New-York tribune., 1905-01-08
EXCISE ORDER.
DRY TENDERLOIN TONY.
Side Doors, Back Rooms, Booths and
All Distractions Must Go

That family entrances" side doors parti-
,ions booths sitting rooms and All other dc
vices IN a saloon intended 10 provide for the
sale Of liquors in any place other than the bar
Itself are illegal, IN the meaning OF the present
excise law whether maintained on Sunday or
w0rkday. was the Interpretation OF the law an
rounce6 yesterday by Magistrate onn,en ,r
tie Jefferson Market police court. in the cases
OF fcTty-five Tenderion saloonkeepers who had
been summoned to court by Captain Cottreu 90
the West Thrtieth-st. station. District Attor-
rev Jerome appeared TO argue the case against
The saloonkeepers.
IN announcing his decision. Magistrate ON
men told the forty-five saloonkeepers that he
would adjourn the hearing in their cases until
next Friday. and would give them until that
say 10 remove the partitions. entrances. etc..
which he declared TO be illegal. He told them
shat II at the end Of that time the devices had
moi been removed. warrants for their arrests on
charges Of violating the law would be issued by
him
Csptain Cottrell after the disposition Of
tbese forty-ave cases. applied to Magistrate
0p,roen for one hundred more summonses for
saloorkeepers IN his precinct Captain Cottren
declared that he intended TO summon every
ssloonkeeper in the Tenderloin before Magis-
trste Ommen, 10 get the same Interpretation OF
the law in their cases. and have the magistrate
order them to remove the illegal devices.
OF the forty-hye saloonkeepers who answered
he summonses yesterday twenty-five were from
seventh-ave-. eleven from Sixth-ave.. six from
R-oadway and three from Fourth-ave.
District Attorney Jerome and Deputy Assist
ant District Attorneys Lord and Kernochan
were in court. Mr. Jerome said he did not know
N advance that the captain had obtained the
summonses.
he Ia "a te I'M
mems decision would close the saloons tight
to-day The law made II plain that there must
not be anything 10 obstruct clear view OF the
interior OF saloon. one of the saloonkeepers
asked ab0ut 2 telephone booth in the centre of
his barroom, and was tcld that it must be
removed
Mr. Jerome told one saloonl1eeper he could
not sell drinks in a back room.
i was made clear 10 the saioonkeepers that
hey could serve drinks at tables in the bar
rooms. but that partitions separating parts OF
the bar or partitions and Instructions to view
Il the interior We're Illegal.
The saloonkeepers promised that they would
romply with his order but IL was evident that
many OF them would seek some way TO eyade II.
As news Of the decision became noised about
outside the court II caused excitement among
the ssloonkeepers. An hour after the hearing
q the cases was begun the court was crowded
70 SIS doors by saloonkeepers.
II viii be a dry Sunday tomorrow" was the
consensus Of opinion among them.
NJ Jerome said that a week ago he called on
Captain COttrell and asked him how many cases
d alleged excise violations he had his blotter
Captain COttren found three such cases. MT
Jerome told the captain he believed so per cent
d the ssloonkeepers in the Tenderloin were vio-
iatlng the excise law. and said he would send
gut his men and investigate for himself
This is the result remarked the District At
lorEey.
In eight n the foTtv-fve cases Mr.. Jerome
moved for dismissal or the ground that the vio-
Rtion Of the law charged technical rather
tEsE actual. A telephone booth was The viola
ton in one Of these cases.
This law has been on the statute books since
1895" said Mr. Jerome. II the law is not en-
forced by The police win send the officers from
my Office 10 make arrests. and without war
rants.
James Walsh. counsel for the Liquor Dealers
Association. who appeared in several cases. con-
tended that a license gave a saloonkeeper the
right TO sell liquor IN any room. Mr.. Jerome
declared that the law allow such selling only
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