The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-11
TWO POOL ROOMS RAIDED,
Proprietors Held for the Grand Jury
Young Men Fined.

The police of the First and Second pre-
cincts last night raided two pool rooms and
gathered in forty youths, the majority Of
whom were under nineteen years of age
The places raided were Peter F. Barry. al
No. SO Newark avenue, and John J.. Max.
well, at No. 17S Newark avenue. The former
was ralded at quarter past eight o'clock by
Detectives Doyle, Dalton, Egan, Hof
Jic, oNelll and Roundsman Smith.
When the policeman arrived at Barry's
place they found it crowded with youths
who were so deeply interested in the games
that their entry was not noticed until one of
them shouted, "All in this place are under
arrestp' Cues were dropped, balls were left
unprotected and a rush was made for the
doors and windows. Each exit, however,
was guarded by a policeman and the at
tempts at escape were thwarted. The
youths, when they found themselves s'cor
nered," began to get weakened and not a
few gave vent to their fright in
tears. They were all taken to the
First precinct station house where they
registered as follows :-Peter Barry, 80 wears,
proprietor of the pool room; Adolph Hof-
man, seventeen years old, of No. 1876 Newark
avenue; Charles Anderson, twenty-three
years old, of No. 256 Grove street; Thomas
Sherman, eighteen years old, of No. 81
Gregory street; John Calvin, nineteen wears
old, Of No. 1873 Morgan street; Robert vii
lians, eighteen years old, of No. 1856 Thir-
tenth street; Henry Kendy, twenty years
old, of No. 63 Mercer street; Edward Brown,
twenty-one years old of No. 90 Mercer
street; Henry Charles, twenty-one years old.
old, of No. S5s Washington street.
Henry Dougherty, nineteen years old, of No.
9 Montgomery street; Gustave Buckley,
eighteen years old, No. 17s Washington
street; Henry Ellwyn, eighteen years old,
No. 255 Eighth street; John Smith, seven
teen years old, No. SO Hudson street: Hugh
Douglas, seventeen years old, No. $50 Pavo-
mia avenue; E.. B. Morrison, seventeen years
old, No. $40 Jersey avenue; Fred Emmonds,
seventeen years old, No. 232 Eighth street;
William Filter, twenty-five years old, of No.
256 Grove street.
The Second precinct police made their
raid at nine o'clock. Policemen Collins,
Garvin, F~itzhenry, Flanagan, Dodson, Tooey
and Archibald, attired in citizens dress,
surrounded Maxwells pool room while Ser
geant Ganno went inside and gave notice
chat the place was sspulled.n Maxwcll's pool
room was more crowded than Barry's and dur
ing the scramble for exits great excitement
prevailed. No one escaped. At the Second
precinct station house the prisoners register
ed as follows:-John j. Maxwell, forty years
old, proprietor; Bryan King, twenty-three
years old, of No. 215 First street; Peter Lynch,
twenty-five years old, No. 253H Fifth street
John Hayden, sixteen years old, No. SD
Monmouth street; Joseph Masterson, eigh-
teen years old, No. 100 York street; Michael
Burke, eighteen years old, No. $40 Grove
street; George Miller, twenty-five years old,
No. 365 Second street; Richard Walsh,
eighteen years old, No. 96 Bright street;
Charles McHugh, sixteen years
old of No. 100 Wayne street
Frank Hartmann, fifteen years old, of No
1876 Wayne street; James Dunn, sixteen
years old, No. 22S Wayne street; Charles
Skinner, nineteen years old, No. 1872 Wayne
street; PAUL Martin, seventeen years old, No.
438 Jersey avenue; Edward Cahill, eighteen
years old, No. 96 Wayne street; Edward
Doyle, nineteen years old, No. 37S Mon
mouth street; John j.. Smith, nineteen years
old, No. 1923 Cornelison avenue:
Isaac Morris, nineteen years old, No. 146
Newark avenue; August Goethe, seventeen
years old, No. SO Vroom street; William
Ross, twenty-one years old, No. 2S6 Sixth
street; Walter Benson, twenty-one years
old, No. 296 Eighth street; John Burke,
twenty-one years old, No. $40 Fifth street:
Charles Hunt, eighteen years old, No. lii
Coles street, and Simeon H Smith, sixteen
years old, No. 1913 Pavonia avenue.
The prisoners were all arraigned before