New-York tribune., 1905-01-08
SWEEPING EXCISE ORDER.
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tember and october. was in fact new ten st9sy
hotel Long prior to the dnrfs tn fs s Il
''N / told captain Cottrell that wanted to. CO
and that proposed to start in by bringing eeIt
john 5si Kelly9, yn0n gave to captain Gotre sub
hight II / can't walk up Broadway without seeing
him He comes up to me and tries 20 tE taiH
d1dn't me s1crsad in snbppaaing that man but did
subpoena his partner. allowing the man "Si'eu ~
Now. do you call that fair? And is Captain Cot
You TePmembeF the case Of Policeman Joseph
Lang. who transferred from tnS er,tiho.s
had '1 been robbed in Todd's saloon ninth;
IT. anS nd s Of 2 500 70 tpe DeteVe Sergeant
Sullivan Sullivan signed TeGfiPf bs I0r transation
Pfichett has testified that he received back only
$1,000 Where did the other $500 so to- Ihas Dap nhYs
to learn ' Captain tottreii has made no complaint
to Police Headquarters. II may nave Oeen i"~-0
If what Prichett says is true. sullivan certainly
has been guilty or breaking one Oh 'ne iu'sS "a 80
t may seem strange that when went UP TO TIE ne
'"Tenderlon'' station the receipt for that N5oo .o
found in the current receipt book for tne
month Se ns 2scsD BOOK It epSean Sullivan
that when he saw me coming into the statlon M ns
and se took Ef It on Of e june as to
beFep N dSsnFsr dSs the records % the
So far as have been able to learn no complaint
sergeant Of police, not from the Tenderloin sta
ton had been in the habit OF hanging out in
disorderiy women. Since the Prichett affair he
Looking over the reports the Police. Commits
sioner gets from these policemen. snontd ' say az
in the depart depaEtment. ne intend q to Continue this in
yestgation. Where can get sufficient evidence
am going 70 let the public know through the press
think the f Cubic 0 Is en- entited t oss to E9o
-. haye no doubt that my investigation will show
that there are many similar cases such as have
enumerated. Whenever a raid Is made by the
police; by the Parkhurst society, the houses so
places. That's why I say If the CommIssloner has
Commissioner is sitting in ignorance of what is
: In looking over the October report Of the Police
Department in regard TO arrests for violations OF
the Excise law noticed that in one precinct IN
only three arrests for excise violations during
Precnet f G he Was not aware that g per cent Of
the saloons were kept open after hours in violation
attention to another more flagrant violation Of
in barrooms and back rooms. Being eager to assist
the police, told the captain. would send out two
These two men examined fIfty-slx places had
PeSGnpy m aTef Of @ dc deTy TsU6 o
the most hagrant cases. OF the hfty-six places
tons of the law In every case we reported the
magistrate adjudged them all guilty. The police
were seeking only for very obvious ones. and my
men had given the benefit OF the doubt to those
which tho police reported and we did not have.
Captain CottreI next day asked Magistrate Moss
captain summonses instead
Now that the attention of the commander Of the
Nineteenth Precinct is called to violations OF the
law on the part of a great many saloons, I infer
that diligent public officer he will complete the
investigation He has under him sixteen plain
clothes and two detective sergeants Their
chief business is the detection OF excise violations
and to watch disorderly houses. My two men
started their tour at o'clock in the afternoon
and finished at 1880 that night. If my two men
could find twentyeight violations of the law in ave
and half hours. IL is easy TO calculate what
eighteen detectives can do. II these had spent
one h9ur a DAY a month believe they easily would
must remember that all these violations were per-
fectly manifest to the naked eye in broad daylight
open to anybody. even a policeman in uniform.