New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-07
VIGILANT.
ONLY 4 FEW SALOONKEEPERS GIVE
THEM OPPORTUNITIE TO
MAKE ARRESTS.

af.rhattari Was a Sahara yesterday. nut a
cabsrs made passable by nearly twenty-three
hundred Raines law oases. Not since the Roose-
,-ait regime has there been such general clos
,ng of the saloons The situation in a word was
+bis. The Liquor Dealers Association WAS
watching the saIoonkeeper, the saioonkeepeT
was watching the patroman. the patrolman was
watching the captain. the captain was watching
she District Attorney. and one took any
chances Conscious that the attention OF the
entire city was fixed upon them the patro!men
-nada strenuous efforts 10 make good while
+be sa1oonkeeperS determined to cut off any pos
sifle glory by keeping shut The result was
that while the number OF arrests increased they
were many Of them based on slight grounds
The saloons being cIc=ed the problem was for
-be Raines law hotels 10 attend to their own
business and that Of the saloons besides THIS
4be,- succeeded in doing and by dint Of suffi-
Gent number of sandwiches they avoided the
clutches Of the ever vigilant patrolnan- But
There we're a few saloons open also. Not open
10 she chance passer, not open to the public
.-sze as Of old. hut open 10 the time honored
guest The dfngy back room was turned INFO
p barroom: elevated on a couple of chairs, a
beer keg furnished a scanty cheer TO the Sadly
diminished number Of patrons. At the doors
Of these saloons their owners stood. carefully
scrutinizing each thirsty. oppressed soul that
ciamored for admittance, and st. Peter him
self could not have exercised more discretion at
the peariy gates than did these guardians Ct
the family entrance
A FEW BLIND TIGERS"
There were a few blind tigers in operation,
too This is a simple. effective method Of sup
plying Hquor without Offering any opportunity
for observation. The scheme is worked in this
fashion: An ooening is cut in the wall and
se ,,F- ,1i.-c hat
in and out through the aperture. The customer
shouts his order through the hole. the board
swings in and then it swings back laden with
Its burden of happiness. 1t reminds one OF the
operations Of the genii. but it has the limita
tion of working slovly-a great limitation yes
ferday. Still. by Sunday. if the drouth
continues. enterprising PlIrveyors will proba bly,
have few dozen Of these apertures cut in the
wall. and the business viii be done with much
greater expedition
striking evidence of the tightness of the
-cwn was the fact that nearly all the saloons
exposed their bars. The result was that the
windows We're constantly crowded with by
etanders who gazed with wonder into the
cleanly arranged interiors and waited for some
sign Of life. But in most cases this did not
come one man became so enraged at being
shut out of the saloon which had sheltered him
for an almost endless number OF Sundays that
he kicked in the panel Of the door. Another
was seen by the reporter to climb UP on the
window sill and stare wonderinGly into the
ernprv saloon. A Sunday school silence per
vaded all the saloons. The chairs We're plled
ND ostentatiously in the back rooms, and the
faithful band which had held them down so long
had vanished.
An enterprising sign painter. whose ability 10
raint signs exceeded his power Of reading them,
was discovered carefully inscribing letters ~
S-=xyrrr- h uOi
Fhird-ave. Policeman stephen Burke, who mas
rass,ng. was Mortified to read the following out
raeeous sentence:
DON'T MIND THE POLICE"
'DoN't mind the police. Come in the back
way and get all you want" Justly cnraged.
the indieuant patrolman arrested the offending
painter and testified that in addition to spread
ing seditioJs sentiments. the man had insuited
him and called him offensive names. For this
latter offence Magistrate Pool fined the PAINTER.
who said he was Abraham Lipman, OF No. 2io
Eighty-third st. 81
Another source Of some merTiment the ar
rest of a bartender IN o'NeilIs oyster house, at
Twenty -seoond-Ft. and Sixth-ave- When asked
his name the prisoner threw back his head and
'nurrnured string Of soft Italian syllables.
Spell it," said the sergeant. gruf1y.
"G-h-o-i-z-z-i-x-e-r-n-d -d-o-s-i-u-s" spelled the
prisoner.
Say, on the level is that alp" asked the
sergeant. in surprise.
The efficacy Of the sandwich TO cover multi
tude Of sins was tested. The old sandwiches
that have figured in the production of the moral
show the Raines law hotels have presented in
the past were soon exhausted. Then the pro-
prlet0rs had recourse to various makeshifts-
few served real san1wiches In one place
where this was done patron was charged for
The sandwich Outraged, he refused to pay and
offered 10 clean out the ssioon. The interposi-
ton Of vigilant policeman made visit to the
the station house necessary. In one Raines law
hotel the exhaustion Of sandwiches was followed
by hasty preparation Of wooden blocks. which
Were cut in proper sizes These were reported
to be more palatable than the others
MAGISTRATE MEADES COMMENT.
Magistrate Meade who was sitting In the
west Side court. described the situation tersely.
Ex-Assemblyman Smith had brought an excise
case before him and asked for an adjournment
Granted' said the magistrate sharply "A
man ohat sens liquor on Sunday these days
must he lunatic'
Another result of tbe clos;,- 20 =, ,oo,-
was the attempt Of various drygoods and hard
ware stores u supply the loud darosros of the
thirsty. A factory at No. :}S5 Brooroest was
visited by several detectives, who seized a ouart
OF whiskey which they asserted had been
poured into a bottle from = denoiiob, carried
by froem Friedman Several other cases of
walking saloons were reported Up on the West
Slae patrolnan could discover no excise xio-
lati0n. and was returning to the Ues, o,a
huhoieoth-s'- stauoh much discomforted when
ne "a" that Abraham Appebaum the pro-
prletor OF a ciothlng store at No. $50 Columbus
ave, had his store open for business Hasten,
fta I he rnTrv1