The evening world., 1895-07-08
DRY SUNDAY
EXCEPTIONS.
ALLEGED Excise YiOlatorS Ar.
ralened Before the City
Magistrates.
motifs RULINGS ARE STERN.
He Demands $500 Bail in a Case
Usually Calling for
but $l0Q
FlAMMER 4 LITTLE EASIER.
ho ReprImands q Policeman for
Forcing His Way Into a
Saloon.


The practical results OF the enforce
ment of the Excise law in this city yes
terday were shown when the alleged vio-
lators were arraigned before the various
City Magistrates this forenoon,
In view Of the controversy between the
Commissioners of Police and the Magis-
tratss, the disposition OF the cases is Of
peculiar interest.
There were 10 alledegd violators of
the Excise law arrested in this city yes
terday." said Acting Chief Conlin to an
Evening World" reporter at Police
Headquarters this morning.
Notwithstanding. the law was
strictly enforced. and from all reports
New York City was one of the driest
placer in the country yesterday, and
that IN Just the way 1t will continue to
b so long a. the law requires It,"
President Roosevelt emphasized his
former declaration that a political pull
won't work in this city. as far as the
Police Department Is concerned. in maxi
ing q statement to reporters this morn
Ing.
Later President Roosevelt called the
Acting Chief and inspectors before him
and thanked them for their good work
yesterday.
Magistrate Mott, who IL sitting in
Yorkvills Police Court, intends to deal
severely with violators of the Excise
law.
The first case to come before him was
that Of Joseph Rafferty,. Of Les Amster-
dam avenue. Detective Meyers. Of the
West 6ixty-eighth Street Station. ar
rested him yesterday. Meyers said that
Rafferty, was a habitual violator Of the
law and that he had been arrested sew
eral times before for the same offense.
The usual bond in holding prisoner
for violation OF the excise law Is 500.
Magistrate Mott held Rafferty, in $500.
In Jefferson Market Court this morn
ing City Magistrate Flammer was In
clined to deal gently with violators Of
the Sunday law. He made Policeman
Cohen. of the West Third street station.
angry by discharging a prisoner he ar
raigned before him as a result OF the
efforts to enforce the Excise law yester-
day.
William Meiheiser. the prisoner. keeps
q saloon and clearinghouse at SAG
Eleventh avenue, and Cohen. suspecting
that he was selling drinks. last night
visited the place in company with Po-
liceman Lynch. They entered the prem
ises by the back yard and went to the
kitchen. where they found Meiheiser.
who ordered them out.
Cohen told him he suspected him of
violating the Excise law. and Meiheiser
replied that he was not and that his
bar was closed tight. as the policemen
could see for themselves.
leave, Meiheiser seized Cohen by the
throat, and was getting the better of
him him when he drew his pistol and.
Lynch coming to his assistance at the
same moment, Meiheiser was overpow-
cred and taken to the station-house.
In court to-day Justice Flammer took
hens, and after telling the latter that
he had no right to force his way into
q house, as he had done, discharged the
decision and declared he would bring
the matter to the attention of the Police
o CITY Magistrate Cranes rulings in Ex-
else cases today were naked by
stricter construction of the law than
were his decisions in similar cases last
In Harlem Police Court this morning
he hald Victor Dersdorff. a waiter In
Hollander.s Hotel. 12s West One Hun
Of the West One Hundred and Twenty
NTH street station. yesterday afternoon.
In order to bet beer the officer or
both. He left the restaurant for forty
minutes and upon his return was served
with glass of whiskey without any
thing to eat.
Magistrate Crane decided that It was
. clear violation Of the law.
Policeman Wegman, of the West One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Sta
ton. arraigned Frederick S. Shaible, a
shoemaker, of 1905 Amst' rdam avenue.
for violation of the Excise law.
Shaible, who saw in a dry Sunday an
opportunity to make money outside of
his trade. bought a keg of beer last
Saturday night and yesterday morning
carted II to a shanty on One Hundred
and Twentieth street, near Eighth ave
nue., where he hung out Il sign.
There was a string of thirsty men
waiting for beer at the cobbler's stand
when Louis Gross, reformer, came
along. Gross went to the West One
Hundred and Twenty-hfth street sta
Shaibie was discharged because the
policeman had failed to taste the beer
and could not therefore swear what
the defendant was selling.