New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-03
MAGISTRATE AND LOBSTER.

The midnight conviviality Of the Tenderlon
IL Gravely menaced by proceedings held before
Magistrate Pool one day last week Everybody
knows that all the gastronomic activity OF that
section Of the city late at night centres around
the lobster served in the state known as "broiled
live" Alcohol may be. and doubtless often 's'
n factor In nocturnal Tenderloin hilarty. but
the lobster IL the great original source ana
wesprng Of the same. II the lobster be taken
away things will surely be reduced to that con-
dillon OF devastation which the old rounder
had In mind when he was advised 10 60 home.
and replied: GONE? Was ushe goin' 'ome?
en- gone wen can't ganyw'ere else
However tho disaster which impends has not
yet fallen But II Magistrate Pool makes good
his threat there will he terrible times in the
all.night restaurants The Magistrate
hearing case in which the proprietor Of
restaurant accused tho defendant OF stealing
two Holsters The Holsters he said. cooked.
What prompted tho Magistrate to inquire into
tho process by which they were cooked nobody
knows The Tenderloin believes It wss tho
devil. Anyhow. the Magistrate did inquire. and
expressed himself ms vastly shocked when he
learned that the crustaceans had been boiled
alive or to speak more strictly had been placed
alive IN boiling Mater The dispenser ~ justice
at once dlsmissed tho complaint 81 theft. ig-
noring the complainants plea that IT was not
tho boiling water that stole the Holsters. His
mlrd was overwhelmed by the stunning intel
llgence that the Holsters were boiled alive. He
said II was cruelty to animals. and threatened
proceedings against the proprietor OF the
restaurant
Had Magistrate Pool never before heard that
II customary 10 compass the death OF lob
stcrs by immersng them in boiling water? II
l. that Ill IL,
crabs usually meet Leath in a similar manner.
Possibly ne IL ignorant. too. OF the fact that live
worms are customarily 'mpaled upon hooks
by unfcellng fishermen. What the Tenderloin
would like to know Is whether n charge OF cru
city to animals Is To he made against every
rcstaurant-keepcr who secures the demise Of
lobster by putting him In boiling water II that
is tho judicial purpose 1t opens new field for
the society with the long name. and will add TO
the hotel business a terror that will bring more
gray hairs To the head Of the landlord than all
the professional beats OF n lifetime.
Magistrate Pools threatened crusade will not
wholly eclipse the Tenderloin's nocturnal con-
VITALITY. There will still be Holsters even II
Magistrate Pool Is vrtuous But energetic CON
sstcncy on his part and the assistance OF the
police would necesstate n new method Of put
ting the lobster To his death. II ia not an easy
thing To kill a lobster with entire regard for
his feelings. We reasonably confident that
he doesn't appreciate broilinG alive. Possibly
you might smother him. but he wouldn't enjoy
that procedure enough to satisfy Magistrate
Pool. You certainly coudn': shoot him. and
we don't believe he could be induced To take
poison. Chloroform seems to be the only thing
left Probably you could chloroform him and
then boil him without offending Magistrate
nd
restaurants would certainly Increase the price.
Altogether. 1t is pretty tough problem for the
Tenderloin. The Tenderloin must have It's lob
ster. There is no sort OF doubt about that. But
IL Magistrate Pool means business he Is bound
to make things mighty unpleasant