Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-07-23
Perth AmbOy Gets Roasting but Elizabeth Comes in
for Even Worse Showing UpMaYOr and Chief
Burke Reply TO Statements OfCOmmiSSiOn-
Arrests Are Made Here.
Mayor and Chief of Police Make
Statements Regarding the DeveI-
opments at Yesterdays Hearing
Before Excise Probers-say
City Is Not Black as Painted.

Mayor Bollsehweiler this morning
when asked by a NEWS reporter IL
he would issue any orders in regard
to putting on the lid tighter in the
future said: I'VE have done all we
could In the past and will continue to
do all we can in the future towards
stopping the violations. My orders
to Chief Burke in the past have been
very strict and l do not think that
any new orders are necessary.
1T was stated at the hearing yes
terday that one of the investigators
had found sixty-eight saloons open
on certain Sunday. l don't believe
1T, rs l am able to travel some my
self, and 1t would be impossible for
me to visit that many in one day"
The mayor added that he had been
misquoted by Lawyer Backes in re-
gard to the back door business. ;"
Il said that the front doors were
closed and when asked about the
back doors, said that didn't know -
We know that there are viola
tions of the excise law every Sunday
continued the mayor, and 80 does
everyone else, and there always will
be as long as liquor is sold. If they
want to stop the violations, they
must stop the sale of liquor to the
saloonkeepers. Everyone will agree
with me that there have been less
"drunks'' in this city than in years,
but we get no credit for that fact.
Occasionally drunk" is arrested on
Sunday, but generally they come
from across the sound where there
seems to be little restriction on the
sale Of BOOZE or at least that is the
general impression of those who go
there"
Chief Burke.
Chief Burke is very much incensed
over the charges made at the hear
ing yesterday and made the following
statement to NEWS man this morn
ing:
"Our city is as clean as any city in
the state and I have the facts to
prove 1t. l don't believe that there
are any such violations as the com
mission stated yesterday and If they
will produce the evidence, / will have
every one of the saloonkeepers held
for the grand jury know that they
said that places were found open and
doing business, but they didn't give
any proof and before l believe It,
want to be shown. At one of the ad-
dresses they gave yesterday there is
no saloon. Myself and my men Of
course suspect that number of
places violate the law every Sunday,
but we can't convict a man Just be-
cause we think so. We must have
the evidence and that is what we
must get, before we can make
charge.
"All Of the force have strict orders
in regard to watching out for vio-
lations and once we get evidence
against a dealer we arrest him and
have him held for the grand jury, or
fined accordingly"
The chief concluded by stating that
he was doing his duty and that he
did not care how much he was abus-
ed, as he had good broad shoulders
and could stand 1t. II have been
getting 1t for twenty years." he said,
$50 l ought to be used to it by this
time. Anyway, Prosecutor Berdine
said that he had perfect confidence in
me and anyone who knows me will
say the same"