The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-10
KESSEL WANTS PROTECTION.
SAYS HE CAN'T GET 1T, ALTHOUGH
HE ~ WILLING TO PAY For 1T

KeHsel owns n Number or Beer Gardens,
and Ayers That Police Captain Cort-
right Refuses TO Accept His MoRey-He
ana His wife Think They are Prosecuted.
Charles Kesse who runs beer gardens ut
155th street and Eighth avenue. says that Pc
lice Captain Cartwright Of tho 1924 street sta
ton not only refuses TO take money from him
for protection" but even compelled him TO
tako back money which he had already put UP
for that purpose, and threatened to mako 1t
hot for him " ii he ever put up any more money
in that way in that precinct. Pretty Mrs. Kes-
sci, who Is her husbands partner In tho busi-
ness corroborates her husbands story.
The kesseis have been in the business at
this place about five years. They own most Of
the aggregation OF frame saloons, concert
halls, aud beer gardens that cover the south
west corner just ut the foot Of the steps to the
elevated station Mt 155th street. Major Shuer
owns the corner itself and runs the Atalanta
Casino on 1t. The Kessels buildings sur
round the Casino on two sides and havo fronts
on both the street aud tho avenue. Besides
this Mr.. Kesse runs beer garden n little
fur her up Eighth avenue. opposite the en-
trance to tho Brotherhood ball grounds. The
places do almost entirely n summer business.
being rented out to social organizations for
picnics and similar entertainments. Here
tofore they have had concert licenses
and given both music and beer. Now. how
ever, only Major Sauer has q concert license.
Mr. Kessel thinks that his failure to get his
persecution. Another evidence is that he has
been arrested severa!! times for violating the
Excise md Theatrical laws and that the police
have ordered the music stopped at entertain
ments that were going on IN his place. He was
eSs nsh SnG hSS
a picnic that was to have taken place in his
pavilion. Cant Cartwright. however. sent
.lfNur I'D hnf q
would not be lnterfered with.
~, Pm doing the best can 10 get along" said
to do !: l don't know whore to nut any money.
and can't seem to fix it any way. There's no
use going TO the Captain he won't give me
any protection. / put ND some money two
years ago to get protection and had to take
It back AGAIN, and ever since then they've been
the %ho a PVs 1P sf Hs i0r
up. but didn't got any prot ection. and pretty
soon tho Captain came around and told me I'd
got to take it back and II he ever caught me
sending himfany money again or giving any OF
his officers money Tor protection he'd make it
hot FOR me. Now what can do?"
bands story with approving mods, broke in
here with tho mournful comment:
with The tRy say hes the only m
the department that won't take money that
May be II I'd left that money where put it,
instead OF obeying the Captains order to take
1t back ! wouldn have had so much trouble"
said Mr.. kessel. and Mrs. kessel added
Yes; / don't think the Captain means to
Ms 1 e5 he pH'f f9o bo
know why they should treat US SO: may be We
are not rs liberal as We might be- but I'm sure
thing to eat that they don't get It. We always
offer them something when they como In. but
after them or drag them in to take something"
Telling how he came to lose his concert Ii
cense Mr.. kessel said:
our licenses for three months at time. Well.
when my last one ran out lot It go one week
thing. so ran on from week to week until ia
gone without license two months aud half.
Moons DON that's the only business we do in Win
ter Ma9r Tausr didn't reneW his license
In ne ASKED eeSse sad
Ihadn't and he said he'd have 10 arrest me.
/ talked with him while and told him I'd flx
the 0n Gynptain would be satIsed Pretf?
me the Captain wouldn't have, it. and
that he'd got to arrest s me Tor violating the
ns SUPPOSE the CAPTAIN t6ongnt he had his
license renewed. Next morning. April "A, the
Maj9r went down to the Mayors office and
by e giving him check dated back ' to February
and taking out,a license to cover the two and
weeks left OF the quarter went down TO get
my license renewed. TOO but Mr.. Best wouldn't
do It: / offered t. date my check back but he
said it would PIT him in hole II he should
accept It. | didn't zoe why he wasn't In n hole
already from having renewed Major Sauers
Tammany Hall General Committee and I'm
not; that makes n difference. had to apply
for n new license. and when the police report
Cd on the application about my having been
arrested for violating tho theatrical law, the
Mayor refused to Grantit quit giving con
week ago Saturday Capt. Cartwright came In
and stopped that. too. He said 1t wasn't
genuine picnic because there were no orders
Of dance. but 1t was. a friend OF mine spoke 10
Iolce Commissioner McClave who appointed
Cartwright. and NJ. McGlaye sent for the Cap.
man down to say that dancing and music, at
picnics wouldn't be interiered with. but that
he'd arrest me II no found any girls under l6 in
the place. Now there's nobody tries harder 10
keep minors out than do. All my agreements
with picnics have a clause that no person
under Ii nor any lady without gentleman
shall be admitted"
Capt. Cartwright said last night that the only
persecution" OF the Kessels by the police had
been to prevent young girls from being al;
the, theatrical law by the running OF afternoon
and evening concerts with dancing, and call
ing them picnics."