The evening world., 1894-09-27
MANY EXCISE CASES.
Police Captured Fifty-eight Of
the Alleged Violatsrs.
Supt. Byrnes Was Out Again All
Night.
Police Court Pens Packed with
Migrants This Morning.


attempt at the enforcement of the order
issued by supt Byrnes yesterday. to the
effect that all violations of the Excise
law must be stopped.
When the Superintendent determined
to ignore the edict of his superiors, the
Commissioners, the surprise that was
| occasioned among the force in general
| had something of chaotic effect. but
that Is now giving place to reassur-
ance.
The Superint ntendent and his Inspectors
were out again last night until daylight
morning show that a total OF fifty-eight
arrests for violations OF the Excise law
WEI, were made ys. -, last IT. night making a total
Last night there were III ,vagrants
licked up and and in one precinct com the
msnded by Gapt Desery bst now 0 IN
charge OF Capt. -cortright,. there were
thirty arrests for intoxicatlon and
| thirty-four for disorderly conduct, most
| OF the prisoners being women.
The Eleventh Precinct Is the one that
Dr. Parkhurst called especial attention
sS Excise TnfPs aw %ai %nd mot soon open in TIT It
last night after o'clock. 80 1t was re-
ported.
under Inspector Williams's supervision,
there were twenty eight, excise arrests
against "a for the previous night; on
inspector McAvoy, remarkable state
Tenderioin Precinct. There. was but one
Mere being n drunk eq or
disorderly. All the saloons were closed
at 1 o'clock.
Special Officers Oppenheimer and
| Kear, detailed by Inspector McLaugh-
lin. last night visited the Second Pre-
cinct and made two arrests for viola
tions of the Excise law.
Joseph Asian, Greenwich street Capt.
O'Connor's men in the same precinct ar
MSGoWan ss Wasen strast fGr
and Max Silberman. of 266 Washington
| street
arrest-Charles Reifsteck. Of 100 Park
Row. No arrests were made for this
offense in the First, Fourth. Fifth or
McGowan was discharged The others
| were held.
The new instructions had a perceptible
effect upon the number Of Offenders Offender n In
lice Court this morning. All the arrests
were made by policemen In citizens
clothes, who were changed about 50
that policemen from one precinct were
sent to another precinct where they
were not known by saloon; n;keepers;. ~.
In this way twenty violators of the
| Excise law were gathered In and ar
raigned in the Harlem Police Court this
morning, Each was held in 800 bail for
| trial.
Capt. Brooks's men arrested five. They
were Saloon-Keeners William Heffer
man. OF 70 West One Hundred and Twen:.
ty-seventh street. James F. Tumelty, of
800 West one Hundred and Forty fist
street; Andrew Marshall of One Hun
dred and Eghtyfrst street and Amster-
dam avenue; Herman an Roehr, Of So6 East
and James Kennedy, of 4l9 East One
Hundred and Twenty street
Capt. Creeden,s men gathered in Lud,
and Twenty-ffth street: Henry Cleary
OF 26O West one Hundred and Thirty
second street: Lawrence Fay, of 279
street, and Herman Kiehman. of 1897
Amsterdam avenue.
]. Breen, of GIL Eleventh avenue; Daniel
ONeil. of 1903 West One Hundred and
Fourth street, and John Nell. of S07 Co.
| lumbus avenue.
Those arrested by Capt. westervelt's 8
men were: Patrick Scanlon, of 1923 Third
avenue; Charles Blaustein, OF 2Ss6 Eighth
Sea s0hn Capt men
rested Conrad Eiser, of 2l9l Eighth ave-
nue.; Patrick McGrath, of 327 East Eigh-
) East Eighty.third street and John Helm
rich, of 225 East Eighty-ninth street.
Capt. Meakim's men only made one ar
1888 Second avenue.
only three alleged violators of the
were arraigned before Justice Koch in
the Essex Market Court. They were
held for trial at General Sessions They
were Peter Telgheder, of POS Avenue A:
Patrick Murray, of 265 East Broadway,
and Alphonso Castaldo. of lib Second
! avenue.
the Tombs Police Court We're never so
severely taxed as they were this morn
ing. The male prisoners occupied both
pens, to the exclusion Of the women,
who were given seats within the rallied
; inclosure. They were frowsy, filthy
lot. In all. 10S males and twelve female
vagrants were gathered in last night
. in the roundup in the variaous pre-
cincts.
, van, Of the Old Slip station. arrested
gathered IN at the Church street sta;
ton. Policemen Lynch, Baker and
Tonnsnea, of the Oak street station,
the, police Of the Leonard. Elizabeth
and Mulberry street stations.
When arraigned in groups before JUS
uce Ryan this morning, the majority
, OF them were sent to the island for one
month. Others received ten days and
five days, while a few escaped punish
r ment by certifying to their ability to
care for themselves by exhibiting "A
) few small coins.
: nifty tramps before Justice Hogan, each
: of whom received two months sentence
to the city prison.
Thirty-one Of these were brought in
four were arrested at or near the cable
, power-house. at Houston street and
Broadway.
a The war was continued by the police
Q on the east side, and as "A result over
Q sixty of the vagrants were taken into
. custody. Among them was All Kee, the
Chinese tramp The men were found
sleeping in wood-yards on the river front
in wagons and begging on the street
The tramps were arraigned before Jus.
tce Koch in the Essex Market Police
I Court. The Justice showed them nc
mercy. They were all sentenced to the
island for six months. in default OF $50
= bail.
THE streets will soon be free from
i these annoying fellows" said Justice
= Koch, "and the citizens will then finG
that they can walk the streets in safety'
Police Commissioner Sheehan state
this afternoon that the resolution whicf
\ Supt. Byrnes declared had hampered hin
4 in enforcing the excise laws was adopted
before he, Shechan, had become a mem
Der of the Board.
: 1t Is the duty" he said, of the
: Superintendent to enforce the laws as
he finds them. and | am certain that
= there is no rule OF this Department
= which could In any way hinder him ir
I the performance Of his duty. That res
a Olution did not make it obligatory OF
o police officers to obtain evidence against
h Excise violatOrs only while in uniform
1T was simply an expression of opin-
n ion by the Police Commissioners, con
= demning the spy practice. The idea OF
e sending n policeman to, commit crime
I IN hA