New-York tribune., 1910-07-25
No P[A|NCL0THES
MEN, NO VIOLATIONS
Not an Illegal Sale of Liquor re-
ported in New York County
on July II.
ONLY 5 COMPLAINTS MADE
Records, However, Make Mayor s
Plan for Sunday Enforce
ment of Excise Law
q, Success.
ONLY 5 COMPLAINTS MADE

Not a single complaint by the poiico
of the illegal sale of liquor on Sunday
in Manhattan and The Bronx is the ch-
max to three months of Mayor 1ayhol
Dlan for enforcement of the excise ia"'
The plan was made public in a letter
from the Mayor to Police Commissioner
Baker on March 81 but it was not until
April II that the police really began
work under it. On that date $50 alleged
violations of the law were reported IN
these two boroughs, of which twenty
nine were for illegal sales. On July II
five complaints were lodged against one
saloon in The Bronx for the violation OF
a minor provision of the excise law, ana
there was not a single complaint OF the
discovery of the illegal sale of liquor on
that date
The police records show that at the
end of the first month of the Mayors
plan the number Of complaints had
dropped to sixty two, including twenty
three for illegal sales, this being the re-
port for Sunday, May Is, in Manhattan
and The Bronx. 1t then varied between
forty and sixty-four up to and including
June 19.
On the following Sunday, the first al
ter Commissioner Bakers order of June
p placing the plainclothes policemen in
uniform, the number Of complaints Tor
violation of the law dropped to twenty
five, Of which only four were for the IL
legal sale Of liquor.
In fact, the abolition of the plain
clothes men was a turning point IN the
enforcement of the law, only twelve COM
plants Of its violation being hled on
July 3, fifteen on July 10 and i've on July
II Of these totals on the first SUNDAY
only three illegal sales were reported
on the following Sunday only two ana
on July II, as stated, not an Illegal sale
of LIQUOR was reported
When il is borne in mind that under
the Mayors plan the uniformed mem
bers Of the force are not permitted 10
enter saloons for the purpose of getting
evidence, this duty having been speclflc-
ally assigned by him to the detectives
and men Of the force IN plain clothes,
who were ordered not to reveal their
identity under penalty Of dismissal,
great light is shed on the situation
Apparently the answer is: No plain
clothes men. no Illegal sales of liquor on
the Sabbath For, under the Mayor
plan, the patrolrnan in uniform and his
superior officers, including inspector
and captain" have no duties related to
the back room. Their orders are TO OBJ
serve" the barroorn. ITO see that it is
closed and that no one is in it, and that
there is no obstruction to a clear view OF
the barroom from the street
Apparently, with the exception Of Dora
Pump, owner Of a saloon at Nos. $50 and
SCI East fremont avenue, in The Bronx,
every purveyor of alcoholic beverages IN
that borough and in Manhattan has re-
moved whatever obstructions previously
| existed For several weeks five COM
plants have been lodged weekly against
her esta ablishnnent because Of the loca-
ton of a bowling alley near the barroonl
| whereby the excise law has been vto-
lated These are the five complaints
that appear on the police records for
| July II, the only excise violations, &C
| cording to the police. in the two bor-
| oughs-
| Dora Pump, it should be stated. was
convicted in Special Sessions last week
| by Justices Hoyt and Mayo, Justice
| Deuel. writing a dissenting opinion, and
the case will probably be appealed