The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-11-17
PROBE BY NEW ULM COUNCIL
Mayor Fritsche Pens communica-
tlod To CITY Fathers

New Ulm, November 1se-The
New U1m City council will hold
hearings on Tuesday, November 1,
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
Der 9. The resolution followed the
reading Of a letter from DR.. L. A.
FJitche mayor, in which he called
attention to Information gathered
by. the police concerning the
Schroeck and Manderfeld places
and limited that action might be
asked against other places in the
In his letter to the council DR..
Fritsche declared that while the
! city has no ordinance under which
Il could punish violators of the
liquor laws, Ii has an ordinance for
the licensing OF drink places, which
provides that such q license could
the Licensees had violated the pro-
hibition laws OF the United States
or the state.
Letter From Council.
DR.. Fritches letter TO the council
follows:
al deem it proper to call your at
tention to the matter Of the en-
forcement of the, liquor laws In this
city. AS you know, we have at the
present time no ordinances under
which the city can punish any per-
son for violations OF the laws per
tanning to the manufacture or sale
of intoxicating liquor.
I'VE have, however, ordinance No.
113 for the licensing Of soft drink
parlors, So called, and which pro-
vides that such licenses may be re-
voked II, il be shown that the Ii
censee has violated the Liquor laws
of the state or OF the United States.
The difficulty of obtaining proper
evidence of violations of this kind
Is almost a matter OF common
knowledge.
Evidence In Hands Of Police
"The police nave obtained evil
dence on sales OF liquor in two
places In the city under circum.
stances which in my opinion call
for action on the part OF the coun-
Gil and the executive OF the city.
This evidence has reference to the
places Of William Manderfeld, and
Charles Schroeck. and pursuant
therto. I am herewith enclosing
charges against both OF these
places.
~ respectfully request that you
file these charges and fix q time
and place for a hearing thereon. !
am informed by the city attorney
that these licensees are entitled to
hearing thereon and to have no
tice thereof, and a reasonable time,
say a week or ten days, to meet
the same. I respectfully ask your
earnest consideration Of this mat
ter and if in your opinion the
charges are sufficiently proven at
such hearing that you revoke teh
licenses In question. l await your
action in these cases, as / may
have Jther matters of like nature
to lay before you"
Time Set For Hearing
Following the explanation Of AL
bert Pfaepder, city attorney, that
the city council was the only BODY
which could revoke licenses be-
cause II had granted them, Karl
Aufderheide moved that the letter
of the mayor be placed on file and
action taken accordingly. This was
adopted without opposition. The
council set November 81 as the
date of the hearings.
While the specific charges against
the Schroeck and Manderfeld places
were not revealed il was said that
they were in the nature of mum.
Der of aff1davits which had been
made.
Motor Inn Closed
The Charles Schroeck Place was
under fire in a hearing held on Oc-
fohpr 10 hcfnre JuStice n Henning-
SEN in which Henry Ahrens, tin
ner, testified that he had purchased
drinks of moonshine from Schroeck
Schroeek was bound over to the
grand jury and furnished bonds o.
$500. Ahrens gave similar testi-
mony against TIeimuth Reinke, pro-
prietor of the Motor Inn 10 South
Minnesota street. Reinke was bound
over to the grand jury by the court.
The Motor IAN has been subse.
quently closed sthrough abatement
proceedings instituted by w. T.:
Eckstein, county attorney.