New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-02
TEN NOREPRECINCT.S TO JOIN
FAILURE TO OPEN SALOON INTERIOR
TO VIEW THE COMPLAINT VI
MACDOUGAL-ST. PATROLMEN.

There were abundant indications yesterday
that the movement among the patrolmen OF the
police force TO compel saloOnkeepeTs TO obey the
excise law was spreading The example or the
men IN the Twentieth Precinct is 10 be followed
by the men in many other precincts. ana ma!
extend throughout the entire city by next sun
Gay. The revolt, as the new movement is called,
was the main topic Of conversation among po-
lcemen In all parts Of the city yesterday, and It
became known that patrolmen of at least ten
precincts had agreed TO Join in II.
Patrolmen Of the Macdougal-st. station
showed their coors Monday by summoning
a dozen saloonkeepers to a police court A
patrolrnan Of the Madison-st. station yesterday
went to another court and procured summonses
against two saloonkeepers. At both stations 1t
was said that patrolmen were pledged to carry
on war against illegal liquor selling. Other sta
tions where the patrolmen said to be pre-
pared for vigorous enforcement Of the law
against saloons were those in Church-st-. Oak
st, Eldridge-st-, Mercer-st.. Fifth-st- West
Thirtieth-st. and East Eighty-eighth-st.
If the plan adopted by the patrolmen OF Mad
ison-st. and Macdougal-st. is followed by other
policemen OF the city, every saloon in the city
can be kept closed Sundays and at Illegal
hours on weekdays. The excise law requires
that the interior Of every saloon shall be open
TO view from the sidewalk at prohibited hours.
so that policeman can look in and see If the
law is being violated. That provision Of the
law has been ignored by saloonkeepers generally
throughout the city. Partitions Of ground glass
screens and curtains have been placed In front
Of the windows to shut out view Of the IN
teriors, while the panels Of the doors have been
made Of glass through which II is impossible to
see. The police never have tried. until now,
the simple ana effective plan Of calling the
offending saloonkeepers to court charges of
violating this plain provision of the law.
ALLOWED TO GO WITH WARNING.
Policemen Of the Macdougal-st. station went
TO the jefferson Market court on Monday and
obtained summonses for proprietors Of dozen
saloons which could not be locked into on Sun
day. The proprietors all appeared before Mag
istrate Deuel. yesterday morning. He decided
to let them go with warning. telling them that
they would be held for violating the law II
they were summoned again for the same reason.
AS each saloonkeeper appeared. he was asked
what he had 10 say, and then received lecture
from the magistrate Patrick Coughn
warned In this way: Il not going to take any
complaint this time. but this has been going on
for some time, and 1t has got to be stopped.
Your being summoned here TO-DAY is simply
notice that you have got to comply with the
law in regard TO exposing your bar"
Hcemen who had obtained them gathered
together for about an hour in one OF the corri-
doris leading TO the courtroom. While they
were waiting Captain Cooney. their commander,
came along. Cooney said TO the men:
COONEY IN COURT WITH HIS MEN.
/ indorse your action, and 1 want you to
understand that I have enmity against you
and that you won't be prosecuted in any way be
cause Of your action / indorse what you have
done. You know / have always been with you
and that ] have always instructed you TO en-
force the law, and ] am UP here TO help you
TO prosecute your cases l away sick
leave when YOU obtained the summOnses, and l
read Of the matter in the newspapers. j am
ready 10 help you out all can.
The men appeared 10 be somewhat relieved by
Cooney's remarks. The captain accompanied
them to the courtroom and stood the bridge
during the hearing. although he took 10 part in
the proceedings.
Patrolman John i. Falconer, OF the Madison
81. station. appeared in the Essex Market police
court in the afternoon and obtained from Mag
istrate Crane summonses against two saloon
keepers whom he charged with violations Of the
excise law in that they did not expose their
bars on Sunday. The men against whom the
sumnonses We're issued are E. J. Mcclure. OF No
20f Madison-st.. and w. Moller, Of No 50 Pike
ST Faconer said that he had reported the
violations 10 Captain Thompson. who had told
him 10 go ahead and obtain the summonses.