New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-25
BREAKING UP A POOL ROOM.

A DESCENT ON THE PAROLE TURF CLUB.
THE MANAGER AND A NUMBER OF CLERKS AR
R.sTED-DENYING THAT THEY EVER SOLD POOLS.
The pool-selling rooms at No. Barclay-st., known
as the Parole luri Club, were broken up yestcr-
Gay afternoon by the police, the an"seri 'I 4hn
clerks being arrested on warrant
issued by Recorder omyth. Assistant District
Attorney Henry Allen decided to break up the pool
room some time ago, anu on last Monday requested
captain BergholG, the Twenty seventh Precinct,
10 Procure the necessary Tor the ssdlng OF
n warrant giving hIm until SATURDAY TO obtain 1t.
THINKING mat the evidence might not be forthconl-
ing when needed Mr. Allen also made application TO
Anthony Comstock ON last Wednesday. 1 ne evidence
Was promptly obtained by the latters assistants,
who bought pools on hoTse-races at the pool-room
and observed the clerks 50 as TO be aOle 10 identity
them. About 2:30 y. III. yesterday Anthony Com-
stock and his assistants, Joseph A Bntton, George
\ Dram BENJAMIN H. Baer and LOUIS Benslnger
together with Dctectivc-Scrgcants Adams ana hlley
ana twelve policemen from the Fourth SIKH and
Twenty-sixIn Precincts, all III citilens ciothcs,
marched TO the pUoi-rOou Jonn Brennan, a clelk
M the DistrIct-Attorneys olhce VINO was niue III
ADVANCE o1 The parry saw nan Ia HIS shIrt sleeVeS
who was evidently OIL picket uuty, run aCIoSs tue
street III haste to the pOo-rOOm 10 give the alarm
Ine officers hurried, out were denied adnnttance.
~. warrant WAS then shown. and heavy shoulders
forced the door open. About 700 persons,
mostly young men and boys, VINO had bought
uooIs ON the races at Saratoga, were IN the rooms
AT the time cashlng their tickets or waiting to near
the results OF their investments. Two races were
mt IN diagram on the DlackbOards d0Wnstalrs
good zeal OF money had been paid on tickets, but
there we're large number VINO Dad tner ucAels
vel TO cash. The clerks stood behind TWO sehil-
clrcular counters III the middle VI the room, ON
Wucn were boxes OF mOhcy protected oy low
S wmo n'a IT. the sight Of the oficers-tne
crowd partlng III the middle lho tue
Rod sea under Aarons rod" is an eyewitness SAID
There was scramble for the st lrs leading 10 Tue
basement " mere there was another crowd Oh sau-
blcrs Dut there was no chaLce Tor escape
The clerks some instances tried 10 get out OF
spht while solne began sDOyclhDg tue money ana
tckels into their pockets and clothing 10 Keep 1t
from coniIscatIOn ny the ponce. hIr lidchelt the
secretary, nov ever, told the cn that they might as
well take IL quIetiy. Alter the warrant had Dcen
read 10 MIN called them 10 one end of tue room,
where all but TWO Oi the clerks were Identified by
Mr. COnlstOcks assistants. these TWO, together
with fine crowd vi patrons Of the place, were then
allowed L. 20. - IL WASH { an easy crowd 10
handle" SAID one policeman after the arrest. One
man Tried to pass himself OH as Inc Telegraph
operator, anu another Thought 10 disguise
himself by changing hats with TREND
Inc following property captured was taken
account OF by Mr Ducret Alr COmstocN
clerk % black boards 20 account books % state
men;s OF races, "A tlcket-trays Dushel or TWO oil
pool tickets, with winch the nouSe appeared TO be
padded besides SUN oil money, including
$500 After being packed up, the property was sent
10 Police headquarters.
While the pool-room was being searched the doors
and windows fastened tightly. In an inner
hallway was the sign: :" Only members
admitted" and no.lce to " Please show your
tickets" A large crow gathered on tue opposite
side oi the street after tine place mad been pulled"
and eered at the tcket-hOlders, who kept trying
the door, hoping to get their winnings. Many VINO
heard that the pool room had been closed up
deSpon1 ent about ever getting their hard-earncd
mOneyr Several persons were confident that the
propretors would cash the outstanding tickets as
soon as 1T could be done II they don't, we can
sue them tor il - laid one. Another man sand
wish they had ralded the
place long ago. should have been several hundred
dollars better on" The nunLer OF boys holding
tickets was very large. some Of them might have
been messengers for Older persons, but Others were
apparently regular pool buyers. The pool-room, 1t
is said has been dong business Tor three years. ana
was formerly known as backett ~ Delacys Inc
rooms were rented from man named Gallagher,
who II rooms for playing faro on the second nOOr.
he prisoners were taken from the Iwcnty-slxth
Precinct station House late III the afternoon to the
Office of Recorder Smyth at No 20 Nassau-st Inc
aiidavits OF Alessrs. Dram. Baer and Bensnger
were read and those of the prisoners whose names
were not given i'll the complaints were ldentlled by
Mr.. Comstocl's deputies. Three OF the prisoners
were discharged, the ldentlhcalloh peIhg lnsull-
Gent The others gave their naIneskas Jonn Hack
/ EFT of No. 306 lhrd-ave., the secretary OF the
Parole Turf Club James redmond, OF No. 310
FOurth-ave.; Thomas Lennon, of No. :, i2l First
aye; Edward r Sneek Nh can If Mo d1 ~
Olverst.; Peter Duke, of No. 81 Bediord-st.;
Jacob Phillips of No. ga Second ave. ana Charles
Kingsley. of No. 30 Dvwnlngst. They all denied
the charges against them, which were that they
were engaged IN the selling OF pools and III keep
ing gambling instruments. Hackett made the ad-
dItIonal stasement that pools had never been sold
on the premises described. Assistant DIstrct-At-
torney Allen represented Mr. Mcheons office and
the prlsoners were without counsel. They all
waived eXamination. Bail was fixed by the Recorder
Mt ~ 800 each ease, and the prisoners were COM
united 10 the Tombs.
THE PETERSBURG DEADLOCK.