Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-14

leeted. The majority Of onicials in the service
been fActor In building up the service.
The Police and the Liquor Dealers.
MAJ. DYES ANSWER no THE CHARGES MADE ny
THE SALOON KEEPERS
The communication Of the retail LIQUOR deal.
ers association, complaining OF the "spy" sys-
tenn and making various charges against the
police, WAS referred by the District Commits
stoners to Major Dye, chief of police. Major
Dye has sent a reply to the communication, a.
follows. The Communication Of T. I. Sullivan
II have the honor to say that so much OF the
enclosed charges as consist OF offensive epithets
Will not be noticed. And 1t is unnecessary for
me to reply TO the attack against the wisdom OF
the Sunday liquor law. II is sufficient, in this
connection, for those who are held RESPONSE
laws, to know that such law exists
Further, it Is impossible to reply satisfactorily
To your generalities and vagaries. However,
will say this: Charge first in substance is that
convict and policeman not in uniform en-
tered the premises OF a gentleman and insulted
and abused the proprietor. Neither name time
nor place Is given. In second charge IL il al
legged that a colored woman charges officers Of
the police force with bringing liquors during
duty hours to her shanty and making a rendez-
Vous OF 1t, etc. Not name, no time nor place
mentioned here In change third is alleged the
oribing Of minors by policemen to attempt to
1nVeigle liquor dealer into selling liquor To
them. Again no name, time nor place is given
The fourth charge Is SO general that its mean
Ing can only be guessed at. III it means that an
and then suffered another officer to prosecute
the proprietor for violation OF the liquor law /
can only say again give US the nan,es time and
place. 1t will be noticed that not a man. time
or place Is mentioned in a single charge
In this shape the charges admit OF no reply.
II the parties making the complaint believe
they have single weli-grounded charge of der
ELECTION OF duty, or excessive zeal, on the part
OF an officer, vii. be thankful to have them
tiOns governing the force. giving names time
and place. Another not numbered charge in
general terms. Is that parties have been con-
policemen. &c. This has the same defect as the
other charges. and forbds a specific answer,
We're generaltles and assertions accepted. 1
might say that believe there are more than
ten persons dealing unlawfully in LIQUORS
acquitted on perJured testimony, to one convic-
The insinuatiOn that immunity from prosecu-
ton for the illegal traffic in liquors may be
obtained by presenting policemen with money,
whisky ana cigars, Ii also too general. And 1t
seems to me that good citizens, having the well
fare OF the community at heart, would report
every such case, as it arises, TO the author
ities that proper punishment might I've
melted out to the offenders However, il there
really be any such cases the charge is double
edged, for IL brands the liquor dealers guilty of
such practices as guilty OF bribery. II such
practices exist, 1t only confirms our suspicious:
In conformity with which every man coming
upon the force is warned to guard against the
insiduous and designing ways OF certain
whisky dives. II the proprietors of these
more impunity, with such Officers out of " the
way, would gladly work with them to that
end. Whenever such a man is pointed out, 1
promise that the Commissioners shall have INV
recommendation for his head The next and
last charge has the same detects as the others
and Is SO vile that no honorable man would
make 1t unless In Possession of unqueStioned
proof. l repeat: Ii specific charges be made
they will of course be Investigated Mr.
Wynne, whose name is upor the Complaint
has, am informed, been lined several times
for violation OF the liquor law. The last time
in last May. Timothy Sullivan, the saloon
Wynne: the secretary. says Timothy /. suili.
van is the president OF the association. limo
thy 1. has wholesale license in his wife's
name, and was on August 9TH, 1885, fined 81 O5
ior selling without license. Case appealed"
WHAT A SMALL Boy DID WITH A MATCH
Charles Oden, an eleven-year-old colored boy
went into Nash's grocery store, corner of l. and
Attn streets. about noon to-day, and purchased
two cigaretts, which he was told not to light
until he got outside. He, however, lighted one
OF them in the store and threw the lighted
match aside 1t struck the spiggot Of coal Oil
on the tank. An alarm OF fire was sounded
from box %, but the fire was extinguisheG be.
fore the arrival of the fire companies by means
Of a blanket which was thrown over the flames
The boy Oden was arrested and taken to the
seventh precinct station on a charge of arson,
but was subsequently. released to appear in the
Police Court tomorrow.
FEITED By MARRIAGE-Today Messrs. Gordon
q Gordon for George Warren Offutt filed q bin
against Mary Ofutt Veale ct al. for settlement
OF account as executriX, transfer OF assets re-
straining order, &C. The bill states that W. A
Ofutt died November 9Th, 1850, leaving his
estate to his wife during life or widowhood. In
case she died or remarked the estate was To 90
to his brother Qhe cOmplainant) in trust for his
son, .. l. Otutt, to be turned over to him on
arriving at age. The plaintiff charges that the
John NJ. Veale in Baltimore and the fact has not
been publicly announced. He therefore claims
established as q fact and to assume the trust
he asks that q receiver be appointed and thai
Mrs. Veale be enjOined from collecting rents
&c.
ROBBERIES REPoRTED.-Mrs. Alice Rol,ins
6oO street northwest reports that on Friday
night there was stolen from her store two boxes