The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-20
HELD
FOR EXCISE
VIOLATIONS
One Man Had Coat Filled
With BOttIeS=-POIice
Busy.

Those arrested for alleged excise
violations yesterday were George Hu-
dak, of 476 Mulberry street, paroled for
the Grand Jury: Frank Neuman, of 500
Monroe street, held in $500 bail. and
Nicholas Gerard, of 149 Malvern street,
discharged. The trio were arraigned
this morning in the Third Precinct
Police Court.
Hudak was arrested yesterday after
noon by Patrolmen Brex and Miller.
who entered the place and found sew
eral men in the kitchen in the rear of
the saloon with glasses of beer In front
of them. In court this morning one Of
the witnesses arrested, Walter starr,
said that the beer was his. He is in
the habit of taking his meals at Hu-
dak's place, he said, and on Friday
nights buys six bottles of beer, which
he leaves there to drink with his dim
ner on Sunday. He declared that he
was responsible for the presence of the
drink when the officers appeared.
In the case of Gerard the complaint
was hat the view Of his bar was OBJ
structed. Patrolman Brex, who with
PatrolInan TeschlSe made the arrest,
said that, though the panel behind
the window had been removed, a sign
standing beside it obscured the bar.
The saloonkeeper stated hat he had
forgotten the sign, and as he had never
been complained against before, he was
allowed to go with a warning.
Roundsman McRell and Patrolman
Scully arrested Neuman. Mc2ell tes-
tilted that he and the patrolman sew
Joseph Schaub. whom they also ar
rested as q witness, go to the door OF
the place about 1920 Sunday morning,
and a few moments later come out with
a pail full of beer. Schaub testified
that he had been drunk and could not
remember where he had gotten the
beer. He was held in $50 bail for the
Grand Jury.
Two saloon keepers were arraigned
in the Fourth Precinct Police Court
today, charged with violating the
Bishops Law yesterday. They were
held In 81. 900 ball each to await the
action of the Grand Jury and the wit
nesses' bail was fixed at $500 each.
Otto Gaestel. As years old, of 454
Fifteenth avenue, who conducts a sa-
loon at that address, and who has
several bowling alleys, according to
the police, was not satisfied with be-
ing permitted to use the alleys but
sold beer. 1t is claimed. Policemen
Sebold and Laubenstein placed the
proprietor and Frank Malik, of 324
South Seventh street, under arrest, the
latter as a witness. Several glasses
containing beer were found on the
tables.
The other arrest was brought about by
La%ubenstein. While he was walking in
Waverly avenue he noticed that the APP
pearance of a young man passing through
the street appeared a bit queer and he
decided to investigate. AS a result he
found that the man was Philip Machlniski,
20 years old, of 215 Livingston street. He
searched him and found six bottles OF beer.
Each coat sleeve contained a bottle and
there were others in the legs Of his
trousers and two under bis coat.
The prisoner confessed that he pur-
chased the beer In the saloon Of Adolph
Goldberg, 200 Belmont avenue. He was
| taken to the station and locked up. Cold
berg was told to appear III court today
and he did so.
Goldberg was placed under arrest on
April Z last on 2 similar charge, and at
that time was paroled to await the action
Of the Grand Jury.
Captain Vogel took occasion 10 state that
the arrests were the first for a Sunday
| violation in his present in a long time
LAS soon as they try to get busy" said
he, "then we follow suit