New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-16
SUNDAY TRADE BRISK AGAIN.
SIDE DOORS SWING IN EVERY STREET.
POLICEMEN NOT DISPOSED TO INTERFERE WITH
ILLEGAL LIQUOR SELLING

ILLEGAL LIQUOR SELLING.
There did not appear to 30 n general movement OH
the part OF liquor dealers In the city YESTERDAY 10 'aN
advantage OF Excise Commissioner koch's latest op'"
lon that undcy the new Excise law they might Keep
their places Of business open on SUNDAY II tncN ou
not sell LIQUOR Probably they failed 10 see any pos
sib,e benefit to them In such an opinion. Most OF
them found more profit In selling liquor behind cosed
doors and tighty-drawn shades. Customers were au
ui,,od IN the barroums through the sidc-d0ois
opd thcre were fewer scntncls on duty yesterday
than on previous SUNDAYS. At some OF
the liquor stores the sidedorS were h'p'
swinging open aud shut SO frequently as to give
10 n casual observer the impression that the trahc
was brisk The police captains sent ont no policemen
In plain clothes g. act n spies on the liquor ocS,
and the policemen in uniform seemed TO understand
;bot they were not 10 Interfere with the Illegal
louor traffic unless there open and fragrant vo-
lotion OF the law. superintendent Byrnes remained
away from Police Headquarters yesterday anu IL Hc
took rides on street cars 10 see how the law was
being enforced he doubtless able to see that the
front doors OF the liquor stores were closed lie dd not
ISSUE any fresh orders ~ the captains last week
regarding the enforcement OF the Excise law. Appar
entity the captains had given no orders 10 urge the
policemen to greater vigilance yesterday as the sale
Of lIauor went on all day without much interruption
There were three arrests early In the morning At
10 40 A. m. Policeman Charles Brown, OF the Leonau
ST souad walked into the liquor store at No. l"b
Uud-on.st and arrested james Cotcr, the bartender
Two other men In the barrpom. lialf mn hour
later Joseph PcrdOn u liquor dealer In the Fourth
Precinct, was arrested by Policeman Carter M
z 40 n NJ Policeman Calvin, OF tho west for'y
-cvcnth.st. squad. found thc liquor store Oh H.
T Mccormack at no. G-2 Nnthave.! open
and arrested Patrick Flynn. the bartender. other
arrests were made In the same precinct later IN the
dny.
In the Nineteenth Precinct all hope OF maintaining
the excise regulations had apparently been abandoned
Nearly every place In sixth and seventh aves ana
broadway did a rushing business with the ala OF thc
side door Apparently thu police are resting The
,crcrant's blottcr, however showed ccori OF h'e
arrests one II these being that Of Richard Ernst en-
ployed rs a bartender In Ernst Luhrs liauor store
20 3oo Hrpadvay. The total number OF arrests re-
p,rred during the dny seventy slN an Increase oi
about twenty over the number recorded last week.
The following is the full return from each precinct
FIRST = second, .. Third. o; Fourth. :; flfth. :.
sixth. = seventh. 3 Eighth, | Ninth. TNth, !;
Eleventh 3: Twelfth - Thirteenth. 3 Fourteenth =
Fifteenth .: sixteenth Seventeenth o; Eighteenth.
3: Nineteenth. ): Twentieth. D Twentyhi -
twenty second , Twenty third Twenty fourth
Twenty nth !; Twenty sixth, /: Twenty seventh
twenty eighth, o. Twenty ninth, 4 Ilirteti' =
Thirty.arst q: Thirty second =; Thirty third. :,
1r.rty fourth o: Thirty hfth. 1; Thirty sixth, D;
Twenty third sub. o; total. '6.