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Show ieSsoi Resolution Regarding Closing of Saloons at Midnight Is Coming Up. COUNCILMAN M 'KINNEY FATHERS RESOLUTION Canse Must Be Shown Why The Licenses Should Not Be Revoked. The city solons were unable to recover re-cover from tho demoralizing effects of the circus in time to get together for a- council meeting Tuesday evening, but expect to hold the .sion, postponed post-poned from Monday night, Thursday evening. The meetiug undoubtcdlj- will bo an important one, inasmuch as several sev-eral matters of importance are to come before it. One of the things to be considered by the council Thursday cvenine will be Mr. McKinnoy's resolution summoning summon-ing in the proprietors of the two saloons sa-loons in which murders wejc- committed in the earl morning hours to show cause why thoir liquor licenses should not be revoked for keeping open after midnight. Tho proprietor of the Bank saloon, in which tho second murderer purchased a bottle of whisky iust after the murder. also is to Ivj called in to show why his license should not be revoked re-voked for the sale of liquor after midnight, mid-night, and the chief of police is to be called upon to toll whatever he m.13; know about the alleged infractions of the midnight closing clause of the liquor li-quor ordinance. The resolution in full lollows: The Eesolution. Whereas: The morning of July 29. al the "West Side saloon at Fourth West and First South streets, a man was murdered mur-dered by two highwaymen, who, according accord-ing to newspaper reports, entered said saloon about 1.30 o'clock In the morning, and Whereas: The morning of August 5. at the saloon called the Heidelberg- on East Third South .street another murder was committed at 1:50 o'clock, nccordlng to newspaper reports, the victim being one Timothy Patten, and Whereas; It appears from press reports re-ports that the alleged murderer of Patten, Pat-ten, the morning of August 5. after said murder entered the Bank .saloon at IS West Second South street and there procured pro-cured from the bartender then on duty therein a flask of whisky, and Whereas: It appears from press reports re-ports of said murders that both occurred after 12 o'clock midnight on the respective respect-ive dates, and Whereas1: Said murders occurring In the morning hours would indicate that the ordinance requiring the closing of the saloons at midnight is being violated; vio-lated; now. therefore, be it Resolved: That the proprietors of each of the foregoing named saloons be cited to appear before this council the fifteenth day of August. 1910. at the nour of S o'clock p. m., on said date, and then and there show cause why their licenses should not" be revoked; That the rhlef of police and such other witnesses as may be necessary be duly I subpoenaed to testify In said cases; That the city recorder notify the licensees li-censees of each of said saloons of the ! action of this council in the premises. |