New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-20
POOL-SELLERS IN JAZZ.
A CRUSADE IN HOBOKEN.
pRoPRIEToRs AND FMPLoYEs IN ALL THE POOL
ROOMS MADE PRISONERS.

PRoPRIEToRs AND FMPLoYEs IN ALL THE POOL
ROOMS MADE PRISONERS.
The pool-rooms at lIOboken were thr0nged,
yesterday afternoon with the usual assembage oil
buyers and tho auctoneers oyertaxrd with bust
ness. Pools eagerly purchased on the races NJ
Nashville and at Fleetwood Park kilograms were fire.
quently read from rice-tricks and the liyeliesl
interest prevailed. suddenly whisper went around
that officers with warrants were about to
arrest all those engaged in selling the pools The report
praycd to De true but 1t received too late % make
any Preparations for escape Twelve conStaDes under
Deputy Sheriff CrOnn, divided into four sections,
and ch section visited one pOolroom At the Taitr
sail rooms kept by McDougai Coz one OF the enpio'e'
rang a bell, and announced the crowd, "T.e
horses are ready start OF Nashville YES, "
SAID another have got TO start to JAM The CON
stables successful in arreng everybody connected
with McDougas establishment except one person. who
quickly carried the to the rooms OF Kelly Bliss
These rooms az usual, were crowded. Auction Fcn D.,
mutual and combination pools being dispose ~ at
rapid rate. The cOnstabcs arrested all those engaged ~
the sales s,me OF tho people present quickly from
the ROOM and consider them selves SAFE until they
landed on the New-YorK shore. During this confusion.
one OF K.y ~ BLISS employees named Dexter hlDS.ed
with the crowd and all efforts to lind him proved ncf
Tao next place visited that of william Lowell lie
has done business FOR three weeks and the rooms
have passed INTO thr hands OF Nmchcl Blfoh' lpr
the cOnstdbes sought ~ VAIN Ihet lad received
had ucnalcd themselves. LONcll hiuScN
attend ng tine races ~ lcct"Ood. iacAeti' ht
COS establishment was the fourth hnd last place TED
and all connected with the business were captured
Following IS list OF me pnsohSrs; fIDn heiy az
BllSs's. James f. K'ly, c. ). Buss, d. D. Eaton g. r.
Mason Edwin Ke ~, Etward Mullen, j. n Kirk Francis
iunel, and Charles jfnin. From Iaitrr1fs ID
McDOuga brother OF the plopu TOR, VINO Is attending
the rae at Nashville; Andrew Anl-f-9h H. y. 10 !,
man. Frederick Banker Henry Harris, I. r. waters =
b. Howell, Henry Fisher, William Giles and Theodore
warren From hackett Rand Co.'S, John HdGSrti' C.
Tnc prisoners ranged IA iine along ia soii-,t;
surrounded by hundreds 81 persons VINO hai tnertd
from tnc vicinity some 81 the prOpfl, rs ufS cos ~
20 10 court in. AID the Others were taken IN TIE stIee
Al De Court OF Quarter Sessions al we're aIri sru
before Judges Qlalie ana lion nm lhe co,hnl,ut
were made by William IL. Eaton. IL Is stated thtt he
formerly police officer Of Jersey Ct a!a ID tn' Gase
probably in the employ oi inc DIstroi-A toiueS. i"o
charges made m each ease one OF conducting lot
terry. and the other OF keeping dlsoldery hou'e her
bert stout acted IS the PRISONERS cJuhsr no sAvu 'n'
all the empOyes be released ana th9 pihcpis DC al
United 10 bail. The Judges held the propretoTs h
$1,000 bail for each chttge ana the en- IN - Vuv
Dc Brady, Of GrOYest Jersey city, offered tnc rloOO
bail for James Kelly, who was then released william
q rs a messenger boy about twelve years Oil, asJ
set at liberty. The others were taken TO the hudson
County Jail
Tue Twenty-Five unucky men made the best OF the
situation some OF tine employees telt 10 was f@hoI nara
nat they should DO included IN the arrest but each con
sOl"d himself wan csars ca''t' dui 'no pcir. a,'
would be procured 10y ten O'Clock THIS morning one
division the upper door given over ia them New
straw bc1s aud clean blankets were put IN ior thelp
The prisoners generally young men, some or them
not more than twenty years OF axe. All were
well dressed aud the whole party had the air OF being an
assorted oI OF Jail BIRDS lew looked through the iron
eue Ona o two had already stretched themselves upon
their pallets and meiitatiug, perhaps. upon tie
nto that adJrns the landing Of the hrst nsh o stairs,
Tne WAY % tn trnsgrrssOr is hard I. =. Bliss ic-
marked tnat tcir counsel would arrange matters, and
tai the necessary bail wOud b. forthcoming IN tnc
morning. II the Judge had only been wIIling 70
wait a few moments n the court. he SAID. II
woad not have been necessary to spend thc night IN
ali There wOuld not be mucn more business done this
Fall he thought. The races at Baltimore, winch come
OF week, with tue present Nashville races. wodd
hn,h the season. IL not the understanding OF the
poose !ers that tne June decision or the Supreme Court
was final Their u be carried 20 the Court oi
Appeals WHAT issue of the whole matter would be.
lac did not presume To say.
IL WIS very quiet I'm aud about the various pool rooms
on uudsOn-,t IlObuKcn. last evening. The rooms were
Ike Dan1uet halls deserted tie voice Of ne nuconreE
wa, no LONGER heard IA land and the eyes OF the
poo boxes had ceased blink deluNlye members The
MOTTO gentlemen must pay cash" addressed itself 20
vacant chairs The escape OF Dexter Kelly X
BLISS aucuOneer. excited some laughter on the
street during the evening. IL VS. not known
whether ne LETT tle pOOl-roOm through the
window or through the door. When ! 81 seen ne was
walking along HudsOn-si. toward Gutteubuig, az very
brisk pace. with very pale face. He never looked be-
hind IL SAID but glanced furtVey from the corner Oi
his eyes. and gaspe out 10 each acquaintance whom he
passed :" say, Old felier is there anybody afer mel
some where along the rivers bank he secured row boat
20 carry hmto New YOrks happy shore Mr. Dxter has
had more than an elegant suhccncy OF Jersey.