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

~ Inc Manhattan Cafe is differon+
iioii most of The bars in Ranoo, /,
ths.' the front part OF il Is - vo,-,.. s,ooa
'entsturaht, one of the be st in J,an
7or' ana II Is probably - feet from
'.i' ooof rs YOU enter the Manhattan
ne hach to the swinging Goors thar
u'Niaes the Cafe part. the food n,,t
from the drink part and rs Won cntnr
rom The doors into the place wber.
'h' iiquor is sold, the bar is on The
ilpht and IL is a much shorter h,r
! '"tH IN most of the saloons in Ram
sor' Lut a much better one having j,
ihtfhle top and a better brass rail and
ost,er mirror. In January and part
Oh februarS-I didn't visit this after
fcbrhafy-therc WAS liquor DISPLAYED
on the shelves behind this blr and
iast saturday when l secured a pint
bottle of whiskey at this bar. there
were no bottles displayed. no bottles
OF liquor displayed en- the shelves of
'hls bar The bottles were similar To
those in the other saloons. SimpIv
pop and light soft drinks.
9. Now YOU say YOU did upon SAT-
ofdaS last call for and procure n
pint of whiskey from this Manhattan
Caro- \. | did
Q. And where did the bartender pet
the supply from? A. When | went
| INTO The cafe. ! asked him for "A mini
of Il certain kind of whiskcy. He said
would have TO wait a moment.
waited and he went downstairs
| through a door To the left as | en-
| tered the saloon and in a few mo-
ments he returned with basket.
| IA y
with bottles Of various kinds. and on
the top of these bottles was the hot
tie that ! procured pint bottle of
very good whiskey-a half-pint bot
| tie of very good whiekey
@. With the exception of this
bnshel which you sawslast Saturday
were there any other bottles of liquor
that YOU saw in that place. a. No
| ] did not because they took the bot
ties in this bar from underneath. from
what would be The front bar as we
stand mere Gndieating) the bottles
were taken from down under here. in
stead of back there.
g At that time, last Saturday. did
you see customers being served with
hard liquors which were obtained from
bottles just behind the top of the bar2
a. | saw customers served from bot
ties marked "whiskey. and with Gull
bottles of beer and some of them had
mixed drinks of some sort
@. Now upon Saturday last in eth
| er the Jameson place or the Manhat-
tan Cafe. how many barkeepers were
| there on duty? A. There was one at
the Jameson place and there Were
about three at the Manhattan Cafe.
Q. Did they have any distinctive
uniform a. White coats.
Q. And will YOU mention any other
place that you made several visits to-
A. The ones that l have made the
most visits to are the Hammond
street, near the corner of Hammond
and Main--I pass that every day
go to the Office
Q. And am Ispointins to that place
now? \ You are.
Q. And that is on this plan the
next place to City hall as shown here.
at this mark. A. 1t is in the building
Q. And is that known as the jane
son place to you? A. 1t is.
Q. Now when did you visit that
place first this year? A. | visited II
the week following the raid.
O. And lid l understand YOU you
go daily by that place? A. Every
dav.
@ Now describe that place MS 1t
existed early in January this year..
A. This is much smaller place thar
the others and as you enter there is
a very short cigar counter on the left.
The window is decorated similar To
the other windows of the other sa-
looms, or the windows of the other sa-
looms, and then there Is az sort of
screen and on the right that comes
nearly across the room hut there is
no swinging door there-there wasn't
when / have been init may have
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