The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-30
PRICE TWO CENTS.
GETTING SUNDAY DRINKS.
DIFFICULT IN PARTS OF THE CITY nut
NOWHERE IvPOSSIBLE

The Police Making Another spa.modic shov,
OF Enforcing tae Liquor Law What n Re-
porter Heard and what he Anerward saw.
The effect of the reminder OF Police In
spector Dilkes to the CAPTAINS In his district on
Saturday evening, to enforce the Sum
day Excise law. and Of the publlca-
tion OF the news in THE SUN, was
evident all over the city. yesterday. Shutters
and front doors presented forbidding ASPECT
to thirsty Sunday lolterers, and the side doors
in many OF the police precincts had to be
worked over with care before an en-
trance could be gained. It lie not an lnfre-
duent occurrence for policeman who happens
to be standing on a corner to point out an OBJ
scuro side door to a person who appears to bo
looking for something he cannot find. The
effect Of tho Inspectors reminder was to stop
this practice entirely yesterday. II person
entered sido door. he was likely to find
second door at which he had TO
knock to gain entrance. Where there was
no second door, the proprietor usually met tho
caller In tho hall. and scanned him from head
WINS selling only weiss bier Inside, n solemn
pretence OF selling weiss bier would be Kept
up. Even after the customer had drunk tho
glass OF lager, and was laying the price OF It on
the counter there was never u smile on the bar
tenders face.
Nevertheless there was only one arrest re-
ported ut the Twentieth street police station,
one a. the Thirtleth stroct station, and seven Mt
the Thrty-seventh street station. or the seven
persons arrested at the Thirty-sevoDth street
station all were discharged except two.
CAPT Brogan last evening arrested George
Adlum. n bartender ia the Atlantic Garden.
twenty arrests on tho same charge were made
by his men. most Of the prisoners being taken
from small places on Crosby. baxter. and other
w Tor the night Tho Prince street fG and nSrf the
charge Of violating the Excise law.
IL was was believed by most Of the harroom keep
creased G vigilance, on the part OF the police.
Ihe iaet appeared TO be that the police were
room Keepers knew that thsy were go-
Ing TO be So In the Madison Square
Garden there was a large throng Of prome-
evening They listened to the sacred concert,
and studied the sharply defined shadows OF tho
plants thrown on the white gravel walks by tho
brilliant electric lights. In the early part Of the
evening lines OF walters brought ager beer nj
call. There was no arrest nor any sign Of polica
surveillance. but there came a time In the evening
when only weiss beer could be had. Aftrrward
the walters reported at the tables that even the
weiss beer WAS all gone The sacred concert
lld not decrease in excellence. but tho throng
In Roster 4 Biaii's Twenty-third street garden
lager beer flowed freely all the evening under a
weak pretence of being weiss beer.
Tho following additional arrests were reported
iast evening: In ne Delaney street police sta
ton. ]; in tho Filth street station, Z: in tho
Twrniy-second street station. 1; and In the
The police ascribe the Increase in the number
Of arrests to the warmth OF the weather, which.
they said. tempted tho beer sellers to be more
open in their traffic.
SUN reporter. seeking TO know whether ar
rests had been made In tho police precincts
down town. last evening walked into the New
street police station. The Sergeant at the desk
looked up from the Bible that he was reading.
and said:
No; we have had no arrests for selling
liquoron sunday. We have few liquor saloons
down here To him said tho reporter: " Is
law"
Yes" said the sergeant. Each policeman
is ordered to see that liquor saloons are closed,
and that no liqnor Is sold. He is 10 see that not
only the front door but the bnck door is closed,
and he Is TO arrest men who. having any door
10 any saloon open on Sunday. sell liquor. But
we hive very little OF that sort Of thing down
here" and he returned to his reading.
The reporter walked from the station. but ere
he had gone two blocks he saw Il policeman
peerinR through the crack Of door OF corner
saloon, whence q bright light shone. There
came from the sde door q man in his shirt
sleeves. and in his hand he bore a huge glass
filled with a liquid which in the light OF
the street lamp gave forth an amber color.
not unlike that OF cold tea, save that cold tea has
no foam on tho top. and this beverage had. The
policeman seized the vessel OF amber liquid put
1t TO his lips. and drank as though he WAS
athirst. The reporter sought and found side
door, and entered. The man in the shirt sleeves
said 20 another: " Take no money from that
copper for beer. Not much. He's white man.
lO Is.