New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-30
POOL SELLING IN KINGS COUNTY.

. urrrrxo mr. RI rRoyMEN-EMPaATIC ASSERTIONS
THAT THE EVIL MUST BE SUPPRESSED.
The meeting of Brooklyn ministers which
was called carly this month to hear statement py
Anthony Contook iu regard to the non-enforcemont Oh
the laws against gambling in Kings County. and which
appointed committee to investigate the charges OF MI
Comstock especially In regard to District Attorneys
Catlin O. Ridgway convened aeain yesterday 10 near
the repC.r Of the committee The members OF thc Col"
m,ttee were Drs Reed. j. T. Thomas. Hutton Penecost
and Fulton and Messrs Aver. Parker. farrow Neison
W. H. Thomas. and spanger. Among others present at
the meeting were ORA E. p. Ingersol. T. L. Cuyer. u.
F. Pent.cost l. X. Funk aud Rhodes, and W. L. Phillips
R. g. Pardington W. II. ingcrsoll. J. Hyatt Smith, g.
W. Greenwood G. II. Buck and r. B. Montgomery.
Dr. Reed ore sided and DIR. Thomas read tns commit
tess iepot It forth that Mr.. Comstock gave proofs
OF his charges and tue committee had investigated them
and laid them before General Catln and Mr. Rideway
and had secured responses FROM them. General Catin
admitted that for the first 1--WE years OF his adminstra'
ton he did nothing suppress pool-ses In h's last
year something DONE but he tailed to bring certain
cases to trial. At the close OF his administration large
number OF indictments against policy dealers were dis-
missed but against his orders aud by mistake No
claimed The committee found that MI Ridg way faiied
TO suppress pool selling aud his explanations did not
clear him responsibility the matter of enforcing
the law Since the committee first met, pootselline
had been suppressed that Mr. Ridgway had not
properly used his powers previously rho cDsrees OF
needless ana poreisteuJ ~ o"oo' "" ''
part OF Mr. RidgwAy sus aimed. Mr. Comstock's
statements had not been impeached IN any essental
particular The report unanimously adopted with
out debate.
DR.. Pentecost then moved that public meeting be
held on Monday evening at which the report should be
read. He declared that when the present DistrctAt-
orney said he was filing liquor saloons do bust
sunday provided was done at the bacP doors
and not at the front doors II was tiIe to take public
action to that the law was enforced .
Dr. Cuyler said that the civ OF Churches sh0hii not
become Paradise OF gamblers. The public mind was
ssd the subject The duty OF the hour was
wrong, dJers, and wrong peruitters rhere was
enough and tho law must I've enforced. There must
DO voice clear and unmst Rabe In the District -Ator
upys Office The present prosecutor was fhArseo NJ
tue door of tine District Attorneys odce and the
Bee lzebub OF pool selling and Illegal lquor selling was
al nack door The law turned into ncanse The
ttornev gave inc wink to kers No
more abomipa6ie doctrine Taught by tile District
Attorney of SOdOm, when SodOn was In lib glory IMAM III
BROOKLYN to-day.
shall tell my people," continued Dr. Cuyler To- do
abonuable doctrine ana shall preach on the subject
Sunday night"
Dr. Pentecost-Dont tell them to elect man who raises
Dr. Cuyler-I shall tell them elect the who will
enforce the law against booksellers
ID. alton said the specific hing 10 be done was 70
sustain Anthony ;omstock IN his efforts 10 suppress
gambling The main issue Was not TO anect me election
County clean OF gambling DR.. Hutton moved that the
public meeting be held at a later daie
Dr. Thomas lid the committee presented us report a.
It posi- Is could But an effort TO hasten the
issue would result "a defeat OF the end aimed at
should take the matter OF pubic meeting
In hand Cuyler also urged postponins the meeting
and 1t decided to lravc the matter OF pubic meet
ing to committee composed OF DTS Guy lc Huttoh'
Thomas PeUtecOSt