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\ II fSecond Street Saloons Center of Saturday N»ght Disturbance.MONEY GONE PATRON PUT OUT.Police V/ere on Hand to See That the Saloon Keepers Suffered no Harm in the M«*-Up—An On looker Asks Some Questions.passers-by stopped la see whattrouMe was.Police Protected Proprietor.Four policemen were soon on th* scene and stood in front of tin pla- lt;*to protort the interest* of the proprie* tor. A curtain was drawn to preventany one on the outside* from sendna w ‘.at was going on In tht« plane* Virrun f How soon ramr to th*• »!oor !*»t lt;»ut some hlocal curdlinc oath ; and slammed th* door «hut in the fa *-of our w- rthv officers **f the law \ respectable citizen, who has not live lt;!in Muscatine* the* didn't know ourofficers) ventured to ask one* of the officer*. why he did not go in andlt;rr»p the* trouble. Hr received the an-s'ver * We have no right to to in\ w people* of Muscatine, lover ofpeace. friends of law enforcement,why have they no rlrht to go into a place m rase«( of this kind * Why is itThere was a among the saloongreat disturbanceelement Saturdayevening about I•» o'clock. The first ’p!**r#» the disturbance waa raised was j at the sherry saloon, where a youngman who had frequented the ptaoe until his money was in the cash till and who was unwelcome without anymoney was put out He became on-raged at this and threw a pop bottlethrough the door and giving it a *Var*!rie Nation * appearance The nexttrouble o* cur red at the saloon of .fosseHolmes, near the street car office,!wh* re a crowd entered and i rented adisturbance, by upsetting a slot ma-* bine, furniture, etc. The* bartender I decided t take a hand and one manwas pushed through a glass partitionand a little later through the door. The crash con! ? bo hoard 'or a block and soon many of the residents of that jvicinity were on the scene, and many *
Newspaper Details
Muscatine Evening Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Mon, Feb 18, 1901
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Musser P.
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