The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-22
CRANE ATTACKS POLICE.
DISCHARGES BARTENDERs VINO SOLD
LIQUOR AFTER LEGAL HOURS.

LIQUOR AFTER LEGAL HOURS.
say the Policeman Picked Out the Offend
ers from Thousands of violntors Of the
Law and That There Must BE Reason
for This observation-disclosures Reply.
When Emil Weiss, o bartender In q saloon at
1873 Third avenue. was arraiRned In the York
Vile Court Yesterday on a charge Of excise vio-
lation, Detective Harvey Ware Of Police Head
quarters said he had received and paid for a
glass OF whiskey In the saloon at :55 O'Clock
yesterday morning.
How Is II you come to pick out this man
when there are 30 mani others who violate the
Excise law and are not molested2" asked Mag
istrate Crane.
II didn't pick him out" answered the de-
tective. Il saw him violating the law and ar
rested him according to orders from head
quarters"
ID you arrest all those you sec selling IL
duors in violation Of law2" asked the IaRis-
trate. No. 1 know you don't, You have some
particular reason for picking out this man
from the thousands OF saloon keepers who do
just ns he did. l know you have q reason as
we'll as you do and l do not propose to be a
party to any such action.
There used to be a time when we had from
o dozen TO twenty excise arrests a day In this
court. Now We have scarcely one a week.
TIL saloons are wide open without any pre-
tenoe OF observing the law.
Look here. II you want to make q record
as a policeman you can arrest 500 saloon keep
ers in one night. Go/o the saloon on the
corner. at the next corner and tho one after
that and down the avenue and you will ind
them all violating the law"
The detective admitted that this might be
true. but added that he only made excise ar
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well. when the police honestly try to en-
force the Excise law. 1 will give them all the
assistance 1 can" said the Magistrate. but
when they select a victim they need not ex-
pect any aid from me, will not hold this
After weissI,s discharge Detective HauGhey
Of Police Headquarters .arraigned James Toll
j. yer g Ts5fe Of e1R s4 TESfra lp a ave snlOo ON a q s sGS1RR
Haughey said he bought . glass Of whiskey
from Iohver ut l:So O'CLOCK yesterday morn
n believe this is another case of a man
as he discharged the prisoner with a caution
to. close his place at the proper time here
When Chief OF Police Devery was informed
Of the disposition OF the cases In court. he sent
for Detectives Ware and Haughey and told
and lay. Il before the Grand Jury to. see i
that n ~ BODY p0, T9u EoI not in GEiot the Sa men discharged Sh gsSa
out su a statement lteGe 6oT for publication. 'n0n N"''
Under no. circumstances will l permit any
body to be interfered with" he said. while
they are complying with the law as near as
possible.
Judge Crane has got no right to make any
accusations Of that Kind, and I think 1t IN
g~entlemanly and In bad taste. l don't pro-
pose to stick policemen UP against front doors
the same as they have been doing heretofore,
while they are complying with the law. ,ex-
cept where they are doing 1t In an obnoxious
manner. Then 1 will take q hand in it my
SELF"
Crane has declared himself. l had directed
the entering Of the saloon at the southwest
corner Of Seventeenth street and Third ave-
nue. by two OF my men. Harvey Ware and
New York to give up money for protection.
IF Judge Crane knows Of any matter OF
that kind. it. Is his duty to come here and tell
OF II, instead OF abusing people from the bench.
special mark Of any one. and when Judge
Crane makes an assertion Of that kind he
knows it's not true.
It's Judge Cranes duty to hold these PEG,
hold prisoners brought before him with bona
fde evidence. l will, go before the Grand JurB
and see II l can't. have him indicted.
ITS a late day, for him to start In TO retract
Holding the people 9pl it is q, dark day now.
when Others are trying to use the POLICE prop
erly, to accuse them OF accepting, bribes."
When the matter was called to the attention
Of President York OF the Police Board he had
II will have these two saloons investigated,
and the. public will be welcome to the report"
Commissioner Hess made the following OBJ
seryation:
Judge Crane never misses an opportunity
to make q stump speech from the bench
against the police In excise matters. and al
ways shows an antipathy to the police"