New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-28
PART III.
PAGES 10 TO 20.
OBTAINS TO BE WATCHED.
,,cr BOARD TO HOLD THEM TO STRICT
ACCOUNT TO-DAY.


u,v on ANY PRECEDING sUNDAY-MEN
~ CITIZENS CLOTHING TO DO DE-
rrcTVE wORK-G CROSSES LET
TER DENOUNCED BY
GERMANS
.,.,rcement of the Excise law in the city to-
~. 20 se even more rigorous than it has been on
Gay ,he four dry Sundays since the Police Board
Any " ,he sunday-closing crusade. Orders of the
pee ,ostiyc kind have been given TO the COM
n"' ~ precincts 10 keep the saloons closed To-
sna Il is well understood that severe punish
Gay ava,ts those who fail TO carry out the ORDERS
me"' -sooval of Sergeant Lynch from the post OF
Ihe a,,ain in the Sixteenth Precinct last week.
sc""e se he failed to keep the lquor-siore OF Hugh
DE- 4, Fourteenth-st., closed on Sunday. is
DE- - what will happen TO other acting cap
w., ,rho allow saloons to be open in thelr pre-
Jams aav The removal of acting captain
49, precnct means that he has been urea ana
nS, Iva wanting and that he need not hope for pro
VI" ny the present Board of Police commas
Goners. IT,, ..ois u.ho bovs
s,snected Of lukewarmness in the enforcement
H. rvcise law and each of their precincts
.s.,s will be working to-day number OF the heh-
- ~ the CITY Vigilance League. who VIII try TO
~, evidence Of the violation OF the law II II IS
80 hat uouor-d dealers in a precinct are violating
law to-day the captain VI 'Hc fiNN"''N - '''
:" ne brought before the Police Board on charges
J, n.c,ec, Of duty. The Commissioners Will in
..,igate the charges in such case. and II there
!. reason 10 believe that the captain has been neg
- he will be fined and transferred from the
precinct ,r,,r,>,S az THE, WATCH
c.,.o,n DELANEY Of the Charles-st. station and
rr,a,n Schultz Of the Twelfth Precinct. have been
.,onad I, reports to the secretary OF the City
INSTANCE League and it is expected that there VIII
"a close watch on the liQuor-stores IN their pre-
800 today Captain Westervelt. Of the East
orAhundred- and fourth-st. squad employed num-
Nv ~ citizens 10 get evidence against hquor-deaers
.s, Sunday and caused eighteen arrests ior Nio'a-
rons 81 the Excise law to be made in his precinct
80 Re also was mentioned in the reports by dis
..,,, can,ains Of the league With the knowledge
.,ot c,,,zens ale to be watching their actions to-
Asv tho police doubtless will be more NiSan' thah
usnal IN the work of keeping the saloons closed.
Same Of the uquor-dealers in the city were &c
.,ar,ng Yesterday tha, they intended to keep their
.,,oons shut today and tonight, until mdnlsnt'
and then throw them open to the public. Acting
rh,af conlin when spoken TO on the subject SAID
,ha, the nolice would not interfere with the open
ing OF the saloons al midnight on SUNDAY hlsh''
THE law permits the saloons TO be open uhui d.
m, every week day. and the hquor-deaefs may
keen their places open and sell liquor ior an noun
before l a. m on every Monday. IL they want TO-
nav the uouor-Geaers to keep their places open Tor
onIv one hour. 50 early ia the morning. but tney
hope 10 take advantage OF the recent decision OF
city MAGISTRATE Wentworth and keep their places
open for the sale of soft stuff" from a. m uf'''
e. m The Police Commissioners VIII not say WHAT
they intend 10 DO about the decision OF Masls"a'e
Wentworth who holds that there is nothing IN me
laws to compel a liquor-store to be kept closed
during the hours when the sale Of liquors Is pro-
hibted The Magistrate also said tnat tneTe was
nothing in the law 70 hold saloon neeper icI 'c ON
the hours OF and o'clock in the morning, so lohs
nosed Tor sale. Under Magistrate Wentworth's de-
cision saloons can be kept open during al pio-
hibited hours.
HOW LICENSES CAN BE REVOKED.
President Roosevelt Of the Police Board. was
asked yesterday why the Board Of Excise could not
aid in the enforcement Of the Excise law ny reVoH-
ing me licenses OF the lquor-deaers VINO persisted
IN keeping their places open on Sunday.
II do not think the Excise Commissioners can
help US much" Mr. Roosevelt replied, because tile
law Will permit them 10 revoke license sNcrp'
store s' The Conviction Of a barkeeper in liquor
store does not endanser the LSense ms is or, oi,e
Of those wrinkles which show that me rHctse ."m
cunningy framed. and that the authors Of II
did not intend to have il enforced IL was meant cant
as means OF harasslng liquor qediers VINO W.
not OF the Tammany STRIPE but the men "l'o "a ~
the law did not intend mar IL shouid De 1Se' -
take away the licenses OF any HquoT-1taieI,s ,.
Coroner Hoeber went 10 see PRESIDENT itooseNei'
yesterday and SAID 10 nm. NJ IIes'a ', "p
pear before YOU bena.f or the b"tteI ''' I'm ~
Germans in this city. We agree that you did rEht
N treating with contempt the letter sent yo1 s Dy
Collector Crosse Of the Internal Revenue ono. r.
Il was a shameful letter. and Mr.. Crosse has done
no good to the cause Of the Germans who want
oe<f on Sunday. There Is no question that most
Of the Germans IN this city would IKE TO nave
sorting 10 the course pursued by Mr.. Crosse. While
there is an honest difference OF opinion as 10 the
oncials. and We depore the fact mat Mr.. crosse
should have written such letter. ..,, -.
Mr. Roosevelt thanked the Coroner and said the
Aw Was going 10 be enforced
Chu Fong. the Chinese merchant. Of 40. 2oiz Pe-
g., and Lee quay. another merchant OF NO y
;Moti-st. accompanied by j. II. HolandeT. OF 20
10 Broadway. laid before Comm.ssloner lsCoseVelt
station Gnu Fong is the Chinese merchant who
sntertslned Mayor Strong and Commissioner An
two months ago. Both Chu Fong and Lee Quay
are Interested in the Chinese theatre at Nos . ana
make descenis on the theatre every sunday night.
aney said that the theatre IS the only place Of
nights, and that their lfe is made miserable by the
perrsscutions Of the police ,., - 49,. -. T..
sesusaiion. Chu Fong also complained - Commits
tvoher Andrews about the police. Acting Captain
station since the retirement OF Captain Bergnold.
Late yesterday afternoon Acting Chief Conlin. by
o,asston Of the Commissioners. sent the following
IpaE out from Headquarters 10 every precinct THE
1 Dus.a expects from every member OF the force
osytlosns provision OF the Excise law. Though its
sasssion has been called to specific Instances OF al
sSpiecates and commends the work heretofore done
- tne force ia general and does not base us est
Isae o. that work upon exaggerated statements
Snether OF individual public prints The Board
sspects the standard Of enforcement TO be raised.
not lowered /, viii not countenance the least re-
ssssston: I; Will notice and commend the thorough
an rmance Of this duty. and WI CLOSELY oDserve
In" ' P''''S" any marry "
The captains were instructed read the order to
:" 'he members If their commands.
CHAIRMAN HINKLEY GIVES HIS VIEWS.
az SAYS THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE EXCISE