New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-03
NOT ENFORCING THE EXCISE LAW.

MOI ENFORCING HE I|hNlcL h@h W.
d. J. Whitney of the Society for the Prevention
of Crime. wrote 10 President French, OF the Bonrd
of Police March %, complaining that me po,i91
did not enforce the Excise law NJ nos, 40
Woosterst. 90 Blcecker-st., and 100 East f3ul :
teenthst lie stated that agents of the society ha,
witnessed the sale of liquor on SUNDAYS NJ ~ 80
Wooster-st. where dancing was kept up uhtlI Iiue
hours at night; They also had plrcnasco ii" The
Allen. the proprietor. had expired roncc r,,
Iluber's oyster house. ut No. 1O0 Easy IouI-
teenth ST. he wrote that the place was not lcehSed'
yet liquors were sold there freely lie ens I S
printed bill of fare as evidence, and wrote lio lol-
lowing in reference to IT.
You will find by the enclosed bll OF fare prnten io
March 2ti 1854 that offers all kinds OF liquors N3w
there is NO use Of Mr. Murray Or George W. Waing tel
ing that liquor is not sold there rms pr,nen oa 0
refused 10 grant them license and the known character
of the place Is a blot on that part of the city.
Mr. Whtney's complaints were referred 10 .IG
Captains of tie Eighth. Fifteenth and Seventeenth
Precincts Captain Mcdonnell reported yeStsIiI
dav that No il5 WOoSter-st. was the iiotel del
Canpdoglo kept by BaTtR ds P os Tesp ec
able. Dancing by private parties only is pelhttet
there Captain McCullagh sent report a ahie
people but the police have kept close wa'ch
upon it because the proprietor has no Ic'hso ~; "
sell liquor. Six arrests for violations oi inc fAclse
law have been made IN the place by orGG do oi
Canaan McCullagh since November 10, 1852
Captain Brogan will send a report to Mr; i rtncn
to-day that the police of the Fifteenth IreelInct
Il
Irom being violated at No 30 Bleeckcr-'t.
ASSIGNING HIS SALARY PROMlSCCOCsLf'
The rport that Assistant District-AttOrney john
r. Fellows had made assignments 9I ms s"laty iOa
the month of March TO three different persons
seemed 10 disturb somewhat that sangulne hero OF
the Confederate cause. When TRIBUNE reporter
asked him Yesterday about the matter ne salu :
suppose there are not three but thirty assignments
for the same month, what business Is It ot INC puo
hc2 do not see that any one Dut INC asslHnoo'
= Have YOU any explanation to make ~ was
asked. . a,...o,4
that il was a misunderstanding that has been cor
rectcd l,y the aSsignecs Themselves. o,o
Ex-AsSiStant District-Attornev John y Byrhe
was at the Di,rict-Attorneys Office and explained
IN Di,trict-Attorncy Olney that Colonel Fellows
had given him an assignment LOT lhOiiIns s1i"ia
leaving the time blank, and that Mr. OByTneS son
Mr. Olney was reported as not much pleased Win
the financial methods Of his assistant: lie sald'
however: 1t is said to be all mistake
MEMORIAL WINDOWS IN TIE CATHEDRAL.
Among recent gifts to st. Patnck's Cathedral are
two LARGE ned glass windows in the south side OF
the sacristy, presented by J. +. Loubat Ine{ are
hand some works OF art aud doubtless woald nave
attracted more public notice were they IN the body
of the Cathedral. One IS a memorial OF lhe gINTTt
and bears tho name Joseph florlnund IoG oa'. !.
the death of 81. Joseph, who lies on
conch over which hover two angels. The saviour
is pictured at be bedside and lso woman kheel-
inp Al the top of the window Is kCIOH WIN lle
in Latin Blessed are the dead VINO
die in the Lord"
Three subjects are represented in the other win
dow. the central one beng IN memory OF Joseph
AlpLouee LOuhat MI IUublt'S father There -
large representation Of st. Alphonse IN his sacred
and beneath a scene in his lte where
he performs miracle. Another panel Il. the WIN
don, Is in memory of Theresa Aimee Lou at, ana II
poYirays st. Theresa and the scene at her leath-bed
The opposite panel is given by Susan Elizabeth
Ioubat The subject is st. Susanna, portrayed rs
young woman. small panel shows
scene in her life when the angel protects her from
the in1del.
THE MYSTERY OF JAMES HALPINS DEATH.
Coroner Menninger held an inquest yesterday III
BrookIvn regarding the death OF James HaIpin,
" no was found last Friday morning with a fac-
furcd skull in the rear Of the Myrtle Shades"
iouor store at No. 1S1 Myrtlcayc., brooklyn, Kept
bv Shortly Campbell a t.other of Police super
Campbell 1t was not thought that ne
was eerously hurt when he was taken to the Brook
lvn Hospital, and it WAS then stated that he had
been hurt IN a fight He died in short time. No
evidence was brought forward 20 show thai any
fight had taken place. II was shown that lialpn
had PLAYED shuttle board in The liquor store before
midnight and that he then went out. The next
known of him he was found in the backyard I'M
conscious The jury fodrd verdict that he came
ia his death from fra sue OF the skull, received
ina manner aud at place unknown TO the jury.