The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-10
police ofaccr saw man onter lasor-boor An.

police officer saw man onter q lager -bcer an
loon with tin pail Tho OH or looked through
the kcyholc. snw the pal lUod and tho money
lumped down through nirap door and escapod;
Tho policeman askel the man who had the pail
10 giye, him drink Thc Taui9,n, langh,lrng, ,rs,
officer arrested him for violating tho Excise
lay, but he was dis hargcd BY the s,rgoant
rne shpe ., e rn Trr sn, 9p On IN sSrsv sMs wna
uniformed officer pushed open tn" front door
ana saw n man behinl tho bar awAwardly hand
ing out q bottle Of whakcy AMI some elnasra.
81 arrest you for violating the Exeisc law"
the officer exclaimed. n he entered tho room.
~ wish ,'n would" was the reply.
for himself, aud cooy touched glasses with
those outside Of the bar. Then II was explained
to, tho onlrer that tho man whom he had mis-.
taken for the harkerpcr was wealthy merchant
doing business in the neighborhood.
=, | coulIgt buy a drink for lovo OF money
suffering, determined 70 stca some whiskey
ior my friends md myself. Won't you Join us,'
When Mr. L. Ncumuller Of Nassau street was
locked M in the Oak street police station on
Friday evening. his betrothci brought blanket
and low. that he ln1:ht le more comfort,
ablc in his cell She wanted to 500 him. and
TAKE that bun'lle in 10 Nrumullcr." shouted
serecnnt with red mousiachcs. and then add
Ell gruiily Le' that woman go about her bus
CL vath draped his restaurant, n So Chatham
long black and white strcnm"r. fHstcned with
largc roSette. Under the arch Of the door WAS
large white card. bearing the inscription,
Independcncc" So many people gathered in
front Of the door that Capt. rctty was compelled
to station officers to make them move on. ON.
GERS wore len in tho doorway- opposite and
on cu"h side to watch for an opportunity
T. make. an arrest in tho. restaurant
Mr.. Natu, however. wis provided for TINT cmer-
gcncy. tall German stood at the front door
nnl. a. customer tried To enter, called To Mr.
Vath. II he were not known MIR NWh would
al HI il ala 4At
known the door was opened. immediately
closed and locked and then the inside door was
opened and nfterwnrd locked. In the. saloon
the bar was covered with sheet and the beer
was served only IN large stone mugs; Custom
them on the table. MIR. Naths hurkeeper. Al
bert BlrSkummcr wis arrested on saturday
and admitted to hail He intcpds to suo thg
Excise Commissioners for false Imprisonment
and receiving money under fnl-e pretcncc-.
a thirsty stranger dropped into n Chatham
street dining saloon and asked the cashier con
cashier replied Our har is closed. but Just sii
down a the table" He sat down and ordered
soup The colored waiter brought in two bowls
o1n contained soup and the other gin.
The Police Courts Were fun again yesterday
ia the Tom'-. eighty three prisoners were ar
raigned. Many were paro.lcd 10 gct bail. some
were sent to prison. ana the rest had friends in
court.
The jefferson Market Police Court disposed
Of eighty mine cH-cs before ~ o'clock. Justice
Morgan opened court again 40 o'clock. The
His Honor. however. Il 4po-ed of unly seven
teen prisoners. rcmauiiug Tie rest to the police
stations. THIS action created great dlsSatsla'
tion. The Justice and ia" clerks had lncu at
work from ) o'clock IN the morning. with an
hour or 40 for rest. Itwoud have taken TIL
midnight TO di~po-e of all the cns"s. In tn,
Essex Market Court. Justice Smith heard iliiy-
two cases dis charging several The Aorkvlur
Police Court had thirty casr- ju~iiD,
kaSmirr. III the Harlem Court. had six cl-' =
III the Forihum Court. Justice Wheeler had but
one. Thus far nearly / 2OD liquor dealers have
been arfai-n"t which makes the number oi
such cn-o- IA tho District Attorneys hands ioI
triAl about T.p1.
A meeting of German liquor dealers was ad.
verti-ed 10 he held IN tho afternoon in a hal
hhck @. saloon al 2ji seventh avenue hut
George Martin. who owns the saloon and thr
hall. told all who cam" t. attend tn, meet M
that thov must gO away again, because he had
tn consumption. and didn't want 10 run tAt
risk Of spending night in "a cell.
IN" total humber Of lIuur sellers arrested
Yesterday was go. All ~ 'nt the might IN III.
stations. Ia most cG-o- they were locked up ia
cells Ike ordinary prisoners.