Why Not Saloon-Keepers’ Liability?

Why not Saloon-Keepers' Liability?

The Times-Review of North Chicago, 111., has the story in a nutshell

Anthony Moran, who lived near here and who had beaten his wife at their home outside the city limits of North Chicago on Twenty-sec- ond Street, on a Friday night in February, was arrested, indicted by the grand jury, tried, and convicted of assault with intent to kill, al- though he sticks to the statement that he "did not know what he was doing." He was sentenced to the penitentiary for fourteen years.

The month before, Mrs. Moran had written a pathetic letter to her husband's employer. Anthony was spending his money on drink when the family had to have coal and food. The company tried to get the saloons to stop his liquor, and, failing, held his wages for her. Then the husband beat her up. Why isn't the saloon liable for this? Here's a woman half killed, a family broken up, a man in jail for fourteen years, and all for a little money in the till, another remittance to the distiller. How long must the rest of us pay the damages for this dirty business? Collier's Weekly.