990578

Report of Committee on Licenses and Revenue concerning the revocating of liquor Licenses at 1413 Front St

Report License Com Communication from Pros Atty inregard to Saloon W Efer

Mr President: Your Committee on License and Revenue to whom was referred letter of John F Miller prosecuting attorney for King Co Wash. Together with a communication from Wilhelm Efer concerning the revocation of a liquor license at No 1413 Front Street beg leave to report that a hearing was held at which both parties appeared and stated what they knew concerning the place of business Therefore in my view of the fact that the committee agree that there was no evidence introduced to show that Wilhelm Efer had any knowledge of gambling having been done at his place of business. We recommend that his license be not revoked. John P Sweeney W A Snyder M Korn

Wilhelm Efer the City Council of the City of Seattle

Protest against information of Prosecuting Atty.

Ross & Dowd Attys for W Efer

to me, personally known, who being duly sworn deposed & says that the foregoing has been read by him abd that the facts stated therin are true. W W Stewart Nortary Public in and for the State of Washington residing at Seattle

The State of Washington County of King City of Seattle To the Honorable, the members of the City Council of the City of Seattle, Washington; composed of the House of Delegates and the Board of Aldermen: The undersigned, a citizen of the City of Seattle. in order to prevent a great wrong and gross injustice to his reputation as a citizen and an irreparable injury to his business, most respectfully begs leave to submit to your Honorable Body the following to wit: That from information obtained through the City press he has learned of a certain communication addressed to your Honorable body by the Prosecuting Attorney of King Co in which the aforesaid officer, not in the discharge of an official duty, but rather in the guise of a public benefactor and pro bono publico, nor by any legal indictment nor information, but in an open letter, makes by innuendo, not specificily grand and serious charges against the undersigned your humble respondent and indirectly petition, by suggestions and an offer of his services. your Honorable Body to cite the undersigned to appear and show cause why his license as a retail liquor dealer should not be revoked. The facts specificily set forth are that certain men had been convicted in the superior Court of King Coof the crime of defrauding a certain Tennessean of his money by certain swindling games alleged to have been played in the saloon of your respondent: and inferentially drawn the conclusion that the undersigned is propriator

of the saloon knew of that particular game and its swindling purpose and permitted that and others of like kind to be played in his saloon. The information further sets forth that there were many saloon keepers in the city violating the law by allowing gambling etc: and draws the conclusion by inference that the undesigned is one of the guilty and should be made an example of because a set of sharpers happened to have practised their nefarious calling once in the saloon of the undersaigned and without his knowledge and consent. For answer in its insuficiency to this unwarrented and unjust thrust your respondent respectfully represents unto your Honorable Body that he has been a citizen of the city of Seattle for the past six years, that during the first four years thereof he was in business as a contractor and has been for the past two years engaged in the retail liquor business. That since the issuance of the license to him by City Authorities he has conformed to the law and had endeavored to conduct a strict legitimate business: That your respendent never played a game of cards in his life, and never permitted gambling at any time in his saloon. He denies most positively and emphatically that he had any knowledge whatever of the game referred to by the prosecuting attorney having taken place in his saloon as alledged: that he was not acquainted with the parties who played and who were aftewards convicted and that he had no knowledge of any game for money having been played until the day afterwards when the victums came into his saloon and told him of it. He does admit that he saw the parties playing at a game of