The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-14
MOUNT VERN0N'S RUM WAR.
M0BBrN0 THE Law AVID ORDER 1850
CIiTfON's DE1ECTIYEs.
How the Mob was Dispersed Indictments that
will Make Work for Lawyers The Origin
OF the Trouble as Totd by ~ Lipuor Dealer.

OF the Trouble as To,d by "a Liquor Dealer.
On the 9Th OF February two scedy persons
calling themselves John Dillon and Joseph
Mayor pared in Mount Vernon village and
said that they were on the trail OF few dollars.
They must have previously followed n similar
trail succD ssfuiv. for they had an abundance of
money. Their expenditure WAS almost cxclu-
sivcly among liquor dealers. whose intimacy
they seemed 10 sock. The barkcrp ~. at first
illttrcd Ut length became suspicious Of the
strangcrs who, in their cups. wherein, indeed.
tn v were almost constantly dropped dark hints
OF aome power that they could WELD. Hence.
Dillon and Mayer were closely watched and on
Saturday gight the 81 inst. at about midnight.
as they wcrc stopping out Of barroom in
Fourth avenue. near Second street, Il somewhat
mcna,ing crowd surrounded them.
Constable Stcrnhagcn escorted the two TO their
hotel. but they were denied admission. and
then the party went to another hotel. whose
proprietor also declined 20 admit them, and
thence they went 70 tue hous" OF Mr. p. VI. Van
Colt. son OF cN-J udgo Van Cot. There the
crowds mcna.cs became So loud that the con
stable deemed it INV 4e ~ wat until hc could
arouse some one. 80 he hurried hl- charge on.
In front of eA-Judgc Van Cots house.
at Union avenue and Second street. the con
s,ahlr halted. The judge. aroused 10y ~" nol-e.
looked out NJ his bedroom window, and. tai INK
in the hostile attitude cot tlle crowd thai sur
rounded the c"nstab and his charge. ordered
L
the crowd. that he might hc prosecuted as q
rioter. The crowd dispersed mugcailv, every
nan hop,nE ,iot r. had net neen rerosn@'d ny
gently nuted the names of fourteen men. These
Firman " Casey. a leading druggist OF Mount
/ Vermont ll.rnhnr' stern nEen, the const'lles
/ brother aud 70 trustee ol West Mount Vernon ;
| Arthur Ryder. uml recently agent for the 5. f.
/ T. J.. G. T. \. ia Wcst'n ster county; BENJAMIN
Ninard. rN-ron-tlthlc; Lawrence Bpwlpn. John
/ lN"y. G"nrgn Alfred. Wesley u. Merritt Gro
/ frc-lc Denis Mahuney. Charles schwartz Kpld
IL .lfIlNn Ntr n
/ dictrd hv Nh" Grand jury.
/ Nr. Casey. who il recent graduate NJ Bow
dom College. in whose crow he pulled for two
| seasons suys that Doe WITS adding up the pro-
Good. of the day business. and that, seeing The
/ crowd following Constable St'fnhggrn and his
/ charge pass his door, and surprising that two
/ burglars had boon caught hr followed the
/ crowd to 81 ." the hutfmts disposed ol, ana was
/ yu'ty smol, ing M riGar az "a considrrhole ds-
/ tame" when j Judge Van Cot ordered the consta-
Mr.. joseph :. Wood. counsel for the Law and
! OrtHr Assoc idtiDn. the employers Of Dllon and
/ Mayer said: This town is infested with RUM
sellers who violate the law. 70 make them
/ ohedi,nt To- the Excise law. the Law and Order
A--u .iitiou have employed Diet 'atiNcs to obtain
evidence regarding their violations OF it. Dillon
| and Mayer urr the detectives most recently in
! the associations employ. They wore suspected
hy the runs ecrs. and surrounded hy ~ lo1si u
/ iuN'n ol them. thrcutcningiy. on the night of
VI" INST. O'nSi"ni, Si"rnhng'n saved Dilpn
. and Mayer from bodily injury, and took them
To- their hotel. followed hy the hootins. yeiiil-.
dealer. refused 90 admit them. and 50 did I'
proprietor of another hotel, also a lluor q. .'.
his -hurgo 20 Mr.. -. VI. Van Cots house. uf
there rush Of the crowd seemed su nam Do.
that bee hastcnod ON with them, warnul .ur
crowd not to follow. But they did-to "N-J |..'
Van Colts -at'. There they separated Very
uultfiv when the constable began to tlkt their
I'm, p, IN, ,ri.r ~ I,i'i,, WI 20 tb| pr, = :
dent. 4 ill., Law and order Association.
This Is put-np ion. sad liquor
he nnu,d In PRINT a. thr splkr-nan
~ me NduNr d'hcrs lhe Law ana