, 1873-05-17
THEY PREFER no GO DRY.

How tho IL O,Oloclk law Was Obcycd
Last NlHht"~Clsnpfn He GorC Dctcrs
mincl to ,Tcst Its Lr9nllty--A Now
Application at 1tR Provlsi0ns by n /
NlMsidcrlnK p0lico Officer.
Tho eleven O'Clock ordinance waa not 30 we'll |
obaoryod last night aB tho night before, although
thore WAS no general violation Of It, At tho !
hour Of cloalng, safoon-koorora pnt out their
gns, and tho foltercrs at tho bar hastily drained
tlloir glassos md won't out, cusung and diHouss-
Ing n Law tint aont them to bod 90 oary.
Mossrs. Chaplin i Gore were open until - |
o'clock. At half-past II b potico-oficor olbowod
his way through tho crowd which Allod their
aaloon, aud Informed Mr.. Gorc tl,at ho had vo-
latod tho law, and must therefore DO taken into
custody. Mr.. Goro plead guilty to the ohargo,
and. said that ut II O'Clock ho would 40
company tho of1cor"' to tho Armory Sta
ton. A crowd Of poraons gathered about
| THIS conversation. Bono were do,.unoiatory ID
their remarks concerning the ''oil1cor, but, Mr.
aorc, and the moro gontoel portion Of those
present. spoke with more reason md while they
One man was willing to shoot any ofioor who
would ontor the snloon II Mr.. Go 70 would por-
NIT him. Previous to tho arrest crowd OF
ogha ssg1h1nt' gnd n dosbests from tho Wo7 sao as
% %Mogld havo boon rich harvest for O9pt::
Hiohoy's mon II squad Of thcm Ind
been prosont, and tue proprlctors Of tho saloon
goSd s asss os ssn rsss gas ind rfeay 5 asye % e u
ordering his saloon closed, accompanied him to
the Armory. Ho WAS not long in the lookup, as
friend WAS on hand who baifod him out. Yes
# the psevious 10 H. night hight. @' is il ~ sppeale9
saa Sa sais teet as tns ss' |ssess Of o0S's sas
ordinance to tho highoat court. He seoms to bd
which 9hhll be hYfrBo to 1t.
At Tom Foley's, tho bar was promptly closed
at II o'clock, and indued, 30 fur as known,
nossrs e. ohsptni si{ Gore wore tho only Offenders
On tho woat sido, tho saloon undor tho Drigga
House corner, kept opon doors until tho pro-
prictor WINS arrested. and tho place closed
BY the H. police 4 large crowd t Of Of pstsc'na n
who oongrogatod on the outside after tho doora
were cloaed, and declared loudly thctr donuncla-
tory optnons. They seemed to taho much CON.
fort In the idea that naxt fall things would %
81 WoRt Madison street, and tho ono ut tho cor.
nor OF. Randolph and Desplaines, woro alao
brought in at tho Union street Station. In the
ronoto aecttona Of tho city tho saloons wore
promptly cloaod, and, 30 fur AZ could bo learned,
not an arrest was made.
To show tho danger Of giving policemen tic
power Of onterinB saloons aud atToBtlng persons
who may DO found boiling liquor it in only necos'
aary to inntance the following case which OCCUR
policeman travelling Ito bent in which Andor.
aon'a European Hotel is Bitnated entered the
billiard-room Of Doty tS NhineB, and informed
the latter gentleman who was standing In tho con
tre Of tho hali with hiB cont on, that It was tie
to close. Mr. Rhines pointed to the conspicuous
card On the bar announcing that no h9nor wsa a;
. sold after II o'clock, aud said hc bud strictly
oonformed to tho ord,nRnce since it went inte
operation. The policeman admitted that sucl
might bo tho caBo 10 fnr na tho bar was con.
csrned, but tho lights woro all burning mud tb'
. billiard-tablos wero running, contrely, to lay
Mr. Rhines said 1lo understood that tho D. ordi
nance had no reference to lights Or billiard
tables. Tho officer said it undoubtedly had
and ho would DO compelled to arrest tho pro
\ prietor! Mr. Raines SAID ho che, hnd no ,,sn' Oh
> pany him 40 soon as ho could cove
up lis tables and arrange his days recoipts
There happened to DO several newspaper mon il
tho room playing billiards when tho outrageot1
arrest was made, and when they heard Of IT, tho
told tho officer that he was transgrossing his All
tho order Of tho General superintendent Of Pa
lico was 30 explained to him. Tho newspapc
> mon informed him TINT tho Mayor had diatinctl
stated that tho closing of ba>}iard-rooms pyopo'
or ct restaurants or tho prohib!tlo
sa saa tho rofosments saH 'ss' e tSae S
:: was not contemplated by. tho Ordinance
; Tho officer then eaid ho would overlook the o
!. fcnso for that time provided it would not occu
!, again. Mr. Rhines said lie would not ho ovol
/ vas, md What rights he had in the country rigl
;. away. The officer made no roply, but grew ye1
: red In the face. A few minutes afterward i
= walked away Of his own accord, md did not retu1
1 again. Had he perpetratod tho bunder he IL
y tended, the consequences might Lave baen 81 81
: force who know as littlo about their duties III
L DIR the ordinance as this mAls