New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-22
p1A1YsPEAKING FROM CRANE
SALOONS OPEN AT ALL HOURS Win
POLICE CONN1vANcB.
THE MAGISTRATE sArs TINT ONLY sAi|'o"-
KEEPERS WHO DON'T JOIN a PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION ARR: Mor.EsTED AND DIS
CHARGES TWO PRISONERS cHTEF
DrvrRY IScoHERENTrr
INDIGNANT

1NDIiNANl'
u.gi-,-a.o LEROY r. Crane in the Yorkvilie ponce
Court Yesterday denounced special po'ceI",n 49,
orroqtnr bartender for selling liquor af'er "ou'
md discharged the prisoner. lie went OF ~ w.
.bo noIicnnan that there were thousands OIL snoo"'
,,o,atinr this law and asked why the pioP'i''V :,
wore not arrested. Everything is Wiuo 49,
added tho Magistrate. Later the MasisH,. -
that the liquor dealers did not now pay u"eNe' -
nrotcction but had organized an associa''o'' -
,hoso NOT In this association had TO run chaIces u
,rros, I, they kept open after hours Ihose III '''
association were protected . NO.
The coqo which brought out this statement was
that of Ernest Wess, bartender or the ha'nes '1T
hotel at No 1S Third-ave. Policeman ifai.e.
ware or tho Eas, Twenty-second-st police s'a''o''
esnociolIv detailed on excise duty. said tnas h'
went into the hotel al Is o'clock YESTERDAY NO..
ing with friend. and got two glasses Oh "H'N.'
without any meal or sandwich lie thereupo" q"
rested the bartender -. .o,ry.
WAS that the only place open az 'na' nv.
asked The Magistrate. Couldn't you nav ~,
go .horsonds Of other places and have done the
same thing? OF course. you could. I'm no. to'"e
10 stand for tho arrests OF this KIND you po''e,.s'
make Every proprietor OF saloon CO.'S ~, 49,.
,hInr I con go into any saloon In the city at'er
hours and get a drink. Everything Is Woe ope"
II IS convenient for you officers to ares ''y AZ,
Won want TO In such a case. THIS man ~ '''
charged" cara.
Tho magistrate warned the bartender to be care
f, to close up 1T the proper hour. lie" ii. 90,
later q bartender for Joseph b. Honey Vi ~,
Third-ave was arraigned before MIN Oh -,
,be san,a charge Magistrate Crane dlschd' So
this prisoner Also telling the policeman th"' ""''
ne had said 20 Ware applied 10 him. ,
| "hu .he 50 saloonkeepers are compelled nowao'''
20 belong 20 the association" said Ma6ist1a' u
of,erward They don't have 20 pay now LOT p'o.'o
60 dtre..,v All tina. is done now by the association
Tho nol,ca soon know what saioonkeepets hre , "a
bers OF the association ana mo no not moested
aud can keep open after hours as oiie q, o.. ~ ose
often as they Ike. But I'm not gong 70 ~ kind
OF work u.or. called to
Tho attention OF Chief Devery the later III, 30
Sergeant Flood his secretary and dreri . NV, View
get all tho evidence In nc Two rDay IN order that
the offending saloonkeepers msn. 20 eadquar-
the Chief called the reporters a, nUro verbatim
report which follows That Its meaning nnttrlbntcd to
Parts Is MOI f'y1 under Which the Chief laborns
/ I.h,s Is oxactlv what Chief Deyery SAID . ,,,,odv
to be n,eed win whe Gopy9 1sns ~' ha, me
law as clearly as possible Ju9sr ~, tind ana
mink II IA ungcntemnnly and in bad taste do'
propose stick policemen UP AGAINST ,n Zen dons
heretofore No liquor dealer VIII be intertet' r
by tho police while he IS % n Ssncxons manncr
ara thcn viii take a hand In The matter my scr,
9 naTs Sr a his saloon by occIs Harry a wH1
and Patrick tday Tney iIunn =, y HciocK this
,norn,ns Tho oficers were themselves served WIKI
! drink illegally. . 49, Vii, 90 olve
any ono any money for protection, ana ~ !uutrs
cranc knows Of my matter OF Tint klnn IL is ~.
d,fv to come hero and tell Of g. instead or ABUSING
nv on GERS from the bench. don't propose 20 Pr.
| To-. any ono or mako n special marx or any or
Iynon Indigo Crane makes an assertion OF we XIII.
! recorded Ne SAYS what hc knows IS nov ,'u ", AZ
yas bs du,y 20 hold tho prisoners Instead OF as
/ charging them. -. l., o. -o,roc.
/ what ihey have done ia tho last three years-noln
/ a.. ,ba n,ople up IL " L dark day now when
other, ar. irving 10 tho people fairy ana prop
! .yiv 20 accuse them 81 accepting hribeS
| Tho chief added that n Magistrate Grams cor,
,rued 20 discharge offending saloonkeepers agalns,
whom the evidence conclusive he O'every) Wuui
| Iav Tho matter before the Grand jury ana see y
H. Wegi,trato could no, DO punished for his cere
| fiction . - .,,,.,,o,.1 n.
/ ,o,o ,ba Chlor aftrr Ia had thus expressed MN
seif and conlpliuen,cd on tho arrests ~ Mr
| Ieverv who tod them that tho Mngstra's nan tx
coded his duty when ie discharged their prisoners