The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-21
Man Who Ran Notori-
Gus Rose Garden"
Sentenced to Pay ST..
900 Fines and Costs
TO
TEN CHARGES
No Prison Sentence Imposed On Hotel
Man Who Surrenders Himself
After Absence Following the Re-
voking of His Liquor License

A. A. Boschelli, who, until his liquor
license was revoked, ran the "Rose
Garden" notorious resort on Mar
ket street, near the Pennsylvania rail-
road, this morning surrendered himself
to the authorities, after having been
absent many months from the city. He
entered pleas of guilty to each of ten
separate charges of violation of the
liquor laws, and was sentenced to pay
fines and the costs, aggregating close
to $4,000. The fines alone amount to
$1,000.
No Jail sentence was imposed. The
court, at the suggestion of d. S. 'Seitz,
Boschelli S counsel, followed the rule
laid down in the case of Jacob Eckert,
former proprietor of the White Hall
hotel, which license was revoked, who
escaped a prison sentence after it was
shown his hostelry was conducted in
disOrderly way.
The BoSchelli penalty, however, is
heavier than that imposed upon Eek
ert. Three of the ten Eckert indict-
ments were quashed at the suggestion
of the District Attorney for want of
sufficient evidence.
On each of seven counts charging
Boschelli with furnishing liquor to
minors, the court imposed fines of 500
and directed the defendant to pay the
costs. A fine of $3.50 and the costs
was imposed in each of two indict-
ments charging furnishing liquor to
persons visibly affected by intoxicat-
ing liquor," while on a single disor-
derly house charge he must pay line
of $500 and the costs.
Boschelli IS Health Broken
Boschelli appeared to be much brok-
en- in health and his counsel was pre-
pared to put physicians on the stand,
the attorney said, who would testify
that prison confinement wolld place
his lire in jeopardy.
War on i'll kept saloons was begun
by District Attorney Stroup more than
year ago when he petitioned to the
court to revoke the liquor licenses held
by the proprietors of the "Rose Gar
dem and the White Hall hotel, at 217
Market street. Court hearings were
conducted by Judges Kunkel and Nc
Carrell at which mere children,-bo
and girls anywhere from fourteen to
twenty years old,-told of being
served intoxieants at the Rose Garden.
The White Hall cases differed from
Boschelli s, so the District Attorney
said, in that the minors who obtained
beer and whiskey at the Eckert place
were of more mature age, the young
est being nineteen years old.
Friends to Pay the Fines
Immediately after the court revoked
these hotel licenses and ordered the
hostelries TO be closed, the District At
torney drew up several indictments
criminally charging the hotel proprie-
tors with violating the liquor laws.
After many of the Commonwealth s.
witnesses had testified in the Eckert
case. the defendant changed his plea
to that of guilty and he was sentenced.
The Boschelli case, however, never
went to trial. The defendant, so the
story goes, had, in the interim gone to
Chicago, where he entered a hospital
for treatment At one time the county
authorities here declared they knew not
the whereabouts of Boschelli.
In court house circles it was said
this morning that friends of Boschelli
will help him to pay the fines and costs
so as to prevent his going to Jail.