The evening world., 1895-08-30
EXCISE CASE
BARGAIN DAY,
Court Of Special Sessions Re.
smbled a Big Dry.
Goods Emporium.
W|lD SCENES Of DISORDER,
Saloon Men Fought for Oppor-
tunities to Pay Their Gut
Rate 1926 Fines.
ONLY PLEAS OF GUILTY HEARD.
Like "Bookies at the Race, Jus.
tice Jerome Urged the Crowd
to Place Its "Lons Green"

This Is Excise Day with big, big "E"
At the Court of Special Sessions. Just
%6S cases in which the defendants were
charged with violation of the Excise law
were down on the court calendar to-
day to be disposed of by Justices
Jerome, Hayes and Holbrook.
Long before 10 o clock the big court
room was jammed to suffocation by
saloon-keepers. bartenders. lawyers and
others. Shortly after 10 o'clock Justice
Jerome rapp I'd for order and cried out:
All defe ndants in excise cases who
wish to plead guilty may step up to the
bar. Dort all come at once. Those
defendants who wish to enter another
plea may withdraw.
Their bonds will not be forfeited. and
their cases will be called at some other
time. This court is only open to-day to
hear pleas of guilty"
There was a sudden stir in the court
room and a rush to get to the bar. The
clerks got their cash drawer ready. and
long line Of guilty men formed.
I'm pleading guilty" yelled a clerk of
the Court, "the defedants can save time
and facilitate the business of the Court
by having their money ready
Instantly every man in line went
down into his pocket and pulled cut a
wad Of bills.
"Bargain Days" Outdone.
Talk about bargain day at . dry
goods emporium! 1t was tame compared
to the scene in Special Sessions. There
was only a semblance Of order. Every
III, III
ing to get into line.
An advance sale for a Patti concert
never had such an eager line or one
SO anxious to pay money.
80 fast did the money pour in and so
great was the confusion that the court
clerks got ratified and mixed up, and
one shouted:
who gave me this SYST Who gave
me this money!
II did"
'lw
II did,
you got 1t from me!'
II gave 1t to your
The answers came from a score of
throats. the owners Of which had paid
their fines.
Finally the right man proved his prop
erty and the merry tune kept up.
All the men In line had their money in
their hands. and some waved It aIoft
like bookmakers in days gone by. when
betting was not a high crime ami Inis-
demeanor
BY 1870 o'clock tnirty-four men had
turned in $780, and the line Of others
waiting to contribute to the county
treasury extend down the courtroom
to the door and out into the corridor.
May l make a motion?" cried law
yer.
No Motions Allowed.
mo motions are allowed to-day" said
Mr.: Jerome although men had been
making motions with long green in
their hands for half an hour.
Assistant District-Attorney Jacob Ber-
hnger. who stood at the extreme right
Of the bargain counter and watched
the clerks taking In money. said that
he thought about four hundred of the
their $25 fne to-day.
There is only one 1ob-lot day" he
xan;.~s said; "sna &c, they are going to take ad-
rate Of one q minute. it seemed that 1t
would take about seven hours to collect
would then have been paid In.
the smount of their fine, and LAWYER
quite a number. had his pockets filled
with bills which had been given to him
70 pay for his clients.
The crowd In the courtroom and the
corridors was so great at II o'clock
way open with dlficulty.. Among those
and one very, pretty girl handed over
S25 to Mr.. Berlinger and smilingly with
drew.
Justice Jerome was kept very busy
stamping upon the papers in each case
the following:
,,s; sDifssSas5 ss.S Is pleads guilty. Aug 3d.
After stamping the papers he wrote
his Initials on them and counted the
money In each case and looked happy.
q fine, the hundreds Of men gave way way
and courteously permitted her to go
ahead q them.
these fines was transacted in the Court
Of Special Sessions to-day.
Like . Football Match.
One Of the saloon men dropped his
money as the crowd stopped to pick It
up: Another man tripped over him and
A. he mah s ana se him doSn
Then in the struggle more men tripped
over and the scene took on a capital
Onos Of o%sS f1osSa IN Ylns wedge
and threw themselves reckiessly onto
the ball-or. rather. .wad," to use the
frog skins' were recovered and a
touchdown was marked to the police
eleven's credit.
Then the rush line reformed and the
steady flow of fine steel engravings of
Christopher Columbus, General Grant.
Martha Washington. Abraham Lincoln.
General Garfield, General Hancock ard
other famous Americans passed into
the clutches Of the law.
Here is sample of how. It was done
Man appears at head OF line with a
grabs the roll and asks:
syourname?"
Patrick Mooney" is his answer.
Patrick MONEY!" yells the officer.
"Patrick Looney!" cries a clerk
Patrick Dooley" shouts another
clerk
.'Theres no such name" says the
chief clerk.
MY naIue is Patrick Mooney" shrieks
the victim
"Oh" says the chief clerk. why
didn't You say so? All right. Next"