Introduction
Charles Krattenmaker had purchased a saloon at 1138 Federal in 1888. By 1890 he was in business at 942–944 Federal Street, where he remained through at least 1913. Irish born James McAninley paid $2,700 for this bar from Charles Krattenmaker late in 1907. Krattenmaker apparently spent McAninley’s purchase price and then defaulted on completing the sale. The affair went to court in January of 1913. By 1918 Henrietta Storch was operating the business.
There was no bar located at this address by 1947. The building had been razed by the 1970s.
James McAninley later owned a bar at 940 North 2nd Street, the corner of North 2nd and Erie Streets.
Liquor Dealer's Money Troubles
Camden Courier —
Liquor Dealer’s Money Troubles
Is Said to Have Fallen Down on Sale After Receiving Big Payment
Is Now Asking for New License
Papers have been served on Charles Krattenmaker in a suit for $1,100, by Stackhouse & Kramer, representing James McAninley, to recover that amount from Krattenmaker for moneys paid to him for the purchase of the latter’s retail liquor saloon at 942 Federal street. The same firm of lawyers have lodged a protest with the Excise Board against the granting of a liquor license to Krattenmaker, who, with the aforesaid eleven hundred dollars of McAninley’s hard cash in his clothes, again seeks the right to do business at the same old stand.
Krattenmaker, it appears, induced McAninley to purchase his business from him for the sum of $2,700, for which McAninley proceeded to lay down one hundred dollars as earnest money. When the proper time came the Excise Board permitted the transfer of the license and Krattenmaker informed McAninley that another payment of a thousand dollars would come in handy, and McAninley duly came across with the money. Then McAninley suggested to Krattenmaker that it would be nice if Krattenmaker would proceed to the completion of his contract, and get for McAninley his five year lease. Krattenmaker then explained for the first time, so he says, that he could not produce a five year lease, and up in the air went McAninley, who proceeded to back.
Now McAninley wants his money back, or he wants Krattenmaker to make good on the lease. The latter frankly confesses that he cannot carry out his agreement to produce the lease, but tells McAninley that he has spent his $1,100. The man from Ireland wants to know “where he is at.” And now to top off the rest of McAninley’s troubles Krattenmaker has decided to ask for another new license. It is more than probable that the Excise Commissioners will ask Mr. Krattenmaker some interesting questions concerning the transaction before he is again licensed.