Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-27
EVIDENCE
GIVEN OF
VIOLA TON
New York Detectives Haye
Found Much Sunday Sell
ing In This City.
NINE LOCAL SALOON MEN
INDICTED TODAY

According to the evidence now be-
ing piled up before the grand jury,
excise conditions in this city are in
a disgraceful state. Numerous places
are reported to be doing a Sunday
business and some places have gam-
bling apartments, it is alleged.
TWO New York sleuths, who have
worked as plain clothes men in this
city for the past ten days, appeared
before the grand jury yesterday and
today, giving evidence against a
number of saloon keepers.
Sweet May BE Indicted.
1t is understood that Ezra +.
Sweet, charged with allowing gam
bling in his place at 152-156 New
Brunswick avenue, was indicted yes
terday. His place was raided early
Sunday morning, as told in the
NEWS, and Frank Schantz, Joseph
Welsh, Antonio Assodi and others
We're caught. According to the
statements of two members of the
Excise board, Sweets application for
renewal will be turned down when
It comes up Thursday night of next
week.
Many saloons do Sunday BUSH
ness and several keep open for the
sale of drinks after midnight, 1t is
charged. After 10 o'clock midnight,
the shades are usually drawn down,
so as to obstruct view from the
street, rather than put them up in
conformity with the law, 1t Is al
legged The side door is then used
and the sale Of drink goes on, some-
times until near opening time in the
morning.
Law Not Obeyed.
Sunday business is done in a SIM
liar way. The bar rooms are, In
some cases, obscured, by drawing
shades and in other instances LIQUOR
lis sold in the back room, or in apart
ments above the saloon. The two
plain clothes men, unknown and un-
suspected, have wended their way
in and out of several saloons in this
city the past few days, that should
have been closed at the time of the
investigation. Their evidence is pill
ing up at rapid rate before the
grand Jury and by the time their
work has been finished, itSis believed
a number of indictments .wfll be
handed down that will be a Abab1t
I'gfnaeans Of the cleaning of excise mat
ters ID this cfsAs-. *
Most OF this ii fl7's 'hseTk :sSlr OF -
Iecutor Bo0Eaem He ie affSf sS. rs
violators and gamblers with hammer
and tongs and those caught IN thfs
crusade may take heed Others may
take warming The work is not yet
over. Those violating the law will
probably sit up and take notice when
the grand Jury has finished its work
and the law has taken its course.
There are other gambling joints In
this city that will receive the atten-
tion of Mr.. Booraem's craftsmen, one
in particular is under the eye of the
prosecutor, and his men have prac-
tically the sufficient amount of evil
dence to send the proprietor up.
Nine Are Indicted.
The grand jury this afternoon
brought in indictments against nine
saloonkeepers of this city. Seven of
them for Sunday seilino op Arril 3,
as follows: Dennis F. Donovan,
Joseph e. Mclaughlin, Ezra 4.
Sweet, Paul Turek, John r. Reardon,
Otto b. Hartwig and David Wohlge-
muth. The jury also brought in In
dictments against Frank Farcas,
John Roski and Louis 10th for
atrocious assault. The indicted sa-
loonkeepers will plead on Friday.