New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-20
MANY PooLROoMs IN FULL BLAST
A MAN COMPLAINS TO THE MAYOR THAT HE
WAS FLEEcED ~ ONE AT HoTEf-THE
pol Ice pRni,IcSS IGNORANCE

The fact that ecores OF poorooms are being run
in this city is daily becoming more apparent Some
are run with great secrecy. while many are IN iuh
blast without any attempt whatever at concea rlent
BESIDES the regular pOoiroons there are NUMBER
less "handbooks" made all over the city From
time % time one OF the most carelessly run Is
"written up 10 reappear soon in a new neighbor-
hood When questioned concerning these poolrooms.
the police aSsime a look Of mid astonshinent ana
declare that there no poolrooms in TINS cay
Well. even II they are unknown to tine police
these places are well known and OF easy access u
thousands OF New Workers Several days ago
man signing himself Vogel wrote 70 Mayor Gilroy
and told him that a oooroom being run. with
no pretcnce Of concr1nent In the Vanderbilt Hotel.
Forty -second-st. and Lexingion-ave Inc writer
also declared that on july "a he placed bet In the
room on Chant. a horse that was running that day
at Brighton Helch. and after Chant hai won an
h.. applied for the money due him on Hrs bet. the
poolroom Keeper refused to pay him his winnings
or even return his money. NOgel also wrote that
when he threatened TO report the matter to the
police the grufiiy tod him Go ah.id ana re-
port. I've got the police liked ana they F" pro-
iect nls n,.. ,,.,.
en- Byrnes for Investigation. The police Of me
precinct which Il that Of Captain Thomas Hehy,
deny empha,lcaly that 4 pooroom has been IN
operation at the place alleged .,.
Tn. Vanderbilt Hotel has been somewhat we'
known the bea1quartcrs: when h. IL IN tnls
city Of joan J.. Sullivan Matt luhe - tnr Pr
h,rroon OF tho Vanderbilt Yesterday afternoon. 10
signs OF gambling the horses were manifest;
\ number Of mon Of "spOrty' appearance lOuilerI
In The. hi~rlofA and The pavemeniS outside, anu
al. seemed air 81 disgust NoH" were
Communicative Or would tax about the poorOoh.
The sent lnleui- Of one. who wanted 10 knp" Why
the, newspapers couldn't mind their own business
seemed =, b. shared hy a.. The note. peope dc-
ear that Their II iDt the slightest GROUND Tor
suspicion that there ia or las been p''''''h
on the premises.
Notwlthsilniing the declarations u thu police
AMI hn,e, ut0p.r there appears 70 o. vel
...,l. shed idea In the neghbOrhuod that "A poo
room was IN operation ~ N" room ADJOINING IN,
hlrroom Ia pairouag" j. SAID T. nay" eN'~AIsd
FAR over into tn West Side. \ cO.orel man VINO
vs. In inc place. yesierinv afi"fuoon SAD Una.
,lo,i, , O'Clock ;he crowd gathered as usual but
nfi.r A c3.sulia Ion ~ those In charge the UP
WIS passed around that thor" wou.I hr no busln'Ss
done n..t afternoon. ana 10" crowd mr'~l a"N
., look ~ other poo.ruOm-. II. "Np,rSs,l me
o.Iulon that Only AN adjournment had taken phc,.
,uI In A aaV or ;wO business would b" resumed
.i,h,! a; the o,d quarters or Ia the immediate
ncchi1rhopi ,... a..
P,.c. Captain Reilly was ordered YESTERDAY after
noon 10 report 20 superintendent ByrneS ia" orIrr
Ms doubtless IN reference 70 the letter s"ht - ~"
Sfn.rinf,ul.nt los he Police toWfni1slon'r0 a.
though AZ the station house Il was said ma, IL
~. not knoHn why he superintendent "'h''' ~
the captain