New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-15
THE POOL-ROOMS CLOSED.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED FOR ONE DAY.

BUSINESS SUSPENDED FOR ONE DAY.
THE PRoPREroRs OF THE BARcLAY-sT ROOMS
AND SEVERAL CLERKS MISUNDERSTANDING
TIoNs WAIVED AND BAIL FURNIsHED-JUsTICE
BIxBY APPARENTLY IN EARNEST.
Usually. when there is racing anywhere in the
vicinity OF New-York the poo-rooms in Barclsy-st.
are patrouzed by an eager crowd of persons anx-
ious to speculate the events of the day The bust
of the rooms is almost exclusively confined to
what is known as the French mutual pool system.
Tickets sold on the horses in each for 81,
So and 49, much the larger business being
done in the 81 pools. Combination tickets
are also sold. The purchaser selects
the horses which he believes will win in three desig
mated races. These tickets arc sold for 25 cents so
cents, and 81 and il the purchase is fortunate
enough to select the winning horses his Investment
usually pays very handsomely In fact, comhina-
tion tickets purchased for 50 cents have more thnn
once this summer paid $500 and very often be-
tween 5000 and $500. II is in this species of gam
bling that office boys and messengers disposed to
indulge although many men take the chances of win
ming handsome sums investment, which, il
thev lose they say will not hurt them.
The selling of oils has been in vogue for several
years hut this summer tho gambling mania has in
creased greatly and recently il has become sn i'm
tense that the pool-roons have had more business
than they could attend to. The result has boon
that the crowd has extended to the sidewalk in
front of the Barclay-st rooms, and business people
have connlaincd Of it as nuisance. Then the
NnVor cau"d On the police TO suppress the evil.
Yesterday The first in this direction was ta,eN
nv Captain Webb, If the Church-st notice The
being sold on the st. Lcgcr the Shecpshead Raw
races and the Lexington races The hnsiness 1T the
nssrcd with nnmber Of noli"emcn and seized SOME NV,
of the blackhoards on which the record Of tho nnm-
her Of tickets sold on each race is kent snfciont
dpnce in court. The proprirtorS and some of the
clerks employed in the places were arrested and
taken tn the Tomhs Police Court.
This action of cours" closed the business for the
dav Of least Some of the rooms were closed. and
all bets which had heen made would stand This
seemed oimplv that the rooms woula he rcoprncd
before the day was out Int thev were not Never
thelesS. knots Of men and bows stood in the door
WAYS and ahout the sidewalks in front of the naces
business was to he do e. they Dispersed
The proprietors Of the noo-rooms had very little
70 say RN"strrnay' Mr.. Casey whose rooms are ct
legitimate and legal one. He referred to the dis
position Of previous CHARGES AGAINST the propretors
of the rooms as evidence that the business was not
ILLEGAL. He said. however that he would not con-
Time the business until the conrts had decided the
question OF It's legality as he had no desire to violate
Mr., Hsckett, of Hackett & DoIacey, who keep
business was a nuisance 20 the merchants doing
business in the neiphborhood lie said that he also
wonld await the result OF the cases in court before
CaNtsn Webb, who made the arrests said that
would support him in the movement against the
booksellers he would arrest the proprieors of the
rooms every time they sold ticket.
District-Attorney Rollins was asked why he did
not institute proceedings against the BarClay-St.
place" he replied, this Office is not called on do
detective and poce work. When prison rs are
brought here 1t ismy duty TO prosecute them but il
is not any part of my work TO hunt mp criminals;
The difficulty IN securing evidence against pool
sellers is great. There is no. provision in the
statute which imposes liability for the
mere fact of selling pool tickets, such
as there is IN the lottery statute. 1t is
not necessary to prove the actna existence of the
OF pool tickets we have to prove that they were sold
respond To represent the horses in the race that
the races and TINT the horses which the
tickets Were sold We're the same horses hat took
part in the races There many things in
TINS I'm. world accepted as WE'LL known facts;
almost % to sS ha G EXISTENCE %I% n
when a" "T % in aS@
Island is one of those things"
Job b., easy Of No. BarGlay5st John HqGkett
Lowell, OF No. 8 Barciay-st and William i. Bic.
psIlga of No, 10 Bareaycst BrqgristoTs Of the
ray. John McAdam, Charles Travis and John smith,
clerks employed by them, were arragned Mt
the ioneS h9cs Cont YES ess rS morning before
various horse races. nj different times. since june
1881. The arrests were MADE under chapter us
wagers and pools" EN-Judge Fullerton appeared
for the prisoners. and waived examination in their
The states, black boards etc. seized by the police
carefully laid aside To be used ~ evidence in
the several cas- when they up for rial in the
Court of General Sessions Justice Bixby was
very emphatic in insi ting that Captain Webb
| should seize and retain all the utensils. When
| The magistrate reminded Captain Webb
| OF the duty incumbent on the police to suppress
houses oil this character, and to preserve every evil
| dence of the illegal business carried on there
| Captain Webb remarked chat he was acting under
the INSTRUCT ions OF his Inspector aud tina various
difficulties interposed to prevent the prompt oxecu-
ton of the law, TO This Justice Bixby rejoined /:
| " 1ou and your Inspector and every other police
officer that permits his business TO be carried on
| day after day violate the law. Men assemble in
without interference, well knowing that you could
| make arrests without warrants, Won do in eases
| of disordcry houses, liquor dealers and common
policy shops. This system calls for some rcorn.l-
ton. and the reasons ASST gned for the inactivity of
| the police altogether insufficient" Justice
| Bixby coHclu dcd by saying that he had doubt
that some OF tue accused would be selling poo
| before night
| Ex-Congressman Morgan Jones, of No. 81 Centre
| ST.. aud No 10 Frank lin-st. executed bonds for
| John McD0ugal and John Smith; Alderman
| Thomas fields, OF No. 7i East Bro 1dway, became
| bondsman for William Lowell Francis McCale, oi
No 725 Lcxmgton-ave, signed bonds for Hackctt
| d Deacy; Edward Smith. OF No. 1lG West Thirty
seyentli-st qualified as bondsmad for Jonn Me-
was balcd by James Celly of No. 40 East Houston
| st.
Thomas Murray. of the firm of Kelley g. Bliss OF
| No 10 West 1wenty-cighth. ST. was arrested yes
erlay Tor selling pool ticket for 81, the horse
krupp GUn in the fourth race at Coney Island on
TUESDAY. Officer Phelps, who made the arrest, said
that great number OF tickets sold. Murray, in the
Jefferson Market Police Court, was held Tor trial III
default of $500 bail. Bail was furnished by JOSEPH
| Crocheron, OF the Brewer House.
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