The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-18
ROASrS TWO POLICE ZEALOTS
BREEN says CUNNINGHAM AND
KEENAN, ARE SHAWNING.
Be HSlds TNe,r Captured BarteUder Tor
Trial. nat s~"uts the IdeG That rue,
Are CrSlsAsI1Hg Nerety Tor the Public
G.oOd on Their vacation DayS.

Trial. hat s~"uIs the Ides Thai tue,
are CrunAsIiRg Nerety Tor the Public
Good on The,P vacation DayS.
Joseph Aren't bartender foI I.pd-n 4
Schultl SOil Third avenue. arrested last
SUNDAY by Thomas Keenan, and Charles
Cupuin Cham. IN regard ~ whom MavoT
Gaynur has written 10 POLICE CoutnIs-
sooner Baker appeared Yesterday b~tore
Magistrate Brsen m the Nlorrisanis court
and wac held for trial m SPECIAL Sessions
Magistrate Rreen les - be known M a
tvpewritten statement that he did not
approve 81 the arrests made Nv Cunning
ham and keenan,
Examining the vltneNsee the Mage
trate tired TO get them 60 saw 'hs' then
motive IN making the ARRESTS was =" get
square with theT superiurs who had
caused their transfer tn dOwntown pre-
cincts following earlier srreWts 'hev had
made The men maintained. however
/ that thew were acting tor the good ~ the
public and 20 ahoS those Who had tIans
ferred them that violations stlll existed
| m the territory FROM which thew mad been
taken
When Cunninghsrn and keenan, had
told o. ordering ~hisksv and being s"rv'd
I by Arsn' Magistrate Breen asked 'ur
bingham whv thew had been - zasl0rs
I IN doing vork thew Rad not been d,r~,'~t
20 do.
The excise law Was beng 80 orani-
/ violated that Va thought II vas tune
snme one should act replied CUNNING
! ham
'nhsn dld vou get the notion ~ reel
asked the Magistrate
When ~ rsr~ ~ Wsstchestsr
q, was a matter ~ conseience
-COnsclence
80 nit ~ The sp,-i' ~ real snd he
: interest for the public good YOU -hough'
vcu you'd saa thar the h1uo' tsr lar
was enforced
Zee
How long back dos vrur zeal ia's
A month or 20
In theSs lssf cases YOU 'cck VOW t''rs
~ duty 20 make the srrests
We are INSTRUCTED thai wa are slvavs
on duty and 'hst 49, ave - niaka s~r~S's
whenever ws ga. the law being violat~d 70
Then the Ma gistra's QUESTIONED Keenan,
keenan, said the arrests psre made -
show that the ls~ was heing violated and
denied that wa$ Their intention -"
efnDaTrAse tn-F Huh~tipfr
-Rut YOU considered that YOU we're
B badly treated when vou were tTarsfsVr~d''
Yes ar. ~ did
/ And you wanted 20 get square
'No' that but 10 call attention 10 the
Did the law hAg,r =" 30 violated
recently
As far AZ Vas aware
/ How long have Nou hs"u IN the
force''
/ 'Thre. vear- vss ~ IN" trafic
squad.
Keenan, aid that thew had not p,ckei
/ out any particular places but had nsd-
arrests they had found oh~nces
The statement ~ 'k@ Magistrate 49,
then Rad
This - . companion case ,c the one
heard on Monday last THAT Of Bartendoi
/ Thomas Crowel Not un'il after ! hsu
| dispoa~d ~ that case did 7 know that
! the cOnpla Inants were the same officer
Who were engaged IN similar enterprise
several weeks az"
These Officers assume unto them
| selvee . rowing commission Thar thsv
J concocf a aChema ~ ~ outside the pre-
! cincts 10 whIrh theN were assigned Tor
some purpose other than public good
/ n quite apparent Thor pretended zeal
for the enforcement ~ the liquor tar
la~ ~ q mere sham " they we're ac-
t,Iatzd nv a burning deeIre Ia r-udeT the
pubic ssrvic.. NhV did ihev not seek
out the th.ivr~ and pickpocketS who
infect our ~ rcro~dsd cars. especially
on sunday
-Pnlic~ officers ride free. and sIch
| servlc., would ~ OF les expense Ia them
than paying for drinks ~ whisksv "a
saloons
Our police tor'-- 10 a great civic army
| which 90 be- effective must hs subject In
! strict discipline To permit it, individual
/ members 10 follow their own "apTi""
wOuld te To give opportunity for oppr-s.
sion and bIacknaiI such a condislioa
| would he clearly @Ibver-iNe NJ good
| order and discipline
! And vet I cannot Ienors tire preset
Z evSn from that source that theTc va
/ violation Of tho Law \ prIma faru.
/ case has hem made ont and " 10 NV d,ItV
o. hold the defendant for trial