The sun., 1903-11-23
SALOON ANNEX TO A PRISON.
THAT'S WHAT THE REV. corr
LAND MYERS CHARGES.
Says Any One Who Buys Rum Can Get a
sheriT's Pass 10 Garry II Into Raymond
Street Jail--Passes Stolen From His

Says Any One Who Buys Rum Can Get q
SheriH's Pass TO Garry II Into Raymond
Street ,Iail-Passes stolen From His
once Recently. the Sheriff Says.
The Rev. Cortland Myers, pastor of the
Baptist Temple, at Third avenue and Scher-
| merhorn, street, Brooklyn, charged in the
course OF his sermon last night that passes
signed by Sheriff Melody, admitting persons
to the Raymond Street Jail, were kept in
saloon opposite the Jail and given to persons
| who bought rum, in order that the liquor
might be taken in to the prisoners.
"The Brooklyn police annex a saloon to
Raymond Street Jail, said he "There is
a saloon across the corner street from the
Jail door, which has been made the vestibule
Of the prison and the increasing curse OF
the prisoner. In this den of infamy passes
are kept which admit the receiver into
the jail, These passes are signed by the
Sheriff Of this county. They are furnished
to any man who buys his drinks and makes
application for this souvenir.
IIn other words, the saloon keeper sells
the passes to the Jail and controls the door
way OF this famous prison. These passes
are granted at all hours Of the day and night.
More of them are given out on Sunday
than on any other day.
"This open violation Of the Sunday law
ought to be sufficient crimnality to make
the Commissioner of Police ask his under
specimens Of negligence and completely
with crime some striking questions or go to
Berlin and study how to make city decent
and law worth the paper 1t ia written upon.
This saloon has been running all day Sun
day for weeks and months and years. The
policemen know it and must be in with 1t.
But this method of mocking of the law
and making criminals is not rapid enough,
and to it the boldness of the devil has added
the damning of the prisoners after they
are lodged In the jail. For these passes
in most instances. mean that the purchaser
OF them and the flask Of whiskey is to carry |
the liquor into the jail TO some prisoner.
There never was a blacker crime In all
the long and dark record of the city. Think |
il! 4 Jail and criminal saloonkeeper for |
It's Sherif-,the passes of notorious |
criminal maker the tickets OF admission |
to the city Jail. If we have come to this |
it is enough to strike horrorinto the marrow |
Of our bones and keep an eternal blush |
OF shame on our cheek. |
1T is bad enough for society to be so |
productive of criminals instead of bringing |
double curse upon them by establishing |
saloon inside of the Jail
"This is no novel feature OF that Jail with
bad name. 1t has been in operation for |
long period Of time and no voice has been |
raised in protest.
Now with, the passes and the Sunday
the name Of humanity and justice and will |
accept no fimsy excuse from Sheriff or |
Deputy Police Commissioner. This is an |
outrageous condition of affairs and some
bility.
"From this saloon there has been a steady
stream of liquor flowing into Raymond |
Street Jail, II has been running sometimes
at all hours of the night. If there is any
ness ness and Official Completely col m viii &c crime N have
yet to read il and when l read it let me
move TO the iungles of Africa.
Who is to blame? If government is
worthy the name it will. with the speed of
the same speed of lightning lay the penalty
on the. guilty back. Before twenty-four
hours have passed that saloon ought to
be forever abolished and its owner brought
to Justice
At the close Of his sermon Dr. Myers
said that he and three detectives from his
Law and Order Society visited the saloon
Yesterday afternoon and obtained from
the proprietor three passes to the Jail.
Rev. Mr.. Myers had alleged he said:
All this is news to me about this saloon
keeper having passes to the jail. If he has
them and is issuing them TO patrons Of
his, strangers or otherwise, who might
go into his place and ask for a pass, do |
not know anything about it.
About month or 80 ago one of. the
clerks in the Sheriff's Office reported to me
that pad of blank passes with my name
signed to them had been taken from the
desk, Sometimes ! sign pads of passes
to the number Of fifty or less and leave |
them on my desk for the clerks to give out
in my absence. This is public office and
any one may come in and at any time may
have picked up this missing pad of passes
and put 1t in his pocket
Prior TO the time when the clerk told me
that he had noticed that the pad had dis
appeared l noticed that apparently had |
issued lot of passes, and asked him how
it happened so many were given out. He
t hen told me Of the missing pad. instructed
the clerks to be careful and only left about
II half dozen blank passes from that time
on
ANY statement that was ever interested
in the saloon business or have any inter-
ests in the saloon owned by the man mem
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