New-York tribune., 1903-01-12
SUSPENDS CAPT. GORMAN.
General Greene Finds E.rcise 20
iafion ON ''4utO" Trip.
ORDERS ARRESTS IN SALOONS.

Union Market police station suspended late
yesterday by Commissioner Greene. who. with
Inspector Brooks. his private secretary. Mr..
Coursey. and Captain Holahan. of the De-
lancey-st. station. went into Captain Gorman's
precinct and found saloon in which they de
clare the excise law being violated.
In addition to this Commissioner Greene made
a flying trip through the lower East Side and
inspected number of precinct stations In
some he made no comments whatever while in
others he commended the commanding officer
on the condition of the house.
Accompanied by Inspector Brooks, who was
in full uniform and Mr.. Coursey, Commits
soner Greene left his home at No :;3 East
Thirtieth-st- about p m. The party rode in
closed automobile. The Commissioner would
not say where he intended going. but jocosely
added that there might be fun before
Ii returned.
The Commissioner first visited the Fifth-st.
station, where the party were met by Captain
Dean and Sergeant McNaught. They went
through the house, from top to bottom They
made no comments whatever and departed in a
few minutes
From there the party went to the home of
District Attorney Jerome. in Rutgers-st- What
they did there and whom they met could not be
learned 1t was not even known that they met
the District Attorney. They did not remain
there long, for at 420 o'clock the Commissioner
and inspector walked into the Eldridge-st. sta
ton.
Captain Albertson was in charge. Chief In
spector Cortright had been at the station soon
after noon. The Commissioner was shown
through the house, and Secretary Coursey took
notes. The Commissioner bad no comment to
make.
The next stop was the Delancey-st station
where Captain George R. Holahan. appointed by
Commissioner Partridge just before he went out
of office. is in charge. Delancey-st. is being torn
up for some distance from the station, and the
Commissioner and his companions left the auto
mobile when distance from the station
Commissioner Greene had short talk with
Captain Holahan, and then went through the
place. Then the Commissioner asked the captain
and his two plain clothes men, Mora and Min
nerly, to accompany him. The party went out
into the rain and took walk through some of
the side streets. Everything seemed to be run
ming smoothly.
The Commissioner finally drew up in front of
a building at Nos 164 and 166 Rivington-st-
This is a saloon, cafe and lunchroom in one
large room Sail Agia is said to be the pro-
prietor The house is in the Union Market
precinct.
In one of the front windows was a quantity
of liquor in bottles and cases. while the
other window was display of food There
are two bars in the house. one in the front
and one well toward the rear. The front bar
was covered with black gauze of some sort,
but through which the bottles Of liquor could
be seen plainly.
In the room were about twenty men seated
about small tables. Some drinking coffee
and eating cakes and buns, while others sat and
talked or ate sandwiches and the like.
The room YARN and comfortable and the
odor of coffee and cooking was evident. a
woman. giving the name of Sally Hirshstein,
who said she lived at No. 176 Rivington-st.,
was in charge of the place She was ordered
arrested by the Commissioner.
This is not in my precinct. Commissioner"
said Captain Holahan.
Never mind that" the response, ARREST
this woman.
She was locked up in the Delancey-st station,
Captain HoIahan being entered as the COM
plainant The charge was violating the excise
law ''inasrnuch as to the door leading into the
barroom from the hallway was open. liquor ex-
posed for sale. and twenty men were seated in
the place"
Later Agia, the proprietor, was arrested by
Detectives Moran and Mnnerly and taken to the
station. They were soon ba1led out by Abraham
Goldstein, a jeweller of No. 162 Rivington-st
Commissioner Greene then dismissed Captain
Holahan and his two men. The Commissioner
to the Union Market station.
1t was $50 o'clock when the party reached
there Commissioner Greene asked for Captain
He is upstairs in his office" said the sergeant
duty
Cantain German came down moment later.
He was plainly embarrassed and dressed IN a
business suit. C,o-,.
Where is your uniform !! asked lne COliliiI4S
sioner of him.
ITS upstairs" was the reply.
Don't you know you should wear II wnen on
duty? Go upstairs and put it on at once was
the stern command. A.,
Captain German did so. In the mean time the
Commissioner went through the mouse. IN the
hack room were assembled the men or the
o'clock platoon waiting TO be mustered out 1or
the night trick These men were ordereu oIt 1i
time the inspecting party standing by ana look
After they had gone Commissioner Greene
suspended Captain German Inc captain n3d
nothing to saw He went to his office closed the
safe and left the house Charles Ryan the
senior sergeant. was placed In command
The Commissioner then went 10 the MuI-
herrv-st station, the precinct over which cap
tain Stephenson formerly had charge. one OF
the first acts of the Commissioner on taking
oeIoa on New Years Day to suspend
number of captains under charges. and Stephen
son was one of them. Acting Captain Mannion
was at the station and was complimented on
tha condition of the premises. The end Of the
tn,r was the Mercer-st- station. where Ser
gean+ thompson took the party through the
building.
+sins made In February, 1901. and the validity
20 T,bosa annointInent until recently in
.onestion A court decision. however. recently
reid that the appointments of the five veterans
should hold. Captain German is one of the
C,on1missioner Greene refused to be last
night in regard to the suspension of Captain
German.
TOTAL EXCISE ARRESTS EIeHTY-EIeHT.
The total number of excise arrests reported at
Police Headquarters by 1880 o'clock last night
lightweight. Fifty-four were reported week ago
yesterday