New Ulm review., 1922-11-15
COUNCIL PLANS
TO INVESTIGATE N !.
.1 DRINK LICENSES
Schroeck and Manderfeld
Will Be Called On .5
Carpet Nov. Fl. q.
DIR. L. A. FRITSCHE ASKS
THAT ACTION BE TAKEN
Mayor Hints Other Matters
of Like Nature May
Be Presented.

The New Ulm City Council will hold
hearings on Tuesday, November 21,
to determine whether the soft drink
licenses of Charles Schroeck and
William Manderfeld should not be
revoked, according to resolution
adopted at it's meeting on November
8. The resolution followed the read
ing of letter from DR.. L. A. Fritsche,
Mayor, in which he called attention
to information gathered by the police
concerning the Schroeck and Mander-
field places and limited that action
might be asked against other places
in the city.
In his letter to the Council DR..
Fritsche declared that while the city
has no ordinance under which it could
punish violators of the liquor laws, it
has an ordinance for the licensing of
drink places, which provides that such
license could be revoked if it were
shown that the licensees had violated
the prohibition laws of the United
States or the State.
The Mayors Letter.
Dr.. Fritsche's letter to the Council
follows:
81 deem it proper to call your at
tention to the matter of the enforce
ment of the liquor laws in this city.
AS you know, we have at the present
time no ordinances under which tie
City can punish any person for viola
tions of the laws pertaining to the
manufacture or sale of Intoxicating
liquor. -. 's.."a a.r s+a,s-.
"We have, however, ordinance No.
113 for the licensing of soft drink
parlors, so-called, and which provides
that such licenses may be revoked if
it be shown that the licensee has violat-
ed the liquor laws of the State or of the
United States. The difficulty of OBJ
tanning proper evidence of violations
of this kind is almost matter of COM
mon knowledge.
Police Have Evidence.
"The police have obtained evidence
of sales of liquor in two places in the
city under circumstances which in my
opinion call for action on the part of
the Council and the executive of the
City. This evidence has reference
to the places Of William Manderfeld
and Charles Schroeck, and pursuant
thereto, I am herewith enclosing
charges against both of these places.
II respectfully request that you file
these charges and fix a time and place
for hearing thereon. I am informed
by the City Attorney that these
licensees are entitled to hearing
thereon, and to have notice thereof,
and reasonable time, say week or
ten days, to meet the same. re-
spectfully ask your earnest considera-
tion of this matter and if in your
opinion the charges are sufficiently
proven at such hearing that you re-
woke the licenses in question. I await
your action in these cases, as I may
have other matters of like nature to lay
before you.'' ..s
Date Set For Hearing. ~.
Following the explanation of Albert
Pfaender, city attorney, that the City
Council was the only body which could
revoke licenses because it had granted
them, Karl Aufderheide moved that
the letter of the Mayor be placed Oh
file and action taken accordingly. Thi!
was adopted without opposition. The
Council set November FL as the date
of the hearings. .....'~
While the specific charges agaills
the Schroeck and Manderfeld places
were not revealed it was said tha,
they were in the nature of number O
afidavits which had been made. Z
Motor Inn Closed. IS a-a
The Charles Schroeck place wa
under fire in a hearing held on Octobe
19 before Justice N. Henningsen; i
which Henry Ahrens, timer, testife
that he had purchased drinks Of moon
shine from Schroeck. Schroeck wa
bound over to the grand jury an,
furnished bonds Of $500. Ahreais CAV
similar testimony against Helmut
Reinke, proppietoraof The Motor Inr
10 South Minnesota street. Reink
was boundSover to the grand Jury b
the court. The Motor Inn has bee
subsequently closed through abate
ment proceedings instituted by w. ]
Eckstein, county attorney.
Alfred Pelzl of Sleepy Eye W;
e. Il. 80 .nL IL