The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-28
RUNS VILE REIGN.
Judge Lippincott's Splendid
Attack on Sunday
Liquor Selling.
DIVE KEEPERS DENOUNCED.
A Hint TO Colonel Wanser-The
Courts Authority AS
serted.
First Fruits Of "The Jersey City
DIVE KEEPERS DENOUNCED.
First Fruits of ''The Jersey City
News" Crusade on the
Sunday Concert Dens.

RAAuoy SVhOOlt OOAps
Thomas McKeon, dive keeper on Grove
street near Z ourteenth, and John Furey.
another dive keeper on Henderson street,
were sent to Snake Hill today for three
months and fined In addition $3.50 each.
These two men were recently indicted
for selling liquor On Sunday and keeping
disorderly houses. Furey. wheu ar
raigned before Judge Lppincott. pleaded
non vult. and McKeon pleaded not guilty.
Today when arraigned for sentence
Alderman Salinger and James Manning
pleaded for mercy for Furey and ex-
Mayor Traphagen performed a like duty
for McKeon.
THE JUDGES RINGING CHARGE.
Before passing sentence Judge Lippin-
colt said:-
"Ths traffic In intoxicating liquor in
every civilized country is under some de-
gree of restriction and repression. The
reason at this time is too well understood
to need any statement of it. Eminent
lawyers and students of human ma
ture have given the reasons so
fully, have examined the results In rela-
tion SO extensively and given such wide
publicity to Its Ill effects upon the relig-
ious, mental, moral. social and physical
condition of mankind that no one can in
this age misunderstood them. Ruin
and decentralization, both individ-
ually and collectively as COM
munity follow the unrestricted traffic
in rum, crimes of every nature are the
result principally of this traffic. II there
is any truth at all in what those accused
OF crime here say, four-ifths of them are
here because of the use or misuse of in
toxicating liquors. This can be safely
stated as fact.
This State In its Legislative policy has
always imposed restriction upon this
traffic. II has from the first days of its
existence forbidden the traffic on sun
days. No Legislature has dared to re-
peal this latter enactment. or even mod
ify it in the slightest. The very latest en-
actment increases the penalty for this
traffic on Sunday.
HABITUAL VIOLATION.
"The statute law of this State is habitu-
ally and defiantly violated in this county.
There are here organizations one of the
main purposes of which is to protect
those who so habitually defiantly violate
the law, and to shield them from punish
ment for such violations. The Court. so
far as am concerned, believe these vio-
lations of law should be severely pun
ished.
1.-THE Court has the right to ask. to de-
mand that the officers sworn to execute
the laws shall do their duty in this mat
ter. That the Prosecutor of the Pleas.
with all the power of the State behind
him, shall take such steps in this county
as shall end at once this unlawful
and demoraliziug traffic on Sunday
ind in this performance of duty this Court
has the right. under the specific power
conferred upon us by statute, to demand
that the chief executives OF our cities in
our county, and the police authorities oi
The whole comfy. and the Grand Jury Of
this county, aid to the full extent Of the
power conferred upon them by law.
''And the Court here takes OCCASION to
say that In no other manner can these
OluCldlb duO OuuCidI UuQlC5 ODOy 1uNA oko-
charge their official oaths of office. II
this action be taken this traffic will
cease, and cease at once, and such
punishment imposed upon those who are
guilty, as will have a fully deterrent
effect In the future. Attention also OF
these same officials must be called to
places In Jersey City Heights, where in
x--f+h tha cola ne 1tnunr
Sunday, variety shows are given on Sun
day contrary to law.
s'Besides, If there be accuracy in the re-
ports of the public press these shows are
of denoralizlng character. One of the
newspapers of the city has published the
general character of these shows and the
places where and the manner in which
they are conducted.
CASES IN POINT.
snow as to this particular case before
us today you. McKeon and Furey, are
both indicted for keeping disorderly
houses. and you have pleaded guilty to
this indictment. The charges are.
and the facts is, that you carry
on the habitual sale of liquor
on Sunday. Incidental to this sale. and
as one Of the other elements which goes
to make up disorderly house, you per-
nit young men to gather in your places
on Sunday. play pool there and De-
come intoxicated. to the disgrace
of themselves, their parents
and the community. You sell liquors to
minors on Sunday. You allow both sexes
to mingle together in drinking. Drunke I
men are allowed by you to remain there
about the place, going in and out upor
the streets; fighting and brawling arises
from this state Of affairs. Children are
demoralized by this spectacle.
"In short, you both keep dives. 1t re-
quires man OF great physical and menta
force to keep decent liquor
saloon. You do not possess
these characteristics and therefor
you keep dives. incidental may be to th