| Show II CANDY BILL PUTS UP GOOD DEFENSE I After Argument Between Chief Chie and Saloon Man License Is Revoked I DIVE NOW TO BE CLOSED Colored Owner Asserts to Council That He Had Warned Police J. J v W. McKenzie better known a as Candy Bill nm lost his Ms license at th the meeting of or tho the city council last laRt night The r revocation was WIlS unanimous after actor McKenzie and Chief Chef of oC Police Tom D D. Pitt ritt hn had hod he been n heard made madea a straightforward argument arg making accusations against tin police pollee which the lie chief did ld not deny en but Instead entered Into an argument with the colored colored col col- col- col ored man which continued until called to a halt b by Councilman Hodgson McKenzie answered without reserve all the tho questions put to him b by 11 II J J. J city attorney who conducted tho the Inquiry admitting that there had hac been shooting scrapes In his ploce ant and other rows rowEl at least on one of or which ha had resulted fatally Then lie he was allowed 1 to make mako a statement If what ho said was true there Is some censure comIng comIng com corn Ing trig to tho the city's extraordinarily me- me police pollee force Coree And his statements statements state state- te- te ments wore ore not riot denied In brief Cand Candy Bill admitted everything everything every ever thing regarding the rows In his place but alleged that ho had often asked askell the tho police pollee to rid him of or the tho morphine and cocaine fiends fiends' who infested the tho I saloon at 3 33 Commercial street l He alleged no ne torn me tue ponce pOlice unit Ulal those dru drug fiends carried guns Juns and warn warned varned cd them that gomo da day the they would kill km somebody Oh Other r CUlt Cloo Ginned 11 lo to Turns Them All the other cities In the tho West cst Arc are closed to this trash ho he said and aud the they have havo locked flocked Into Salt alt Lako City Why rhy 1 I can take you to rooming houses where the tile doors aro wide open and where opium Is b smoked and you ou can see them for yourself I have havo told the tho police pollee those theBo things I I want to conduct a respectable place pineo if Ir the tho police pollee would rl rid mo me of oC these fellows When you ou clo cloo my place you OU will scatter them nil all over the city L L told lold Chief Pitt about hop hea heads heads' s' s who Calr carry guns and I told others of tho the force I even eon pointed them out but they dl didn't nt do anything I haeo have hae o every ory ry cent I own In this place and I Iam Iam Iann am ann a n. sick man Tom Toni Pitt chief of oC police pollee then mode made madea a speech to the council on ending ln with an altercation altere with McKenzie He lie said sold that hat Candy Bill had promised ed when he got sot his license last February to torun toun run iun un a respectable house Instead of oC doln doing so he had permitted crap Cral games which he believed had much to do dovith with the rows lIe Ito also alleged elt that the he people around tho the place bad had tried to o shield Hawkins who killed Lo Logan an Shot at nt Brewing Company The Tho chief took a little fling at the governor Jo who he ht said had hod granted ranted a license to the Americus a ilo blo club over 01 Candy Cand Bills place Ho ito stated further to tho the council that thal it was vILs his desire to get et rid of or this class chum ot of f saloons of or McKenzIe's was not ot tho the only one He also struck at atho atthe ho tho Salt Snit Lake Brewing company which lie he tried to convey convoy really owned the place He ITt admitted that was honest but thou thought ht he was too loo sickly to keep the tough clement down About these craps claps said Candy Bill Craps gentlemen are part of ofa ofa ofa a colored mans man's religion The minute my hock back is turned some of or those follows follows fol tel lows start starl a game June You cant can't stop cm em If IC a bunch of ot them was where Mr DaViN Davis Davis Da Da- Da- Da vis ViN Is Is they couldn't sit ilvo minutes without starting a game g I stop them thorn when I can cane but the they keep at it A After McKenzie and Pitt ha 11 Ilni finished n Lied Councilman ll tiT tiT-T move moved ia tl e- e license be revoked Ho lie thought Mc- Mc Ie- Ie Kenzle had made a good defense but bul such dives must bo ho cleared out Even though the an 11 man was honest he was too sick Iek to take charge of or such a place Councilman Hall said he lie would vote voto to take lake away the license but he lie considered considered considered con con- that the tho council had a right ht to expect that the clue chief of or police and the license committee would close up the theother theother other dives in the city which ho admitted admitted admitted ad ad- were running The motion was carried unanimously |
