The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-14
THE "BlG FOUR" INDICTED.
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THE CITADEL ON the MIL

THE CITADEL ON the HILL
frss.r,sN wsissu-, Joha q. Carr. NIsh
Crusius. sna Deunts MeLsuzhti- lHdietcd
~ the Grand Jary OF Hudsou CountT,
outtenburg's pig Four" County Clerk
Dennis Mclaughlin OF Hudson couty. Fred
walbaum. Nick" Crusius and John {. Carr.
have been Indicted By Sheriff Toffey's refotm
Grand Jury for keeping . disorderlJ house.
THE alleged disorderly house IL not house at
ILL., but the GuttsnburR race track. Under the
kschnicalities Of the Law. however. the track
becomes an alleged disorderly house because
pool selling and gambling on horse races are
permitted there. In the same way the persons
who frequent It become dlsorderly persons.
THE indictments we're found yesterday In or
der to bring them within the limit OF the stat
hts OF Limitation. on Tuesday next II will be
Two years since the evidence against this al
legged "dIsorderly house" was obtained and II
the Grand Jury had not acted before that date
no indictments could be found until new evil
dence had been obtained.
In January. two years ago the Law and Or
der League OF Hudson county decided to sup
press Gutenberg. DR.. Scudder OF the Jersey
tuy Tabernacle. DIR. MCGOWAN OF Gutenberg.
and several other ministers had been preach-
ing against the track, The sermons had no ei-
feet and more practical measures were deter
mined upon. The Law and Order League was
organized. Agents we're employed to obtain
evidence. and when Il was obtained It was sub
mitted to Lawyer Grouse Of the firm Of Blair i
Grouse. who prepared complaints
On these complaints Justice Lockwood
issued warrants and gave them to the agents
Of the league to serve. Capt Jack Graham
had charge OF the agents. Hc and his brother
william and John Hayes. better known as
-Bucky" Hayes, served the warrants They
had no trouble the first day and succeeded In
srresting twelve bookmakers The Jockey
Club kept a private Justice OF the Peace on the
track, and paid him h1ed sum per diem Tor
As soon as a bookmaker was. arrested he
was taken before the clubs Judge. who had
sstsbilshed a court in a room in an adjoining
hotel. and at ONCE admitted to JAIL. This In"
and i1 he protested. 4 Justics Of the Peace in
JsI;ey essyss sHSys sehss i95 ef6n
Ds must Lee bTousht before him to give
BALL Az his court was in Jersey city, about
four miles, distant from the track. he was
Informed that it would not only be incon-
Venient for the bookmakers to go down but
would keep them toe. long away from their
Justice Lockwood would not be permitted to
open court In the race track grounds. but he
The gate. and thereafter the prisoners, as last
rs they wore arrested. were taken before him
rests made while the raid continued was 152.
Cesk and his assistants 50 DAY 10 After NJ the
pretty hard work for their money. On several
occasions. as soon as they made their appear
ence on the track, they were hustled about
arrest a V crowd gathered around and pushed
and iostled them.. and they alleged that
on several occasions they. were violent "
league, finding that their treasury was de-
pleted. abandon ed the tight Capt Graham and
his assistants went before the Grand Jury and
,rsc e have ,h whom they arrested
The recent election OF a reform Sheriff In
fused new hope into them, and two days ago
they told the Grand jury about their expert.
fuding OF the indict m ents, which have caused
. large-sized sensation In the county. In adj
ditien 70 the BIZ -Four" Police SuperHipntend.
Barry and John Hunt are indicted. II is ru-
mored that Capts. Kelly and Farrier are also
indicted. and the latest rumor circulated last
ISOLATED with County Clerk Mclaughlin in
cunning the Dem ocratIc political machine. is
likewise included in the list.
With Capt Jack Graham and assauitlnR him
and his assistants. The indictment against
Superintendent Smith alleges that he Is dis
orderly person because he visited the track.
Tended against the law by permitting their
policemen to accept employing emit at the track
while they were drawing pay from the city at
The news Of the indictments spread quickly
through the city. and everybody was talking
about them.
court and the defendants will be arralgned to
plead on Tuesday or Wednesday. There is q
probability that the indictments may be re-
County Clerk Mclaughlin WAS not particu-
larly, worried last night. ,super!ntepdent
smith laughed and said: II that il all they
could nnd to indie, me for must have toler-
ably clean record.