Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-01-27
Only Three Complaints for Viola.
ti0n Of Excise Law and One
Case is Dismissed.
POLICEM EN- vICILANT
Mayors Orders Are Carried Out
to the Letter 0ut.Of-T Town
Detectives Here.

The cid" was down good and tight
In this city yesterday, and, as far as
is known, only two saloonkeepers
tried to defy the police and charges
are to be made against them.
When the night policemen went on
duty Saturday, Chief Burke issued
strict orders that. after IL O'Clock,
all places where liquor was for sale,
must be closed and the patrolmen
were told to watch for those who did
not obey the orders. The night force
found no violations.
Although he had the assurance of
the reliable saloonkeepers and hotel
men that they would not sell liquor
yesterday, Chief Burke feared that
some of the foreigners who conduct
saloons might try and do business on
the sly, SO he decided to put Patrol
men Andrew Jensen and George
Kozusko in plain clothes for the day.
Together with Detective Sergeant
Huff and Detective Long, the patrol
men watched the saloons, and the
chief was well satisfied with the re-
suit.
Four out-of-town detectives came
here yesterday afternoon and, al
though they tried all of the saloon
doors along State, Smith and other
streets, they found the places closed.
Early yesterday morning Sergeant
HUFF and Detective Long made a tour
of the city, but could find no VIOLA
tions. Kozusko and Jensen went
around later on and they found only
three places and the evidence against
one of these places was so slim
that the case was dismissed this
morning by Recorder Pickersgill.
One Case Dismissed.
Kozusko and Jensen were walking
out New Brunswick avenue when
they noticed man coming out of
Cerbo's beer bottling establishment.
The fellow carried a basket on his
arm, and 1t looked rather suspicious
to the officers. They stopped him.
The basket contained half-dozen
bottles of beer and some meat. Cerbo
was arradgned before Recorder Pick
ersgill this morning and he told
plausible story. He said the beer
was sold Saturday night and the man
went OF and left it In the basket,
which also contained some meat, and,
when he called for 1t yesterday morn
Ing, Cerbo's mother handed him the
basket.
The policemen said that they had
gone to the beer bottldng place and
had no evidence that beer was being
sold, outside of the fact that the man
had been caught with the goods.
Neither the chief nor Recorder Pick
ersgill thought the evidence sufficient
to hold Cerbo for the grand jury and
the case was dismissed.
While Jensen and Kozusko were
watching the saloon owned by An
drew Liptak, dn Goodwin street, they
said they noticed men coming and
going from the saloon. Like
wise they have evidence, 1t is
said, against the proprietor of the
saloon owned formerly by Henry loft
on upper Smith street. At this place
the officers found three well-known
local men drinking whiskey. They
went after the fellows. Two got
away, but the third one they caught
Chief Burke said this morning that
the city was certainly dry" yester-
day, and that he had gone over a con-
siderable part of It and had found
things In conformity with the law.
Although rumor has 1t that some of
the saloon men had given keys to
members of Clubs" this is hardly
probable for the police were watching
for such things as that.
Templars to Wage Fight.
Action commencing the mayors
stand on the excise question was TAX
en- by New Time Lodge No. 8, Inde-
pendent Ordee of Good Templars
Neutral, at meeting Saturday night.
A resolution was adopted endorsing
the mayors action, and appropriating
money to pay the members who take
their time to appear as witnesses.
Patrolman McDermott found a
grocery store at 108 Fayette street,
yesterday, open and doing business.
He told the owner that he had no
right to sell goods on Sunday. Chief
Burke was notified of the case and a
complaint may be made against the
proprietor.
Detective Sergeant Huff and Detec-
tive Long were sent to notify Liptak,
one of the saloon men, this morning
to be in court at Z o'clock tonight,
but from what they could find out, it
looks as IL the police had but a slim
case against him.
In the case of William Kuehen at
the old loft saloon no complaint will
be made, SO Chief Burke told a
NEWS reporter, as the evidence is not
sufficient
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