The herald., 1893-09-06
THE WAR ON THE DIVE SALOONS
Secretary Moffatt's Report on a
Number of Places.
Some Places Closed but One Is Pc
culiarly Exempted.
Tho Proceedings of the Police Commits.
sion Yesterday - Considerable
Miscellaneous Business
Transacted.

closing "dive" saloons.
1t seems to be ''war to the knife"
Three saloon propristors were hauled
over the Goals yesterday in a merciless
manner and two more licenses were re-
voked.
At the meeting OF the commission
yesterday afternoon resolution was
passed to the effect that the new saloon
regulations shall go into effect Oc-
tober 1st.
THE FORENOON SESSION.
The commission met at O'Clock, the
mayor and Mr.. Bosbyshell being absent.
Mr.. Bosbyshell came in later. and Mr..
Weldon went out.
There was considerable important
business transacted. the most interesting
of which was the report of the police
department by Secretary Moffatt against
several ''dive" ssloons.
THE POLICE REPORT.
The report was read as follows:
GENTLEMEN--In accord with the order
OF your honorable board, given at your
meeting OF August Goth, now submit
to you report upon the following named
saloons.
The New Orleans house saloon, No.
32l East Second street, license issued to
Justin Dupuy.
The saloon and entertainment hall at
3l3 New High street. license issued in
the name of John II. Kennedy.
The Basket saloon, 719 North Alameda
street, license issued to Jean Rappet.
The first named place, the New Orleans
saloon, is a general resort for prostitutes
and their panderers, both coored and
white, and frequent dances are held
there, in which these depraved creatures
are the participants, and at such times
they drink together atthe bar promiscu-
ously. The Hays and Morton gang of
thieves made the New Orleans Que of
their principal stopping places, and
Henry Williams, alias liking" Williams,
one of the most notorious of the local
negro thieves, has made the New Orleans
his headquarters at times. The propri-
etors OF this house have very bad rec
ord in saloon matters in this city. In
1887 this same Justin Dupuy had sa-
loon at 20 North Los Angeles street
which had the deserved reputation Of
being about the worst place we have ever
had in this city.
The license was revoked on January
4. 1888, because the place was disrepu-
table. On March 7, 1888, license for the
said place. 20 North Los Angeles street.
was granted to Antonio Save, brother-in.
law of Mrs. Dupuy (the Dupuys still
occupying the house, and Save claims
still conducting the saloon), and the sal.
DON proved more disorderly than ever
and the license was again revoked on
August 1, 1883. How the permit for
license that is at present held by the
Dupuys was obtained, do not know,
but do know that they nave not
changed their method of keeping house
or saloon. The bar is run in violation of
the Sunday and II o'clock closing ordi-
nances and Mary Dnpuy has been at
least once convicted OF selling liquor il.
legally. l consider this house one OF
the lowest in the city and believe that
the liquor license for the place should
be revoked at once and forever.
The saloon and entertainment hall at
BIB New High street, ia q place where
shorted skirt and high kicking women
dance for the entertainment OF mixed
audience, including many of the disso-
lutte of both sexes, who drink together
(the women frequently sitting in the
laps OF the men) in curtained boxes, of !
which there are number along the |
eide of the hall. Some of the women |
who frequent these boxes are charact- |
ers who walk the streets late |
at night and scenes too bawdy to be |
mentioned in this report have been wit
messed about this place. Young bows
are frequently seen in this saloon. One |
of our officers reported to me that at one |
time in the past week, in total audi
ence of AZ in the hall proper, 81 were
beardless youths. l think this is re-
sort the tendency of which is to debauch |
everyone who may visit there, and be-
lieve that the license should be revoked. |
John II. Kennedy. the
man to whom license for this place was
issued, died on the goth OF July last, but
someone is still running the place in his
name.
The Basket" saloon, 7l9 North Ala
media street, Jean Rappet. proprietor, is
very similar to the place which was con-
Quoted in the same block by one Lenert.
1t Ia surrounded by a lot of houses of
prostitution or "cribs, no less than 80
OF which are controlled by the parties
sho control the saloon. Prostitutes and
pimps and those who associate with such |
creatures are the principal patrons of
the Basket saloon, and until about two
weeks ago met and drank together /
there. The proprietors, now. however. I
forbid women to come into the saloon |
and signs announcing that ladies are
not allowed" in the saloon are posted
at the front and rear doors. But an
electric annunciator has been placed in /
the bar-room, connected by wire with |
each OF the small houses, so that when
the "crib" women and their visitors
wish drinks, they ring up the saloon and
q waiter goes by the back way, receives I
their orders and carries the drinks to /
them. While | concede that this change
has been made by the proprietor of the |
saloon through desire to comply with
The wishes of the officers and to keep
women from the saloon, think he has
but increased the evil, and that ne de-
,idedly strains his license by selling
liquor in 33 places instead of one. and
ne has much less opportunity to know
the state of intoxication of his custom.