Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-11

G.. This is mex, to the shack
Yes. sir.
G. And so that tic convention may
hear each word. Will YOU describe that
place? A. This is a new brick build
ing dat has been erected since the fire
and the entire lower floor was used
FOR beer. AS You enter. there is a place
for cigars on the left. and a plate glass
window and door occupies The entire
front of the building. That floor is used
l'for the saloon. AS you enter. | should
say about Is fee from the door is a
swinging door in 4 PARTITION that di-
vides the saloon from the cigar part
The saloon part is as we'll furnished
as any | eyer saw in Eostoh or New
York for the size of it. When | was in
there IN January. the shelves back of
the bar contained bottles of whiskey
cocktails, and other Ingredients used
IN mixing drinks. When | was there
Saturday and last Tuesday, they con-
tanned pop beer and ginger ale. The
hard stun was not apparent. AS you
20 in. ;he bar is on the left, and il is
OF splendid hard wood, looks like ma
hogony With nice brass rod around IT,
ON the right is a table and. last Sat
iiN'ly hi.u hbHhstN. iliitt Iiltt contain
90 about seven different kinds of things
like sd!ted crackers and pfet2els. that
would tend TO create an appetite for
strong drinks like those usually sold in
LIQUOR saloons
q. Now While we are upon this
Jameson matter. since that time in
January, early in January When you
say you went ahnnt after ftiae have
you been into that place and seen any
intoxicating liquors being sold? 4. |
was in that place. last Saturday. about
- o'clock. and saw about 10 men.
| There We're from To ~ men Every
| man was drinking. And at the same
lime, ! procured itiif pint bottle Of
| Whiakey.
&. From that place \. From that
place
&. And upon last Saturday did you
sec the evidence % any WATCHERS any
where? 4. There were none when /
was there
@. And was the door locked or un-
locked as you approached 4. Wide
| open.
Q. Open? a. Open.
Q. And these men who were in there
YOU say were drinking some sort OF a
liquid" A. They were. The different
men were drinking different liquids.
Some of them were pouring liquor
when a man would order whiskey. they
would PUT tie bottle on the table and
he would teip himself. 1t was in hot
tles~ marked 'whiskcy, looked ike
WEiskey, ii certainly sIneiled Ike Whis-
key.
q. On any other occasions since the
first OF January, and last Saturday.
have you beer in that same place? a.
/ have.
@. Now will you give the convention
an ;dta whether YOU We're there in the
| molth OF March, this year a. /
couldn't say definitely. that was there
during that month
@. Were YOU either in February or
March? \. | was in there in February.
@ Now upon that occasion what did
you notice in regard to the presence of
Intoxicating liquors. and what can You
say as to whether people. while you
We're there. asked for anything and
were served2 A. While / was there.
there were--in February, the particu
lar occasion / refer to, there were |
should think about IL people in tlts
room and every man was drinking
some sort of liquid.
@. Did you see any of them DRINK
ing out OF small glasses? A. YES, l
did.
@. DIG you hear anyone call for any
particular liquor? A. ! did.
O. What did you hear them call for?
A. I heard them call for whiskey and
beer. Those are The only two that !
remember distinctly.
o. And was there at that time any
open display of liquors in the barroom
A. There was on the shelf.
@. Now upon last Saturday, when
you made this purchase of a nalf pint
of liquor and heard others call for ana
he served with whiSkey, where did IN"
bartender procure the bottle or bottles
from which lie served you and the 9TH
crs? A. Underneath the shelves over
which the mirrcr is are cupboards ana
ne took the bottles as he opened these
cupboard doors, they were full of bot"
ties of different sorts, marked whis-
key Of different kinds, and it was from
one of the cupboards near the center
of this set of cupboards that he took
this bottle Of whSkey.
O. So that the change which you no
ticed early in January and last Satur-
day, was that the liquors which haN
Decn openly displayed upon the shelves
adjacent TO the bar had been from that
place removed and put in these cup
boards Just below? A. They had.
@. With that exception did you no.
tice any change in that particular
place? A. / did not.
c. Now will you state some other
place that you visited and designate
"A. The best place is the Manhattan |
cafe between state Street and York |
street, where your pointer is nov
placed.
G. Did you visit that in January?
A. ! did.
@. Describe It as IT then existed?