The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-04
CAUGHT 4 wAnK1Ne SALOON.
Shrewd Dodge of Il Sunday Law yiolator--
Other Raids Yesterday.


Sergeant w. L. williams and Policeman
II. Smith of the Howard avenue station
last night succeeded in capturing man
whom the police have long suspected of
violation of the liquor laws, and who is
known as the walking Saloon of Oak
street" The man is an Italian named Pc
ter Choramella and he has carried on his
business for long time, battling heretofore
all attempts of the police to catch him.
His plan has been to secrete a stock of
liquor Sunday and then to go out upon the
street and take orders from thirsty pedes-
trans. He would then return to his hiding
place and taking stock enough to fill the
orders he would go, out and deliver them in
some hallway or other out of the way place
Sergeant Williams and Policeman Smith
shadowed him yesterday afternoon and last
evening and saw him deliver several orders,
coming each time from the rear of No. SO
Oak street, in the central precinct. He was
then followed to Palmer street and was
arrested just as he was about to deliver
some beer to customer waiting there. He
was taken to the Howard avenue station,
and on being searched a dozen bottles Of
beer were found in his pockets. At the
station house he said that the beer was the
property of G. Landino of No 50 Oak
street and said that he sold for Landino
After taking their prisoner to the station
house the officers went to 80 Oak street
and found in a shed in the. rear of that
dozen empty bottles hidden under some ex-
celsior and rubbish.
About II O'Clock. yesterday Policemen
Rice and McKeon of the Howard avenue
Herman at No. 2 Hallock street. where
they suspected that an Illegal business was
being done. Adjoining the saloon is bar
ber shop and the policemen entered the
shop and found a bac-. door connected by
a screened .passageway with rear door in
McKiernan's houseS which is next to the
saloon. The man In charge of the shop at
first protested against the policemen going
locked and that he did not have the key.
They insisted, however, and the barber
fna--y produced key and opened the door
Rice and McKeon followed the passage
way and found that the door at the other
end opened into the kitchen in McKiernan's
house. They also found that there were
stairs leading from this kitchen to the eel
lar under the saloon. ia the bar of the
saloon there was evidence that liquor had
been sold there not long before but Nc
Herman will probably be charged with ylo-
lation of the law concerning connection be-
tween living apartments and saloon and
not with violation of the Sunday law.
Policemen B. ]. Reilly and Hanrahan of
the Grand avenue station at II: 30 yesterday
entered the house of Angelo Botto al
Hamilton street, adjoining a saloon kept
by his cousin, and found a crowd Of men
there drinking. Two dozen bottles of beer
and three dozen empty bottles were confis-
AT $50 yesterday morning Policemen En-
right and Tiernan, also of Grand avenue
station. made raid on the saloon of
Charles Schultz at 704 Grand avenue and
found a number of men drinking there. A
quantity of beer was confiscated.
A third raid was made from the Grand
avenue station last night at 8 O'Clock. Ser
geant Doherty and Policeman Ward visited
the saloon of Patrick Butler at 154 Frank
lin street and found that liquor was being
sold there from the back door of the sa-
loon. The back gard was surrounded by a
high, tight fence, with narrow gate on
the rear side. Beer was being passed out
this gate to thirsty customers. Whiskey
glasses and other evidence were secured by
the officers.
No arrests were made in any of yester-
days raids but they will follow later, prob
ably to-day.
Policemen Cannon, Lawler, Gilligan, and
Egan of the central police statIon late last
evening made a raid upon room on the
third floor of the Hoadley building, 40
Church street, where James Stewart was
dispensing liquors to a crowd of a dozen
men. Stewart was arrested and quantity
of liquor was confiscated.