The Cairo bulletin., 1914-01-03
D|SPUTEDSALOON
LICENSES May Be
FINALLY SETTLED
Endeavors Being Made to Have
Gardner Move to Location
Across Street.
DETAILS OF CHARGES -
AGAINST THREE OTHERS
Protest Signed by Majority Of Prop.
erty 0wners-Rumols of
Mandamus Suits. /

a43pi hVOu iCNuintu yIotSi
from Chicago and will attend the ad-
journed meeting Of the council this
morning when the several retail and
wholesale liquor licenses held up
from Wednesday will be disposed OF,
either by granting all. or some. or l
denial of the applications Of all, as
the case may be.
The presence of Mayor Wood
viii make beyond a doubt deciding
vote in the matter in case of a tie
which might have resulted If the ap-
plications had not been laid over
ostensibly for further hearings.
In the case of Thomas Gardner at
the northwest corner of Thirty
fourth and Sycamore streets, the re-
lection tests entirely upon the recog-
n tion OF a petition which remon-
strated against the granting of Ii
cense to any one for a saloon In this
particular corner.
1t was rumored yesterday that
compromise had been reached in the
matter whereby the license for a
saloon at the southwest corner of
Thirty-fourth street and Sycamore
street had been offered Mr.. Gardner
ii he would withdraw his application
for license at his present location.
This saloon licenses at Thirty-fourth
and Sycamore is the property Of the
Cairo Brewing company.
Mr.. Gardner last night stated that
the proposal had not been properly
presented to him in writing SO that
he could give it consideration, the
proposition being only tentatively
conveyed to him. lie further stated
that he had a lease on his present To-
cation and that in case of transfer
of the business he would have two
houses on his hands. Furthermore.
he owned the license where he now
is and in case of taking the saloon at
Thiry-fourth and Sycamore he would
not own the license.
In the case of w. r. Webster,
| wholesale and retail at 315 Chic
street, it was alleged that the place
had sequestered one Maynard Will
liams, now in Jail as a prisoner of
the Federal authorities charged with
using the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses, the practice consisting of ot-
tanning goods of all kinds, partic-
| ularly cigars. from wholesale deal
ers abroad. these cigars and other
articles being sold to Webster at
big discount. A shooting scrape i'll
| which the barkeeper refused to give
information to the police which oc-
CURED in the house, was another
reason advanced for denial of a H.
censc. 1t was claimed at the council
meeting Wednesday that the man
who was shot by someone in the sa-
loon was paid to leave the city SO no
proscc ltion would follow.
AIr. Webster's son admitted the
truth OF the statement that an in
dictment had been returned against
his father in connection with the
Williams case but that the matter
was pending and "a man was always
supposed to be innocent of charge
until proven guilty" As re-
CARDS the shooting he said that he
was in bed the night it occurred and
that n knew nothing about the
affair.
strong charge was made against
the Harriet Arey saloon at 2S1i Pop
lar street in connection with the
Maynard Williams case, cigars hav-
ing been bought by those In charge
Of this saloon at less than 90 per
cents of their real value. Indiet-
ments have been returned against
the Arey purchasers and the cases
are now pending in the U. S. Court.
1t was alleged that when infcr-
nation was sought by postoffiee in
spector and the local officers, the
Arey people refused to vouchsave
any Information relative to the
man from whom they bought them
and otherwise aided the criminal.
In regard to the Berbiing licenses
at Ills Commercial avenue and 2Sl5
Poplar street, a remonstrance has
been filed against granting a license
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