New-York tribune., 1890-05-24
.pppOpPIATIONS.
-XPENSLS
Connis.
"a Including sl3. ,os FOR detective services.
lhl Including Hll-ll fnr detectlve serNlces.

Thomas Co,tiean. chief clerk in the DsrictAt
to-ncy's Office identified papers relating 70 vioaO"r'
of the Excise law which showed that from MAY l.
l-5o. to Nav l. 1890. eighty ak indictments we're
ror,,ng There had been .377 complaints made for
keeping open on sunday. 7l2 for selling Aquor on
sunday seventy for selling without license ana DO
for selling after legal hours.
Mr. Ivn. read extracts from Grand Jury present
cnts calling attention to the difficulties Of prosecnt
Ing and furnishing for violations OF the Excise Ia"
under present conditions. He added
woud Ike g. show the committee whittier We ar
e,,,in, In this invest CATION. We will discover. hrst.
r,t mo work ot inspection Is almost entirely formal
..ona ,hnt tc EN-lso BOARD exercises police control
over tho places. once they have been licensed thFd
the Police Department does exercise or assume 70 'Ne''
Use or irc nj % exercise. such control We VIII hnd
that n the where the Police Department actiaN
.,t IL might u.t well not have acted Tor any pTa'
,, PURPOSE because result, IA complaint oh "hich
,.crc may or may not be an indictment thousands o'
which so ea,h year entirely un,rcd. and expire either
by Limitation os ~ special at ot tho Grand JuIy or M
..ne other way We viii Ind That tho Di-tct-Attorney,
Office and the equipped o try thes" cases
We viii Ind II there has been an arrest and the
revocation 0, license tho bond which has been given
Tor kcerug the peace might Just as wei pa'uesy nor
have been given. In other words. think We vii
nnd hst tho system. from beginning to end, 50
far A. the actual enforcement o the law concerned, T.
more shabby veneer, which falls almost completely
~ - plrpp-c and The question Will arise for this com
nttee A. Ia what legislation shold De suggested for the
George II. Gale. special inspector. was recalled to
explain the Increase the expenditures ot tho de
partmcnt. lie said that the entire force had been
In, rca,cd and rcOrganZcd better aud more highly
saarlcd basis. speaking OF the LEGAL department. he
ssd the work there had been more than doubled by
the number Of mandamus case, which the Board has
had to meet. The law permit, Nccnsec who has
applied for a license and met with refusal t. 20 be
fore the court, and set mandamus compelling tie
board TO show why the license should not be granted
That's very bad law said senator Fa,sctt. Mr..
Gale added that that law had been IN force since
l--o.
In regard to the item ot detective service Mr.. Gale
explained that when ale and beer licenses at so
were introduced the president Of the Liquor Dealers
Association complained that some of the holders Of
tie cheap licenses continued 10 sell whiskey. though
the persons lcgltimatcy entitled 10 sell whskey had
10 pay 900 for the license the Board organized
a body Of detectives 10 watch the $50 men. Ample
return had been made for the sum spent ON
that service by a large additional revenue to the
county, caused by the strict Of the excise
rnlc In rcHrd 10 tho TWO classes Of licenses.
Mr. Wins had a choice lot Of witnesses to testify
about the character Of certain houses of doubtful rop
u:ation that are now holding licenses. Most OF the
witnesses pfoicsscd to be utterly ignorant OF the nature
of the resorts which they ncighbors The
Nan sion House In Harlem of the places in
qured about. and among the others Pctcrscn's. at
40. 3o4 Eighth-avc and Blanks and Gaudcr's con
cert halls aud Gombossy' S, at No 204 Bowcry What
| two ward detectives who were examined called "a
mussn took place at Gombossy's few nights ago.
The victim Of the "mussn was IA young man who
swallowed several front teeth consequence of a
blow delivered by ono " Pete Walker the bounccr"
! at Gombossy's.
Mr. I,ins's most brilliant "dvc" witness an
| Italian bootback named Giovanni Mchael Giovannis
stand Is beside Pcicrscn's place; so. for business
casons. he naturally knew nothing bad about the
! liquor store.
do you people go In aud out there on sun
days ?"
"Noi7 exclaimed Giovanni grinning from earring
to earring. Committee counsel and everybody clc
laughed heartily at the ingenious dsnscnuousnc '
of the fellow, and he went away much pleased wtI
| himself
James Curry, ward detective In the Tenth Precinct
WAS asked what he knew about Gombossy's and the
kind OF performance that had taken place there
two nights ago. lie knew there had been muss.
but he socmnly declared that the place all righ;
and that he had never any crooks there. In
fact. In his experience Of four years the Bowery
and neighborhood he had only two crooks" and
they were In the occidental Hotel.
:" Do YOU wear specaccs when yoa 90 TO Com
bossy'si7 asked Senator Fasseu,
No. Sir" said the witness, amid laughter.
John sheridan. another ward detective in the Tenth
Ward gave additional evidence about the muss" in
Gombossy's. He was asked
o-was anything done to Gombossy1 A.-No. sir.
| O-was that what you a police oncer would cal
| dl.orderly conduct In II placel A.-Yes i would cal
| that dlsordcry yiconduct
| o-Has any complaint been made against Gomboss,
| for keeping a dlsorderIy paoel A.-No sir.
| o-woud it be your duty to complain against Com
bos-yi A.-wel. would arrest Walker.