New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-12
AND STILL NOTHING DONE.
pOoLROoMs FLOURISH UNMoLESTED.

PRETEXTS OF THE OFF1ClALs-N'~
BILL AT ALBANY.
7, cot roma,ns for tbe city officials to make BONA
fde energetic effort to crush ont the pooroom'' ,
present they content themselves with saying ina. ~
Gamblers have ontwIttcd the lawmakers WIFI wv
commission Device District Attorney Nicoh u'' :,
that under the present statute e'ide"ce oa
10 convict pool sellers cannot De optaihe"' % =,
fessIon OF inability to cope with the la""''"
in strange contrast with some OF the acHe.e"'"'' "
wr ycors Office. II he IS but thoroughly arous'u
IN tlc need OF having person fou1a g"''s "9
can exceed the energy and shre"nhess WIN 80
h,s ossi.tonts search for evidence. The history oi
such cases as those Of Carlyle ". Harris ana o""r
". Gardner sow, thls , ,.,n
But I'm the present Instance the "'"''"'' -
du,ness of wit that would be surprising Ill " oo'"'
Justice of the peace The commission P'c'0" "
bo,Iowe,t sham. and everybody knows II. III Tue
G,s, Mace many persons do not even pay NV 70"
cents. OF course policemen who are going W ''""
orrosts always do Private detectives mieE'' now
ever Inc fonnd who would scores oil refs hi"e !"
which the dime was not passed to the cashie'
AGAIN Il /, n simple matter to show that the pV''-
sellers do not place the money al tie f'oe""
il said that q decision Of the United states supreme
Court would prevent the Grand Jury from co"'pe,"7
Western Union officials to testify about ."e
sent from pOolrOom TO the racetracK. IL "'s"'
h,vovcr ho possible TO inquire about messages that
arr, not sent, for Of course none Is 80
slmple plan was adopted In Brooklyn WIN
marked Success An expert telegrapher look piacp
in the pooroom whore he could hear the u'hhs Oh
tho tel graph instrument. A detective maze ""eer
The tclegrapher could swear that no message whht
ever was sent to the track. The ccain OF e''aehee
was thus complete. Apparently, this s'"P'e u'''e
has not been tried here.
Absolutely the most brizen piece OF business LII
connection with the whole subject Is the inroducuoh
in the Assembly by DRY Dollar sullivan oi MI
Nicolls bill to kill poOl-clng. visit to TIE roo'i
above the bariocm In ccrtrc-st, whica sullivan mas
owned for long time will show Just why 1t is childs
ploy TO look for any result from Mr. Nicclrs eh0rt.
police captains In whose precincts booksellers were
arrested on Friday have been directed to send to
superintendent Byrnes reports regarding the evidence
submitted TO the police justices. Inc superintendent
said yesterday: II cannot quite uhderstahu why
some OF the Justices discharged the prisoners on the
ground that there had been no violation OF law wh'ie
another magistrate held the booksellers for trial Tor
violating the law am willing do all that lies within
nv power 10 put a stop to poOlseling In this CIV
Tho trouble In the way OF the police can be t0ld
i'm few words. The booksellers claim 10 act rs
common carriers In laying bets at the racetracRs ana
they keep up the prcencc BY charging c"nmissthS'
T,ecraphc connections with the racetracks main
taincd at the poOrooms. The police cannot prove
that the orders for bets at the tracks are not teie-
cro phed Arrests are made with the belief that
the law Is being violated but OF the magistrates
promptly discharge the prisoners ana even go 50 lar
"A To publicly censure the police for making Inc
arrests Under the circumstances 1t Is hard to Keep
on trying TO enforce law that seems to have weak
spot I'm II and can be cvadcd easily However
have repeatedly cautioned the inspectors that the
police must try 10 enforce the law where there
appears To be any violation, and arrests
are made and then. Poolselng conld Do stopped
In this city n the police sustained In making
arrests where there evidence that the law was
being evaded violated. The Discretionary mas
tried TO have the Legislature amend the law so tha
II could not he evadsd by any prctence of acthg IL
common carriers. but the bill drawn by MIN mas
hccn defeated. There Is another attempt now being
made to have the Legislature. which Is In session. pass
a measure TO make betting In the poolrooms Illegal
and hope the bill Will BE- passed"