Evening journal., 1918-11-16
0'NEAL TELLS OF
IMAM in BROWN
Served Drinks on Peace
Day. Proprietor Says,
After Stranger S Visit
COURT RESERVES
DECISION IN CASE

proprietor OF the Commercial Hotel. No
2O0 Market street, TO snow cause why
his liquor license should not be revoked
Judges Boyce and Rice. in Court OF Gen
erai Sessions, yesterday afternoon, re-
served decision.
Testimony for the defense brought
out that a man wearing a brown suit,
but whose identity was not known,
visited not only Mr.. ONears place of
business on Monday, but at least two
others, and represented himself as
being from the Mayors office, and say
ing that Mayor Lawson had directed
that all saloons be closed at noon that
day and that they should remain closed
during the parade in the afternoon, but
that after the parade the prOprietOcs
might use their own judgment about re-
opening
The Law and Order Society contended
| that Mr.. ONeal had violated the order
Of the Police Commissioners closing
the saloons on Monday, that he had vio-
! lated the screen law and that he main
talned a secret entrance TO his saloon
Testimony, however, was entirely on
the first count.
Chief Black, the first witness called by
the complainants. testified to the adop-
tiOn Of the order closing the saloons at
noon Monday until noon the following
day, and that the members of the po-
lice force had notified the saloon keep
ers. One Of the questions OF Horace G.
Eastburn. counsel for the Law and
Order Society, was as TO what the con-
ditions were on Monday.
j. Frank Ball, who, with Philip L.
Garrett, represented 0'Neal, responded:
III admit it; IL was the most glOr-
iOus celebration that has ever been
held"
Patrolman Devenney testified TO serv-
ing notice on Mr.. O'Neal Of the action of
the Police Commissioners, and Of de-
scribing EXPLICITLY TO him the direc-
tions Of the order.
Detective Sergeant Green told that he.
Sergeants King and Benson and De-
tectives Riley and Kempski went to
O'Neal's place Of business on Monday
following the Issuing OF the order lie
could not see in the saloon from the
street without standing on his tlp-toes, (
the officer std. Gaining entrance 10 I
the place by the hotel door, he said, J
he found at the saloon bar IA men drink |
ing, four or five of them perceptibly |
intoxicated. He said that O'Neal at the /
time SAID that the police officer had |
tod him TO close during the parade, |
and also stated that man, wearing a /
brown suit bad hurriedly come 20 him,
representing himself as being from the |
cfllce, and said that he should |
close during the parade but might use
his own judgement abo<t reOpening
after the demonstration. O'Nesl said
he had never seen the man before.
on the saloon door, Sergeant Green
said, he fouLd the sign Closed"
Frank =. Haley, special officer Of the
Law and Order Society. said that on
entering the saloon on Monday by the
hotel entrance, he found about % men
in the barrOOm and a number of them
being served drinks. Four were in
toxicated, he said, and one was stag
yering drunk
Several men and one woman caught
n the raid upon the house were called I
o the stand and testified TO seeing beer :
md whlskey sold there.
After the hearing of the testimony OF
hese few, Mr.. Eastburn said that he
ad about thirty more witnesses who II
would merely corroborate the testl- {
nony. The court decided 10 go on |
Without hearing additional testimony I
long that line. a
ONeal, in his own defense, said that ID
DnlceF Devenney had told him to close a
is saloon at noon, but that If the on G
er had said anything about not reopen ?
1g until the following day, he did not
ear him. He closed the saloon before I
be officer served notice on him, O'Neal 8
estined, having closed at 1870 o'clock \
4 the morning. He opened his place OF '
usiness again at 4.30 o'clock, but said y
My few persons were allowed in by y
he hotel entrance. He did not open even
vide, even when he thought he might
e said.
O'Neal testified TO being visited by the :
Mysterious man in a brown suit who y
aid the proprietor might reopen after .
he parade If his judgment thought il
roper.
Arnold C. Frye testified TO seeing the Q
ian in the brown suit, and corrobo- :
lted Mr.. O'Nears evidence as to the y
urport Of his visit. y
George c. Gillespie, who has a hotel y
nd saloon at Fifth and Shipley streets, y
I'D OF being visited by a man in a
rown suit on Monday, telling him Q
so that he could use his own judg- !,
lent about, reopening his saloon after u
le parade The man, however, did
OF say where he was from.
John Lynch was called TO the stand ,
, testify 20 the visit Of the mysterious =
ian TO the hotel Of his father, Hum u
hrey Lynch, in West Fourth street, o
ut an objection TO the question by Mr.. a
astburn was sustained by the court. W
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