The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-13
GRAY DECLARES HIS
 HANDS ARE TIED IN CASES OF CABARETS

4sInvestigation should be made bv the liquor prosecuting authorities as to where this girl got her liquor, said John P. Gray, assistant prosecutor. tn the city court this morning. following his recommendation to Judge CopEhiin to noI1e the charges against Rose May. the IT year old cabaret ginger who was arrested on Fairfield avenue Saturday night while creating a dis turbance in front of the Hotel Atlas
 Prosecuting Attorney DeLaney's and my hands are tied in these liquor matters as we have had instructions from the court to turn all such casea over to Idquor Prosecutors Merritt and ComIey,'' he declared.
 This girl lived in New York city. She was never around here before uI~ til she came to sing in cabaret She is not 17 years old and she did nothing serious ana her friends were anxioua to get her out of town As sine will never bother the officials of thia city again. the case was nolled by Judge CoughIin at my suggeaGion-a
 When asked why she had been ar- rested upon a chaFge of tntoEicSAcn and breach Of the peace Gray said; sgThe main trouble with this girl was that she was being badgered by q. lot of young fellows In front of the hotel where she Ina dbeen employed, When the policemen came up she naturally did not want to be arrested. 4t e a shame that young girls can be served liquor as they are in this city. This girl is less than 2 years old She had worked until Rearly midnight and was intoxicated when found by taa policeman shortly after that hour. ask;
 Where did she get the Mauoeg I would make investigation nnyssR al to where the liquor is sold were t6 not for the fact that my hands are tdsd- We are told to keep our hands on of all liquor cases.
 ''It is d fact to my psrsonal kno1zl- edge that young girls in certain ea,- harets are permitted to drink with 1 customers at all hours and tt tH shame that such practices are per nitted. This matter should be in- vestigated most closely"
 Attorney Albert J. Merritt, liquor prosecutor. when asked what was meant by the statement of Assistant were tried,' said: That is perfectly true. We have separate jurisdictions cannot make prosecutions other those of liquor cases nor can go in these cabarets where women per l formers are allowed to drink VztIn guests. The entire city knows my s&- l tftude on the matter, should YNut Ethem all out Of business if had my l say, but when made a suggestion to the police they laughed at it. and now 1 II IS up 10 LA9nl 10 BeI t46 Hf4l544-5- which will permit my acting" l Prosecutor Merritt further sald that the Rose May case had not l been brought to his attention as yet, but undoubtedly it would be and ha would ask the police to do their duty lin procuring the evidence necessary to stop the practice of selling to min ors, against which all cabaret propEis- tors have been warned in a personal letter from Merritt
 A statement made by Attorney Gray that certain cabaret proprietor i in the city could not be touched.
 evoked inquiry today. Prosecutor Gray shrugged his shoulders and as he walked away said!
 ''I merely said that scme persons could not be touched.H
 Rose May was arrested early Sunday morning. She spent ths .l night in police cell after having resisted the policemen who sought tc
 conduct her to the women's depart
 nent. On Sunday afternoon shs was bailed out on the recognizance oi
 a NIiddletown man. who acted on be
 half of friends in New York