The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-12

Continental Hotels were closed. In the
The tar was closed. and he so reported TO Mr.
Mundy. who entered and was ushcrcd into
10 which was through back hallway. eauze
screen prevented the uninitacd from seeing
,i, thG sale OF lilnor. young man @ sat at table
immense chandelier with its soft light velvet
ecnrnct and walnut furniture gave an air ot
were dispensed. In parkor's restaurant. nt
1,3O3 Broadway, Mr. Mundy says thcrc was no
prctenco of closing the bar In the 81. Nicholas
the R ohSr Ef hotels Mr Mandy yo Il h II" o 6oT
tender in srenccrs restaurant. 9t Broadway
viscd Keeping curtain drawn SO that he could
not from the street see liduor sold.
dressed lis men before they went to their posts
on Saturday night: As | go along the street to
and from the station on Sunday. see old men,
boys going into or coming out of saloons. The
front door Of these places, it Is true. is in most
can look through the windows and see men
drinking at the bar and hear the clink of
glnsscs. | SEQ i every SUNDAY, aud see my
officers standing In front Of The saloons and all
solutoly doing nothing TO intcrferc with or
check this trnfllc in sunday rum. Now. this
I"' Il T The f law That rum l1"S' sho S1StSS NOT be-
sold over n bar. ON sunday and vet
ON thc, most sacred of all days. the day that is
specially set apart for religious worship, that IS
dear o us all Tor the inspiration that II brings.
dear by reason Of the tradit .ons THAT have been
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this day the trade in rum goes ON even moro
freely than on amy other day in the week, and
the law is openly violated. | shall allow It no
longer. and If the officers of my precinct con-
,mue to neglect their duty shall put on patrol
man = uniform and 60 out and cloSr these
r0mplnint neai,.' The Officers whose business
il was TO shut thcmp VI, Ii has gone already too
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Other Captains gave similar directions to
The Brooklyn police began in earnest ycster.
day, To enforce the Excise law ~ required
10y the strict order Of the new Police Commits.
sionors, Every saloon keeper in the city had
been informed oi what the consequences would
o'clock on Saturday night and 5 thi- morning.
Ihc commissioners hnu resolved that in every
ease of n violation Of tho law not reported by
the police, a charge should be preferred against
thr officer whose post covered the barroom as
well rs the roundsman and the sergeant on
duty. Concciying that this order was political
move by tho Board 10 secure the heads Of its
D"mocrntic members. the Democratic captains
ordered their men To enforce Tn, Excise law un-
finchingly. Ono Of them told saloon keeper
that II there was any suspicion OF his place being
open, y" would secure cVilenc" of the inrt IL
he had 10 send men down the chimney To- do IT,
Iherc were harroOmS. however. ia which the
sale ol liquor was uninterrupted. Some pro-
prictors CAV, KEYS 10 tncir customers. within
half dozen blocks Of Police Headuuartcrs an
officer IN plain clothes suddenly disappeared in
peared with Tn" foam of lager ON his right
sleeve, This wls carly in the morning Many
druggists did a iiourishing business in whiskcy
OF the barroom-. Which have hitherto sold on
sunday without lei or hinlcrancc. were
law. as prescribed by the Commissioners
At the beginning Of this campaign against
prosecution. few offenders were arrested by
ne police. among the number, Charles
street; Charles Motion. of 25i Johnson avenue:
aud Richard Fox. OF 627 Fulton street. Early
In the evening the barro9m At l22 Bridge street.
brilliantly illuminated. Hail a dozen oungers w
were assembled at respectable distance from
slhan1op paced III, SawI1sieI no9r with a
cigar in his mouth. The door OF the family on
trance was open for all corners.
Robert Murray's barroom in Bridge street
ngnr Ssy tSy s E"5 dong RynS
Il police officer on the corner was utterly un-
Soay Ms Sas 81 sae nc c5 fhfi hsGd hSa 9 T2sr
avenue and Gold street also did n rushing busi-
ness. there being at 3, o'clock two police OIL
GERS ON one corner AMI one on the other.
Last evening the police arrested James I"vey.
bartender for james P@iii,. At 2oi Fulton
Daniel flanagan. of Jay and Tinry street
John McEnter. bartender for James Levy. al, II
Atlantic avenue; Christian Hauscr. bartender
Franklin syenne; Herman struck, OF i22 Van
iiruni street, In the sixteenth and Nineteenth
Wards the Excise law was less gcneraiy, On
forced. The Germans kept the doors Of their
saloons wide open. and concerts were going on
The saloons in williamsburgh were gencr-
ally closed. The police reserves. in civilian
clothes. patrolled 10 see that the order was OBJ
The Jersey City liquor sellers. although a lit
tle more creumspcct than they used 70 be- did
their usual business yesterday through rear
and SIDE entrances. Pursuant 10 Mayor Slcd-
lers order, the police ar still making nominal
day; but the reports are mostly confined 60 the
clothing stores. barb shops. hacks. peanut
stands. which cannot do "A sidc-door business
On the Heights all the pleasure gardens omit
ted the Sunday concerts.