New-York tribune., 1896-05-05
CAPT. COPELAND ACCUSED.
CHARGES FOR NOT ENFORCING THE EX-
CISE LAW.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MAKES SUNDAY TOUR
IN THE rSroN MARKET PRECINCT AND
FINDS THE LAW VIOLATED IN THE
SALOON OF POLICE SER


SALOON OF POLICE SER
GEANTs BROTHER.
President Roosevelt OF the Police Board. on sun
day went about the city with the policeman detaeo
In his office to observe how the police were eioi0
ing the Raines Liquor Tax law, and ne Visi'eu
number of the saloon hotels In which peer VII"
sandwiches were being dispensed TO the THIRSTY
In the afternoon he went to the Ffth-st. stat'o
and told Acting Captain McKrvey that the law was
being violated at No. 2O3 Avenue B. In captain
Copeland's precinct McKirvey sent policeman
who arrested William Fagan and locked MIN up d.
the Fifth-st. station. The saloonkeeper arres'eo
by President Roosevelts order is orother oi
Police Sergeant Fagan, OF the East ihty yi'''
station and 1t is alleged that because OF the re'a-
tionship he was not molested by the ponce
In consequence Of the arrest. charges VIII De aoe
against Captain Theron 8. Copeland, the conn
mander OF the Union Market Precinct. Mr.. hoose-
Welt Yesterday gave out the following statement
about his Sunday tour: 49,,
wanted find out generally exactiy aaarv VIE. ,r,v
effects OF the law were this time ana spec'ny1i
TO look into two or three cases concerning "inon M
l was not quite satisfied as to the reports 1 '"N
There was one saloonkeeper In ths mt,sen'n ns, ~
Precinct Captain Copelands concernins wmom , nnen
because his brother was sergeant OF police. me me
particular saloon my officer got Into wh0u! mo- Tbr ,e
Fourteenth Precinct and had the bs Gapfsin panam Of
the Thirteenth Precinct will have an opportunity
to explain later. ..,.,., =, tho ,.w II Is too
early YET anything This G is "a tran5tieGG in5nIeG
period and undoubtedly matters Will be lmpro.Su
when the officers created under the law get tairiy
going and when by July the licenses nave 10 oe J,
present in certain OF the saloon hotels the practical
effect of the law Is merely to charge doupe loi er
sandwich for iye cents he can have all the beer
he wants The police have made many arreSts - Sea o
he
out Of the courts, and by the Grand Jury, t a tne
very severe penalties In the law both court ana
jury will be extremely lenent In their constructor
OF what meal is. In some of the so-called hotels
the restaurants were in rooms not feet by six
The men of course did not register, ana the t o a.
ing of the sandwich was so perfunctory tha' !"
In some of these same hotels the sleeping &C. ;.
commodations were of such character as to create
the strong presumption that there was no real pur
pose TO accommodate dodgers any more than Ihsle ere
lieve however that the law gets into Working XII
shape OF these evils Will be reedea ana t'iil
the hotels will be forced to become such In fact as
well as in name. The penalty for infringement, OF
the law Is so severe that even the securing rba
police will OF course continue to do their duty as as
they have done In the past, so that as ia[ as ST. ,e
Course their part in enforcing the present law Is
wholly subordinate to the part which Is TO DC piayed
by the Excise Commissioner. and indeed by the DIS
trict-Attorney. But want In closing to dweii on
one thing and that is the great good & that lis Is result
ing from raising the window-snades his mas great
| ly essenei the work OF the police.
| Late in the afternoon President Roosevelt sum-
| moned Captain Copeland to headquarters and mad
him before him in his office Captain Copeand ex-
p,anation of his failure to enforce the excise law
| in Fagan's saloon not satisfactory, ana the
| president sent for Acting Chief Cortright ana IN
| strlcted him 10 prefer charges against captain
Copeland for his failure TO enforce the excise aw IN
| Fagan's saloon. He also ordered charges TO De
| made against Roundsman John KirZinger. VINO was
| on patrol In the precinct. and Patrolman James D.
| Donneliy whose post covered Fagan's saloon. Cap-
| tain Copeland said yesterday: This Will be the irs
charge against me. and have been over tnirty-iNe
| Years on the force | depended upon my men 10
| enforce the law and they didn't do it,. The penef
is that Captain Copeland Will seek retirement how'