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Several Keepers From Cherry And Other Towns Named In Informa tions In County Court. SEVERAL PLEAD AND ARE FINED DePue Prosecutions Cleared Up And Hearings Had In Many Other Cases. The prosecution of salonkeepers from the east end of the county for viola tions of the state liquor laws has con tinued merrily in the county court dur ing the past week, several new cases being instituted and disposed of while some are still pending, and all of the cases against DePue saloonkeepers be ing cleared up. The last batch of the latter class were disposed of Wednesday when John Goering, the only one brought in who had failed to plead guilty and pay a fine, came into court and expressed a desire to have the charges against him disposed of on the same basis as those against the other men from his town. He pleaded guilty to keeping open on Sunday and also to keeping open on election day and was assessed a fine of $200 and costs amounting to over $20. The same day Joe Melnovich, the last of the DePue contingent to be ar rested was brought in and assessed a fine of $100 and costs which he paid. Informations had been filed against him and Eli Nazarich, who conducted the Schlitz saloon, but when represen tatives of the sheriff’s office arrived at the place they found it rocked up and the bird flown. They broke in and brought the cash register back with them. Nazarich was the only DePue saloon keeper to escape paying a fine; an information had been filed against one Louis Novac but it was later found that he had disposed of his saloon and his successor was prosecut ed in his stead, he having been the guilty party. Tuesday of last week State’s Attor ney Josef T. Skinner filed informations against twelve Cherry saloon men. They are Frank Richardo, John Vacca, Vino Andrighetti, Pasquale Monterastelli, William Troy, Peter Sandeen, John Millus, John Bobbio, Thomas Hewitt, Dominick Cresto, Adolph Muzzarelli and Mike Blaskeviteh. Each was charged with keeping open a tippling house on Sunday, the 18th of February, the 18th and 1 5th of March, and the 1st, 8th and 15th days of April being mention ed in the documents as the Sundays on which they had violated the law. The first to be rounded up were brought into court Thursday. They were Frank Ricardo, Wm. Troy, Peter Sandeen, John Millus, John Bobbio, Dominick Cresto and Thomas Hewitt. The first four maintained that they were innocent of the charges and gave bonds to appear for trial. Bobbio, Cresto and Hewitt however pleaded guilty and were each fined $200 and costs amounting to $22.25 in each case. On the same day an information was filed against Joe Gensini, another Cherry saloon man. Monterastelli was brought into court and pleaded guilty Saturday, paying a fine of $200 and costs amounting to $23.75, and Vacca voluntarily appeared Monday morning and entered a plea of guilty, being fin ed the same as the others. On Friday an information was filed against Mike Pavlick of Spring Valley, charging him with keeping open on Sunday, six dates being named in the document, being the last six Sundays, and another information was also filed charging him with running a saloon without a license and thereby maintain ing a public nuisance. Pavlick was arrested and brought into court Mon day afternoon. He started maintained his innocence of both charges, when in terrogated by Mr. Skinner, an inter preter being necessary to carry on the conversation. The man is an iced Polander and it developed from infor mation furnished by him and court officials who knew of the matter that he was a pitiful result of hard lick and practically penniless. He had been a thrifty miner when able-bodied and had been the owner of a house and five lots in the Location in Spring Val ley. He lost the use of his right hand through an accident and was unable to continue work on the mines. His home was mortgaged and it became necessary for him to mortgage it again in order to get funds on which to live, and recently both mortgages were fore closed. Efforts to raise money to sat isfy the mortgage failed and he was confronted with the prospect of losing his house. A short time ago a fe saloon keeper known as “Slowj who conducted a place at the Location offered Povlick to trade in the saloon for his property, and the poor enpy thought he was making a good den when he accepted the proposition. H took carge of the saloon on April , and residents of the neighborhood ; that a disgraceful carousal took there that day. Pavlick thought he could operate under the city license is sued to his predecessor, but received a rude jobt after running the place few days, when he was arrested fined $25 and costs in a justice court in Spring Valley on a city warrant, charging him with running without a license. He closed down and Tait plans to take out a license on May 1. His interest in the saloon that he re ceived for his interest in his house and lots consisted only of a small amount of liquor the building and fix tures being owned by a brewery. A the time information was furnished to the state’s attorney on which the pro secutions of Parlick were based he was without means of support and living in hopes of being able to borrow money on which to open the sale on May #. The case could be disposed of only be committing the man to jail to await trial or having him plead guilty and be fined, and it was certain that he would be unable to pay even the minin imum fine. He has a wife and five children dependent upon him, so Mr Skinner recommended that he be re leased on his own recognizance andi the case continued for further inves tigation. This was done and Mike de parted for his home, smiling and happy after being earnestly advised by cour attachees and officials to give up the idea of conducting a saloon and look for other means of making a livelihood. The man’s age, crippled condition and incompetency preclude all possibility of his making a success of the venture.
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De Pue Leader
De Pue, Illinois, US
Fri, Apr 27, 1917
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