National Republican., 1882-12-04
BREAKING THE SABBATH.
How tho New Pcnnl Code Worked I'm New
York Yesterday.

York Yesterday.
NEW York, Dec. Notwithstanding tho
would-be rigorous enforcement of the new
penal CODE saloon-kcepors do not seem to bo
affected with the ills which have befallen
their less fortunate brothers. The police wero
on the alert all day, not with the romotest
idea of entrapping the vendors of lager-beer
and spirituous liquor, hut to sec that people in
other businesses did not violate the sanctity
of the Sabbath day. All over tho city
il was next to impossible to get any
thing but cigars beer, and whisky. These
necessities" were prccurablc from saloons
without limit. II is no cXaggeration to say
that drunkenness was moro prevalent than
upon many a recent Sunday. Frequcnters Of
beer saloons drank to the success of the new
"penal codc.n Many who would not other
wise think of entering saloons on any other
occasion did so to-day to see whether any
harm would befall them or the publicans.
Neither were mOlested.
DRUGGISTS CLAIMED THAT THEY HAD SOLD
more cigars to-day than over before. They
were fairly overrun by individuals who could
not procure their cigars at the regular stande.
All kinds of ridiculous signs were posted upon
business places. One in Baxter street read:
"Closed for the day of atonomcnt hut we'vo
nothing to repent for, except the penal code"
Another sign read 1t is cold day. Woaro
left" On an Eighth avenue barbcr-shop was
u placard with the words: "The land of tho
free resorts to Nihilistic government Down
with the penal CODE Around Fifth
avenue and Madison Square it was
easy to find BARRIERS who were willing
TO take risks Mt an advanced price for %
shave. People who had never before entered
hotels to-day were found in great numbers.
1t was only necessary to tell the barber that
one was guest of the hotel TO get shaved.
All the arrests made were among the poorest
classes, who had no political influence and
Il,n had hoo, al 10
use their discretion in making arrests and
they did not seem to have taken any risks in
the humble prisoners they made Corpora
tiOnS and every one with any social or pOliti-
cal influence
WERE LEFT UNMoLEsTED.
The first arrest for violation of the code was
made early in the morning, when u laborcr
employed by the steam-heating company, who
was working at pipes in the street, was taken
into custody. About two hundred people were
arraigned in the police courts during the day,
charged with breaking the Sabbath. They
comprised milkmen, groccrs butchers, drivers
of express wagons and other vehicles, boot
blacks newspaper vendcrs, peddlcrs, BARRIERS,
rag-pickers, cigar dealers dry-goods dealers,
Chinese laundrymen, bill-posters and others.
They were nearly all discharged with repri-
mand number of Hebrew stOrekcepers
who were arrested were discharged with %
caution. They all claimed that, as they OH
imagined the law would not be applicable to
them. They were informed, however, that
they were mistaken.
THE POLICE OF BROOKLYN
also enforced the code. Storckeepers who
| kept open were arrested, as were also boot
blacks, newspaper venders, and rag-pickcrs.
The workmen of the Long Island Telephone
Company were stopped while putting up "a
pole, but were finally allowed to go on when
it was explained to the police that this was IL
case of necessity. Hack drivers were allowed
to remain on their stands to attend funerals
and special calls, if they did not obstruct
| travel
Concerts alleged to be for charitable pur-
poses were stopped by the police tonight at
| 113 West Twenty-fourth and the Alcazar, at
Forty-tirst street and Broadway, and the
originators arrested. About 800 arrests were
made this evening by the police for violation
of the penal code. At Harry Hills Theater,
in Houston street, sacred concert was ad-
vertised. The police notified Harry that tho
entertainment would be stopped. Detectives
visited the place, and finding the concert in
full blast arrested Harry and took him to the
station-house, where he was released in $500
bonds This brought the concert to a close.