St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-07-18

AAhluSp hItSE Gn-
joying himself -
in the city for WILLIAMS
a day strolled up Nicollet from the
hotel where he was stopping and
went into Dougherty's Bar at 262
Hennepin.
When he approached the bar and
asked for a drink the bartender
threatened to attack him II he did
not leave the premises. Williams
went to the Urban League office.
Papers Sends Reporter
Wardlaw called the Minneapolis
TRIBUNE and reporter was dis
patched to the bar to get the story
first-hand. Wardlaw and Williams
returned to the bar.
whiskey Goes Up In Price
The bartender Is alleged to have
Immediately began to upbraid VIII
liams for returning to the bar,
suggesting that he was looking
for trouble" When Williams and
Wardlaw said they merely wanted
a drink he told them It would cost
them "$5 a shot" Wardlaw asked
for Scotch whiskey and Jacobs, the
bartender, told him that would cost
him $40 per drink. Scotch is listed
at 60 cents a drink at Dougherty's.
Wardlaw then called the police.
When they arrived he went back TO
the bar. At that time, Wardlaw and
Williams told the newspapers,
Jacob spat in one of the glasses on
the bar.
The reporter meanwhile had sat
in a booth opposite Wardlaw and
the Milwaukee editor during the
entire episode.
His story in Sundays Mime
apolis TRIBUNE caused veritable
sensation and highlighted q situa-
ton which has become more prev
alent each year: the refusal of bars
to serve Negroes and the fact that
many Of them threaten persons
seeking service with insults and
bodily harm.
The two police officers were criti-
cized in many circles for failing
10 arrest the bartender for violat-
ing city sanitary codes. The officers
are Patrolmen James Wallace and
Walter Dahlman.
Public reaction TO the Hennepin
incident was so vigorous that the
County Attorneys office began an
investigation.
The Minneapolis Mayors Coun-
Gil on Human Relations issued a
public statement deploring the bar
incident but suggesting it was only
part Of a pattern which should not
be countenanced in Minneapolis.
The council urged the county at
torney to take action and urged
that the police be instructed how
to handle such incidents.
Council members also pointed
out at their meeting that recur-
renee Of such discrimination caused
bitterness and was conducive to
racial tensions.
Otto Morck, first assistant county
attorney, said the complaint was
not brought against Dougherty, the
bars owner, because there was no
evidence he had violated the civil
rights law.
Jacob was scheduled to be ar
raigned in municipal court Thurs
day. The charge, a gross INSIDE
meanor, is punishable by one year
in the workhouse or q fine Of up to
81, 900.
The Minnesota Equal Rights law
found in Vol. 4, section 1921, Min
nesota statutes, says:
mo person shall be excluded, on
account Of race, color, national or
igin or religion, from full and equal
enjoyment Of any accommodation,
advantage, or privilege furnished
by public conveyances, theatres, or
other public places Of amusement,
or by hotels, barber shops, saloons,
restaurants, or other places of re-
entertainment, or ae-
commodations. Every person who
violates any provision Of the Sec
ton, or aids or incites another to do
so, shall be guilty Of a gross mis-
demeanor. I...