Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-09-17
MAN
DENIES CHARGES
Writes to Governor in Reply to
Sheriff Monahan's
Letter.
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son are Rev Andrew S. Zimmerman
Rev. Robert r. Littall, Rev. Charles
F. Buckley, all of this city, and Rev
George Fountain, of Irvington.
Rev. Andrew S. Zimmerman, pas
tor of the Memorial Presbyterian
Church, when seen by a reporter for
the Evening Star today, said;
In Washington Street Dance Hall.
Yes, | visited several of the places
mentioned by Mr.. Wilson.
II was at a dance hall in Washing
ton street, near Market street, on
Saturday night Then l went to a
saloon just around the corner in
Bank street, and wound up about
o clock on Sunday morning at the
Hotel Navarro.
Did l see anything out of the way
IN these places? Well, | should say
| did. Why, it was enough to give a
man the horrors.
II had heard a great deal about
! these places, but what I saw myself
was worse than | had ever dreamed
of. Young girls and youths hardly
out of their teens sitting about
tables drinking, using obscene Ian
guage and carrying on in a disgrace
full manner.
Says officials Must BE blind.
THE public officials are blind If
they do not see these things. They do
not see them because they do not
want to. Chief Corbitt, for instance,
who is a regular old lady, says
through the public press that he Wis
tied these places in his automobile
and found no evidence of lawlessness
and disorder last Saturday night.
Certainly not, when the proprie-
tors had been warned in advance
But | saw 1t, and several other min
listers have seen it, and know what
we are talking about. Why, con-
ditions are positively disgraceful, and
IL is high time that the officials were
forced to take action"
Young Girls Drinking.
Rev. Robert r. Littell, pastor OF
the Sixth Presbyterian Church, also
admitted that he had visited the
Arion Palm Garden and dance hall
Hotel Broad. Hotel Navarro and sew
eral saloons, the names of which HI
could not remember offhand.
At the Arion dance hall there were
several young girls drinking who
were not yet is years of age, Mr.
Littell said. When asked if he fount
conditions worse than expected, Mr.
Littell replied: "Why, | was pre-
pared to see mostly anything, ant
yet / was shocked beyond measur'
by what l saw
! Conditions at the Hotel Broad an,
the Navarro were disgraceful. A
one of these places ! saw more thai
a dozen women helplessly drunk 81
drunk that they could not walk. on
woman fell in the aisle and had to b
carried out.
"Time They Did Something
1T is pretty nearly time that tn
| public officials did something /
remedy conditions instead of denyin
that conditions are as bad as the
| are"
The Rev. George Fountain, of tn
| Irvington Methodist Episcopal Churcl
stated that conditions were fully a
! bad here as in New York city. Th
Little Hungary Rathskellar at Man
ket and Halsey streets. and tn
Navarro Hotel were the especial oil
jects of Mr.. Fountains attack.
In Little Hungary girls We're invii
ing men to drink with them an
afterwards left the place together, NJ
Fountain declared.
Things seemed even worse at tn
Navarro, the minister said. 'prol
ably because it was breaking-u
time" he added.
Girls Had to BE Assisted Into Taxi
1T was about 2SO on Sunda
morning when ! visited the Navarl
Hotel" Mr.. Fountain said. "Thei
were several women and even youn
girls who had to be assisted lni
taxicabs, because they were unable
walk. That such things should
tolerated in a city like Newark
hardly credible. The police and pul
lie officials should be forced to {
something. You cannot make thi
too strong in your article
The Rev. Charles F. Buckley. a
: sistant pastor of the Park Presb,
: terian Church, whose name had al,
been furnished to the Evening Sti
by MIR. Wilson. was not at home VIII,
a reporter called.
MIR. Wilson Defends Himself.
! I'm defense of himself Mr.. WilsC
: said; II have never made a stat
I ment. either to the press or a publ
5 official, that I could not substantial
{ and they know that. In my camrail
: for the Civic righteousness League
. Hudson county | was brought in