The New York herald., 1877-12-08
A REASON FOR THE RAID
Loud Complainings OF the
Great Restricted.
AGRAND JURY PRESENTMENT
Tipple in Plenty at All the Fash
iOnable Hotels.


the Battery to Fordham. The sudden activity OF
the force was the topic OF universal CONVERSE
ton aud tho Board OF Excise was anathematized on
every SIDE The prisoners OF the previous night
were held in 500 bail each by the police JUS
tices, and furnishing the same, were permitted
60 about their business. Nearly II not all oil
them, hastened TO No 299 Mulberry street and
besieged the Board OF Excise for licenses. Very
many OF the persons wanted to see the
commissioners claimed that they had made
application for licenses SIX months ago
and that time deposited their fees Owing
10 whc they could not understand or
have explained them neither affirmative nor
negative action taken by the Board
their cases, and they knew nothing OF
their liability 10 arrest, they claimed, until the
police actually pounced upon them. Others who VS.
tied the balls Of Excise yesterday merely came 10 he
the bonds which should been dled several months
ago, ana a great many who had been ling without
having applied at ali came make appli-
cation ana pay their fee. Never before was seen such
an iraie and ,ndlgnant multitude in the neighoor-
hood OF the Excise Police officers Dad to keep
The corridors clear and protect the Commissioners
who were shut up In their private sanctum, from oe-
ing taken by storm and literally made 10 dlsgorge
money or licenses Comm ssioners Morton, Patterson
and Murphy up to their eyes In business FIRST
they before the Grand Jury and told
what they knew about egalizing selling
apd taking OF the fees Then they returned 10
their Office, passing iacog through the angry crowd
who misook them Tor liquor dealers who had just been
released from arrest, and went to work to meet and
comply with the demands OF their besiegcrs II possible
Meanwhile tho Grand Jury sent IN us views OF the
Excise mudde 10 Judge Brady, and Mayor Ely later
In day sited the bewiidercd officials. on tho
whole the condition OF the Excise Commissioners yes
tcrday was very uuenviable.
WHAT THE EXCISE COMMISSIONERS DID.
After their return from tho Grand Jury the Excise
Comm ssioners received the liquor dealers in waiting
one by Those who had applications to make
attended and received their receipts payment
Of The fees. Others, who were frightened by
the police raid presented the receipts they had
held Tor months anu filed their bonds. Eighty
two received licenses and many had their
licenses changed in compliance with the law.
With eighty-our new applications the Board received
yesterday 81, ,O2o. And seventy persons FLED their
bonds after banking hours the Commissioners re-
fused TO receive any more applications or money,
, and then contented themselves with paying
back money TO those whose applications
claimed or Withdrawn. About $500 refunded IN
this way. In the evening the Bosrd held proracted
executive session. at which applications and bonds
were examined and licenses passed upon.
THE QUESTION.
The persons who moro particularly infested the
vicinity oil the Excise Board yesterday were those who
had applied for licenses several mon his ago and had
not yet received them. To put their position IN
nutsHell. tue lvloW ns StileincnL lnaue uy sec
ond avenue lager beer vender to a HKKALp re-
porter may be quoted d:--"You see, SIX months
ago fellow comes into mino place und
rays to the, EN- beer gii him glass beer, and
ven he drink II he say, 'You have got license, eh y
no sav 10 .e ma n, s~a show sm 90, WI, censa e"
und do dis Dots all right Putty he
look IL he tell me shall make APPLICATIONS tor
onara license. DIS Won vos played oud. l tell him,
list dot soP und he say, 'Yaw, dot ist so. been an
inspector una y y my pzneSs % do' oos COX alter some
beebes IKE you vot don got right TO sell beer alter
last years license vos played oud' Den he told me,
you go make application or an ondra license and pay
dot Tee You get your receipt, ana dot IS all
aboud it. Den he have Ave, six, couple more glass
beer. gi him 50 and he eon oud Next day
make aponcatlons, pay my lee, get my re-
cept, und ] hear nothing aboud IL
unul the officer he take in on thursday
night, und I'm hev TO si Dail 500 vot shall do
pay Tor my hcense but | don't get my license.
The Inspector lie tell me dot receipt is shust tie
money back neither" In these views the by
standers concurred, adding tha, in nearly every
instance they had been made TO understand
that their receipt just good
parchment which they were af,crward to receive in
lieu OF it when The Commissioners had decided TO
give them license. On the other hand, the Com
missioners say that they never told these
men authorized anybody to tel that a
cepl was privilege to sell They complain that
most OF the applicants never came 10 ne bonds
after paying the lee, consequently licenses could
be gwen them. Again great majority Of the appli-
cants were unit TO hod licenses. rhe most fruitful
Of complaint the part OF the nquor dealers
sowness OF the Excise Boards action.
I'VE never have had any notice that bonds we're neces
moned tho office, although tho Commission
ers say we were, and, often as have
have never been able to get any sa,rsfactoa about
H." 10 this the Excise Commissioners replied that
they nave Invariably through their clerk Mr. Chilas.
sent the requisite notice and conducted the business
with all possible despatch
1--WE don't want our money left any German
Exchange Bank" said hquor dealer yes
,erday. "wc thought were paying It
in the city. Why the Excise Com
nssioners take il from us II tEey ain't that they
give ncenscsr Its likely story that bank
does pay them interest Tor tho $40 oOo 900
hat IA Ia xtfh tor I.tto Al hs.t
about safe keeping is humbug No money lies
idle In a bank Tor thirty days II The Board cannot
vested by ourselves"
rHE MAYOR ~ MULBERRY STREET
fro In the halls Of No 200 Mulberry street
aud pouring up and down the steps, Mayor
EB's benign couutenance and spectacles
were seen coming down Houston street. He was
recognized Immediately ana surrounded by ,nc
shouted some one, and IN the
liquor dealers-men and women--got about HIM
Eestions. "won't you stop this police raloing Mr
Ely ~ one SAID. 'Get my money Dack,n
another demanded. Everybody thought that His
Honor cou.d settle the whole matter IN a
my. Receipts Dy tue dozen were thrust
under his arms, his nose his and even on the
back OF his surtoui all Of which was borue by Mr.
Ely with the utmogt good nature. He told the pople
that he there TO look into the matter and what
could be Done aud he was even then going the
Commissioners OF Excise anu Police lie managed 10
squeeze through the crowd to the door OF tue Board
room, into which he got with no little DIM
Guilty. IL about three O'CLOCK
In the afternoon he was received BY The
iu Board, who up to their eyes IN business
MOB of liquor dealers were within ming
bonds and pofiecting Their licenses. In answer
TO his inquiry the Comm mssionefs informed tho
Mayor that they had all they coud
to nelp tie respectable liquor dealers aud grant
licenses wherever the law would permit them TO do
SO; but that the law was 10 dispute IN some
ct It's points, aud that, therefore, the
Board had not been able TO issue licenses
US promptly they deserved Ia many cases,
Commissioner Patterson assured Mr. Ely applicants
had neg 10 file satisfactory bonds aud retarded
the work OF the Board Tue Comm mssioDers said
that they were sorry tDat the police had not
discriminated between those who had paid their
license ices aud those VINO had laughed al tho law
They tod His Honor that they would work extra hours
aud do all they could Tor the relief OF
the dealers, VINO were pressing them IN great mum
bres. The Mayor iolt the Board room aud conveyed
this assurance to such as spoke 10 him outside.
THE MAYOR POLICE B0ARD.
He then crossed Mulberry street with a HERALD
reporter ana sought the Police Commissioners OF
these three assent General Smith Europe,
Com m issioncr Whocler had gone homo sick and