The evening world., 1894-09-26
EDITION.
SUPT. BYRNES
CUTS LOOSE.
He Intends to Enforce All
Laws Regardless Of
Existing Rules.
Says HE'LL WAIT NO LONGER.
The Commissioners Given Ample
Time to Act Upon His
Report
NO MORE SUNDAY SALOONS.
Excise Evidence Win be Gathered
by Policemen In Citi-
zens' Dress.
NO MORE SUNDAY SALOONS.


gauntlet to the Police Commissioners
and declared open war.
He WILL he says, go ahead. regardless
OF any rules laid own by the Police
Board. and will gather evidence against
saloon-keepers who habitually violate
the Excise laws. He has, he declares,
been hampered long enough by the rule
which governs the collectig of evidence
In such cases.
In an interview to-day supt. Byrnes
made the following statement:
II propose to cut loose from every
thing that has heretofore prevented me
from expressing what have considered
70 be my pain duty In the enforcement
or the Excise Jaws.
tion, which ! mentioned In my recent fey
port to the Board. setting forth the real
sons for the failure Of the Police Depart
Excise law, hampefed the Police bepart-
ment by forbidding police officers from
obtaining evidence against saloon-keep-
ers while In citizens' clothes.
~ have / think, waited a reasonable
length Of time for the Board to act upon
my report. and now ] have determined
larly in the matter Of excise Violations"
Mr. Byrnes was most emphatic In his
statements.
rules prescribed by the Police Board.
IL II is necessary for policeman to
wear plain clothes to get evidences.
plain clothes will be worn,
The Superintendent said that he had
already begun the war upon the excise
violators.
rigidly the Excise law with regard TO
the Sunday trahce. the Superintendent
I'VE will certainly do the very best we
IDpna
finds saloon open doing business on
Sunday he Is liable to dismissal II he
falls 70 report the fact to the Captain.
after take any such chances
When Mr.. Byrnes's defy was made
known about Police Headquarters every
body held their breth. II was like the
hush which proceeds a storm.
Then there were whispered interroga-
tions as TO what the outcome would be.
Some thought the Superintendent ac-
ton was INSTRUMENTATION of the most
fragrant character, and that there could
be no other result than that he would
be disciplined for this open defiance Of
his superiors.
Commissioner Kerwin. when asked IL
1t were probable that the Superintendent
might be called upon to answer to
charge of INSTRUMENTATION, said:
at appears that he has violated rule
made by the Board for the government
of police officers in obta ming evidence
~ Excise cases ! am, however. with
hind him in the most vigorous enforce
ment OF the law that he can reasonably
suggest i!d, o,r.. ,,a s,rsr,r,sndent ..
guilty of an act of INSTRUMENTATION in is
suing orders such as he is said TO have
issued to-day. " will raise an issue IN
superintendent will be very, severely dis
cplined for this overt act.
Commissioner Kerwin intimated that
with ns the PSS s S5d taken sn
port him in his night against any menu
bers of the Board. who might attempt
to prevent him from doing his duty
what he thought the probable action OF
he also was in sympathy with the
nit himself He said he did not know
that the order of the Superintendent
was contrary TO any rule or res9lutlon
The busy bee is not more active than
the metropolitan police Just now.
and others who make light
of law and order are being gathered in
with a zeal that is unprecedented
The immediate. moving cause Tor all
this display OF energy is said to be the
strict Injunction laid before every in
spector and captain several days ago
have to be enforced, 'let the chips fly
where they may
As a result OF last nights police activ-
ity, the Tombs, Essex and JEFFERSON
Markets and Yorkville courts were fair
ly flooded this morning with saloon
Keepers and bartenders, tramps and beg
CARS, thieves and cut-throats and other
law breakers. ranging almost along the
whole Eamut OF crime.
The total numeb of excise arrests was
seVenty-siX, while there were no less
than one hundred and three Migrants
gathered in,
The Est OF Excise offenders in Jeffer-
son Market Court Is: -
Louis Riehl, 40 Seventh avenue Oscar Will
ner 2&S East Thirteenth street; George BAsze-
MIR II Leonard street; p. =. Gerbach, l51 West
Thirty hrst street; Fred Buck, lie Ludlow street;
William Mayer, sg3 Tenth avenue A, Y, Ringo.
igS Eighth avenue; II, schwarek. I23 BLOOMS
acid street Hoboken; George wenland ssS West
street; William Bihu, t26 West
Thirty ninth street, and william Keys. sl2 East
Thirty seventh street.
The police doing duty in the Yorkyiile
district managed to make thirty-four
Excise arrsts after l o'clock this morn
ing. The prisoners In each Instance
were held for trial by Justice Meade
at the Yorkvile Court to-day,
The names OF the prisoners are;
Cornelius ZoAms 1907 Second avenue Thomae
Canrey, 3OI Third avenue, Thomas Gun, ~ Third
avenue; George W, Riessenberg 755 Third ave-
nue.; Rohers, LongAead, 5sI Third avenue; Angus
HOcknann, tss fhird asseus Michael ks---h
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