saloon Is
the meeting place OF the Negroes in
the vicinity and IL was plainly stated
to the aldermen that the Negro vote
would be used against them IL the
saloon were put out OF businss. To
what extent this went was shown by
the statement of Aid. Allan, repre-
Senting the Fourth ward on the west
side, and far removed from the Buck
ct OF Blood" that by openly condemn
ing the place he might offend some
Negroes of my ward"
-. Apparently fearful lest he lose the
influence of the Bucket of Blood"
outfit, Gutman went to a number or
the aldermen. Some he merely asked
low they were disposed to look at the
renewal OF the license, intimating
that he didn't believe the place should
pc put out OF business. Others he
asked outright to favorably consider
the application for renewal OF the IL
Cense.
Three members of the committee,
Ellis, Knapp and Garvey, are still
sanding pat on their declaration that
they will vote against a continuance
of this plague spot. HARPER and Al
Ian, the remaining members OF the
committee, refuse to declare them
selves.
Prosecutor Shepherd visited the
Tuesday afternoon, and asked
secretary Schreiter to strike out OF
the list of reported ex-convicts in the
saloon business the name OF Dan But
Ter. Shepherd said that while Butter
was convicted OF conspiracy 10 de-
fraud the county as coroner, and
served term in the House of Correc-
ton, under the characterization law
Ne could not properly be classed as
an ex-convict.
The prosecutor, however, furnished
the committee with another name,
that OF John Reband, No. 463 Hora-
tio-st., as among those twice convict
ted OF violating the liquor laws. Mr.
Shepherd informed The Times or the
fact that he had given the committee
Secretary Rebands name, and Inc
Times made inquiries, "Wednesday
morning. as 10 what had been done
with Rebands application. 1t was
found that Il had been approved, and
when attention was called to 1t the
secretary made haste to take on the
o. X. stamp and put Reband In the
list of twice-convicted, which means
that he will not get his license.
THE committee continued its grind
"Wednesday morning, granting 90
more licenses and holding up several
for further investigation. The com
mittee is still considering the trans
fers and duplicates, and has not yet
got down to wedding out the unde-
sirables 49,
notorious Annex "hotel," decided TO
get out Of the Annex, and applied
for a license for saloon at No. 25l
Grand Riyer-aye Boutell was Tor
merly in business at that address,
hut sold out To one Gray, who In
turn sold TO William Johnson. Both
Boutell and johnson made appiica-
ton for the license and the comittee
decided against Boutell.
John Orban, saloon keeper at No.
3sS Grandy-ave., wanted to transfer
his license to Joseph +. RZeppa, but
Aid. Knapp asked the committee 10
hold IL up, stating that the place had
an unsavory reputation. Orban has
been convicted once of violating the
liquor laws, and, according to
Krapp's statement TO the committee,
has been up In the recorders court
three times since on complaint OF
violating the law, although he was
not convicted in any of the latter
instances. The place may be denied
a renewal of license.
George w. Briggs and Paul Cold
smith were called I'm when the COM
mittee cnsidered their respective APP
Elications for q license to conduct
, saloon I'm the Grand Central hotel,
No. l45 Randolph-st Goldsmith Is
now in the place. and wanted his
license renewed. Goldsmith promised
the committee to improve the place
morally. IL granted renewal. when
Briggs stepped up and said:
There's a Gordon OF police around
he place now. so that Goldsmith can
hardly get i'm TO do business. Let
me have the license and I'll uplift
that end OF the town. I'll run a
decent place, ! will" The commit
tee smiled at Briggs promise to re-
form the Grand Central. and the Ii
cense was held up. 20 be considered
along with the other doubtful ones,
Friday.
=. Martin Braczewski wanted a IL
cense for No. $50 Ferry-ave. east.
where Bernard Zabawski formerly
had saloon. Zabawski was refused
license the other day because of
two convictions. He pleaded % have
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