The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-19


Alderman August Kisten on Tuesday
notified Chief of Police Owen O Hare
that in the future the chief will be
expected to serve as a member of the
license committee Of the common coun-
Gil. This is in keeping with the pro-
visions of the Stenlper law and in the
future the chief Of police will be re-
CURED to take much of the work off the
shoulders of the license committee.
Under the law he must make stated
visits to all saloons in the city and
report to the license committee condi-
tions found in them. He must make
immediate report to the committee of
all violations of the state laws or the
local regulations on the part of saloon
men and lay all evidence of such vio-
lations before the members of the com
mittee. In the past the investigation
of the saloons has been almost entirely
in the hands of the chairman of the
committee and it is pretty certain that
Alderman Kisten will not give up all
of his work even though the new law
gives him the right to call to his as
sistance the chief Of police.
The chief has been notified that his
first committee meeting will be held
on Thursday or Friday night and he
has been instructed to present to the
committee at that time such informa
ton as he may have in regard to sa-
looms conducted by Leo Rose on Jenne
street and A. Gordon on North Main.
street. Complaints against both of
these places have been made to the com
mittee. It is alleged that gambling
has been permitted in the Rose saloon
and it is possible that the license com
mittee will make formal demand on
the council for the revocation Of the
license under which the place is
operated. Several men recently enter
ed pleas of guilty to charges Of gamb-
ling in this place and the bartender
who was said to have been in charge
at the time entered plea of "no1le
contendere.' At the time the licenses
were granted to the saloons the com
mittee in charge announced to the
council that it would Immediately de-
mand revocation of a license in case it
was shown that the man holding the
license had violated the state law or
city regulations. Rose may be able to
escape revocation as he claims that he
was in no way to blame for the action
III.
in the place.
The investigation at the Gordon sa-
loon centers about the robbery Of Gus
tav Retert, Racine man. Retert de-
clared to the police that he believed
that he had been robbed of four humid
red dollars in this saloon. The police
have made pretty careful examina-
ton into the facts in this case, but
they have not found any evidence
which would justify them holding any
one connected with the saloon on
charges of grand larceny Retert it is
found had been in several places after
he received the money from the sale of
property IN Racine. He is known to
Nave met a E~6uUS1d AWOuldu some Time
before he went to the Gordon saloon
and she alleges that he was intoxicated
at the time he met her and that he said
that he had been in Milwaukee. This
woman claims that Retert did not have
any considerable sum of money to the
best OF her knowledge. The police
seem to be of the opinion that It is very
probable that Retert was relieved of
his money before he came to Kenosha.
However, as complaint has been
made to the license committee on ac-
count Of the alleged robbery the case
will be thoroughly investigated by the
members of the committee including
the chief. It is probable that in the
future regular meetings will be held to
examine into complaints of this nature.
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