The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-02
FAILS TO GET FACTS IN HAND BEFORE ACTION Brewers Promise to Dust Hen Py O'Rourl1e From His
 Own Hotel. O'ROURKE OBJECTS, IS
 PLACED UNDER ARREST Relative of Brewer, Gaining Possession of License,
 Seeks to Move Bar
 Business.

As a result of bitter controversy be-
 tween brewers and the hotel keeper
 over possession of the liquor license o1 the Hotel Fremont, 11-15 Middle street, Henry J. -O'Rourke, proprietor of the hotel was arrested this afternoon on a warrant charging him with violation of the liquor law.
 O'Rourke's arrest was not altogether unexpected, for during the forenoon, Louis Bosquette, relative of Christo- pher A. La Croix of the brewery agen- cy of La Croix & Anderson, had sent letter to the county commissioners that promised speedy developments.
 BosQuette is the nominal holder of the license, though O'Rourke claims that he is the owner of the license in fact Today Bosquette notified the county commissioners that he had sus- pended business at the Fremont bar. and that he p1anned to remove his business as soon as he could secure ratification for the transfer of the H. cense.
 -t O'Rourke claims to have been double crossed. and he is prepared to fight for the retention of the license in his place
 With the arrest of O'RourICe it be- came known that 5pJect1on had been made by represen ta lives of the clergy, eto Mayor Wilson against the manner Of conducting the hotel, and that Mayor Wilson communicated these ob- 5ections to La, Croix 6 Anderson. until very recently the holders of the license, for O'Rourke's hotel O. 'Rourke claims 4here have been no women in the hotel for month.
 O,Rourke lost control Of the license some time ago. when he negotiated a loan of S1. 800 from the brewery agents to finance some other business enter prises. Recently Bosquete, relative of La Croix. took over the license.
 O'Rourke claims La Croix & Ander- son agreed that the license might re- main in the. Fremont so long as he bought beer through them.
 On the other hand, it is said that Mayor Wilson objected to O'Rourkes s being allowed to run the place. and this, the reports say, is the reason for the placing of the license, yesterday in the name of Bosquette.
 Yesterday O'Rourke was notified by the brewery agents that he must va cate. He refused. He added that as he was really the owner of the license as we'll as the property he would ob- ject to any attempt to transfer the license.
 Affairs were sadly complicated this forenoon when the county commits. sfoners received from Bosquette a let ter notifying them he had closed his place in. the Fremont. The appear ance of Liquor Agent John Brown at the Fremont came shortly thereafter, and O'Rourke and his bartender, George Stafford, were arrested for conducting the business without a i- cense, taken to police headquarters, and released on bail of $10O and S25, respectively.
 O'Rourke claims to have kept faith with the administration. He is ready to continue to run the place as a stag hotel which is said to be a proposition acceptable to the ministers. But the unexpected action of LaCroix & An derson and BosQuette threw his plans away.
 O,Rourke claims that the adnninis- tration has made a muddle of the whole affair. LaCroix & Anderson had promised the mayor to put O'Rourke out, it is said, if they were given their license. In fact, Mayor Wilson is quoted as having threatened to rem on- strate against the renewal of the Ii- cense if O'Rourke wasn't busted. OsRourke was amazed yesterday, when he was told that the promise had been made that he was to be put out, for he says that he himself is the owner and lessee of the hotel and he adds that if any attempt is made to trans fer the license he will remonstrate against the transfer.
 The case of O'Rourke will be called in the City court tomorrow.