New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-09
TRYING TO SUPPRESS A NUISANCE.

AN APPEAL TO THE EXCISE COMMISSIONERS BY DIR.
DEEMS AND HIS PARIsHIoNERs.
The Rev. DIR. Deems pastor OF the Church of the
Strangers several pfonen. sco and "u aJiornnt
streets united on July 30 III sending TO the Board
of Excise the following protest:
The undersigned residents OF the CITY OF New York
respecifulIy request the hcenee OF Richard Dee
maiy OF No 26 (1intOn-pace. may not De renewed,
haviug been informed that MS present hcesse expired
on Ansust IL Our for making this request
that his saloon the resort Of bad aud ewd peIsous
ar extent that IL is almost Impossible Tor re-
spectacle persons to pass thro'gn me street,
insulted There church. the Church OF the strangers,
the entrance the chapel and Sunday school OF winch
only few from saloon. and it IS FREQUENT Oc-
for Attending evening meetings IA said
church chapel to be insute0 10y ewd persons VINO
TO the police " the precinct and they nave arrested
sTd women Ir mnon IN no ers ta tue said Richard
Demady mas paid the fines imposed upon these women
ehoye we declare the said saloon. kept by
said Richard Demsdy at NJ. 70 Chnto1,place. 10 DE-
no further license be granted him. that the said nussnce
TIE tru,tets of the Church of the Strangers who
signed the protest Joseph j. Lit e. esident OF
the Board OF No. 10 Astor-placc; ). Is Downs The
Secretary. of No. lS3 keade-st Theodore K; Cook,
of No. 152 Broadway; s. A Swart OF No. Cos
Broadway, and J. k. Pope, OF No. ga East wenty-
6fth-st Among the other signers arc +. NJ. Kings
ley. OF No, 80 CllDton-p!ace trustee oil the Union
theological Seminary IN University place, ana
Thomas z. Cummings, Treasurer ol the Midnight
Mission at No. go Greene-st.
On the evening of Sunday, August IL. when
Denady's iicrDse expired. the attention Of the
police was called to his place. III which lights were
Burning and liquors exposed for sale. Dcmady
was arrest, and locked up in he Mercer-st police
station and on the following day Justice Gardner
held hIin in 800 bail for trial
IN the jefferson Market Police. Court
The Board of Excise have not taken decisive action
vet upon gu application which Demady made for
another license. Ex-senator Ecclesine, Demadys
counsel, appeared before the Board on Friday and
again Yesterday. to urge the granting OF license
upoo the application. The Board concluded 10
grant hearing in the case on wednesday. aud
notice to that effect has been sent TO the Rev Dr.
Deems and other slgners OF tue protest. Excise
Commissioner Morris, who IS strongly opposed 10
the granting of license TO DemaLy, said yesterday
that il the Board OF Excise could not pay regard to
tie wishes Of citizens ike those who signed Tie pro-
test, 1t might better go out of business at once.
made personal inspections of Demaay's place OF
business in order 10 satisfy himself regarding It's
> character.
communication sent to the Board OF Excise
yesterday by &. A. GIldersleeve, secretary of the
Society for the Prevention of Crime, stating that
no complaint had boon sent to the society refer
rncs to the liquor store of George j. Greene at No.
120 East Thmteentb-st. The reports which were
= given to the Mayor abou; Greene's place were
marx as having been made originally 10 the soci-
ETY., and the clerk of the Board of Excise was
corroborate The reports. The Exclss Commissioner
said yesterday that the letter of Mr.. Gldersleeve
indicated that the society did wish to
Greene The complaint that Greene violated ire
Excise law on August &c will be investigated TO-
morrow.