New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-18
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
80, r,,p n.uRrING HOUSES.

THE WAR ON THE GAMBLING HOUSES
QUESTIONING THE LEGALITY OF me 49, -. o,,,-
THE PoIJCE-PRocEEpiNuo A'N
yRs OF THE HOUSES.
..h,;ng ;mnIements seized by members OF |
.ha msssctiye Squad on Monday night Were placer
in charge Of the Property GteIk ana vesterSay
wbat will be done with them ie an open ques!o o,,
hecamse the police have no right 10 aestsd ord
until the persons who used them are . vera
no arrests were made wheh 'ne ''"p''N'"'
There was much confusion Of opinions at Police
Headquarters regarding the iegaiy 81 that person
who Is empowered to arrest gamblers - a,so Sbse
cred TO seize tho implemen ts used py tneIn' sucb
0nent sections seem to imply That seizure Oh seS S
Implements is only justified by the arrest Od f for
samesters. There seemed to be good gIodnu s aoi
belief that the p5opreors Of MendaR night might
hiring suit for trespass and repevin their
Police Commissioners who were spoken 70 bpna.
day. said that they had bs hut they had not
manned ont for him any line OF action. . ~ be
left TO him to enforce the law IN any way had
orsd 10 the Superintendent that they We're un
able TO break up the gambling houses. IL onmbl,no
ment demanded that the Jaws aHniis had
sn'ms - the conclusion that the captains were NOT
M much in earnest they might De In Ine th only
70 stop gaming %poe out what be was willing
lawyer on m t ine subject as follows 1t my desire
70 the law for the enforced
s shai viii very n t Rs'h ssie 1sIsEs
with embaass tine @e am Of the opinion that
prssS On arrest is made authorized to be made
by warrant gambling apparatus can t pe Penal
60 am afraid that the law is little
weak as to the seizure s,rs OF G gaI9sirs
tns nnblic is SO earnestly opposed to gambling that
the the ppoee IN my Judgment will be upheld in ITS
suppression The Board will sustain t nat offend
ers will hesitate long before they bring suits 10 It.
cover gambling implements. -, + dofv the
Inspector Brnes SAID be was g3ns in his own
way He thought he was proceeding law arrast
Warrants had been obtained he said for the arTGs1
~ the nroprietors of certain reputed gamoiug
, no The notice did not have sure information
regsrdino the names of the pr0prietors the names
John Doe" and Richard hoe w %e srased and the
r;cAt names of the offenders written In tne piacg9
when arrests were made. The warrants are ssr,,
in nv possession" the Inspector sad Win Inv
smile "and we can execute them when we Ahow
who owns these gambling implements. Lev .s lna
~a,nhlers come and claim them" he SAID also that
be wond continue Selling the tools of the gamblers
en- long as the gambling houses were Kept open l..
was not probable, he thought, that the gaho'eiS
"9nu ve serorant Cosgrove was sent to the lsog-
isters Office yesterday TO procure INFORMATION aoUue
the ownership oil 's i hUas names Of the property
owners are known" the Inspector said we VIII
ask Distrlct-Attorney Mckeon to nave tne oMI I
indicted for letting their property LOT pamoihhg
rncses The implements seized last night may be
psc9 as evidences in the complaints against the prop
erty owners" 4oaor IN tho fart
that willie "raidlngn No. IL West Twenty-iourtn-
ST no Hescent was made No in the same stresI'
which is next door to the Hoffman House bar. NO.
,iwas kent Inv Charles Ransom, who says that ne
was a general in the Confederate Army; ne maj
ed some years ago tine ' 0f the late Charles r.
Thorne' He abandoned her on discovery OF the iact
that She was in love with rival gambler, anu sue
thereupon was married to John chamberlain an
other notorious gambler, who subsequently, tailed
in his business and his wife has since haa no rett
the stage She is now Bo @e% Theatre al where
she 8s,eb plays wa. n'sni NOT '4raidedS is kept
BY Reed SPENCE a. was sas ssbe OF
horses and controls the race,eouSSs sroto anC
f. MSrs ssy building SdS house So West s f%en
iv'fourth.st.. for which he was recently offered
nearly 100000 by Stokes & Reed, OF the honma ;.
hn,Iding adjoining for $75, 900. Reed is said Il
have asked $105,0 900, which STOKES reiuseu 10 p'.S
1t was designed to build an addition to the hoe OF
the site of the two buildings II IL hau Oeen W
tanned
FUNERAL OF EX-ALDERMAN SAUER.
Before the hour fixed for the funeral services o.
ex-Alderman William Sauer Yesterday morning,
large eoncourse of people gathered in front of th
German Lutheran Church IN tifteenth-st. AT thu
blossom Club in Twenty thlrd-st. the members o
the Roar of Aldermen assembled and were Joined
by Secretary Grant, representing Mayo
e dtsoG Hubert 8. Thompson, Police COMMISSIONS
French, Nichols, and Matthews, Fire COMMISSION
e German Van p Cont and and Porter Park Conn
missiOuers Ollihe, Crimmins and viele, john Kelly
Edward Kearney, Willi;m H. M2 l3n SheIl
S many Others Those pr sent formed IN process
Services 1 were conducted vt the house by the Rev
Dr. Regnier. The coffin was of oak and was coy coy
cred with black cloth AMI lined @ with Satn a III
+ r Haskin Sidney P. Nlcho.s. Richard Croker
Alderman E. T. Fitzpatrick Jonn bL; by
ward Kearney and William II. Moloncy.
The column was formed in the following order
General James Shields Post, 9. A. r. Xlth Assem-
Ts%many General Commit tee from various so d
Of sl'0'' Aldermen a'iS and heads Of ,dcpartmeni
the all.Iearers the hearse drawn by four blae
horses carriages n9 gtb 1nS IedtHes
fled into the church, and the general publ
Connsel Andrew Police Just ces Patterson, Duff
Herman and White AdeT@enJOE Ss;n,i l.; Mot
Gave and slevin, CSmmissiOnrsr of l gur rI
George Caufeld,o cx;County Clerk Gh srI
Eioba aGew shas shsI' John 1" fvno Peter q
lespie. under-Sherlff Joel o. Stevens John I. Cur
ING Police Inspectors Murray and Byrnes, Poll
Cantains Mcdonald, Killilca, McCullagh, Leav
Steers, Ryan, Clinchy, Brogan, Gunner and Cherr
The floral tributes were very elaborate ana near
filled the space back OF the readIng-desk; r
The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. u
Reimensnyder.
direction of the organist, Mr.. Anderson. For mo
than half an hour the body was exposed TO view
tie church. The column was then reformed, 81
nroceeded to Sceond-aye., to Twenty-iourth-st.,
The Twenty-third Street Ferry, and thence to t
lutheran Cemetery. A short service was held
the grave.
FEVER CASES ON WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
SANITARY Superintendent Day said yesterday n
ne had not received any report from SANITARY r
gineer wens regarding the condition OF the Ciot
water on Washingto Heights, The water Is bel