The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-15
Many Pretend to Believe
in Legality of Councils
Action on Bishops Law.
POLICE ARE KEPT BUSY
After Tour of Hill Section, Rev.
Gordon Tells Police of Places
tie Suspects.- Peters Caught.
Uproar in Another
Saloon.

Despite the fact thatt the action Of
Common Council last Friday night
when 1t revised the excisealaw and went
on record as fayoring an sopen Sunday
was pronounceT Illegal inl a broadcast
manner and so admitted by Mayor
Haussling on Saturday, many of the
s-aloonkeeperss throughout the city pre-
tended to be ignorant that this revision
is In reality ineffective legally, and felt
inclined to do business astin days before
the bishops bin went i&o effect.
However, but two violators were de-
tected. Onewas Theodore Peters, who
conducts a saloon at 10 Kent street.
Captain Vogel, of, the Fourth Precinct,
received several complaints against
Peters, and shortly after I o'clock last
night he sent Policemen Axt and
Brodsky to the place in plain clothes,
and both men paid for a oun OF drinks
and then. placed Peters and three other
men who were in the saloon under ar
rest. The quartet were taken to- the
station house and the witnesses each
left a deposittfor their appearance in
court today.
AS a result of th~eirevision. of the city
ordinance by the Aldermen Friday
night, Captain sVogels had tosmake the
complaint under the State law, and
as a result Peters could not be released
in the way,that has ibeen done In such
cases, by leaving a deposit with the
captain. Captain Vogel communicated
with Clerk Pearson and Peters went to
that officials home in Roseville with a
friend who signed a bond for Peters's
appearance in court today. When ar
raigned this morning Peters's friend
affixed his signature to a $500 bond for
the saloonkeeper's appearance before
the Grand Jury, while the witnesses,
who were wen known citizens of the
Fill section were paroled.
The Rev. James H. Gordon. pastor of
st. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church,
furnished the police with a list of places
that he thought had been doing BUSH
ness yesterday, but investigation
showed that each place the minister
mentioned wasNclosed.
The Rev. Gordon, toured the Hill Sec
etion' himself and several times saw men,
he said. enter the regular entrances of
the houses in. which, saloons were loca-
ted, and this resulted in Mr.. Gordon
making out a list.
II never spent such,a Sunday in all
my life.' said Captain Vogel today.
"and it was all the result of the action
of the Common Council Friday night.
At least two-thirds of the 452 saloon
keepers in the precinct pretended that
they believed they had a right to do
business, and [ was, kept busy telling
-. ltef1 ~o lxr - trarAfha ,nhnna md IN
scores of Others who came TO my office.
''Why, the State doesn'tlpay you, cap
tain; 1t is the ctny. and it is its laws
you should enforcetand not the States"
was the way in which one saloonkeeper
expressed himself toVCaptain Vogel. Il
told him." said vogeI, "if that was the
way he felt about it toNgo and open up
and that he would seeN how quick I'd
close him up.
IF the papers didn't give the saloon
keepers an idea of hat they had to do
Yesterday there might be some excuse
for them to offer" said Captain Vogel,
but all the papers said that to open
up would be Illegal, and this was done
in big headlines, and what more do they
want?"
For the first time in many weeks,
however, no prisoner was arraigned In
the Fourth Precinct Court today to an
swer a charge of being drunk. This
would indicate that the men of the
Fourth Precinct were on the job.
Police Captain Brown, of the Second
Precinct Station. started out yesterday
morning looking for excise violations, and,
after a search of many hours, succeeded
IN getting, one place. He took Plain
clothesman Hannah along with him, and
both were prepared for trouble should any
come their way. The place found open by
the captain was that owned by James
Salmon. at so Belleville avenue. The In
terror was not sufficiently exposed to sui
the captain. and he and Hanna walked
in. AS they entered there was a scramble
Three men stood at the bar and were
being served by Mrs. Annie Walsh, who Is
Mr.. Salmon's ~housekeeper. Salmon him
self was In New York at the time.
Captain Brown was successful m land
ing one Of the men, as the others all es
capped by a rear door. At the station hous'
he gave his name as Michael Murphy. 8
years old, Of 2s1s Belleville avenue,
Later in the day Captain Brown lief
word at the place for Salmon to appear a
his Office just as sooa as he arrived home
This morning he received word that Sal
mon while In New York fell off a trolley
car and was now under medical care. Iii
injuries consisted of bruises about TIL
body. Captain Brown said this morning
tina the case would have to be put off m
III Thursday, when Salmon will be ar
raigned before Judge Herr in the Seconi
Precinct Court.
AT the Third Precinct Police Station to
day Captain Christie was asked If any o
the saloonkeepers had attempted to tax
any advantage OF the resolution adopted
by Common Council Friday night.
He said not a single arrest had beei
mad and, what was more, no complaint
had been received.
A well-known saloonkeeper in Ferr.
street was asked today If he had or in
tended TO take advantage of the resolu
ton, and his reply was: What do yo'
take me for? DO you think ! want I
lose my license? No. siree.
ROBBED OF GOLD RINGS.
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