The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-19
GORDON ADMITS 1T
The Liquor Dealers Advocate Challenges Bluffs and Threatens
THEN HE ADMITS II.

AND THEN HE ADMITS IT.
The saloon representative made his issue We merely
saloon growing burden the taxpayer and charities and
growing to soberey e property and decency the
Under date March 12 he printed THE
strictly regulated saloons crooked blind tigers and whiskey
drug stores That the The saloons obeng the
The saloons now are obeyg the law and they have been
We just asked him if he meant it and would stake his
the law letter and spirit for the past five After the
local brewery stockholders had Sunday meeting and the bar
a pretended challenge that bluff, turned
threat and ended rH HR'9 GoSf fGasia5Sa
In his challenge he made number of tact confessions
He afraid to leave the matter where it started election
discussion but wants evidence for the courts He draws the line
detectives testimony thereby admitting that the record of
x .~sy M e te eass
He does not deny the charge of false tax returns though
or to- be e it, Speaking
charge which he Reid church that he had
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the prosecutor, but he did not deny the fact.
paid liquor advertisements already
there has been two convictions for violating the liquor laws
after his Challenge he finds additions to the record Apparently
1n M to n9 If e a
keep perhaps he may find The police records for
ve @ s
1918, 49, What Of other 2s cases?
not Saloon And the failure convict single person.
is m as that thee
full of them, how fairness regard the
the other Failure convict
keeper proof of it, and failure to convict blind
tiger proof of gut In by his admission,
know what Mr. Gordon by he saloons obyng the law
every minute 1t all bluff If the record of the Richmond
ministers for the last five eleven and
convictions would it record these
sworn to be of good moral character
THEY RESORT TO THREATS.
The saloon found themselves cornered. Mr. Gordon
be the awabng the saloons
the years; then he had to admit himself that it
could not be maintained, not minute We will add to-
the evidence his open admissions
the other hand though he had made his contention good
the STEADILY GROWING NUMBER OF ASSAULTS, MUIR
DERS, DRINKS, AND PAUPERS WITH THEIR ATTENDANT
EXPENSE TO THE CITY AND COUNTY, WOULD BE SEEN
TO BE DUE TO THE BEST POSSIBLE SALOONS, AND THE
ONLY HOPE OF RELIEF WOULD LIE, AS 1T NOW LIES IN
ABOLISHING THE SALOONS.
No wonder then that he and his clients turned at bay
change which that challenge brought Mr. Gordons
He here the apostle of
perance the welfare Richmond especially
wanting only acts before the
that fair unrammeed hearing would his
This week he suddenly drops his the peoggg
attorney of the liquor qubbng and sdeseppng
vent the free of the truth and trying
verdict for his clients techincaly.
An old lawyer wrote his junior brief: No
Abuse the plaintiffs Attorney Mr. Gordon does that
him better He abuses Mr. Nicholson and members of the
citizens committee and browbeang ntimdatng
the witnesses The Richmond saloon that Mr. Gordon has
assuring tame pussycat and perfectly safe for
child play WITH suddenly shows its teeth and claws grow
anybody who offers information about the saloons record