New-York tribune., 1895-02-10
THOSE BILLIARD RAIDS.
PLAYERS STILL TALKING OF THE ACTION
OF THE POLICE.
CAPTAIN PICKETT TELLS DAILY AND sLOssoN
THEY MUST KEEP THEIR PLACES CLOSED
TO.DAY-THE CRIMINALS GREET EACH


OTHER LIKE OLD FRIENDS.
Biard-players have by means ceased talking
OF the raid on Days and slcssons big places last
Sunday night, when lot OF men were locked up on
the presumption that they were breaking the sun
day law Such thing has not occurred FOR SO
many years that little else was talked OF ]" 'ne
various biard-rooms. cafes. hotel corruo's anu
clubs during the first part OF the week. anu W"
really udicrous to see the looks Of admiration "'ch
greeted any Of the who had been throw" '
vile no,,ce station cells for the heinous crime
The man whose personal experience was puo'n'"eu
in last Fridays Tribune went INTO "'os9o ~
night in the early part of the Week ne " q,
once greeted by the cashier as Il "e - ,,n
friend Soon two more victims OF the ra'u 'a'''. "l
.r,,-h,, hou, are you old man. they eXclaHieu'
rasn,ne their companion In misfortune warmly pv
the hand and shaking II as II they ha"' sen ~
for wears Soon more OF the crH''hais e"'''
apd there were general grasping of hands ana eNeia
nations OF peasuie "' "e
in misery. ~ i, >- vor,,
IT was rather a surprising sight IN New-i ork
hlI,a rd-room where men usually are decidediy shy
NJ saving more than beg pardon, 10 some one
they happen TO bump with the butt end OF their
cue When three men thrown into CELL OF
which the dimensions feet by 8, they
can't be very distant with each other and So when
they meet again. they probably Will recall the cir
cumstance, especially when being 'jrgged, as the
saying is is novel experience. Ii was so with
these men. and the friendly leeilhs was hot 'oh
fined merely to cellmates.
OF course they all at once began 10 discuss the
arrests and much establishment was shown that the
police should have taken such severe measures
Il can't get through me-. said one man. why
they should have fired us into those hlthy cells
when they knew that Slosson would bail US out at
once. Don't you remember that they told US them
selves that he would procure bail at once? IL they
had just let us sit in the back room until the bail
bonds were made out shouldn't have anything
10 say. but to throw us into those nasty places
just If a lot OF thieves
"Ill tell you what | think" broke in another
II believe the police trying TO disgust everybody
they can with reform. BY treating people win
great severity for slight or imaginary onences. /
imagine they think they Will make them 80 SICK OF
reform that things before long will slip back INTO
the old way. when could do most anything We
wanted"
The others were inclined to fall in with his
views Then the talk drfted to "reminiscences o.,
the memorable time Ito then) which they spent
in the damp and fou-smeins cells OF the West
Thirtieth-st. station. II was extremely amusing
to a Tribune reporter who happened to be present
10 hear them refer in the most matter-of-fact way
and without being conscious OF the funny side OF IL
TO my cell" and your cell
Don't YOU remember when you were trying 10
sing" said one OF the men 10 cellmate. and
one OF those fellows next door yelled out oh
you're too good for this place; you ought TO be
down on Fourteenth-st.. selling balloons"
The recollection evoked shout OF laughter. and
stirred another criminal to remark TO man
near him And wasn't Il fellow In your eI cen
who asked another man II he had any checkers
and II he had TO play them on the door @ ,,.r xs,,
on turning to the man who gave The The interW%~ nI h
the-way, with immense interest by almost every every
billiard player in town; And that was a"iuNy
weaK y",hs trembling Voice: onicer. officer, give me
Sbbomt of laughter greeted this and then the
man who had been addressed by the last speaker
remarked: But one OF the funniest things.
think Was the trouble the two men who were
in nv cell had in remembering their names. one
OF them got in terrible stew because at ilrst he
gave and then when the copper came and called
them they looked perfectly blank and had to re-
They ali agreed that II the experience. was un-
pleasant, 1t was certainly interesting and amusing
Captain Pickett. Of the TenderlOn Precinct, has
today another raid viii surely be made While the
law remains the statute books. he says; he has
the section OF the Penal code which prohibits
shooting hunting. fishing. PLAYING. horse-racing
George + Slosson and Maurice Daily intend 70 set
tie the matter in the courts They insist. and ap-
reputable places .sNnday. cannot be called dis
orderly. or noisy. and rtainy does not disturb Urn
two men Justice Taintor. In his examination Of
the. men who wore arrested on Mon1ay IN me
pcee@sn Wso had %ade he II the
were making noise or disturbing the puodic o,
he discharged them the spot
number OF billiard-room keepers in Harlem
eaiion 10 try TO put stop to what they consider
the unlawful intelligence Of the police win le-
number Of the rooms in Harlem on last Sunday
night
The many who think 1t no more harm to
play billiards Sunday than it is 20 drive. or
10 indulge In any innocent recreation. await the
outcome OF these proceedings with great interest.