The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-20
VAB40N LIQUOR RAID.
Police Make the sWeltering
Sunday Too Dry for
Comfort.
TWENTY ONE SALOON MEN ARRESTED
The Gauntlet Thrown Down to
Toffey's Grand Jary-Beer
Flowed in Hoboken.
TWENTY ONE SALOON MEN ARRESTED

usual number who We're willing to take
chances.
Chies Murphy this morning summed
up the situation briefly. About so per
cent. of the saloons closed tightly. he
said. About 80 per cent. operated by
keeping men on guard al side doors. who
had instructions to allow only regular
customers TO enter. The remaining 20
per cent took chances and of this class
twenty-one were arrested. Chief Murphy
was very frank about the spasmodic
enforcement of the law this morning.
1t has been reported for the last week
that Sheriff Toffey intended carrying his
fight with City Treasurer Dickinson so
far as to force the police TO close the
saloons. As a consequence many believe
yesterdays enforcement another phase OF
4 want it understood. said the Chief,
that this is nobody's fight. There is
nothing in this move except that the
the law. The police are making no
effort TO throw the responsibility on the
Strand jury or @ anyone else There err, b has as
heretofore. BY that l mean policemen
have not been sent out in civilian dress.
What will be done in future depends
entirely upon the actions of the liquor
Dealers
Yesterday morning fifty reserve men
one precinct to another to look for
offenders. In the afternoon one hundred
men were sent OUT and in the evening
was well covered all cray long. The uni
! formed men Were not instructed to make
arrests There were sad, amusing and
unusual circums tances surrounding the
raiGs. The. first and strangest. develop
ment, OF the Gay was that there are
many men on the force who do not
dr. nix The number amazed Chts' MUIR
ply. His instructions to the nn- were
Ic bay and drink liquor SO that their
evidence would be conclusive. One after
anOtQSTS Of The declared that thew
did not drink and ASKED what they should
do. Whether the total abstaining cop
the Chief does not know. He is going
to watch the temperance coppers and
see whether they are sIlamming or not
was Enoch Perry. who, for the last
month has been delivering temperance
lectures and endeavori9g 10 convert mem
Perry has accomplished a little good
and is hopeful aeH that the force viii
soon beeome powerful auxiliary of the
The LIQUOR Sd dealers arrested are to. be.
gwen hears1ag y dnesday nIght and
Douglass That the HUDSON County
Liquor Dealers, Association will take a
hand in the defense Of the offenders was
demonstrated this morning wi1en Patrick
McArhe, president CT tnat Organization,
was bobbing about seeing to II that the
0laeFs Mr Mear Mfre 0d eered Iesh shap pa ONLY
members of the association had been
arres ted ar41 ne said the Executive Com
mittee will look after their interests. a
to De held tomorrow or Wednesday
morning.
Chr.sty. White, wao conaucts a saloon
at York and Henderson streets. The
cool nerve of the man to keep d saloon
after the. Rev. John L. Scudder's scath-
ing rebuke to the police, annoyed the
Chief. After his arrest he closed his
Arrests continued after that at regular
intervals.
In No. 125 York street, John Flick kept
an open house. The place was full and
he was telling his customers how easy
it was to beat the police Why you only
have 10 operate quietly he was saying,
when Policeman Murray entered. Flick
not know HIM, and his usual good
natured way told the copper how slow
the police were. Murray bought glass
utes listened to Fick's glowing accounts
OF how ne was foolng the police.
II guess I'll have to take you in said
Murray, calmly showing his badge.
well, I'll be damned, . exclaimed Flick,
His customers gave him big laugh
and retired.
his coat, and the copper consented. The
next minute Flick plunged through a win
dow and made his escape.
This morning he surrendered himself.
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Thss iranression prevails that the Sunday
law will he enforced from this time 81,
15rtil after the fall election either by the
s,ol:ra ar Nv men from the Sheriffe,s Office
The ofsieiais advise con sliarers to get In q
s,1rr,lv srr over SATURDAY night.