The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-04
POLICE NOT TO TRY TO
MAKE THE SUNDAY DRY
They Have Their Orders and
Will Let State Officials Do
Their Worst.
CABARETS SCORN FARLEY
Murray's and Others Say They
Sell. but 1t Will BE Dry
in Spots To-day.

State Excise Commissioner ". W Farley
after tho legal hour for closing yesterday
morning. or from 4. NJ. on. did not seem
to disturb the police inspectors and cap
tains over whose heads the State Official
and his assistants had gone when they
closed up the resorts. Not 30 very long
ago such a closing up tour -over the cap
tain's head" would have caused nervous
ness and sudden activity around station
houses. hut not so this time.
Inspectors and captains we're undis.
t,irbed by the spectacular tour of the
State officers because. as one policeman
Of high rank put 1t. "our orders from
Headquarters are to stay away from
these places and not to close them up
unless Headquarters expressly tells US
to close up a place. II State excise ofii-
cials or Gov. Dix himself suddenly de-
eide that this is q good time for the State
administ rat ion to break into the limelight.
and come TO town to whirl around with
automobile loads of reporters. and make
spectacular visits to alleged violators of
the excise law all of q sudden. that 3
nothing to us.
And il Headquarters tries to pass the
buck and blame us the police from the
inspectors down can show that they'v
been told to keep hands OF until special
word comes from the Commissioner
Office to get busy"
The police. therefore. did not interest
themselves in what was or wasn't going
81; mat ls,A f..s
where the turkey trot dances and the
cabarets have been holding forth. The
mana cement Of Murruy's in West Forty
second street announced last night that
neither the police or anybody else could
interfere with their nj ghtl ly turkey trotting
on the upper floors because there is moth
ing in the statutes against the "trots" and
hugs" and similar dances which crowded
the dancing floor there until $50 or
o clock every morning.
And the dancing viii! 60 right on to-
night" said the manager OF Murray's last
night. well continue to sell alcoholic
liquors also because our fifty rooms and
our all night license permits us to do 30.
Vel! sell liquors after midnight tonight
the same as Usual as long as those who
VI dt't " olro pNAy so'"e - 'sAhe~
wich at least
The trainers of the law. however. seem
TO differ with some Of the holder. of all
night licenses as to the right to sell aico-
holc liquors in the early Sunday morning
hours. The law says
Tho holder of u liquor tax certificate
under subdivision OF section OF this
chapter who is the keeper of a hotel may
sell liquor to the guesta Of such hotel except
to such pc sons who are described in clauses
with their meals or In their rooms
therein except between the hours OF
o clock and 5 o'clock in the morning.
State Commissioner Farley went back
10 Albany yesterday afternoon seemingly
quite satisfied with the results OF his
early morning automobile cruise about
the Tenderloin and Harlem. When he
set out from Forty second street and
Broadway at l O'Clock yesterday morn.
ing in his automobile with him were
Thomas +. McAvoy. Deputy Commits
sioner for New York. and Lawyers George
Donnellen. james Nolan and Charles
Firestone. A second automobile con-
tanned the newspaper men invited TO come
along and nee the way the stats excise
HiCi thV ttCi hoA' hoiN
Commissioner Farley and his party
first motored To the Green Turtle. at
is5 West Forty-fourth street. Sitting
in the Green Turtle were from twenty
to twenty-five couples. As in all SUBJ
sequent visits Commissioner Farley noti-
fed the anagemsnt that the excise
law was being violated and that the
music and singing must stop at once.
the bar closed and the placeclosed for the
night.
The manager OF the Green Turtle was
told by Commissioner Farley that for \
week or more the excise men had been
noting excise violations and that the law.
breaking must Cease from this time on
The manager promised that there would
be no sale of alcoholic beverages after
hours, and the Commissioner and party
then chugged up and got under way
again.
From the Green Turtle the crusaders
proceeded to George Rector's restaurant
at Broadway and Sixty second street.
Here Deputy Commissioner McAvoy's
former police training showed itself
McAvoy led the way into George Rector's,
and when man at tho door showed
signs OF resenting the intrusion McAvoy
shouldered the doorman out OF the way
and then told policeman from the West
Thirtieth street station who was with the
party to see to it that the doorman did
not interfere further.
George Rector came forward smiling
George Rector's had an all night license
earlier in the season. but has none at the
present time. Murray's second floor
and George Rector's third floor dancing
rooms are the most popular resorts for
the devotees Of tho turkey trot and bunny
huS dances during after midnight houns.
Commissioner Farley told young Mr..
Rector the object of his visit, The sals
of into xicants after l o'clock would not
be permitted. said the Commissioner.
"Why." cried young Mr.. Rector with
much fervor. u am u Cornell University
man of the class Of ioOO. Commissioner
You therefore must sNe that tho last
thing ! would do ~ tN deceive yo.. Mr.
Farley. ! assure yon that any one who
has alcoholic beverages ON thu tahle
before him here was served with the
drinks before the Official closing hour
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