The evening world., 1894-07-19
THIS POOL-ROOM
HAS A" PULL" y.
Reported to Mayor Gilroy and
the Police Board, but
Still Open.
IN THE VANDERBILT HOTEL.
Police Inactive, Although News
of Its Existence Was Printed
Yesterday.
MANY OTHERS IN OPERATION.
Still tho Police Claim There 10 Not
One Such Place In the City
OF New York.
MANY OTHERS IN OPERATION.

1t IL matter or common report among
Eamplers ana men about town that
1herc are now at least one hundred
pooi-fooms OF greater or lesser maSni-
lude IN TINS CITY ms estimate does
not ihciuue swarm oil petty gamblers
VINO are making hand-books In saloons
ana hotei Corridors.
vet the police calmly announce that
there Is not pool-room open in any of
the precincts. This appears to be true
30 lar AS their official knowledge goes,
as no action is taken TO secure evidence
against the places now existing. In
fact, as in the cas-. of "rhe" Aliens
Mace oxnosod n,, ."r,o I,a,,,,, -,
two days ago, the outposts and police
men seem to be on the best of terms
Auotber case If noo,N raa,, w., ,'',,.
N"o'iei case vi pooi-roofl' run boldly
and openly, although not on so extensive
scale as the Allen establishment. was
visited Yesterday nv an ..I,v.r;n, wor,a,
reporter, who found no difficulty in OBJ
tanning entrance ard placjnp "A hot
.Everv ;nd,c,tion -, hoa,,,Ie, 49,
present. although the business WAS car'
ried on without unnecessary naranber-
MALTA.
rms pool-room is located in one of the
most conspicuous buildings In the t,ast
Irifty-tbira ,,,,o. ..e-,.' .
-t,'ru street precinct commanded
the subject of COMPLAINT made 10
Mavor Girov sever,, d,vs ano Ts. ~ ~
Tor c,,Iinr ,ttenti o, o a. "a, 49, ne let
written by a man who claimed that after
bo b,d mo-, = b.. -, ~, "a
pr.etors, they refused either to pay the
losn or TO return the stake mo,.,
cordins IN tho s,,tsrant :. @ ~
sus ha,,. W. ..e sen.' IL was bold
ana deliberate case of "welching." The
bet was made at long odds and tho
book stood tn Iose
nh. ,o,,ar .,os ro.
me letter was referred to the Police
SUtiiiiissioners' ana was yesterday turned
ostar 70 S SuPti byrnes mes, Tor investigation
San &c na9 petI reau 20 the board. 1t
tola OF me location OF the pool-room and
n uIaner saaten lea tnau 'ne apPllGant for the
nniincs n we ,'a al, WI GXs MAS 'oio that the
The aileratjnns Contained ,, .,,s ,,...
were pmblished in rSe Evan nj .ni W ,erter
close mn nc n,ace - 'ahei, 20
Yesterday afternoon as thomnb snnh =
hing as poiirs intarfs-,n,,, 81. "u rI,,.r
Conducted The husi cr,,imi ,h mio
was no fear of raid ana NJ Willy i,,n. .nepS
precautions in antitIpltion th1t The , y.
fee might s,IddeniV become aware wa .I tbat u n
pool-room was being msin.a nmd'e '''a' d
With no pretense at concealment the
pooi-room is conducted in the back
room, next to the bar Of ,he Vapder
hit Hotel on the northcast corner of
Lexington avenue and Tortv.second
street Enough was seen Yesterday nv
an Evening World' reporter To nrove
that bets were taken on races +
Brighton Beach. odds being nosted pree
vious to the running. as We'll as other
Information, as to mounts, scratches,
The barroom of the Vanderbilt Hotel
has been rendered famous by many ex.
ploits of John l.. Sullivan, who is always
in this city. In honor OF the distin.
gulshed patron OF the house, there is on
the south wall full-length pastel por-
trait of the ex-champion taken in the
costume in which he defeated PADDY
RYAN, Directly under this is the "ticke
thai furnishes the information for Use nj
the pool-room. -
At the rear of the Fortv-second stree,
side is an archwav, with bsndso,ne cur