New-York tribune., 1877-08-06
FIGHTING DRAM SHOPS.
ENFORCING THE EXCISE LAW.
UNLICENSED LIQUOR STORES CLOSED BY THE


POLICE.
The new order of the Police Commissioners
IN REGARD TO the enforcement OF the Excise Law was
acted on by several police captains during satnru"!
night The captains had received no part GUAR lhsto
tons As 20 the in which the order should DC
enforced but understood that they were TO use hcir own
discretion m obtaining evidence against persons Woat-
ing the law and in making arrests. Shortly ater
the o'clock roll -cal ON Saturday evening ON
GERS In c izen dress were sent out from the station
houses and made arrests wherever they could hnu SUM
cient evidence that the saoon-keepcrs were Violating ne
law In tins as large number OF heu "S Co""
he sn,red for the service was employed by Captains
Canrey, Foley, Yulc, Waslburn aud Williams oI 'ue
First. Tenth. sxteenth, Twentieth and Iwenty-mnIh
Precincts Other police captains employed special ON
GERS m hunting up the necessary evidence against hquor
dealers reserviug arrests for future OCCASION Many o
the places closed saturday night were OF the loves.
kind known as "buckctshops,' while others were q'e'
aud orderly. but without the necessary hOte hoons'S
Following l. the list o proprietorS;
John Tisch ~ 40. 80 Madenanei Wthan Sei'1 oi - 80 ~
PsS, of No. ~ Br aiway Bernard johnson OF NO; ~ -
Weber Of 30 62 Madonlane ErNts l Mgo & T. VI Angus, W@
mann Of AZ Nassau s'ree, William Dcs1nI. & T CGarIcs
Msen NJ .,,I 1ne ., S 70 M~daSnS william ICgRns OF 81
Sor' % NJ ~ ~, "a Iesei 81: William Lang, - Luaowsi De
bIich No lS7 suai Sc an"h"i "a nj Mc Nj ahon
OF No SIS esenth ST. Mm Ga ; 9l TO iia5 H a.
iOs Wcst Twe,S ourhst; Ptrck ltuehe' oi TO- o. " 81
! MrNann Of \ Il7s hioiowayi Aug Gcrad' OF 20. ~
W,st ii -hteentnss John isb a! Inu owen
Meas D. Of 40 ,ixhsve.i Graten Games OF 30 lSgi
TSsa,y.tfihst. Michael Nokey q No. 4lo siN,ir
Az sv lawrence M h1S No 3o2 nth ave cs4we $40 Wss
siAteentst soun Lindelmsnn 80 io Le nun t
ave Edward Dluu,r. 40 2O9 Eigntl'ye kIGI Ii
s~ Peer kenatdy No S5i West So C'r'es
sechmul, No 9 Sinth ave. Chays sni,n, NS f frnald
-
GcCo Key No al Nest seventeenth ST. Joan NcC"u<y
So W,st twenty sStn Mcnaei erepy NO ~ -eyiutn
james &nIhon 80 $50 East Thirty esntns; John Dools,
10 2%2 E@S, r. James lae No. IS condaye
Pairck Walsh. NO tos Scco dave " ' - WI seven.
teeutst Nucnae Laney 10 az West IT'Jey 6 sSi Ne
soSs, H. 10 feenfh st. Philip Hoffman, No 5Jo Eighth
96 NnhaSei Peter Nenneb' 10 90 49, i,i,e, pr,uty
No $t, " Sd sixiecnti,st. Ieuy Gukel, ~ 3li West
6w,nyur,t ~ 'stas , s,"' la NJ r.n lI.her, No.
la seventh ave. Edwatd banner 40 200 Eshui"'''
Tne artesicd neu were sIAgued la tne various Ponce
Courts y, stor.ay mornug. The largest number was oe
fore Justice Waudcl of the jefferson Market POhco Court
who disposed OF fortysX Most OF the prisoners
were arrested tor not having licenses. Some oi uen
produced receipts the Excise Boardor their license
Zee; but Jus e Wa5c decided that he could not recog-
n1e such receipts Licenses. They were held ii S4OV
bail each for tI1sl at the Special sessions.
Under directions of Police Capt DAVIS Of tie Twelfth
Precinct the excise law was strcty enforced through
out Harlem The Twelfth Precinct covers large area
and at no time during the past fifteen years has the law
been so thoroughly carried 0ut as between the houis OF
midnight saturday aud O'Clock sunday morning IAe
officers ON post warned all the SOoukccpcr- th7t c'v
door must be- and every lst eX "a ulshcd al j.
O'clock Most of toe drIca COM n' Lc"Is Mo y.
s-co,,.',ts ana WIN. 9.nucu-cr so. 4G2 East one
hundrcdgu -tWcnyhi,h were rsi,d 'i" S,s, ~
day morning tney were dln-neG Dclole Just iy % a. ~
tic Harlem Ponce Court. WHO ned then each !" f'UU