The New York herald., 1921-04-07
ENRIGHT BEGINS
DRASTIC EFFORT
TO MAKE CITY DRY
Special Detail Invades the
Theatre District and
Makes Ia Arrests on
First Night.
MANY PLACES CLOSED
Board Of Estimate Asked
for Yearly Appropriation
Of S2,5OO,OO0 for 1000
More Policemen.
WANTS 100000 EXPENSES
Commissioner Leach Also In
Inmates a Concerted Attempt
to Prevent Home Brew
Making.
WANTS 100000 EXPENSES

l.
Making.
More than two hundred detectives
specially detailed by Police Commis-
sioncr Richard r. Enright went to
work last night to enforce the new
tive on Monday when Gov. Nathan L.
Miller signed the Mullan-Gage bills,
and to carry out the Commissioners
expressed intention Of subjecting New
York city to a drying process more
extensive than has ever been dreamed
Of by dry law advocates. 1t was the
first night OF Police Department en-.
forcement Of the new State laws and
the detectives spread terror and con-
sternation throughout the whole Of the
wet belt from the Battery to the fur
thest reaches Of Harlem.
Up TO midnight the detectives had
made fourteen arrests, mostly in the
Third Inspection district, which in
cludes the theatrical district and por-
tions OF lower Washington Heights.
The managers, walters or owners OF
such we'll known restaurants as the
Pre-Catalan Cafe, in 10 West Thirty
ninth street; Mario's. in 257 West
Fifty second street; the Chat Restau-
rant, in 242 West Fifty-second street,
and Mollat's. in ia West Forty-ninth
street, were among the prisoners. all
of whom were taken to the West Forty
seventh street and West Sixty-eighth
street stations. Several of them later
were taken to Night Court and others
were released in $500 bail to appear in
the West Side Court this morning. The
manager of the Pre-Catalan, who gave
his name as John NJ. Tierney. was dis
charged by Magistrate Schwab.
Many Closed Up Tight.
Most Of the work OF the detectives in
the Tenderloin district was done be-
tween IL and IL o'clock. The word that
the dry law men were abroad quickly
spread throughout the whole OF the the
atrical district and virtually all OF the
selling liquor when they had only the
Government agents to cope with had
closed up tight by midnight.
The owners OF several OF them de-
clared that they did not intend to sell
any more, as they could not hope to
escape IL the Police Department was
going to take hand In the enforce
ment OF the dry laws. In all of tho
places entered last night none OF the
diners were disturbed. In most cases
the detectives ordered liquor and. hav-
ing obtained It placed the waiter or
owner or manager OF the place under
arrest and confiscated the liquor. The
manager OF the Pre- Catalan was ar
rested when detectives said they found
a quart bottle OF whiskey on the table.
Vincent Sardi OF 3fS West Fifty-sixth
street assistant waiter at Mario's was
arrested after detectives, according 10
their story. had found two barrels OF
wine in the basement.
Three Taken at Pier.
Henry Mollat, owner of the restaur-
ant bearing his name. was accused by
the police OF having served wine to two
girls, and Samuel Phillips. manager OF
the Chat, was said 70 have hidden liquor
over his cash register Most OF the other
arrests were of saloonkeepers or bar
tenders, excepting three men arrested
at Pier 40, North River, accused of hav-
ing twenty-five gallons OF alcohol In
wagon
The orders for the Police Department
to enforce the State dry laws were pre-
pared on Tuesday night by Deputy Com
missioner Leach and Acting Chief In
spector 1,eahy, and we're sent to the In
spectors by Commissioner Enright late
yesterday afternoon. The inspectors
then transmitted them to the capita ins
OF the precincts, and although they were
not read TO the details Of patrolmen and
detectives the whole force was instructed
70 proceed at once TO enforce the new
laws.
The Commissioner also announced
that department ruieg l3e and l41, pro-
mulgated when William J. Gaynor was
Mayor, had been abrogate ted. Those were
the outward order and decency' rules,
and had the effect Of preventing patrol-
men and. detectives from entering sa-
looms to make arrests, because they pro-
v.ded that policemen must observe vio-
lptlons of the liquor laws from the out
side OF saloons and IL possible must got
a witness TO corroborate their evidence
Aske sz,g0o.oo0 for Police.
Tho Commissioner also said that on
Tuesday he sent n request TO the Board
OF Estimate for a yearly expenditure
OF 1880 COO to provide the appointment
OF loo additional patrolmen. and also
asking for an Appropriate OF 100000
for expenses In connection with the en-
forcemcnt of the State dry laws. Those
matters probably viii come up for con-
siderstion before the board at tho reg
ular Friday meeting. II the request Is
granted the city viii have to Issue
special revenue bonds TO pay tho bill.
Commissioners Enright told a reporter
for THE New YORK HERALD yesterday.
Coattsswsd on Eighth Paos.
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