The evening world., 1913-08-14

man 10 advising and UNFOLDING che
resistance offered the police at Heaiy's
In their attempt to enforce the law. He
was engaged In debating the statement
when word was sent to him by q 70
porter for The Evening World tina,
Magistrate Deuel.. after consultation
with the District-Attorney. had issued
warrants for the arrest Of fourteen
policemen. including Inspector Dryer
VINO participated In the scenes n,
HeaIy's this morning. The Mayor made
no comment on this phase Of the &C.
tivities Of Mr. whitman. The Mayor.
statement 10 a. follows:
The cause Of the resistance OF oo,,cs
regulations at Healy's 10 now fully dis.
closed. The Distrtct-Attorney Of New
York County 10 advising and uphold,n .
IT, He has never informed the POLIO.
Commissioner or the Mayor that bs Az.
agrees with the Interpretation AZ m.
Liquor Tax Law. which has aiway. her.
tofors been accepted and acted on
throughout the State. and been uuhs,6
BY the courts. II he had done N IN.
police would have followed nj. ~
Tor It would Be useless TOR the police 70
Try TO enforce any law unlsss the Dis.
trict-Attornsy who 10 the sole prose.
cutting officer. would. uphold them and
prosecute their cases IN court. am
sorry the Distriet.Attornsy did not com.
munAcata HE viewS to W instead nj
taking N open part by his presence
against the police.
HOW THE MAYOR SUMMARIZES
THE leoLC.
|. The case 10 briefly this. namely
Subdivision q Of Section 80 of the Liauo,
Tax law requires. in 70 many words
that all room or rooms whefs am
liquors are sold shall be closed and
locked at o'clock at night. and remain
% until 8 o'clock next morning. and
that no one shall 70 in or out durins
that time. II 10 the same a the Ens.
lish statute under which they close Al
midnight In London.
Liquors are sold in this dining room
at Healy's. a. elsewhere. They an
ordered. delivered and consumed ther,
and paid for there. That 10 certainly Z
sale there. The provision Of the statut
which have cited has therefore Away,
been understood to apply thereto. Blu
I understand that the District-Attorney
10 advising Healy to resist on the
ground that the words room or rooms
In the statute must be whitfield down
from their plain Leaning to mean only
'bar.room.' although In the statute It.
self In other placed when 'bar-room' q
meant that precise word 10 used, where
a. the provision whichsI. have quoted
above from the statute says every
room In which liquor 10 sold. and not
Qerely the bar-room.
'.If the District-Attorney 10 to eontinu
to uphold Healy. and will not prosecut
him, Of course the police car do moth
Ing TO uphold the law - II reads. Thu
question will have to 20 to the courts
and a. usual that means q long delay
for q ANAL decision.
SAYS he THINKS ORGIES WILL
Dc RESTORED.
ITO mitigate tho provision Of the
statute which ! have cited the LeFis.
iature passed an act . few Year, agc
permitting tho Mayor to grant all.
night licenses to such places. I Grant.
ed such licenses quite freely in tina,
part Of the city where Healy's place
10. But AZ all the oity knows, many
Of the places thus licensed were turned
into places Of all night orgies, drunk.
enness and shamelessness. ! revoked
tho licenses. among them being Hsa.
iy's. The proprietors Of all OF the
decent hotels approved my course. The
orgies we're put an end to. II now
looks A. though they will be restored
Ii the statute a. to closing relates
only to the bar-room. the law a. to the
sale Of liquor 10 no longer enforceable
We cannot station policemen at the
tables to see II wines and liquors ar,
served II people only want to eat ant
not drink LIQUOR there are plenty o.
places for them to 70 to without goini
to places where liquors are furnished"