New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-12
DOORS OPEN IN SOME CASES
NO MORE LIoUoS. HOWEVER. WAS SOLD
THAN ON FORMER SUNDAYS.


EAST SIDE sAIOONKEEPERs INCLINED TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE or MAGISTRATE DEUELs
RuLrNG-THE LAW CLEvERLY EvAD-
ED IN SOME PLACES.
There were a number OF saloons open yesterday
but Il was just hard 10 get drink as on pre-
yious Sundays. The ruling of Magistrate peuei IN
the Jefferson Market Police Court during the ias'
week gave the saloonkeepers an entering "eose
and many OF them were not SOW TO take au'a"
tase O: the opportunity afforded 10 annoy ana
harrass the police. AS rule. the better graue VI
saloonkeepsrs and hotel men paid no attention u
MAGISTRATE Deuels ruling as 1t did not In any way
affect the prohibition OF the sale OF liquors OF
Sunday He simply ruled that there was no'h'hs
in the law that kept a saoonkeeper from opening
the doors OF HIS saloon on Sunday IL ne "'sheo'
The dealer was still prohibited to expose. sell OF
give away liquor on Sunday.
The most noticeable cases where the Saloon men,
either out OF malice a desire to go just as lar
"a tho law would permit them to. were on the East
SIDE where the warfare between the ponce ana
the LIQUOR dealers has been most severe Al 'ie
saloon OF steve Brodie. the Bowery the doors
were open during the day, but so far as couc be
seen no sale of liquor was carried on Inc pro-
,re,or himself either sat inside or stood on the
nayement in front of his saloon during the day.
good ma turedy chatting the police and detecu'es
who were on duty in that district: other East
Side saloonkeepers emulated his example, anu inc
result was that number OF front doors were opeh'
although II did afford the thirsty public any
relief.
Uptown In the Tenderoin district 1t was as dry
as usual If not drer. The hotels paid no
a,ention TO the ruling which permits them TO
throw their doors open, and the same course was
pursued that was originally mapped out by the
Hotel Mems Association. Nearly all of the saloons
had their front doors tightly closed ana the phnos
rolled Gear up 10 show that no business was being
done Even these saloons were deceitful IN some
instances One was particularly This saloon
stands on OF the most prominent corners III
unner broadway The front door tightly
closed but the side door worked all day at
great rate. The system almost defed detection.
runner" stood on the pavement In front OF the
side door. When he saw any one approach VINO
wanted 10 get in and he satisfied that he was
all right he would quickly unbolt the door The
man would then pass inside. This first door proved
TO be only storm door. Once inside. the scout
would carefully lock the door just passed through,
and then taking key from his pocket. unlock
another door which gave admittance TO the hall
way The patrons of the place would pass down
this long hail into a back room. Here all the
drink that they wished was served, and then
they passed out the same way-and all the time
the curtains rolled away up and the bar
look dark and spectral beneath the dim gaslight
that kept burning.
The police have not relaxed their vigilance In
relation to the hotels. This fact was manifested
yesterday at several OF the larger houses. The
police have thought that after the first scare had
off. the hotel men would think that the end
had come and would revert the old tactics in the
cafes At the Waldorf and several other large
hotels yesterday policemen in citizens clothes
made determined efforts to obtain drinks. but 1t
Detectives McCrory and Barlow. of the oak
st. STATEN made raid on the resanrant Kept
Slip just after o'clock yesterday morning Be-
sides the proprietor they captured eleven patrons
OF
court with Prestone later in the morning. The
men by woman named Fannie Renhardt. VINO
went into the place and bought a drink Of whis-
waived examination on charge Of selling liquor
trial in Special Sessions. The other prisoners were
discharged ., ,o.,o
terday morning in his saloon on the Bowery near
Grand-st. by Policeman Rosenbaum, of the Null
Brode had laid in large supply of buttermiik
and lemonade. and after covering up the bar and
vide open and allowed whoever wished to come in
s %o P nfe Was chaged but on the coun@r
contribution boxes for two charities. Signs on
tribute TO one the other of these charities ac-
eoriing to his means; The place was soon crowded
ton Acting Capain Groo said that he did not be
sken inc To the Tomss Police Gou Dr0de
Magistrate Cornell discharged Brodie saying
Brodle deserved Credit for his worE Of Charity a'
Later Acting inspector 1dS. c0rwrsht and several
men there for disorderly conduct. He then made
Brode close his place. Brodie says the police
prosecuting him.
Commissioner OF Charities and Correction Faure,
accompanied by a young man with glasses walked
into the East Twenty second-st station yesterday
and said 10 Captain Smith:
The law is being violated In your precinct. sir
have Just passed TWO saloons where men are being
admitted
Yes" added the man with the glasses. Il am
one Of the places referred TO by Commissioner
Faure is at Twenty-ffth-st. and Ffrs-ave, and is
owned by ex-Alderman Murray Captain Smith
placed patro.man opposite Murrays side door
Then Mr.. FEure and his companion went on
tour of the precinct, and said they discovered
violations of the law in Rottger'- saloon Twenty
six,h-s and First-ave. Captain Smith Immediately
posted a policeman in front Of that saloon.
A total of III excise arrests made In this
city yesterday up to 10 o'clock. against 10 last Sun
day.