New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-04
No REEDBIRDS FOR SALE.
DEALERS ENLIGHTENED AND ALARMED BY NJ
pnnsEYkIT's LITTER IN TIE TRIBUNE.

DEALERS ENLIGHTENED AND ALARMED BY Mix
RoosEvrLT's LETTER IN THE TRIBUNE
A good deal of surprise and no little amnesty
have been created among game and poultry dealers
In this city through letter when appeared III az
TKiBUNE yesterday from X. b. Roosevelt, president
of the Association for the Protection OF Ualhe,
calling attention TO the law, passed by the
last Legislature prohibiting the sale OF reed
birds, robins and meadow-la rKs. Inc season
Tor reedblrds opened with the beginning
nj Angnsf. with prices ruling about so cents
dozen. Already many thousand dozens nave Deen
openly sold IN ignorance OF no,Ot about this
time and on Thursday thousands oil theh were OK
posed for sale as low as 20 cents per Dozen "a
visitor TO Fulton or Washington markets To-Day
Will not see one. Alexander b. Powell, Washlng-
ton Market dealer, said to TRIBUNE reporter
yesterday:
in Tnn THISUSE this morning believe such the
case with the largo majority OF dealers IN tns ei y
this market during the last three weeks bat you can see
for yourself there arc none Tor sale now 90
not believe the Association for tue Protecton
for e, G Sssch wU OF the law too
opportunity for nIOrmsr. too tempting to per r.
sppertans TO the sale robins aud meadow larss is
good These are not game birds proper! sPesxne
don't suppose than 200 dozen ROBINS or lOo
reedbrds consumed In New-iork Ia one season. ana
10000 ooS "' dozen would be above the marx
The law Will in no way protect the birds New D aorH
Phiiado phia CIncinu att and ST. Louis will easily con.
ali that can possibly be oered 1a S me
uu,n cold weather IN former seasons tue price mas
ting out the NewYork market prices Will be kept down.
but you can see for yourself that tue cheaper the ae
plenty OF profit for the pot even At twenty
cents q dozen No reedbrds are shot In TINS state
They como from the country tributary to Balti-
more from the fats OF North and South Caro-.
ihrre n. Certainly no necessity for NewYork TO inure
its futile attempt 10 protect the game OF
grown during the last years from small beginnings
TO be important branch of our trade and yet the re
6ra hardy and prOlih0 ol breeder ,., sna
prohibition Of the Of established and popular
Sstine when the DULY end accomplished to give the
trade ID the merchants of other cities.
Az NJ. Robbins of Fulton Market, are indignant
over the matter and will test the cOnsttutlonality
of the law at the earliest opportunity.
CHARGING A BOOKKEEPER WITH THEFT
Eta A. Gaum4ns sells fish by the wholesale
been her bookkeeper and cashier since August
1855. She had him arrested yesterday, charging
aim with enlightenment Judge Churchill granted
the order of arrest In her complaint Mrs Gam
mans says that Wright has had the exclusive hand
ling of her finances, paying out and receiving all
the money. Since she employed him he has made
series of false entries IN her books concealng
theits varying in amount from 500 TO $40. Shc
of $763 and is satisfied that the small sums taken
are far In excess of that sum- Between the dates
of March ~, 1885, and April 20. 1886. she pat
into her business extra capital amounting to about
$4,000. all of which has disappeared, though her
business was never good as it has been this
year. She only account for the total disap-
pearance of this by attrtuting it to the tbefts
Of Wright. The order of arrest was cOnfded by
Order of Arrest Clerk Martin to Deputy Sheriff.
Crawford. Burke and Brown. who learned that
Wright was living with woman. not his wife, in
q house at Ihirteenth-st. and Third ave. Deputy
Sheriff Brown succeeded by article in inducin (
tine woman TO open the front door to HIM. She
started to shut it again but he quickly pressed
himself through and began to hunt for Wright.
He was found in an adjoining room and was taken
by DEPUTY sheriff Burke to Ludlow Street Jail.