The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
FARLEY GRIEvED
 AT ACTION OF
 ONE MAGISTRATE
But State Excise Comrnis- sioner Will Keep Up War for Early Closing of Goth am Cafes.

New York. Aug. 9.-State Excise Commissioner w. w. Farley, who is carrying on crusade against cafes which keep open after hours. was much wrought up yesterday over de- cision by Magistrate Kernochan in the Harlem police court. Harry Halbert, who is the doorman of the Oxford Gar den in 125th street between St. Nich- olas and Morningside avenues, was arraigned in the Harlem court on a charge of resisting an officer in the performance of his duty. Deputy Ex- else Comm issioner McAvoy and Law yer Donellan of the Excise Depart rnent appeared against Halbert and explained that he had attempted to interfere with them when they made a visit to the Oxford Garden at three o'clock last Friday morning.
 ssThis man slammed the door on Commissioner Farley when he tried to walk in said McAvoy. .'and after we had forced our way into the hall and found a number of people drinking there Halbert became impertinent. Conmissioner Farley ordered po- liceman who was with us to arrest
 Magistrate Kernochan ruled that since it was after closing time and because HaIbert had told the excise officers that the garden was closed they had no right to go in. He dis charged the prisoner without com tnent.
 AThis decision will be known to the 1oorman of every. evil resort In the rity before the day is over," said Com- missioner Farley in his office yester- hay afternoon, and the result will be that our work will be seriously ham, pered.
 sTt was about 8 o'clock Friday morn Ing when our automobiles drove IF to the garden. As we got out three girls and two men were leaving the place, and Halbert was standing al the door. Evidently he didn't like our looks. for as I walked up to the door he tried to shut 1t in my face. I stuck lay foot in so that he couldn't get ii ptiut, however. and then the policeman bn the beat. who had come along with ps, forced 1t open: We walked through } halI to a brightly lighted room where } man was playing a piano. There were only four others there. but they were all being served with drinks. warned them to close up, and then we started out.
 bert, who had been arrested, grabbed the policeman's coat and took hi plumber. The officer asked me what ic do with him, and l advised him u let him go. AS he walked away Hal pert began to use abusive language he was L4Aen around 10 Lue west t<bti ptreet station, and there he abused Inc lieutenant. He was soon bailet but.
 Now I don't want to criticise Mag strate Kernochan unduly, but it seem! b me that a common sense interpre' faticH of the law would be that if VI get into a place and find that drink! tre being sold, 1t is open. It jus bhows you, too, how difficult the Worl ef the police is, I wouldn't stay or that policernan'e beat for any consid fration if I was subjected to such ar tndignity. That man was sent baci % his Job with the knowledge that h pad held of police officer and thu Excise Department Hereafter when ever our agents attempt to get in 2 place of that kind which is running after hours and the doornan gets al leea that they are detectives all tha' he will have to do Is to refuse to ad- ndt them. and they will have no re