The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-03-19
HOT SHOTS FLY
BEFORE COUNCIL
Locante Case Again Causes
a Heated Argument
Before Council.
NO ACTION IS TAKEN
Permit Still Hangs by a Thread
Council Delaying Action I'm
til All Members Present.


changed rather freely Monday evening
| at the regular meeting of the city
council when the hearing on the pro-
posal to revoke the Glass A permit is
sued to Sam Locante for the operation
of a soft drink parlor at 1865 Pearl
street as recommended by CHIEF OIL
Police Thad Logan as result OF the
| fact that the bartender at the place
| had entered a plea of guilty to
charge Of having liquor in his posses
| sion and had been fined~in the NUM-
clpal court.
| Attorney Leo Vaudreuil, represent
ing Locante, appeared before the coun-
Gil ready and willing to engage in
wordy battle with any who upheld the
recommendation of the chief for the
revocation of the permit. There was
a crowded half hour during which At
torney Vaudreull, Chief Logan, As
sistant Chief Cyzak, City Manager os-
born. District Attorney Powell and
several others each had their "say-so"
with a good supply of verbal pyrotech-
nics and at the end of the episode the
council decided to take more time TO
| consider the case.
Only three members of the council
were in attendance at the meeting
and the postponement was granted IN
order that final action on the case
might be taken with all present.
Is a Peculiar Case.
The case is q peculiar one in that
in most previous cases where permits
have been revoked the holder Of the
permit and not the bartender has been
convicted. The ordinance stipulates
that in such cases the holder IS en-
titled to a hearing while in event the
holder is convicted, the permit is au-
tomatically revoked.
Attorney Vaudreuil opened the ar
gument just where it left of two
weeks ago when several salvos had
been fired without bringing any ac-
ton. At that time there had been
considerable reference to an under
standing" that Locante was not to be
prosecuted further in the event that
his bartender entered plea OF guilty.
an the first place." said Attorney
Vaudreuil, 81 wish to correct the i'm
preston given out in the paper after
the last hearing to the effect that the
Judge had any cognizance OF any I'M
derstanding. There was no agree
ment with the Judge; the agreement
was with Captain Cyzak of the police
and 7 believe the district attorney un-
derstood."
At the former hearing Attorney Vau-
dreuiPs inference regarding the "un-
derstanding" had been such that Chief
Logan rose Immediately to defend
Judge Slater and state that he was
certain the judge knew, nothing OF
any such understanding.
All Deny Understanding.
The reference to the understand
ING" brought an immediate denial
from the officers named.
"There was no understanding re-
garding the license at ALL" said Cap
tain Cyzak. 81 don't think it was
even mentioned"
Atty. Vaudreuil: Wasn't it your
understanding that if the bartender
pleaded guilty that was to end the
matter so far as Sam Locante was
concerned"
CAPTAIN Cyzak: "There was no
agreement so far as the license con-
cerned."
Atty. Vaudreuil: 81 admit that the
license was not mentioned but it was
understood that Mr.. Locante was not
to be prosecuted further"
At this point District Attorney Pow
ell interrupted
District Attorney Speaks.
az never made any agreement with
ANYBODY so far as this case was con-
cerned or any case for that matter"
said District Attorney Powell. "The
first I knew of it was when / returned
from Madison and read what was in
the paper regarding the last hearing.
made no agreement here end intend
to make no agreement. The only un-
Outstanding in this case was that it
was the fair thing to prosecute the
bartender under the circumstances as
my experience has taught it would
have been impossible to get convic-
ton of both.
"We have nothing to do with the
permit" said Mr.. Powell later. "That
is up to the council All that was
meant by any understanding was that
there was not be further court action
against Locante."
Watch Out for Stool Pigeons.
81 think it is good practice to take
the permit away from the license
whenever either he or his bartender
or any of his employees is found gull
ty of violating the law. AS / read the
ordinance that is it's intention. II the
permit is not revoked under such con-
ditions we will have stool pigeons
coming in and pleading guilty in every
instance and it will be impossible to
regulate the tra.ic"
Attorney Vaudreuil brought up the
point that his client had given strict
orders against law violations and was
not at the place at the time. He also
pointed out that he had been a per-
hit holder for ma1y years and there
had never been an arrest or a charge
placed against him. He declared that
Locante was being made "thc goat"
and defed the chief to cite two ex-
amples where the permit had been
revoked under similar circumstances.
Chief Names Two.
"Wil1 you be satisfied with two?"
asked the chief "Then they are the
places located at SAL Grand avenue