The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-26
WERE CLOSED.
Proprietors Who Didn't Take
Heed Of Smiths Warning
Were Arrested,

on Sunday experienced o thorough enforce
ment of the Sunday liquor closing law. and
alcoholic beverages were as scarce rs straw
berries in midwinter. On Saturday Super
intendent Smith notified all the captains in
the city that the saloons in their respective
precincts must be closed on Sunday, and
that they would be held responsible for all
saloons found open. This order coming so
soon after the recognition of Colonel Aber-
nethy as Police Commissioner caused con-
siderable comment, but whether this was the
cause or not, the saloons were closed as tight
as a drum, and not even the old familiar side
door was open.
Almost every ~saloonkeeper was notified
Saturday night, that the law would be
strictly enforced, but in spite of this a num-
Der attempted to carry on their business and
as a result were placed under arrest. OF
these nine were locked up by the Second
precinct police, eight by the First precinct
and seven by the Sixth precinct.
THE FIRST RES
The first arrest was made at half past
nine o'clock by Policeman Nevin of the First
precinct. Nevin found the saloon of John
O'Grady, at No. Ga Morris street open and
arrested the proprietor, who was behind the
bar. When John was locked up
he sent word to his brother Thomas to re-
open the saloon. Thomas did so and soon
Joined his brother in the lookup. Rounds
man Richards of the same precinct made
two arrests during the day. Shortly before
ten o'clock in the morning, while passing
John Cassidy's saloon, at No. 423 Second
street, he heard cries of Police" Cassidy
came running out of his saloon and told
| Richards that a number of drunken men
were fighting inside. The roundsman went
| into the saloon, quelled the disturbance and
| arrested Cassidy.
AT a quarter to five o'clock in the even
ing Richards, while in the vicinity of Tay-
lor's Hotel, heard the clinking of glasses
| and decided to investigate. He went into
the hotel but found the saloon closed and the
bar covered with q large curtain. He went
into the billiard room and found that liquor
was being served there by Hermann Adams,
the bartender. He placed Adams under ar
rest and took him to the First Precinct Sta
ton House.
In the G~reenville and Bergen sections the
saloonkeepers took the hint of the police and
kept their doors tightly barred.
LET OUT ON BAIL.
None of the arrested ~Saloonkeepers STAYED
in the lookup very long. They all secured
bail and with the aid Of the Justices of the
were:-Henry Oterson, Ninth and
Grove streets; Mary Kerr, No.
275 Warren street; Henry Rohlf,
Henderson and Gregory strets; Nicholas
Carberri, No. l32 brunswick street; Patrick
Murphy, No. 267 Newark avenue; James
Keegan, No. 81 Sussex street; Emil Zahn,
No. 20 Railroad venue Martin Crotty, No.
$685. Henderson street; Thomas Mcdonald,
No. PIT Erie street; Philip Adams, No. 463
Grove street; Anton Mevesti, No. III Twelfth
street; Bernard Farrell, No. 367 Grove
street; Frederick Cantanlo, New York and
Paterson avenues; Gustav Handbook, New
York and Franklin avenues; Edward
Reinhardt, No. 95 Franklin street; Henry
Nonsen, Pierce and Paterson avenue; Charles
| Wilhens. No. 70 Hutton street; Frank Fret
tag, No. 104 Franklin street, n Henry
Kasmau, No. 173 Webster e
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The arrest of the saloon keepers who dis
regarded all warning had a tendency to open
the eyes of the higher police officials to the
fact that certain police captains Intentionally
or otherwise, refused to obey the orders
| given them and entitled saloons to keep open
within a half block Of the station house.
This is particularly true of Captain McKaig,
and it is said the case will probably be thor
oughly investigated by tue Police Commits
| Sioners.
Saturday night Superintendent Smith had
a conference with the c-ommandants of the
| various precincts and directed them to per-
sonally see to it that all offenders be arrested.
At nine o'clock Sunday night the Superin-
tendent was informed that no arrests had
been made either in the Third or Fourth
precincts. Sergeant Cannon and a policeman
were summoned from the Second precinct
and told to make a thorough tour of both
precincts. As a result an arrest was made
in Captain Newton's by Sergeant Cannon,
notwithstanding the fact that the Captain
had reported everything closed. In Nc
Kaig's, a saloon within a half block of the
s~tation-house was found open and in full
blast by Sergeant Cannon. McKaig had also
reported all saloons closed.
(to1Hoin Ta11oa7c nTsotanaS with opo nv
ception closed, TIL exception was John
Handley of No. 81 Academy street. Captain
Newton's men could not find a place open, but
Sergeant cannon did for them, and landed
John Mcguire of No. 27S Baldwin avenue
in the station house a half hour
after he began his search. Captain
McKaig also was taught a lesson
by Cannon, who found Andrew Van Ant
werp's big saloon, at Nos. IS and 81 Month
cello avenue open and in full blast. Van
Antwerp was arrested.
Captain Nugent also failed to bag any
game. but no liquor business was Ion in
his precinct. The arrests caused a big stir
amongst the liquor dealers and now they
are on the warpath looking for vengeance on
the man or men who was at the bottom of all
the raids.
TRIALS POSTPONED.
Andrew Van Antwerp of Nos. IS and 81
Monticello avenue, and Joseph Hanley of
No. 81 Academy street, were arrazgned be-
fore Justice Kimmerly this morning. Hear
ing in the case was postponed till Wednes-
day.
SOME DISMISSED, OTHERS ED
The saloon-keepers arrested in the First
and Second Precincts were arraigned before
Justice ODonnell this morning, and many
were the queer explanations given by them.
Only one of the prisoners pleaded guilty.
The others were either cleaning up or
simply seeing that everything was all
right"
Ex-Alderrnan Norton, who was one of the
most prominent prisoners, walked up to the
front of the court room when his name was
called and sat down in the witness chair,
and it required considerable argument on
the part OF Court Officer Pearson before the
ex-aldeiman would agree to take his posi-
ton in the prisoners pen. There was no
evidence that Norton had sold liquor, and he
was dismissed. Others dismissed for
the same reason were: Patrick j. Murphy,
Martin Crotty, President of the Liquor
Dealers Association Bernard Farrell, james
Keegan, Thomas Mcdonald, Anton Meristi,
Henry Rohlfs, of Henderson and Gregory
streets was also discharged. Rohlfs was III