New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-22
POOLROOMS WE'LL FILLED.
DOING RUSHING BUSINESS EVERY DAY.
PRECINCT YESTERDAY BY REPORTER
,p,rtry or THE, POLICE.

THREE OF THEM FOUND OPEN IN ONE POLICE
PRECINCT YESTERDAY BY REPORTER
APATHY OF THE POLICE.
Even as fourishes the green bay tree, so hoursh
the forbidden poorooms in this city. They are 10
be found on many block on the East ana west
sides. and the barron that knows them not Is
scarce. The hundreds of poolrooms that are no"
open in this city may be divided into two classes
those that are similar to the old poolrooms and
the popular handbook. The latter Is much more
numerous and is to be found in hundreds OF uoor-
ways and Railways all over the city. the majority
OF the poolrooms run by wanderers from the
land OF Palestine. and in defence OF these moon
shine" resorts they declare that a sucker is
born every minute. and they must be reacneu'
one OF these wanderers questioned by IT'D
me reporter Yesterday. and spoke parapie as
follows: "Once upon time. said me- there WAS
wise king. called Solomon. who was caIieo upon
to pass upon the proprietorship OF cer,a'h oaoe'
How he passed upon the matter 1t Is unnecessary u
cav nm, the reason of the poolrooms' existence
is that on n plan unlike that OF the wise KING
the proprietors divide the babe and, Keeping only
one-half themselves give the remainder 10 '"c
Police Department"
The Tribune reporter found three pooroons IN
full blast yesterday afternoon on the East SIDE
They were within minutes walk or one aho'her'
and were found in the Vanderbilt Hotel: at tho
southeast corner Of Forty-hfth-st. and Third-aVe'
in a barroom kept by one Ledwith. ana at rory
0fth-st and Second-ave. In barroom kept ny T. -
Clancy. ,.,
The last room at Ledw!th's was CROWDED bo'l'
the barroom and n room in the rear were cro"ueu'
Above we're n number OF lodge rooms but these
tho renor;er was not allowed to approach In the
small rear room, possibly twelve by ht'eeh lee''
there were crowded at least hundred persons ,
cynosure OF all eyes were the signs that nuhs , n
the chandelier in the middle %, t &c., and tho
he'd the names OF the horses. tne )ocKeys. anu porr
odds on the races at Saratoga ana Jerome ra.n n
Frederick Kaufman. who was SAID 10 De tne pr y,
,r,etor vas both the taker-ln and payer-out OIL
monev on a pair OF scales that stood IN one corneI
- the rear room he took the bets. and later. when
IA. q, ne stairs leading to the halls above and paid
OF the lucky winners. The tribune Itpo ~ d,Sn,t
unable to place a bet. as fred saa nc ''''
The pooroon, Is much In evidence IN the Vander ,
bit Hotel but unlike some o, ,nS OF Eas;
I,rr,vsacondst Is n perfect nest OF illegal pool
rooms The reporter had no trouo'e III p'"c''e
The reporter wen, to the Ffty-hrst-st police sta.
ton and asked to see Captain Rey' v t the re-
IN, nu' o ro nav sent for detective Campbell and
nlaced him under the reporters orders but so ,I'e
nov or 4tr h,rroom OK ieiwh which had preyi-
ousIy been crowded with bettors me pas IN The
serted Tho score or 70 o, DarrE IN
knew nothing The reporter then asked De,H ,to9
Campbell 70 accompany hin to and Sen
az . but Campbell declared he must iirst re-,
port the station -house nI' w9u' 20 the place
tch !, IN the barroom OF p J. Clancy It was
crowded win M men p mpon n ;he crowd and by
mon consent they began to melt AVA Wo ns,act,vs
fpor'ai, orrtv.d about one haf-hour after the re-
,Srter, the place was OF course nearly de'e''e''
and there was no evidence TO ~ 9o' hat there were
bu, 1T a. least three poorooms OPEN In fragrant
disregard OF the law in Captain He'"S P'e'