Evening journal., 1914-06-24
Alice SALOON IS
TIPPHNC House
Edward c. Barrett Defends
Prosecution Begun by
Law and Order Agent
JUDGMENT IN CASE
ON NEXT TUESDAY


Edward c. Barrett, proprietor Of
the hotel at the northeast corner Of
Front and shipley streets, was be-
fore City Court today charged with
violating The liquor laws. The infor-
nation against Mr.. Barrett alleged
that he had permitted tippling in his
saloon;. kept a place of public enter
tainment after 10 o'clock; allowed
disorder in the place, permitted
crowds TO collect on the pavement IN
front Of the hotel, allowed persons to
become intoxicated IN the house and
permitted disorder outside the prop
erty by persons under the influence
of liquor. Mr.. Barrett was represent
ed by Hugh M. Morris. After hear
ing which continued several hours,
Judge Curchman reserved his decision
until next Monday
Frank y. Haley, an agent OF the
Law and Order Society who swore out
the warrant testified that Mr. Barrett's
place OF business fronts on Shipley
street at Front. Mr.. Haley said he
had been there frequently since July
] last from 10 O'Clock until 11.30
O'Clock at night and had seen drink
ing, drunkenness, disorderly conduct
and heard profane language I'm the
hotel. Witness said he had heard the
disorder half square away. He de-
scribed the plan OF the Shipley street
saloon saying the front bar IS separ-
ated from the back bar by parti-
tion there. There is a door leading
into another room aud both colored
men and women use this room accord
ing TO the witness Mr.. Haley said
he had observed the men and women
In the room last December and found
the door locked There were between
twenty and thirty people In the
room drinking at that time he said.
That was before 10 o'clock. Since
that time during April. May and June
after 10 o'clock, Mr.. Haley said he
had been at the corner every Saturday
night and on the night OF April Ii
saw thirteen women come out the
back door Of the hotel. There were
10 to 20 men and two colored women
In one party. Some men also went
out the front door The witness CON
tinued that on different Saturday
nights he had remained on the hotel
corner until after II o'clock and had
seen intoxicated women coming out
Of the back room Of the hotel. wit !
ness said the women used bad Ian
guage.
Last Saturday night a week Mr..
Haley said he saw two men and wo-
men IN an argument on the hotel
corner and a fight between the men
followed.
Az this point Mr.. Morris asked II
the ordinance defined "a tippling
house" as a place where customers
could not drink after 10 O'Clock al
night. II 1t did not. Mr.. Morris said
he was prepared to show that the
state laws give a liquor dealer the |
right to sell within certain hours.
Resuming his testimony MIR. Haley
iaid the rooms in the hotel we're full
If people, drinking, noisy and using
'ad language on the occasions he had
to.
In cross-examinatlon Mr.. Haley re-
terated his testimony regarding wo-
men coming from the hotel Last
Saturday week ago he said he saw
Mr. Barrett close the rear of the hotel
It lilo o'clock. He admitted that he
had seen Mr. Barrett eject men and
women from the hotel
Upon being recalled Mr.. Haley
could not say that men kept going in
and out Of the hotel.
officer Edward II. Dutton who works
on the district In which the hotel is
located said that he had noticed col
ored men and women in the back
room Of the hotel. He had heard
them swear and make other noise.
The officer said there were times
when he was obliged to drive people
from the pavements in front Of the
hotel. He said the hotel was crowd
ed on Saturday nights. and at times
there is some disorder. In the OFF,
GERS opinion the hotel is fisorderly.
Mr.. Morris asked tho officer if he
had reported To his superiors the
house was a disorderly place, but
Deputy City Solicitor halted the |
answer by an objection and the OBJ
lection was sustained
The officer said he had never ar
rested any one who had come direct |
" from the hotel. The witness ex-
planned that some people in that sec
tion Of the city are noisy and that |
Barrett's corner is the noisest cor /
ner on his district The officer said |
the hotel is never kept open until \
the legal closing hour.
officer l.. g. King, who has been on |
the coast" district for nine years |
said he had heard men and women
swearing and noisy while drinking in
the hotel. He also has seen many
lien congregated on the sidewalk in
front of the hotel Arguments would
frequently occur. and II the men were
not driven off he oftentimes had be-
lieved fights would follow The Of
ncer said he had never arrested any
one coming from the saloon on
charge of drunkenness. The officer |
said Mr.. Barrett had always done /
what he could 10 keep order on the !
,orner.
D. Edward Campbell said he had
been in the hotel three times. He F.
VAS there on circus day. at 1890 /
,'clock at night, and saw thirty-five
leople drinking and heard them make
loise and use bad language The
Jack room of the hotel was crowded
witness said, and the noisy conditions
'xisted. He had seen similar condi-
ions in the hotel other nights. When
persons left the hotel, witness said,
hey would loiter on the pavement.
Last Saturday night n week, witness
aid, he saw Mr.. Barrett drive the men
rom the saloon
Mrs. Elsie Davis Of No. ia Shiplcv
'treet testified that she has seen crowds
NJ colored nnonle In frnnt llf fhn .l..A.I