The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-17
P00L-R00M
FOR women.
"The" Allen Runs q Gam. [.
bling.HouSe for Both
Sexes. .g
no FEAR OF A POLICE aMD.;:
Openly Prcolaims His Defiance
of a Threat to "Olose
Him Up" -
| Poi lcEMEN m COOn fcpM0
NO FEAR OF A POLICE RMD:'
POLICEMEN on GOOD TERMS.
The Notorious Ex . Divekeeper
Transacts Business Unchecked
in Capt. Eakins's Precinct.

A pool-room for men and another for
women, botn running wide open, with
hardly an attempt at concealment, but a
few hundred yards from Police Head
quarters and within less distance Of the
Mercer street station house. where Capt
Joseph B. Elkins Is in command!
The proprietor OF the place Is none
other than the notorious THE" Allen.
whose face Is certainly familiar to every
patrolman In that precinct at least.
| Not alone is this true, but Allen d.
rectly boasts of his immunity from in
| reference. and his henchmen are evil
| IDENTIFY on the best of terms with the
policemen Of the precinct. As one Of
the frequenters Of the place put it, in
conversation with an Evening World''
| reporter:
Afraid? The amt got no use for
anything like being afraid. The Lexow
committee amt running things in this
town now. The police Is looking after
New oYrk all right. all right Every
thing was dark few weeks ago, but
the police is out for the stun, and
they're getting 1t. too ca.
capt Eakins's ward man is William ],
Feterman, and the special deputy ward
man Is James A. Dourigan. 1t will be
remembered that when THE Evening
WORLD exposed the orgies at Columbus
Hall, on the Rowery, opposite Fifth
street. Capt. Eakins and these ward
men claimed to be entirely ignorant Of
the character Of the place, in spite of the
complaints which had been lodged
| against 1t.
Allen Deaes Interference.
How amply secure from molestation
at the hands of the police THE" Alie1
considers himself is illustrated by .
who had frequented his pool-room in
some way offended against the etf-
quette OF the establishment and was
G nss e, Wn l hn, regard for his feel
rolled of the short stop onto the pave
ment outside he gave vent to his wrath
IN series OF threats. Allen stood on
In the manner of a man who knows his
ground:
III you think you can close me up,
why: go ahead and do it. I'm fixed
| hearing"
The pat rolman on post stood and
chatted with the doorkeeper of the pool
room, but few minutes later, while
touts. broken-down gamblers. criminals
through the portal where they were
|
Unlike other pool-rooms which have
resumed business since the adjournment
of the Lexow Committee, this place
makes absolutely no attempt at conceal
ing the true character of the place be-
yond tiimsey pretext which is not
| calculated to deceive even the most I'M
susPectiing, The place is equipped with
! TO such establishment. except black
boards and printed tickets. The former
are replaced by percentage cards"
| tackled to the walls. and the latter by
blank tickets on which are recorded the
bets and odds.
Ex-POIiceman Nugent a Patron.
A telegraph wire is on the premises
over which Is furnished Information Of
! the running and preliminary statistics
as - mounts, scratches and track bet
ting, these Items being changed as re-
/ Ceived. This same wire serves another
customer perhaps unknown TO the COM
pany which furnishes, it. This second
than The" Allen himself. 1t Is ex-
Policeman Nugent. OF Manhattan bank
burglary and Jersey City "butcher-cart"
! robbery fame.
Nugent conducts a pool-room. further
downtown, and having no wire. receives
the information at his friend Aliens es-
| tablishment, connecting by telephone. at
the corner drug store, with his own
place Of business.
THE" Aliens pool rooms are at 1H
nous or rather infamous. "Siide."
The third house from the corner Of
! South Firth avenue is used by Allen for
| his establishment. 1t is one of those
| three-stor and attic houses which still
| remain to mark the time when Blocker
| street was fashionable dwelling place
and the Bleeckers hobnobbed with the
| Vanderbilts and other families long
since removed to more elegant quarters.
FIimsy Attempt to Disguise.
The basement is occupied as a deli
| catessen shop. on the parlor rcor the
| windows have been cut down t. level
with the floor and a slightly ahuttnE set
| OF rails have replaced the cid frames,
which cid small. old-fa snioned ines OF
glass. Blue shades are drawn jp IRON
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