New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-25
AW-BREAKING WINKED AT.
FEW ARRESTS UNDER THE PENAL CODE.


Noxtous-woRK OF THE EXPRESS COMPANIES
The fevness of the arrests in the city yes,,eI..
day was really remarkable, considerlnB MAJ
it was the day before genera iils, ar goi-
day. when conslderapi Ter m,JdSy all places of
business were closed and the most or 'hein ILL.,
a. Ill., in that portion OF the Guy SIns ooi i one
Fourteenth and Forty seeond-st., lIe[o "a iocoL
arrrst for a violation OF the Sunday laws Jaop'
Cohen or ola cigar store az No 2O2 ElShl II
ave- was caught in the act OF selling 20 cus,
and was arrested. He was held to Dali III INC BUM
of 800. - .o,.ors
There was more than the usual number OF persons i
IN the streets aud avenues ana IN tue CATE VI I,i
surface and elevated railroads. ne p;u No.
n thriving business during the day ahd evening.
There was a constant stream OF visitors by means
of the side entrances The lront dooro VIZ cioso
aud the blinds drawn Inside there was no pretcnce
of concealrne Drinks were served over the Oar
in as open a manner as on week days moIe4n,eii
children and women. with cans ana pltchers nn; i
with ale and beer. were 10 be seen every io" hii"
utps coming from the side entrances. , r.
Among the Hebrews in the district south OF "a
ma st and east of Broadway the vlolations Oh .
succeeding Sunday. Yesterday cigar stores "eio
open second hand clothing stores were dolng t .har
of yOre. BARRIERS athcred anu saEcu dav
from an old-time Sunday. A TRIBUNE reporter Wo9
ventured to walk through Baxter-st. was pnileu
and dragged about by tine secondhand ..othigrs
and sellers of cheap stuff all eager 10 supply nm
with winters outfit. TIE number oil men ana
women between Chatham-si. and the FIVE POINTS
who lad seized sel MN him by articles tee was
t tHe s,ye Not more than ten arrests
were made by the police, and these were done IN q
spasmodic way that showed that they shared the
sentiments of Captain Petts, of the Sixth Precinct
that 10 was all a farce. $780,,
1--WE are trying 10 make the code as obnoxious rs
poss ole IN order 10 have IL done away wlth, sad
sergeant at the Seventh Precinct station. III Is
only the work of these sanctImonious Sabbata
rams" The code was certainly f in f5is prcnc
Although the violations OF the law were gong on
in almost every otner forbidden branch Oh trace
the police singled out and arrested hal uoZen men
and women who were selling candies and christ
mas toys. They were all bailed to appear IN court
this morning Three arrests were mate IN - li ne
SiYth Precinct Manuel lsaacs a B0wery dealer III
Shirts defanty placed his glass case OF merchan-
disc on the sidewalk tie was run III" by the
pa,rolman inst as he sold his second shirt IN inc
Fonr:h Twenty-seventh and First Precincts there
wer, no arres made by the police.
I'm the Essex Market Police Court Yesterday
Henry Meyer a cOnfecLioner at NO ~ Cath99fine-
St. was charged by Officer hOgers with violating
the Sunday law by keeping open his store IN INC
morning lie was held in 100 bail for trial. The
% Avenue D. was also he'd III 9loO' in inc
Iombs Police Court, Joel Harris and Emanuel
lsaacs the former drygoods dealer at No 30
BOwery ana the latter clothleT at NO. S6 Bo"ery'
were held for tine same offence.
The Adams Express Company was busily occu-
pied Yesterday. Inc injunction preventing the
pOice from interfering with its business gave ful
opportunity tor the delivery OF goods Az me
general office, No. 80 Broadway, there was a rush
of business throughout the day ana INTO the night
The cOmpanY's 100 wagons were coming ana gong
at the Church.st entrance, line of thirty being
drawn up there at times :" We are delivering goods
of all kinds" said an employee there Yesterday
freight, baggage boxes and everything That needs
delivery. Heavy buinessl should Say 30. hun
dredfoll greater than usual. Well. ii seems four
times even mat amount"
The United Statrs Express Company transferred
only safes OF bullion to its principal Office at No -
Broadway. I'VE never deliver freight on Sunday
said the man in charge. We have had our two
mi mil
bullion and valuable material, which a
matter of necessity. Cap,a ain BerghOld passed the
Broad way entrance as were unloading Il safe.
and he told one of the men not TO be caug1t thero
again az the work, he would arrest hun. The
two messenger CONS Of the American Express
Company were used during the dav Tor the transfer
safes irO the office III MadisOn-ave. to the gem
eral Office at No. 80 Broadway. No other work was
done. twas said that WcstcOtts Express Company
sent some of its wagons 10 Ooklyn for transfer
purposes. The office at feminist and Broadway was
closed all day. so the policeman on the beat said.
The police the east side of the city, between
Canal and fOurtecnta-sts., were very lenlent yes
terday in the enforcement of the Sunday Laws. APP
parently no effort was made to interfere with any
BODY who desired 10 sell goods or keep hs place open.
1t a nOuceabie fact that III the BOwery aud IN
many of the prlncipIl thoroughiarcs on the cast
S de the ,lty, the BARRIERS and cigar dealers al
most defied the law and made no pretence Of con-
Quoting tnelr business secretly. Their doors were
h DIT WIDE open, the window shades were pulled up
aud people passed IN and out unnOticed by the
police Even the museums were Open although the
propTietOrs did not allow pas 'ers-by TO be annoyed
DY the borri ole ain OF The music from the organs.
Inc concert gardens Ill the BOweTy and tOurteent
st. were open AS usual without even the customary
excuse OF giving the receipts TO some charitable IN
tltutlOnS.
The persons who seemed TO suffer most were the
street vendors. Nowhere could be found China
man selling bad cigars or an Italian Offering for
sale nuts and fruit. The absence Of these vendors
was the only noticeable feature i'll the observance
Of the day ON the east side of the city.