The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-31
FEAR OF RAIDERS
KEEPS CAFES DRY
400 Brooklyn Saloons Lose
Hope and Close Their.
Doors.
MANHATTAN HANGING ON
Respect for Federal Laws,
However, Has a Salutary
Effect.
MANHATTAN HANGING ON

New York Is Just about dry. Here
and there pools of AIS comfort the
thirsty and discontinued. but last night
even these were few and shallow. Al
most without exception It was admitted
by publicans still drawing war time
beer that the remaining stock would
scarcely last another twelve hours.
Hard liquor IL no more. The most
capable smellers out OF that stun ran
pantingly. their tongues hanging out. as
they sought It from place TO place last
night and found II not.
While the Internal Revenue officers
were busy last night. their method OF
procedure was trlf1e less wild and
woolly than It was Wednesday evening.
Last night they contented themselves
with sauntering into places suspected OF
selling strong stun and purchasing, II
the barkeep was a trusting soul. what
ever the place had for sale.
Instead Of pulling Western tactics
upon the gentlemen back of the mahog-
any. the officers. after consuming OF
pouring the stun into walls carried for
the purpose. deposited clearly worded
summonses upon the bar and LETT the
proprietor or his representative with
somethine to think over. Thus It Is
estimated that the majority Of those
publicans who were not scared into clos
ing their places on Tuesday night and
Wednesday were corailed.
Probably no saloons quit business IN
Manhattan, although 400 disgustediy
shut their doors In Brooklyn. the
trade in Manhattan. numbering about
1000 bars. still clings to the hope OF
miracle. They cling TO the belief that
the courts will In the end knock out
war time prohibition and allow them to
profit nicely in the period intervening 70
January 16, 1920. when everything ID
of. The majority Of the saloons had
no ais left by afternoon yesterday and
had to fall back on baby beer, the
foolish half per cent. stun to drink
which Imagination must support
thirst. Saloons that had taken chance
by selling whiskey up to yesterday quit
cold when they opened for business yes
terday morning. They padloclsed what
ever hard liquor they had left 80 that
the barkeeps wouldn't get too chummy
with old customers that have wheed-
ling way.
Raids Have Their Eject.
The raids of Wednesday night scared
many, OF course. Not one saloon keeper
in twenty wants to be taken to the Fed
eral Building and arraigned for vioiat-
ing the volstead act. The raid and nght
in O'Brien & Cotters saloon In Forty
second street Wednesday night convinced
good many dealers that the Federal
agents were Inclined to be rough work
ers when opposition was to be faced.
Thirty persons. including proprietors and
bartenders Of a dozen saloons, were
taken In the raids Of Wednesday night
and Yesterday morning, and It was an
nounced by the Federal Attorney that
these would be prosecuted vigorously.
The raid in O'Brien q Cotter's saloon.
A spectacular affair In which there was
a free for all fight with several persons
beaten up and the police summoned
finally to the rescue of the embattled
revenue officers, was under investigation
yesterday by Federal Attorney Carey,
Mr.. Caffey appointed Assistant John ".
Joyce to inquire as to the shooting said
to have been done by Internal Revenue
Agent Porter's men. There was ut the
back of the inquiry desire to know by
what right Internal Revenue agents drew
reyolvers and began firing at small pro-
cation. Mr. Joyce said last night, after
questioning men arrested In the raid,
including Thomas Toomey. q porter. who
got a broken head somewhere In the
jamboree, and Francis Delea, who was
found outside the saloon after the fracas
quieted down with cut leg, that he had
obtained no evidence which proved that
any shooting took place. Toomey could
not identity any of the revenue agents.
and admitted that he had been hit over
the head by revolver butt.
IF any shot at all was nred," said
yoyce. SIT may have been lust one for
the purpose of calling the police In to
help the revenue men,"
Most Active In brooklyn.
Revenue men were busy all day yes
terday but most Of their activity was In
Brooklyn. Fifty agents were sent out
in that borough to get evidence by or
dering Illegal drinks. Thereafter their
instructions were to get warrants and
make arrests in an orderly fashion. The
squad worked in pairs and made about
twenty arrests in the course OF the day.
United States Marshal James M. Power
complained that his stan Is too small for
effective enforcement In Brooklyn. A
number of cases were presented TO the
Federal Grand Jury In Brooklyn and in
dictments were returned. The names
were not make public. In the afternoon
members of the United Retail Liquor
Dealers Of Kings County voted to close
their places of business at ! p. M. to-
day and stay closed until the law al
lowed them to sell something stronger
than half per cent. beer. This actio n
followed the arrests made by revenue
agents b. J. Feely. president of the as
ISOLATION, advised the members TO close
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