The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-05-06

GERS will close the sporting house aud
arrest and fine every inmate, aud
force them to leave the city before /
get through with them, even IL
have % appeal to grand jury, aud 1
want the clerk to put that in the rec
ords'' declared Councilman Biteman,
excitedly and in loud voice just as
the council closed its session las eve
ming.
This was the only excitement that
marked the long session of the city
council After a motion to adjourn
had been made, but before it had
been stated by the mayor. Mr.. Bite
man arose aud stating that there was
another matter that he wanted to
bring before the council, asked what
had been done about stopping tie
bootlegging that WIS going on at the
sporting house. ''This council" he
said, "has refused to grant a license
to a good respeota BILE man to run a
saloon. but it has granted licenses to
all the others who have requested,
without finding out what kind of a
p.ase they we're running. The officers
have made arrests and punished some
for bootlegRing. but they have done
nothing towards stopping the worst
sases of bootlegging in the city.
Every body in the city knows that
bootlegging is going on there all of
the time and 1 demand that a stop
be put to it.. -
The city attorney stated that the
officers we're doing their best to OBJ
tain evidence upon hich to base a
prosecution. ''You can't prosecute
a criminal case. be said, "on mere
rumor. You must have positive tes-
timony of an overt act. So far we
have been unable to prosecute. Peo-
pie tell US that they know positively
that liquor has been sold there, but
they absolutely refuse to swear to
complaint or to go on the stand aud
testify"
Everyone in the city" declared
Mr.. Biteman, "knows that bootleg
giug goes on there constantly. That
beer is sold at any time in every
room in the house. Every council
man knows this of their own know
ledge. The policemen all know this
and yet they permit this place to
continue to run. a place where MUIR
utL Is nAIlEu ever lnuulu Ut LWOs
1t is a disgrace to the city. You re
fuse to grant a respectable person a
license and yet you premit a place
that hsrbors the worst kind of crime
to run. and you know 1t. ."
Several of the oouncilmen resented
an Implication that they frequented
the place and had personal knowledge
of VIA inspired there, and called
upoRYdr. Biteman, If be knew of
specific violations of the law TO fur
nish the officers with the facts, so
that the case might be prosecuted.
The debate grew warm. aud Mr.
Biteman reiterated his statement.
"You all positively know that heer
is sold there openly. know It,.
have seen it aud have furnished
money to buy beer there"
"Will you swear to a complaint or
furnish us with the evidence9" In
CURED the city attorney. 'No, !
will not. It is not my duty replied
Biteman.
81 am not frequenter nf such
places aud know nothing, personally
of what is going on. but if you are
and know that beer is being sold,
you shuuld make a complaint, said
Councilman Trummel.
81 am as good as. you are, hotly
replied Biteman, 81 won't swear out
a complaint, It is not my duty. -
Ihen followed the quotation made
AZ the beginning.
The council chamber was crowded
by Interested property owners, sew
eral ladies' being of the number,
when the countoil met last evening
It vas very slow IN meeting, beinl
obliged to vast while the commit
tee was auditing the bills, aud q
Was past nine o'clock when MayOi
MuIoahy called them to order.
After q little other routine work
the mayor called for communication
and petitions, and q number of tn
latter was laid before the body bl
the clerk They we're all by resident
property owners asking for th'
grading aud ourhing of the pTincipa
streets of the city aud was the direC
result OF the meeting of proper {
holders held Saturday evening. FroE
the petitions IL would seem that th
taxpayers we're unanimous in askln
that the council order the work {
be done.
People residing west OF Fourteent
street we're present aud asked tbs
the work be extended another bloc
west eagfu1 that the CITY was rapid