Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-18
CLOSE HOTEL
AT ROOSEVELT
Judge Daily Severely Scores
Max CAST.

specfai to the EFENTNG NEWS.
New Brunswick, Jan. 18s-De-
claring that Max Cast, of Roosevelt,
Is moi q ft person to be continued I'D
the liquor business, Judge Peter f.
DAILY refused the application for a
renewal of his inn and tavern license,
as told In the last edition Of the
EVENING NEWS yesterday. Cast,
the court had found, not only con-
Quoted q wholesale gambling game
at his saloon last Thanksgiving eve
and day, and sold at wholesale, but
he had sold atty cent whiskey, some
OF that chemical compound which
Judge DAILY warned liquor men
against several months ago. Judge
DAILY has determined to stamp out
the sale OF impure fifty cen whiskey
and his refusal of a renewal to Cast
will doubtless have much weight In
his crusade.
Cast has a big place at Roosevelt.
1t is said that he has cleared ABOUT
$4,000 In the liquor business in
that town in the last five years.
Whfskey Ate Polish Of Bar.
Some of the fifty cent whiskey had
been introduced as evidence In
court. Judge DAILY and Sergeant-at-
arms Hayes were looking at 1t In
court, when q few drops fell to the
polished bar Of the court. The
whiskey ate the varnish from the
bar. What would it do to a mans
stomach7, asked Judge Daily at the
time.
In refusing the application yester-
day morning Judge DAILY said that
the remoDstrance had been signed by
John Donovan, marshal of Roose-
welt. The testimony had shown that
on Thanksgiving eve from thirty TO
sixty geese and chickens had been
raffled of with wheel OF fortune. "
The chances had been ten cents for
the geese and five cents for the
chickens and Cast had made from
nifty to sixty cents on each fowl. A
big crowd had been on hand. Cast
had turned the wheel himself, and
handled the money. The following
day, when fowls ran out, bottles of
wine and whiskey had been CHANGED
on.
Rattle Not Denied.
The rattle was not denied and 1t
was asserted that 1t was a general
custom. III 1t is, it Ia a most Illegal
proceeding" said Judge Daily. ut
Ia common knowledge that at some
prominent places a turkey or a pair
Of chickens are ratified off at holiday
time, but the court has never before
heard OF a rattle In a saloon conduct
ed on such a wholesale SCALE"
He said that a lfteen-year-old boy
had attended the rattle and had
bought chances. Cast said that he
had not seen the boy, but Judge
Daily thought that II he did not it
that his greed for money
was so great that he couldn't give
proper supervision to his place.
The sale Of a box OF beer had not
denied by Cast. but had been |
excused on the ground that he was
lot present. But he had been pres
snt when the bee was returned be-
It was not the right brand and
Cast had paid back the money aAd
Sot discharged bartender
In bw SALINE
1t wholesale.
Wholesale Rum for Sick Woman.
On December s last a half gallon
II whiskey had been sold by the bar
Lee, the bartender, had
GAtA1C4 t&la A2 iJG4 t0AA ~ AeA Nv
could not sell in wholesale quanti-
lies, but that the man had pleaded
that he Wanted It to make hot drinks
Tor his sick wife.
u cant believe the bartender's
said Judge DAILY. ut is so
foolish on It's face that a man would
want two quarts OF whiskey to make
hot punch for his sick wife. The
conduct of the bartender on the wit
less stand impressed me that his ex-
PLANTATION was a manufactured one.
Cast was under Indictment at
this very time for selling at whole
sale without q wholesale license. He
had had his warning. His conduct
shows such contempt for the law
that he Is entitled to but little or no
consideration.
Fifty Cent Rum.
but there Is a more grave charge
against him, In the opinion of the
court. than either the gambling or.
wholesale selling. Several months
ago the court warned men from the
bench against selling fifty cent rum.
1t is q compound Of chemicals with
alcohol that has a degrading effect
on the mind and body and no right
thinking man will permit such stuff,
BY his act, to reach the stomach of a
human being. Yet this bartender
lays that he sold such stuff to make
punch for a sick woman"
The court said that he had had
the stuff examined and had found
that its principal component part
was the rankest kind OF alcohol or
spirits. with a dash Of Jamaica.
THAT 1t Is rottening in its effect
upon the stomach and m~addening
upon the mind there is no question"
said the Judge.
Victory for lawyer Brown.
The evidence against CAST had
been produced In court by Lawyer
Thomas Brown, OF Perth Amboy.
He had spent considerable time in
the preparation of the ease and had
made out a strong one. Senator
Silzer had represented CAST. Cast
and his counsel we're not In court
yesterday morning when Judge DAILY