The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-08

f. their Claims for licenses 10y fling the ncccs-
snry bonds. During IN. day q appioetions for
81 Licenses Hlrcndy granted by tho board were
made out and delivered by the Comm ssloners
and their clerks. There WIS received 5000.
The police courts were never, before SO dense
ly crowded. At the Touhs Police Court the
crowd numbered over flye hunIIrgd before, JUS
tce Duffy arrived ut 3 o'clock. When the doors
were thrown open the crowd burst in filling
every inch of standing room. The morning
returns furnished 1922 casca Of violating the Fx-
cise law, and this number WIS Increased to l67
before the Court adjourned at q o'clock The
morning session lasted until o'clock. The
afternoon session wns begun an hour afterward.
Justice Duly repeatedly oppressed his dis
snt sfatlon at the net Of the Excise Commissions
ers in taking the money Of applicants and hold
lng IT Tor months without making any answer
10 the application.
His Honor held alljhutithree Of the prisoners.
whom he dis harGed because the officers were
not prepared to swear that II was liquor they
saw in the prisoners tarrooms. Those held
were, required to give 500 bail, none being
parolcd who had not the bail ut hand. Mr. l..
Delmonico was in court to bail one of his bur
keepers who had been arrested In the Brnad
street branch. The clerks were busy until late
IN the evening making out bail bonds The
mental condition Of the prisoners and their
friends imund cypress on in no measured terms.
and the Excise Cpmmission"rs were damned in
English. German. Italian. French. and Danish.
Al Essex Market Police Court the 1853 prison
ors were mostly Germans. Here also n great
crowd was awaiting Justice smith. when his
Honor arrived nj . o'clock General disgust
and wns ahle to gct away at IL o'clock. He
lmo,,i nj who hold recoirts Tor money paid to
CENT nor license were held. By o'clock JUS
tlrc Smith had disposed of every case. Tho
cl"rkS wore busy Hs at the Tunlhs unit Int filing
bonds. Seven pris .ncrs were dischargndfc for lack
~ evidence. NJ rnorsen Market Police Court
the crowds without were largest In the morning.
The streets We're crowded. On the morning
watch were l39 prisoners. and twenty three
moro were added tO tn = before the lay ended.
the hars near the Court House did thriving
IIlN "A
court than crowd poured in. nlling the court
room ana aisles right up to the bench. His
Honor disposed Of ;hc prisoners rapidly. say
Ing ing tha,i IN ms opinion, morally ths receipts
hell 10y me prisoners were valid. He held all
IN IN 500 bail each; Among tn, prisoners were
gave bail for them A few were dis chargrd. the
syidence being, not sufficient Justice Morgan
At Yorkville Police Court the prisoners num-
hered l23. twenty two OF whom were dis harged
Justice Murray was very exarting in taking tcs-
number discharged A great crowd gathered
here, as at the. other courts. and great excite
prisoners here were the solid men IN the husi-
ness up town. those who carry great weight In
election times. Court was held all day. with
one hours recess for lunch.
AT the Harlem Police Court Justice Kasmire
hHd thifiy,oue cases 10 dispose Of Two were
At the. Fordham Police Court. four vlolators
OF the Excisn law were arraigned. and hold to
yesterday. about forty were dis 'harged. The
572
There was trouble in the Tall Tower Inn n,
about "a o'clock yesterday afternoon. Up To
that hour business was very brisk Waters
rushed To and fro. shouting orders for beer.
a. Is their wont. All the tables werr occupied
the beer drawers were active " Bob " was gath
suddenly Cap, Petty entered and gazod threat
eningly uponth animated picture A gentleman
Whose entire sympathi,s are with beer and
brought up Mr.. Bia to introduce him TO the
Captain. The beer-drawrrs stopped abruptly
n, their work. CaIt, Petty SAID 10 MIR Bal:
entirely. or | shall have 10 arrest YOU" Mr
iiial nt once ordered the pulling down of all the
formally ordered his employees TO stop the
husinos A number OF d.ssu-tad Germans.
sit.r expressing their opinion. took their de-
IN the course Of conver-ation Capt. ro,ty said
that hr had no choice. hut must Obey a. m" l,t-
ter thc instructions IA. had received. which were
moro stringent than had ever been ISSUED be-
lore eoncrrning the liquor irnn'. He had como
in for the purpose oi arresting Mr.. Bal. and
would have done 50 il he had been certain that
anybody in the place was drinking liquor or
lager becr. hut Of course tand his eye twnkled
not weiss beer or lemonade they were drinking
He couldn't see why Nash K Fu should have
a license and the Tall Tower Inn should not.
but II was not his business TO go behind the APP
parent IA Is and ask any why's. II the former
had a license and the Inter had not he must let
t,.e former alone and force the latter to close.
Would he permit the sale Of weiss bier No.
ne would not in place where other beer
Ss soyr %re cr Eg b sI the on @ ID w9ad be
the sale OF glass OF wine or beer to "a man who
wanted II with his dinner and NOT for mere tip
tend to interfere with the restaurant busi-
MSS lns soII, as long as /, did not trench upon
% Drew 'f2Sn Io ns o. Would lSHr he but perm ih5' the be-
with meats no. for al such weak Inventions
o the enemy were. MS Judge Davis had said
base subteriugcs 10 evade the law. Did he think
h. had 70 ent-ra place whore tho front door
was ockcd against the general publ lie and only
l'rs Oi club. for instance-were ad-
N u4t. even though he had good
.o5 so pp2se tn@t anor gas being
houghi he had not il orders ti wer" simpiy To To
~ AL doors OF saloons. ami If he found any
open. ana hiuur selling going on where there |
Mas no license. 10 arrest the proprietor lie had |
ilr"ady, since O'Clock A. NJ. caught twenty |
our. ana did not think he was near through
Many ol he places ln when arr SIS were |
made on Ihur.dhy evening Were open last |
'vening, The Is VERY saloons were nearly ali |
iark"ned hy cnverng tne pnnrs Of glass with |
irown pap"r. The Atlantic anu Pa'in' Gardens |
were liled with guests. and beer flowed freely |
Thu doors oi William Roeuscher's lager beer
aoon, at l6I William street. were seemingly |
'lo-ed yesterday. but the pnssers-hy heard an |
ference to the Excise law. Within sat TX. |
Use CQmmis is-.onrr owen Murphy. Coroner |
tichard flanagan, and TN Or twelve
;ayly queling their. ioamng beer and talking
'vrr thr last campaign. The front OF the bar |
vas ,lraprd in white cambric. over which hung
road ana graceful fesioons Of sOmbre black. |
3enrath the fcstOOns was sign hearing the |
cgend, We mourn the loss OF our hoer." |
nd near this WAS 4 picture entitled Hang |
ng Cat on Monday for Killing a Mouse |
N sunday The central figure OF the |
ture was temperance man. You could |
ell he was temperance man by the cut of his |
ih-irofn whose coat tail pocket protruded |
'oitle labelled "Od Rye" The .ene was tho |
Interior Of drinking saloon called Cotter's
mn and the young wOnen handing beer |
round the fat landlord. the merry guests. and
le morose policeman giving the warning to
lose M were clevcrly portrayed.
The Board OF Excise granted five licenses last |
veuing
The following named lquor dealers were ar
csted and locked up last night:
JOst ph Roe ~ East Houston street
John Brum, !. 80 East fighth street
Charles Hlmnacher bartender Grand Central Hotel
JAcah Whall - East Ninth street ''
John sur.an. 2ds Elizabeth street
Henry Hermann 115 Broadway.
Antonio Ha .slhyi. "a Greene street
John Mciue. al kikahtth street
ihhre- NIs btIf, ~ Hrnulnt street
william " lm.. 1~l R,uomt street
John Mthrr. iu0 Nario street
August teinuun, 2l' Ncsi Forty. ninth street
Theodore S,hopler .ll Mulberry ,uoet