The sun., 1895-05-20
BY NO MEANSADRY SUNDAY
SIDE DOORS OPEN TO All KNOWN
TO "THE MAN ON THE CHdIN.D

|
The GroSyier Worked Disguised or With
| out Concenlmcnt All Over Town-Two
Cops Assnuited-Exci Arrests 1G7
| In spite OF Chief Byrncs's orders to the Police
Captains for n dry Sunday, no citizen of New
| York who could claim the slightest acquaint-
| anco with "the man on the chain" was COM
PEELED to carry about an unslaked thirst yester-
| day. Nearly oil the saloons did the usual Sunday
business. 1t is just possible that the eaglc-eyed
| guardians whose business It is to pass upon the
| qualifications OF the thirsty men as they apply
| for admission Mt tho side doors q trhe more
| vigilant than usual, and 1t Is certain that the
stranger with q longing for beer or the nervc-
| quicting cocktail an object for pity, for IL
| was next to impossible for him to get drink.
! The sidc-door watcher is suspicious by nature.
| An absence of guile and cold distrust OF all
strangers are his marked characteristics, and
since the fly cop in citizens clothes from II re-
mote precinct has become one of the features of
the effort to enforce the Excise law the man
the chain" as they call him on both the east and
west Sides takes no chances at all
Several OF the larger places on Park row,
where hcarses OF beer sold ut five cents per
henrse. were closed for business without any
reservation Most of them are not hampered
with screens week days. and yesterday Mt
least five of them had their curtains drawn up
so that the whole interior could be plainly seen
from the sidewalk.
But the majority of them did their usual
Sunday business. One large saloon on Third
avenue. near Twenty third street, wide
| open. that is. there was no watcher at the door,
and the known and unknown were welcomed
alike. All along lower Second avenue in the
district known as Little Vienna" the saloons
and cafes did thriving business. both b. the
glass and by the can, and no one questioned
mans right to drink provided always that he
was known. All the ncighborhood. apparently,
were known.
On the upper east side. in the Yorkville dis
trlct, there is only one distinctive mark by
which the inhabitants may know that n very
dry Sunday has been ordered and that is that
all growlcrs are wrapped in paper while in tran
sit to and from saloons In the early hours of
yesterday there was feeble attempt made to
give the impression that very dry" was the
order, but as the day wore on the thirsty Cnes
threw caution TO the wind. and growlers were
seen on every side in all their cleaning naked
Is this n dry Sundny?"a asked the reporter of
young man with far.away look in his eyes
who stood ont on the stoop of a big apartment house
II Is for them as rl hasn't got the price" he
with expectation. and he said:
Say. young feler, il f Xon ~, don't believe mt, me
Illustration of de fact that t'ings is wide open,
| seeY'
| pom receiving the ulnc he uartCu into the
| house. returning in less than minute with
two.quart GROWER.
You Just stand right here" ne said. as he
as he exhibited the contents Of the pail upon
his return. mo trouble tall when de man oil de
| chain knows your mug.
over in the Tcnderloin. where Capt. Pickett
holds sway. it was comparatively difficult to get
n drink yesterday. but that is true of all sun
days OF late in that once gay district. Nearly
all the saloons on Sixth avenue and many of
those on Broadway were open to their regular
| customers. and those of them ,hnt did business
| had watchers at the doors with strict orders to
Two Cinnamon were arrested last nigh. for
| smoking opium at ii Pell street. six for deal;
us payns "s %h at 6 @
street. Tney were taken to the Elizabeth street
The police of the same station also arrested
| Ave pullcrs-in in Baxter street.
The East Fifth street police arrested ten per-
| sons for selling ice cream from push carts. ci-
| gars and flowers. and other small things. Two
gr3cers were also arrested
BY Frank Lane. &c years old Of rs Second
Avenue. q former professor of boxing.
rested ted William A. Larney Of 35i East Forty
first street a bartender in Henry Roth's saloon
Ia Larney is a friend OF Lane, and after the bar
tender had neen locked up in the East Thirty
lay in wait for the policeman in For,y-trst
street, between Third and Second avenues.
face with his clnched fists, whilo the two other
men attacked him from behind.
| lhe pnliccmln drew his blllr anu tlna!ly sue
ceedea in su6dutng Lane. He locked HIM up in
the East Th:r,y-hfth street station on n charge
! of assault. Lanes companions escaped.
| Policeman Hoffman OF the Nlncdougal street
station tried TO get into Peter Reuters saloon at
| III West Houston street last night to arrest
| Reuter- for violation OF the Excise law.
He, met Mrs. Reuter- in the hall. She had in
her hands china cup and II pitcher of hot cOf
fee: Hoffman tried toget by: Reuter- came out
and struck Hoffman in the face Mrs. Reuter-
broke the cup on Hoffman and poured the hot
coffee on his head. Both were arrested.
| There were III excise arrests yesterday. The
| Sunday before there were l2O arrests.