Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-29
HALLORAN LICENSE.
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| Order Society testified that he was in the
place Saturday week ago about . Is
| H. m There were fifteen or eixtcen men
| and women in The back room intoxicated
| The view of the rooun from the street
was only partial one
| The witness who succeeded Haley WIS
/ a voting woman, Mra Josephine CrnInrr
| Her testimony was snmewhat sensational
| She eaid alle hnd been in Wilmington only
| a few month";. and had been III lalloran 3
| many times, been served drinks AMI had
| aecn intoxicated persons there. uen and
women. and she aleo had aecn women
smoking ~ the back roain pne of the
harten,icrs. ehe ,leclarcd had habit of
holding back change from men customers
! until they had 10 start nm argument to
| get u
| Furthermore. alie said lIalloran had
| habit of calling her NJ by telephone at
| hcr hume md having her cntne to the
saloon and drink with men This tele-
| phoning. she went on, caused lot ut
| trouble between her and her husband and
caused her to have to leava her boarding
hnusc With regard to prices Tor drinks.
the witness declared that when men
customers were drinking with women they
wcrc asked to pay five eeutF eytra per
drink which was fruitful souree II
"kirks
t'rrae examined l,y Mr. Garrett hr
witness said that lIalloran had Threatened
Ia make tr,uhln between her mud her
| husband hen size hoard about tho
rrmonsi ranre she had gotten friend
who had tacnrird hot - aptl from the
saloon AT various itues ta eal Agent
Haley un he tclephonr ~ consequence
of whch shc hcrane witness She
did not deny that she hnel feeling against
ilallnran. lnit end ahe Waa not irving
to get s,luarr with hlm Ilcr husband.
she said. had told hot MT to e. - Hal
uran place ~ he wouldn't 1--we with
her. aud ate had eteYp,l hun
| Mr. Fasthiw,l g next testimony was
from raaanale Hrrnardn tho man rnen-
TUNED by the urevinus witness lie SAID
he had aeen iutoxleated men and women
in lIallorans and women smoking
Sitting among the spectators wore
| number ~ women. sona af them
Young 4 number Il fhern Bcfnarie eald
he had seen nprp or lraz intoxicated IN
the back r"otn. whieh Wa= tho sHhJeot
- contention
Cross examined. he denled he had over
had trouble with Itellnran. that he had
ever threatened woman. whose naIna
was gwen Annie t.Tlines. that he d
cut her throat # she dlbni testify against
4
m the place When he called MI Haley
hc aaid he was half ahat
SIDE or Tur ntFsSar
for the defense. Mr. Garrett put on the
| stand number uf mou having places uf
luaneea IN the yiclmty Of the saloon
They aaid hat az far as they knew he
ran an orderly place Mono Of them had
aeon intoxicated peraons eold liqray
Sone had aeen women in the hack rooln.
but nothing ~ their actions WIS Objection
| able
Robert Anlerson bartender for
| lIahuran who has teen working ~ the
place for about three weeks. sud IN his
ommon the place was ms well eluducted
as anv IN the city, Referring "a Coirns
the Negro he said tho man had come -
the saloon this morning saving he didn
want to testify lie had seen Halloran,
hut the witness could not say what had
| been talked about teceuse he eouldn't
hear the oonverea'ton Collins had had
with IIalIoran
Mr. Garrett called to the stand Ammo
Grimes, who saul she had been going
Ia the saloon a considerable length ef
time She declared she had not seen
intoxicated men OF women served. but
| had seen them ordered out With regard
Ia the bernardo incident she sald Patsy,
as he seemingly was known at the place,
| followed her ont OF the place recently
and talked to her about testifyIng about
Iiallorsns, and he SAID To her that he
would "cut her throat # abe went against
hum Another of the women preseut,
Catharine Hartman, was called She
hadn { seen any disorder or misconduct IN
the place she said, except once, when
Mrs CrnmeT had an argument with
L 8
sitting among the spectators as potential
witnesses for HalloIan were not called,
the court informing Mr. Garrett that IT
did not care To hear any more testimony
Of this character
Halloran himself went on the stand
lie said he had kept the place five years
When he hrst got II the back room was IN
bad shape and he greatly improved It
lie had always tried to conduct proper
place lie denied cmphatically that he
ever had called women to the saloon to
drink with men As to Bernardo, he
said he had taken pistol away from
him on one occasion Mrs ,ramer he
: said, had been ordered 10 stay away
from the saloon.
/ ODESSA REMoNsTRANCE WITHDRAWN,
In the case of Clarence Gears of Odes-
/. sa, the Law and Order Society announced
the withdrawal of the remonstrance
! Selling Of liquor will automatically cease
! in Odessa, in few weeks on July . and
Gears' place would only run short time,
In the case Of Horace Il Scarboro,
Thirteenth and Heald streets, Assistant
City Solicitor Malloy Searboro's counsel,
, informed the court that the application
for renewal had been withdrawn, al
though it may be asked for at some future
time