The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-23
THIRSTY SOULS WELCOMED.
4 BUSY SUNDAY FOR BAR1ENDERS
AND POLICEMEN
Little Trouble for the Knowing and the
Curious to Find the Way Throuah the
side Door--10 A rrests-weehawken Dry
f,r the First Time In Its History.

Little Trouble for the knowing and the
turiou. to Find the Way Throuah the
side Door 1o1 A wke en- Dry
for the First Time In Its History.
Under normal conditions Yesterday would
have been fairly dry day ia New York. except
In the tenement Districts which were never
known to permit Sunday drought There was
some fall OF moisture from tho clouds. but ont OF
the kind that necessitates very much drinking
to keep lust balance 1t was not so cold rs
to suggest the mood OF internal warmth. and
there was no heat to make the soul yearn for
thirst destroyers. Nevertheless yesterday was
n wet Sunday such Sunday as would have
grieved the soul OF DIR. Purkhurst had no been
here. instead Of in tho quiet New England vii
lage where Amherst College Is situated.
1t would appear that DR.. Parkhurst has
aroused 80 much curiosity on the subject Of
tho possibility OF getting drinks on sunday
that no man feels that he has done his duty
unless he goes in person and lenns against
bars. and proves by the personal ergulilng OF
several drinks that these things exist. A man
who was deaf. dumb and blind could not have
failed to find out Tint drinks were to be had
Tho blinds were oil down. and one had only to
stop in front Of place to hear the unmistak-
able sounds of a thriving business within.
There were arrests. OF course.
One police Captain. when asked what he wns
doing about the Excise law. said: My men
are on tho lookout. and think they'll catch a
few. No. have no men out in citizens clothes
but II any saloon hns disorderly crowd be-
hind !ts curtains shall send n man in citi-
zCns clothes to make an arrest, II the regular
ofllcrr can't get in. c,sonally. believe in
enforcing helaw;; lfit were enforced rjsidly
would have to repeal II. There are only two
pEorie out Of esysn who go to church at
fore"oon "' Most of the nine S's and the c%thoo
in hs an have oy
drink. How in thunder. the ere man who
hlisyes in PRAYING and ivt iGnG I nnd i'ting in
III check don SEQ"
the subject Of excise. His train, Of thought
did not seem to be running in that dire ton.
A bartender in a white apron stood reading q
corner Of Houston street and tn. Bowcry yes
terday afternoon. This Is the saloon that SUI
two Sundays before. that beins; the first time
it was closed In ton y,e y. 81, III. ha,tondnr
fnrcrs tried to get in and get q drink. There
saIoon on. on the opposite side Of tho howcry r..
which is Just two blocks from where the SUI
pcrintendcnt sat in his Office.
Nine saloon Keepers were nrrnisned in the
else law. Justice Hogan said in each case to
the officer:
You went into the place and found the
prisoner thGreT'
Yes sir
Did YOU, see anything sold?"
mo. SIR
Did YOU see anything exposed for sale?"
mo. sir.
You arrested him then for having his place
onen?"
Yes. sir
The prisoner is discharged. That is not
before the excise cases were reached. Agent
King Of the Gerry society brought before the
Justice fourteen-year-old Bernard Fitzsim-
mons Of 242 nevoe street. brooklyn. Agent
King snid that at 3 O'clock In the morning he
had found the boy fast asleep md dead drunk
on tho stairs OF the elevated station at Thirty
could not walk. md King carried him to the
could remember was that he went into & sn-
loon Mt Nnety-seventh street and Second ave-
nue on Saturday night. whore some men filed
him up on whiskey and other drinks. Then
they put him on an elevated train. The boy
was held for examination to-day.
The returns from the different procincts
showed that although the city was very wet.
this condition was not owing to lack Of energy
on the part Of the police. At 10 o'clock last
night the number of arrests reported to Police
Headquarters reached 1Ol. There were
seventy seven on the previous Sunday. 1t was
said that another order was sent out from
headquarters on Saturday.
The Captains in some of the precincts shifted
their men to now posts. EXcept In two in
stances the precincts rrnortin. no arrests are
the special departments. such rs tho steam
noAt squad. The record OF arrests By precincts
follows: