Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-10
POOL ROOM RAIDED.

The Police MAde q Descent Upon Lon
Myers Gambling Den over Prokas-
ky's Saloon Oh Center street and
Captured All Those who Were I'm.
gagged in Running the Room-Great
CONDENSATION mons the Frequent
ers-Assistant City Attorney Mat
thewson Will Make a Test Case Of
the Arrest.
CONSERVATION reigned supreme srnong
the principalsiand habitues of the pool
room located over Prokasky's saloon on
Center street yesterday when late in the
afternoon the municipal authorities made
a descent upon the room, capturing all the
principals. eight in number.
It was about 4:20 O'Clock when Detective
Sergeant Cowles, accompanied by Officers
dilligan, Doherty and Murphy, all in citi-
zens' clothes and armed with warrants is
sued by Assistant City Attorney Matthew
man, entered the pool room. Each of the
patrelmeu stationed themselves at the vari-
GUS exits while Sergeant Cowles walked
over toward the oface where the bets are
made and the progress of the various races
received.
For few minutes none of the habitues
of the place recognised the officers, but
finally one after another of them were
recognized and the word was passed around
that the place was to be raided. Then fol-
lowed general scramble on the part of
thoss sitting around watching the black
board to secure some place OF safety and
escaps from the police. AS the doors were
all guarded and egress by this means WAS
out of the question, number of the spec
tators hied themselves to an open window
In the rear of the room opening out on to
a small shed, from whence 1t was an easy
matter to drop to the ground below and
thus make their escape.
Five or six did get through this win
dow and more would have follow
ed but forn the ANNOUNCEMENT made
by Sergeant Cowles that all of
the spectators were at liberty to leave
the building through the doore, as the only
people wanted were the principals, or those
engaged in running the rooms. After this
announcement the spectators started to
resume their seats, but were deferred by
the further announcement that the name
of every man who did not vacate the room
at once would be taken and probably prog
ecution would follow. This had the effect
/ OIL Cl6dIluR LILO IoOu lubtduUcI.
The men engaged in running the roon
| were then placed under arrest and brought
| by the officers to the police headqusrterl
where they were locked up temporarily
but subsequently, released on bonds. The
men arrested were Lawrence E. Myers
| manager of the pool room; Charles Con
yard, machinist, otherwise known as thu
"bouncer"; Patrick J. Carroll. clerk
George Lawton, dentist; Emanuel II Kern
clerk; W. J. Sheehan, brother of ex Poliot
Commissioner Sheehan, telegraph operator
| Emil Kirsoh, bookkeeper, and Harry ]
Clark, janitor. Myers lives at the KenWicl
house, Lawton at 1873 Blatchley avenue
Kern at 33 Lyon street, Sheehau at 27(
Wallace street. Hirsch at $50 Orange stree
and Clark at 494 Chapel street.
Myers was charged with keeping gamb
| ling house, and the other men with gam
| ing. All we're subsequently released Oh
| bonds, 5000 being required in Myers cas-
and $75 in each Of the others. The bond
were furnished by David Levy of IS spruc
street.
The cases Of all will come up in the cit.
court this morning. Evidence has beef
| secured against the manager and assistant
and the cases will be pushed for all the.
are worth. The complaint against Nyer
charges him with keeping unlawfully
place resorted to for the purposes of gam
ing contrary TO the statutes of the state
and in this place did carry on and conduc
a business commonly known as "bool
making" or "pool selling" and di'
sell pools on horse races, all O
said pools being a combination o
bats and wagars upon the result of diver
horse races. In all there are five count
sgsihst Myers, while all the others ar
1 l. -.
| At the time of the raid there were full
| 100 persons in the rooms Assistant Cit
Attorney Matthewman will make this
test case, and will push 1t to the full e1
tent of bis ability to secure conviction
| A number of witnesses have been sub
peenaed, and the trial this morning wi
excite considerable interest.