The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-20
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POOL SELLERS IMPRISONED.
:; SUDDEN cHEiRryG orr or TfE JER-
SEr CITT OFiyCgS.
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Street and Exchange i'c' wv" ,r"" 80
bokcn Iockcd Up In the Hue, wy '''''

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Stree, and ISeb,upc siacc r"d from Ho-
bokcn Iockcd Up In the Hue, >"s ''"'.
When the pool sellers wore driven from
this city by the passogc Of the Pool-sclllng biN
in the Legislature last winter they went to Jcr-
scy City. Thoy opened Offices on Montgomery
street and Exchange place. near the fcrrcs. and
did a thriving business Among those who
located in Jersey City wore Kelly 4 Bliss Du-
pont Co.. McDougall & Goa and Lowell 4 Co.
No notice was taken of their operations by tho
police.
Among tho first 10 net In the matter was Mnyor
Sicdlrr. who being n strict temperance man and
member Of the Methodist Church. determined
to suppress the pool selling. lIc wrote sharp
noto to Corporation Counsel Albeit nsling his
opinion on the subject. and he, without delay.
declared in written opinion to the Police Com
missioncrs that the business Of pool scllingwas
illegal. and that not only were the proprlctors
liable to indictment. but the persons who rented
the houses for the sale Of pools. This CORES
spondoncc being published wls the means u
making the dealers change their bas OF opera
tions. and they set Up on 'os In llobohon.
About two months aftcrward Judge Hoffman
Of the Court of Sessions was prevailed upon to
issue bench warrants for the nrrost of all tho
propriotors, and on complaints mado by Dep
uty Sheriff Cronin they wore arrested. They
were Immediately bailcd out. and a t,st caso
was made which wns brought before tho Su-
prcme Court AT Trenton on ccriiorari. After a
long argument. tho Supreme Court upheld
Judge lIoffman's decision. Tho dealers. how
ever. deicd the cdict Of the court. with the cx-
ccntion Of Lowell. who said that he did not care
to " fight Jersey laws" and retired.
When the September term Of tho Hudson
county oyer and Tcrmincr opened. judge
Knnpp delivered nm exhaustive charge on tho
subject ni pool selling ani in plain terms do
Of the statutes W the State Of New Jersey. and
a7 such should b, severely punished. He di-
rected the Grand Jury not to h"a.Nito in indict-
ing every person engaged IN H. There was ittlo
doubt hut that the Grand Jury would act ut
once. and during the past four weeks there have
been many rumors OF the indictment of the pro-
,.. Or Thurs lay i WIS whispered thattlc Grand
and that no indictments would be- ordered.
a. ling ON this hint. bench Warrants wcro issued
hy Judge Knapp. and the result was 70 descent
ON the pool rooms yesterday afternoon by Dep
uiy sh rim Cronin and posse of cnnstablcs.
All The pool rooms worc yiS tea. There was
neatly planned that not one Of the Interested
persons cs npci.
James i liy and Chauncny Bliss oi Kelly X
Bliss Exchange, james HHckelt and Edward
li0ucknr and Thomas liodman Of the New York
Turf Exchange, AMI the following nssistants,
principally aurl inncers: Thomns Kirk. Edward
Kelly. Charles reNtor. Frank ltunncll, Walter
Mason. William Waters. Harry Eaton. William
stone Charles Hon, Edward Mullen. Joseph
Dupont. james O'Ncil. Charles Anderson.
alias Skid" and two others.
Thcy were ali iakcnto Hudson City. whore the
court wns in session. ana were held until near
I O'Clock when they were given twenty minutes
| To- procure bail. james Kely wa. the only
| fortunate one. und he was released on $1,000
bail. The others were taarn to coils in tho
| Hudson county jail and locked up. There they
| will remuin until this morning.
Last night in iiohokcn. the employees of the
| Hohosen Turl Exchange wore busy in remov-
| th~ uia... II Is urohsIln ihnt il yiil remain
! closed. Efforts Wlre Wnde To- have some of tho
| lri-onors Nuiled. hut th"y wrr' unsu"r"sSfnl.
] A.r. fi leN-nli ono OF the prHifiNflfs 81 Tho
! OfN q I'u..r T. 'Hn..'. '.fllI. u 80 .al Nas-
! vii. m-i n,-At that hf would come % aid his
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