New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-21
DRINKS HARD TO GET.
THE BARROOMs WERE PRETTY GENER-
ALLY CLOSED.
RIGID ENFORCEMENT OF THE EXCIsE LAW
MORRIS TEKUI.sKY KEEPS HIS PLACE. oFEN
AND HIS BARTEXDERs SELL INToX-
ICATING LIQUORS "oN THEIR
Own RESPONSIBILITY"

OWN RESPONSIBILITY
Booze laughs at Byrncs." remarked a white
iacketed knight OF the Tenderloin Precinct az he
joyfully iuggled the ingredients Of foaming glass
shortly after o'clock yesterday afternoon. II was
only four or i've minutes later that "Byrnes'
proved the falacy Of the bartender's metaphor and
landed him. through the agency Of his Sunday *
else crusaders before the desk Of the precinct.
A deep melancholy-a deep dry. arid mean-
choly-hung over the wicked Old TenderlOin all day
later. For once 1t seemed II Superintendent
Byrnes had scored declsvey on the liquor deal
In the Tenderloin a squad OF men in uniform and
In citizens clothes patroed every street. and
wherever a place found TO have a suspicious
air of pety and quletness II was Immediately in
vestigated. and even II not found open. police
often stationed before the door as n pre-
cautonary measure. Up to o'clock last evening
six arrests had been made
Captain PIckctts mea were reinforced Saturday
night by four from Police headquarters. and
twenty in citizens clothes were detailed 10
watch the barrooms and 10 "idlc' any place which
might be doing business.
Those who thought that Mayor Strong had made
a suggestion 10 rumshopke Keepers to keep open from
p. III. until u =. on Sunday. and that 1t would
be tried yesterday, were shown TO be mistaken.
AS matter OF fact. many OF the hqnor-dealers
decided last week not to try any such experiment.
least not until next sunday, ana In the mean
time a meeting OF the Executive Connittee OF the
Liquor Dealers Association viii be h"ld
In many places throughout the city yesterday
the surrender complete, and the screens ana
curtains were drawn aside. that thOse VINO pasSed
might see they closed. A rev Bow"iy sih-
mills tlmdly served drinks during part or the
day but the vigilance was too severe ana most
OF them gave up In dsguat and pulled down men
curtains This same condlton OF aiidHS picN anu
in the southern part Of the city. ON me West SIDE
The capitulation vas even more complete ana Inc
trlumph OF Byrnes and his men was evident on
every hand. ,, to-. ,h,,i,aa i,ts ,eu.,
"snile " he probably would not have gone crazy
vestrrday Jack however, found this Impossible
ana ss a result he was taken strapped down IN an
ambulance 10 bellevue Hospital YESTERDAY alter
noon after he had smashed the windows ana
mart % the furniture in his boarding mousse 40.
3D7 Monroe-st. -, 49,. -. 49,.
re is sim at the hospital but his thirst has been
ot,onchel and he Is gradually recovering rom the
shock o. alcoholic deprivation.
shortly after | o'clock yesterday morning me
police OF the Fifth-st. station made ra'd or me
cafh Waldorf at No. ia East Fourih-st. ana iohhl
a poker game in progress. They arrested me al
legged PROPRIETOR Louis Buechler. better known an
Jumbo: Herman Alexander. and iwenty-OHe DINER
men Nine dollars and seventy-ivc cents IN cdsh
ana eighteen packs OF cards were also secured. IN
the Essex Market police Court Justice Grady h"Ii
the alleged proprietor for examination aud hnei
the other men s. each. ~
Morris Tekulsky kept his place on PARK ROW
open Yesterday precisely az he said he would 40.
The Mayor suggested. 80 Tekulsky says ne under
STOOD that II might be well to test popular senti-
en on the question Of keeping the saloons open on
Sunday from to II D. m. Il gave orders to my