New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-26

and was somewhat injured. The house. owned by
Mr.. Behler, was damaged to the amount of 81 900.
covered both losses Herman Bohonke, living on
the third floor, lost furniture worth $500.
WHY LOW RESORTS FLOURISH.
TALK WITH CAPTAIN lyman OF THE FOURTH
POLICE PRECINCT-DIFFIcULrY OF GETTING
EVIDENCE THAT THE COURTS RESPECT.
Chatham-st. liquor store in which women were
employed as waters was broken up Sunday night.
resteruay a TRIBUNE reporter asked Captain
lyman, of the Oak Street Precinct. what prevented
tue police from closing up all the dance houses and
that was somewhat sweeping question but re-
piled that he was always ready to act whenever
over which he had In some blocks SH the
residents around these low places were just as bad
to complain or to appear as witnesses after the
police had taken action. Police testimony was not
been disturbed by the nusances and if the house.
holders Mo1d not act the police could accomplish
effective, as the places broken up would open again
the next night and the work of the police would
have to be repeated; Captan lyman said he had
noighborhood in regard to the Chatham-st. liquor
sellers Tic FAD "puiled" four of these places, but
had been unable to get persons to appear against
thcn.
:" Isi't there law against the employment of
women as walters i'll liquor shopY
d" There Is and many attempts are made to evade
it. In the saloon that raidcd' Sunday night the
women wore hats if they not employed
there. Other places have female cashiers but the
women are really Mattresses and wherever they
so employed, as q rule, nine tenths are women of
bad character. There rs this difference in bringing
about conviction. Those fellows know the
police OF this preeiuct by night, and it would con
against them. have given citizens ~ for going
to these places and 81 to spend there while obtain
lug evidence, and in closing up three places in
Wa%-s spent TS ont of my own o pocket in
that all through the precinct unless were Van
derbilt Ii the merchants doing business near the
dives would come to me and give me any evil
drunken man enter of these places-I will break
it up in forty-cight hours"
!" Don't the police know the dsordcrly chara ctcr
of these placesr
1t is necessary to, have citizens testimony to
support that of policeman. The courts have de-
cided that the evidence of policeman is not suii-
cient to secure conviction in these cases. The
dives can't be a nuisance to a policeman alone.
We can't bring the saloon-keepers to trial On
own unsupported evidence, and police evidence
would not have the same effect Jury that he
evidence OF decent citizen living III the neighbour
hood would have"
:" Do you approve of spasmodc attacks on these
:" AS rule their effect is bad When one of these
places is raided' the parties are brought TO court
clothes to pay fines, and the proprietor is held in
$oOO to answer which is promptly furnished. The
pmSs 81 aw no whole matter a VIII be- simply hat the
night the place will be in full blast again. The
hest procedure is the procurement of evidence of tine
GlsoTderiy character OF place, and the indictment
of the offenders for keeping disorderly house by
going before the Grand Jury. You see, they are
against them, but when Indicted and they are
convinced that they to be brought to trial, with
to make some compromise with the Distrct-A tor
ney and move away to some other neighborhood.
III were an Excise Commissioner would license
all the dives to sell liquor and then in case they
invited the attention OF the police should revoke
disorderly house. and the fines would innro to
the benefit OF the city. The excise law requires
day night until a. M Monday ito and dur1S that Sa'
tervai II saloon keepers are found selling liquor
they can be fauled up. An officer passing dance
mouse or concert saloon hearing cry of murder
or II he has reason to think felony is about to be
COMMITTED there can 90 in ana arrest the in
are protected by law and are considered innocent
until proved guilty The manner Of enforcing law
than IN ihaS aaf In asfS@a emf
house policeman will not hesitate to rush in and
arrest an inmate when necessary, but that is
other thing in Fifth ave. mansion. People can do
lowed the Fourth Warders to 10 as they pleased.
we would have tough time of it,"
" Have you closed up any number of these dives
since you were appointed Captain of this precinct ~
My appointment dates from October, 1870, and
since that date have closed up efloctually sixteen
down 40 stairs, 2!7l2 and 279 Water-st Nos. 8, 10,
which was notorious hole. These places os aps now
occupied by business of a reputable kind. l am as
anxious as anybody to have the dives closed up.
AS Tar as Chathan-st. is concerned, have had no
complaints of men being rel bed assaulted in
s tnoss M .s and haze Obliged to close their
are tough holes, no doubt, but there's in
arresng the proprietors without evidence that you
can convict on"
The complaint to be signed by a resident anxious
to clear the precinct of low resorts specifies that
certain premises are kept as a disordery housc
nanely;a resort for tipplers, drunkards, common
prostitutes and reputed thieves, with other vile.
wicked, absolute and disorderly men and women
and Ieputed thieves whO most of whom are i'm
the practice of drinking, dancing quarrelling and
fighting at almost all hours of the day and night to
the great damage and common nuisance of the
people of the State of New-York residing in the
neghbOrhOOd and passing thereby"
Policeman John Hickey, who made the arrests
Sunday night at No. As Chatham-st., yesterday
morning took the proprietor, Julius Gushc, and IS
women before Justice Flammer at the Tombs Po-
Lice Court Gushe was held for trial in default of
5000 bail on charge of keeping disorderly house,
ana the women were discharged.
HOW THE CHINESE BURY THEIR DEAD.
Preparations for a Chinese funeral which were OBJ
served yesterday afternoon, attracted much attcn-
ton in the neighborhood of the Grand Street Ferry
to Brooklyn. The deces sed was named Con
ave. Unable to send his body back to China the
friends of Con Suite were forced to content them
selves with bnrying their departed in the un-
hallowed soil of the Cemetery of the Ever
green's. Thirty-five carriages followed the hearse
The pall-bearers and mourners were clad in white
The bearers were followed by coach containing
basket OF wax candles and osssticks for use at the
burial. Next came band of musicians who made
all the noise they could with gongs cymbals and
horns. Only one woman noticed in the pro-
cesson she was white, with regular Caucasian tea
lures.
The master of ceremonies rode on the hearse and
continually scattered to the wind small bits of rice
made day hideous while the coffin was lowered by
the eight white-robed bearers When the earth had
pee been leveied banner was planted at each end of
wax candles were lighted at the foot of the
mound. The j0ss-sticks were also lighted upon
the -, grave, burning with pleasant odor.