The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-23
CURFEW IN COMFY IS ESQ A. N.
IF YOU DON'T GET OUT THEN
YOU'LL RE ARRESTED.
That. Capt. knipe's Order. and He reHeo
ID "a Men and 10 women fe"eru.y
Morn,ng-AIso He Got 10 Panhand'er'
and some Surf Avenue lmpedimen'e'

and Some surf Avenue lmpedimen'S'
Re,orm struck Coney Island hard yester-
day and the resort gasped Coney 'sh
used to real reform. and the dolhgS Vi '"o
day astonished even the old-tlmers WHO
have been saying that the place ~as go'ns
to the dogs. AT about o'clock last hsh'
25 laborers and trucks from the bureau
of Encumbrances in Manhattan oroVe
I'D to the Coney Island police station ana
picked up twelve policemen and ROUNDS
man. Then the wagon train started down
Surf avenue.
Wherever signs were found which en-
croached beyond the house line they wen'
into the wagon. Peanut stands saio 70
be in place in violation OF the city orul-
nances, went the same way. so olo THIN
furter booths. popcorn stands' p,ishoarls
and everything else that was in tne way
including a milk shake horse and wagon
and a similar vehicle used for retainhs
popcorn-tlat Is the wagons did; the horses
were tied to the cart tails and led behlno
the procession.
Such wholesale cleaning up caused ns
crowd to gather to watch the WORK ana w.
hind the wagons bearing the raided para
phernalia followed the proprietors OF lhe
enterprises, most of whom were ltaua''s
or Greeks and all of whom we're ~aihhe
The wagons went back to the police
station. where tn loads were rearrahee"
and as much as possible was taken 10 MAN.
haitian. The rest, and there was lot OF
1t. was stacked up outside the stat'oh WIN
two husky cops on guard. After 'h' ra'u
was all over Surf avenue looked cleaner
than il has before in years
But that wasn't al that happened 10
Coney yesterday, On Thursday msn'
Capt. knipe. acting on advice OF .oin-
missioner Greene issued an order tha'
| thereafter every one who doesn't 1--WE III
| Coney Island must have left the. place D!
2;3O o'clock in the morning AT that time
! the curlew rings
Cant Knlpe AVS that. according TO law
| everything must close promptly at O'CLOCK
and that his order gives people plenty
! If time to get out. If tardy ones are on
F., their way to cars when the fated hour
! arrives and are Of the masculine gehoei
, they may be told to hustle out ana escape
, arrest.
But II they are women, and unescor.eo
to the st alton they will 60 If they stay ai'el
oso. and they will have 10 Answer charge
OF vagrancy
Not only did Capt knipe issue the order
he enforced 1t. At $50 Yesterday mornihe
Scrgt. Meyers and ten patrolmen left th'
sta,ion to AXE up every one on the streets
They ma de forty-two arrests ten
the prisoners being women.
They were arraigned in the Coney ls'an'
police court yesterday morning and Magis
trate U'R"lly sent wenty-three OF then
to the Raymond street jail on charge
vagrancy The prisoners we're not I'm
fortunate visitors. however. They wcr
as a rule the flotsam and ietsam OF Cone
Island which has no home and sleeps wher
1t can.
Yesterday afternoon twelve policemen |
plain clothes, imported from Brooklyn an
\ Manhattan 40 that they would not be recoa
nlzed, started out to clean up the par
handlers. They were so successful tha
,, they came back with eight young womc
who gave fictitious names and said the
, came from Brooklyn, Manhattan and JeI
: sev and twelve men All Of them wei
received at the station under the vagranc
| charge
All told there were about eighty arrest
1 | on the blotter at the station yesterday
, show what had been done in one day,
. Capt Knipe says he intends 70 'oilo
c his new rule strictly and every one VT
doesn't want to be arrested early IN Il
: morning must needs obey it.