The evening world., 1894-09-27
MANY EXCISE CASES.
Police Captured Fifty-eight Of
the Alleged Violators.
suut. syrnes Was Out Again All
Night.
po,ioe Court Pens Packed with
Migrants This Morning.

The services of the METRE reserve force
=, the Police Department were called
into requisition last night for the second
attempt at the enforcement of the order
issued by Supt. Byrnes yesterday, to the
effect that all violations or the Excise
law must be stopped.
When the Superintendent determined
10 ignore the edict Of his superiors, the
commissioners. the surprise that was
occasioned among the force in general
had something of a chaotic effect. but
that Is now giving place to reassur-
ance
1t was "The Evening World" which
suggested to the Superintendent that he
would be justified in executing the laws
whether or not the Police Commissioners
Intended to hamper him by the adoption
of resolutions setting forth what his
duties were.
Heretofore liquor dealers could violate
the law In the most open manner. with
out any effective interference on the
part. of the police. The, superintendent;
In his recent report on the condition and
discipline of the force, repudiated any
responsibility for the existing state of
affairs with regard to the Excise viola
tons.
lie stated that ii was utterly impos-
slble for the Police Department to OBJ
tam evidence SuHlClent TO convict Saloon
keepers who keep open after prescribed
hours when the officers are required by
the Commissioners orders to secure such
evidence while in full uniform. He re-
commended over three weeks ago that
this resolution be rescinded, but notwith-
standing the fact that there had been
5000 violations of the Excise law within
the last three months the Commissioners
refused to act upon his recommendation.
Il waited" said the Superintendent,
what | considered a reasonable time,
least vindlcate myself by the faithful
performance of what ] knew to be my
sworn duty. whether or not 1t pleased the
Commissioners. l could not consistently
remain apathetic while reports of viola
tons of the law. were constantly pouring
In upon me. I believe that the public de-
determined that could not stultify my
self by closing my eyes to the plain
truths. / had temporized long enough
with the authorities above me, and deter,
without their sanction
| The Superlnte ndent and his Inspectors
were out again last night until dayligthit:
morning. show that total OF hfty-eight
arrests fer of the Excise to aT
Last night there were III warrants
locked up and in one precinct the
msnSea by W Gapt Desery ba now o
charge of Capt Cartwright, there were
thirty arrests for intoXication and
four for d hsnd conduct most
The Eleventh Precinct is the one that
DR.. Parkhurst called especial attention
sScise law and not a saloon open in it
last night after l O'Clock so 1t was re-
ported. ,
Kear. detailed by Inspector McLaugh-
lin, last night visited the Second Pre-
cinct and made two arrests Tor VIOLA
John Aufmann 1S2 Washington street;
Joseph Asian. 2 Greenwich street: Capt.
OCcnnors men in the same precinct ar
rested Timothy McGowana;o bartender tt,d lor
and Max Silberman, of 266 washington
street. -
In the Sixth Precinct there ", was =, one ne
arrest-Charles Reifsteck of 100 Park
Row. No arrests We're made for TINS
Onense in the First Fourth. Fifth or
Tenth Precincts.
The new instructions had perceptible
i effect upon the number OF Offenders IN
excise cases brought to the Harlem 70
lice Court this morning. All the arrests
were made by policemen in citizens
clothes, who were changed about SO
that policemen from one precinct were
sent 10 another, precinct where they
81 were not known by saloon keepers.
In this way twenty vio,ators Of the
raignei in the Harlem Police Court this
morning Each was held in 500 bail fol
trial.
Capt Brooks's men arrested five, The!
we're ioon-Keecers William HeHer'
man, o! 10 West One Hundred and TWEEN
ty-seycnth street: James +. Fumelty, OF
s0J West One Hundred and Forty-hs
street; Andrew Marshall, of One Hun
d., and Eighty-frst street and Amster
dam avenue; Herman Roche, of BOG Ia s.
One Hundred and Twenty-eighth street
and James Kennedy, of il9 East On'
Hunirel ana Twenty second street
Capt Creedon's men gathered in l.ud
wig Iewlow, OF l49 West one Hundred
and Twenty-fifth street: Henry Cieary
Of 30 West One Hundred ana Thirty
Second street. Lawrence Fay, OF %
West one Hundred and Twenty-eightl
street, and Herman kiehman. of 10y
Amsterdam avenue. ,
Capt Murphy's men arrested william
Rgcen of I'll Eleventh avenue; DAME
0Neil, of l03 West one Hundred ed an an
Fourth street and John Nell, OF SO7 Co
Mmbus avenue.
Those arrested by Capt. Westeryelt
men were Patrick Scanlon, OF 1879 Th.r,
avenue; Charles Blaustein, of 1856 Eight
s SS@GS and John J. Son PSRa9iy' men OF i RS
Tested Conrad Eiser, OF 2lSl Eighth; Pat
rick McGrath, OF S27 East Eighty secon
street; Henry Hodgens, of l29 East Eigh
E-third street, and John Heinrich. OF y
East Eighty-ninth street.
capt, Meekim's men only mad ier one al
ssssst 1t was that of Joseph O'Toole, o
SS Second avenue.
Only three alleged violators of tn
excise law for keeping open after hour
Were arruigned before Justice Koch 1
held for trial at General Sessions. The
%err Peter Telgheder, OF POS Avenue A
Patrick Murray, of 265 East Broadway
snd Aphonso Castaldo, of llS Secon