New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
Yearly City Dry
Bill 3 Millions,
Says Enright
Police Chiefs Estimate of
Expense Includes Only
Own Department; Sure
Law Can Be Enforced
1000 Land Liens Ready
Leach to Levy ON Saloons;
$4,000, 600 Jury Costs
if Arrest Rate Keeps Up

The outstanding features in the en-
forcement of the state liquor laws yes
tcrday were:
Police Commissioner Enright said
that the task of enforcing prohibition
is not impossible, but will cost the city
$4,000 900 year for the support Of his
department alone.
First Deputy Police Commissioner
John A. Leach, in charge of the police
dry agents, announced that liens will
be placed immediately against about
whose premises there have been ar
rests since the state dry laws went
into effect.
Philip Berolzh eimer, City Chamber
lain, estimated that it would cost the
city S24,000,0 600 q year to pay the juries
necessary for the number of defend
ants in liquor cases.
For the twentyfour hours ended at
midnight Tuesday ninety-six arrests
were made. Seizures included 798 bot
ties of alleged liquor, III cases, 80 bar
rels, 12 jugs, 8 demij ohns, 8 jars, a
kegs and 8 tubs.
The police continued making arrests
and seizures yesterday, and there were
the usual arraignment proceedings be-
fore magistrates.
Enright Wants 1000 More Men
Commissioner Enright said that if
money to hunt liquor he believed that
he could make the city dry.
"The saloon is a thing of the past"
he said. "Some are still open, but their
days are numbered. Illegal traffic in
liquor is practically at an end.
''1n all MY experience in the depart
ment,' he went on, warming to his
subject, 81 have never known any one
t. respond so heartily as have the
policemen in their efforts to carry out
or, unpopular law, which they them
selves dislike"
He spoke of the Importance of
squelcning the big liquor law violators
tirst-saloons and the like-and said
that after they had been cleaned up
the police would devote their attention
to druggists and +heir connection with
bootlegging.
He praised the police for their work
IN the two weeks of dry enforcement
and said that any negligence on the
part of any policeman would mean
trouble for him.
Liens to Guarantee Fines
Commissioner Leach said that he
had prepared printed forms of notices
to be sent to property owners On whose
premises arrests have been made for
alleged infringements of the liouor
laws.
This action, he said, was taken
under Section 1914, Paragraph G. Ar
tlcle lib of the Penal Law. which re-
qulrca such action wherever there has
been an arrest made, to insure the pay
ing Of the fine in the event of CON
viction.
Chamberlain Berolzheimer said that
II arrests for violations of the state
prohibition laws continued, and if
every person indicted had to be tried
by jury, he would have to make ap-
plcation for an increase in the appro-
priatlon to pay jurors fees.
81 estimate" he said, "that I will
have to apply to the next budget com
mittee for $24,oOO,Oo0 to pay jurors
who will try violations of the state
prohibition laws if the indictments
continue at their present rate, and /
don't know where the courts are going
to get the jurors to try the cases"
Liquor In Homes Safe
Joab H. Banton, Acting District At
torney. replied yesterday to the re-
guests for information coming from
hundreds of persons asking whether
they were violating the law by keeping
liquor in their homes He quoted the
law in this respect:
Nothing in this article shall be con-
strued to forbid possession of intoxi-
eating liquor in ones private dwelling,
provided such Intoxicating liquor was
legally his property before the enact
ment of this section, and is for use
only for the personal consumption of
the owner thereof and his family resid-
ing in such dwelling, and of his bona
fde guests when entertained therein
by him."
Frank Zolland, thirty-two years old
Of Ia Willett Street, told Magistrate
Schwab yesterday that he was a plain
ordinary citizen who had bought a
bottle of liquor to show the police that
1t could be done. He found himself
transported from the role of com
plainant to the less digniied role OF
defendant after he had rushed to the
police with bottle of liquor he said
he had purchased from Stephen Pc
trovsky.
When Petrovsky denied selling the
liquor to Zolland the court discharge d
Petrovsky and held Zolland. saving:
"You possess the liquor, and you admit
1t. I'll hold you in $500 bail for trial.