The evening world., 1893-11-25
HERE YOU ARE, CAPT. kITzER.
SO Stockholm Street, Brooklyn, l
a Policy Shop.
Boys from Pubiit SCHOOL ~ Are
Attracted There.

Police Captain William II. Kraer. o.
the Twentieth Precinct. Brooklyn. can
walk from his station-house to one OF
tho most naIrjshng policy shops in the
cry of thl1uIrs In sixty secUTis. Were
buildings out ut the way tap.. kitScr
could throw a stone from the front door
Of th" stition-hluse into the policy shop.
The Twentieth Precinct Station House
/ is at ~ 'edar street There is an open
space In front OF the hous. separating
Cedar street from Myrtle avendc. nv
. crossing diagunally the corner Of Myrtle
ami Central avenues is easily reached
The stables and offices OF the Brooklyn
city ard Ncwtown Railroad Company OF
which col. j. y. Partridge. Of the Twen-
ty-;hiri Regiment. is President, are To-
Gated on this corner.
From Myrtle avenue TO Stockholm
street ts but very short block. Tho
east wall OF the ables runs along the
block. The stables run westward along
stockholm street on the north side OF
tn" street.
ON the south side Of the street. three
doors from Central avenue. is tho pol
! ''y shop. II is number ~. 1t Is an I'M
pretentious affair, in une-story frame
building. fitted out for two stores. and
has very respectable appearance. 1t
is painted reddish brown.
Tn" two display windows make front
almost entirely Of glass. The curtains
| nre usually down In the display win
! Iows. They are always down on the
! doors.
/ Tho window nearest Central avenue ia
hlled with shoes and leather goods. and
! ~ To all intents and Appearances a shoe
! store. The store Is peculiar in not be-
| ing very deep.
The store on the other side could be
taken for n variety of things. Signs
on the windows infer that boots and
| shoes are sold there The side windows
show that Halmeyer & Co. make the
place their office for the sale of wood
and coal.
a passer-by would think that the pro-
prietors of both stores had gone to a
funeral and had locked their stores up
before going.
Those who know the game walk right
In TO the store further away from Cen
tral avenue. When once inside all you
can see Is cigar and tobacco shop. A
door leads ont Of the cigar store into a
rear room, where there Is a cobber' 3
bench, with the customary paraphernalia
for mendlng shoes. There is door lead
Ing from this room TO the rear of the
store next door.
on entering this room one is reminded
OF the inside of a pool-room Within
two feet Of the door Is a little wire
rallied desk like a ticket office. The
usual layout Of a policy shop Is scat
tered about the room The room is about
In, the rear. The place is neat and has
husiness-lke air
As :rlc policy shops are run under
cover. In this case 1t is different. II is
special act OF the Legislature to pro-
tect 1t instead Of being prescribed.
, neSterday 1 two reporters OF The Even,
there in response TO a letter from a
person in the naighborhood. who said
that the place WAS conducted under Capt.
kitzer's nose, as 1t were, and that It
was menace To the youth OF the neigh
borhood. This was found 10 be true.
There vas no trouble whatever In
porters walked in, and one put down 10
cents on the little shelf OF the little
wire-railed cage.
hns sJ young man h In s bis shirt sleeves
.,9-l9-29." The young man took the
dime He then put slip OF, paper
under his carbon manifest and made
date on the ticket in red ink with q
rubber stamp and handed 1t out through
The gig" "s-1s-2o" IL known tc
, poke" fiends az the death gig" The
funercal appearance OF the place i'm
PEELED the reporter to play 1t. but It de.
pends upon Capt. Kitzer to carry on,
The second reporter yentured 10 cent,
on the Gig '5-l9-2s.' which probably sig
nifes nothing more than that he is q
. sure loser
There were several men In the place
who were talking about the chances OF
quitting winner Mt the game. At tht
l night drawing there Is usually a Grove
: In the vicinity OF the place.
lhe ShOp iS right on the path OF
schoolboys on their way to Public Schoo
No. "a. Bushwick avenue and Stockholm
( street and many OF the school children
are attracted into the place. Employees
OF the street railroad company across
the street are frequenters OF the place
, also.
The shop does thriving business al
all hours OF the day. Policemen 20 uI
and down in front OF the place day aftei
{ day.
E A man who lives in the vicinity sale
p he saw a bluecoGted protector OF the
= law come out Of the place a few days
ago He would not give his name. so tn,
$ story could not be verified. The shop IL
run by a man named Myer. 1t has beer
= doing business for nearly two months
t Myer has been driven from other parts
OF the city for the same orense. He ha,
l done business at several places In tn,
Twentieth Precinct. but has hitherto
| moved away in time to escape arrest
Mysr, II IL said only needs a hint tc
= pull up stakes and steal away. Capt
kitzer was very active In certain dircc
: tlons on election day, and he now has
an opportunity to show his zeal II
breaking up Myers nefarious schoolboy
trapping establishment.
RAhv'c Rllvnino Sk;n