New-York tribune., 1905-01-09
THIRSTY LEGIONS DRINK.
USUAL SCORN OF MEALS"
District attorney Jerome Denies
That He Predicted a Drg Sunday.

In spite OF the recent police activity in the
Tenderloin in spite OF the declarations OF the
District Attorney that this was to be a dry
Sunday" in spite Of the watchfulness Of look
outs at the side doors of saloons and Raines Law
hotels. the drinking places al over town were
open YESTERDAY There was no difficulty in OF
tanning liquids. If perchance some conscisn-
tious-or ttmd-saloonkeeper had his placs
closed the place across the way was open, doing
double business. invest cation by Tribune r.
porters showed that the Tenderloin was as
open" as it has been since Mayor Mcclellan
took office In Harlem nobody went dry. On
the East Side. particularly along Park Row. the .
Bowery and Third-ave.. there was no lack OF 3
spirituous liquids. When sandwiches weTs
served they were not paid for.
The Raines law hotels so predominant
among the drinking places that on cursory IN
spection it would be almost impossible 70 tell
where it would be legal TO buy drink. accom-
panied by the sandwich which according to law
forms the meal necessary on sunday Yet even
in the Rafnes law hotels the sandwich was prac-
tfcaIIy disregarded On the tables in at least 75
per cent of the ordinary drinking places wers
slices Of breld-stale. mdicrOus apologies for
edIbles-papably set out at the beginning OF ths
day. and renewed only when some thoughtlsss
customer cbancsd to. crurnble one in his hngers-
or. by mischance. ate one. In a few places
ouiy-notable because OF their tnfrequenee-was
there any pretence at setting forth an eatabis
sandwich and in these places it. was neither
eaten paid for.
StilI although nobody went thirsty. there vas
a noticeable tendency to timidty Yesterday.
Some Of the reputable saloons, which conduct
plain. legitimate business were closed Some OF
the ordinary saloons with back room partitions
and all the features which the Raines law
classes as objectionable. were open. and people
we're passing in and out vet the stranger within
the gates could not obtain admittsnce- In some
districts the front doors were locked and barred
YET the side doors were open In other dis
tricts not even This pretenCe was made, people
passed openly in and out through the front
doors II was cold and windy yesterday. yet
5ootbIacks in front OF the corner saloons were
more plentiful than before since balny sum
mer If there occurred some slight hitch N
getting into the corner saloon word with The
bootbIack or the man Iounging stentauousiy
near the entrance would elicit information as
10 which os the side doors was open.
THE USUAL KIND OF CASES ~ COURE
There were many excise cases In the courts
yes erday. but they are the stereotyped cases
ta arrest Of the bartender for selling liquor after
midnight ON Saturday with eyiIen0s on whish
the ma agtetrate would hold tho defendant for
examination. No cases were in court in which
the evidence was anything out Of rhe ordinary
From gIe entire Teuderloir two cases came up
in jefferson Market Police court. yet the Ten
derloin appeared 10 UnsophisyiOated eyes to %
wide open yesterday.
The man who was thirsty IN that district did
not require d searchlight 10 and place 70
satisfy his thirst. ON almost any corner of
broadway. Sixth or seventh eve. from Forty
sscond-st. down to Tventy-third-st- he could
walk into a saloon and be served with anything
iSL to Oh "a
called for all three got then-sometimes with a
sandwich but Oftener without any such super
huous preliminary. In nearly every saloon we're s
from five to twenty persons. In many there's
were women, accompanied BY men. and there
was scarcely any demand in the so-caIed Raines
law hotels that the drink be accompansci by
meals or even the. property sandwich.
At Dovlins's Hotel. Forty -tkird-st. aud sew
enth-ave. ten persons were enjoying the hospi-
tality of the hotel in a back room on the ground
floor when a reporter entered. \ tVo-day oid
sandwich reposed or the table but enc
seemed anxious 10 dispose of il. At PaddeWs.
on the southwest corner OF Sevcnth-ave. ard
Eorty-second-st. the saule conditions existed.
there being at least dozen persons inbloing
various beverages with OF without sandwiches
The side door Of the Columbus Avenue Hotel az
Thirty-ainth-st. and S;xth-ave.. was wide opsn;
and So vas W J. Fiannerys. 5. AT Thuty-eishth-
10.
there was no special efc-t made 20 enforce TIA
law concerning meals m either PLACE. A. Eise-
mans Thirty-sixta-s7. and SiNth-ave. and
Engle's Thirty-ffth-st. and Sixth-ave.. thsga
was no trouble IN ohtauins drinks. but san1-
vichcs were served al each place. Ar Sevos.th-
ave and Thirty fourth-st.. on the southeast
corner. and at CoTec's on the northwest corner,
drinks were served without any references 10
meals or sandwiches MeDouald's saloon at
Thirty third-st and SevcnJh-ave.. where thcra
is no hotel license. vas wide open, and there vas
30 pretence of serving sandTicaes wita 5te
drinks. At Chris ". Wahu1ul's rI-ce. or .2a
northwest corner OF Sixth-aye and Thirty -iTst-
St and a. Murphy's. on The northeast corner o.
the sayre street aHy man could satisfy his thirst
without question. In tire back room AT ?. J.
at Tweuty-ninth-s5. ard s-zth-ave
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