Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-22
MRS. ALEXANDER SEES
HOPE FOR OTHER WOMEN
IN ANTI-RUM VICTORY
Reioices That Verdict Against
Saloon for Death of Husband
May Aid Other
UnfortunateS
RECEIVES MANY LETTERS

I'm glad that I made the fight and
| won. not for myself so much as for the
many other women who have the same
trouble that | have
1t was said very simply. But every
word that fell from the trcd-looknS
mouth of Mrs. Virginia Alexander was a
militant blow against the liquor tranic
which made her II widow, according to
the laws decree. For jury of u men
Yesterday awarded Mrs. Alexander $500
| damages against Jacob Bosch. saloon
keeper, of 252l North 2Ith street, who was
alleged to have sold her husband whisky
over her protest and thereby cut lO 10
20 years from his life
Other women, lin trouble" or with
hearts full of sympathy, hail the Courts
decision as a boon to wOmankind-the
tired. helpless women whose lives are
made gray by the rum that takes their
loved ones away from them, They are
writing letters to her as she sits In sor-
rowing triumph in her hove at 2695
Huntingdon street. the home that liquor
mortgaged and now will set free again
NThe removal of the mortgage is only n
small part of the frail widows victory.
The $500 of saloon profit, II the decision
is sustained, will wipe out the mortgage
and leave 800 to spare; but the widow
believes that her victory Is not to be
measured In terms of dollars, but of
souls, and that. heartened by her vic
tory. other women will follow in her
footsteps The spark of sympathy may
grow into a blaze. and who knows how
large a blaze will grow?
LETTER FROM VICTIM.
Here is one of the letters which she has
received from women I'm trouble" who
read OF her case:
Dear Madam see where the liquor
traffic has dealt unkindly with you, as
with many others. My brother died
four years ago from that awful curse.
II almost killed us To part with him
and since my dear mother has died of
a broken heart Can you tell me II
It is not too long-standing now TO
prosecute the liquor dealer that gave
him his last bottle?
We went TO court once but the
Judge turned us down-he Is a whisky
Judge. l do hope you will be success
full in getting your damages and
please let me know If can do any
thing now Maybe you can ask your
lawyer If four years Is not too long
~ AGNES WARNER.
Reynoldsylle, Jefferson County Pa
Mrs. AIexander's attorneys, William
Sandberg and 5. II. EphTaim, said that II
was too long.
Gases must be started Wlthln year.
said Mr. Sandherg.
II cannot feel happy. although | won
the case" said Mrs: Alexander today.
"But 1 feel glad that | fought II so long.
If NV experience will be of help to other
women in trouble like l am. l am glad.
But il is hard to be happy after what I've
been through
You can't imagine what I've had TO
endure from the men around the saloon
since / began the suit year and a halI
ago. II was a hard fight. They tried to
annoy me in every way. They know, too,
that whisky killed my husband two years
ago. And the doctors said he would have
lived 20 more years If he had not been
drinking"
Adam c. Alexander. huekster, worked
hard and his wife worked hard TO save
up for their old age. And then-enter
whisky. Nickels, dimes, quarters, dol
lars went over the bar and back over
the bar, in exchange, came hard times
and unhappiness. desolation- Mrs. Alex
ander went TO work. The young SON
John p, worked. rne mouse was mort
gagged. But that was not the worst. Alex
ander died.
WILL NOT APPEAL
There are. Of course, two sides of a |
question. Here is the other side:
Jacob Borsch. short man with glasses |