New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-05
oupOWN INTO VILE CELLS.
,rcrED BILLIARD-PLAYERS IN A
STATE OF MIND.

GOT FROM THE PoLICE-ALL
DISCHARGED YEsTER-
DAY MORNING.
r..u II was certainly novel experience for
.nd wouldn't have cared so much II they
nv mt MS down in those nasty. damp and
hao r,s,s'smelling cells. by Jove! That was an
outrage. -. $1,000, ,.,o nod hoer .nuled"
s,osson's billiard rooms on Sunday night. and
u" telling his experiences TO a Tribune reporter
",rday There is no use in mentioning the
!'s no gave to the police, because none of his
x,snds would recognize H.
"r,at putting us down in those cells was the
.,., mart of it, he went on Everybody thought
os merely a joke. more or less. until he was
,sa into one of those foul ill-smelling dark
,., and heard the door cang behind him. Why.
=. cells were damp and so rank that caught
,s,riec cold in my bowels just in the hour and a
~ while was there and was UP half the
'',ht as sick as dog. | swear it was all could
!, "a crawl down to court this morning. Great
att, W., certainly have reform and lots of 1t. /
an tell you thing (confdentallY I'll bet
go isn't man in that crowd who wants any
more reform.
III was bad enough 10 arrest the men VINO were
,,vlnr bjlards-I was myself: but it certainly was
.sraceous 10 arrest those men who were not play
NO Fully ha.f the men in the room were sitting
round the sides OF it. watching the others play
Tho police made effort TO see who were breaking
ne law and just gathered in everybody they could
,v their hands on. Fully dozen men cra~led out
~ a window and went down the hre-escape The
,olce made no attempt 10 stop them The men
cha were simply looking on and were arrested and
n,n thrown into eel, and locked up just like a
,,ef certainly hal reason to think it was an out
rage. ~. ,-ynr,,rxcu
well I'll Just tell you how 1t went with me. Ny
roommate was with me, YOU know-by-the-way.
was rather surprised in one of the papers this
morning that he lived SON owhere over the
Eas, River: don't live there Well. We went down
"a sosson's for a game of Billiards. Well. along
about half-pasi 10 we noticed that some men VINO
had started to go out were stopped at the door.
We had heard that Days had been pulled. and so
Of course the thought flashed across our minds that
we were 10 be also We went on playing. even after
We saw that copper in his uniform was stationed
q, the door There seemed TO be some delay about
pulling the place. so we thought we might as well
go on with the game. We kept II up. in fact until
the squad marched in. Then two officers were as
signed to us and started off for the Thirteth-st
station. l said to my cop:
Wei. this is nice kind of trick 10 play on
us
He grinned. and said: We'll. you wanted reform
so bad; you've got it | said | didn't want
any more OF IT, If a man couldn't play billiards on
Sunday without getting arrested.
L
Broadway with cop and hear the remarks of the
oilers but we didn't mind that much. When
got the station the cop at the door didn't open
II only about half foot. l tod him that We really
didn't wish to force our way in If he didn't want
to Then he threw wide the door, and re-
marked with a cheerful grin that were welcome.
Then came the hanging around the room until
the sergeant was ready for US. II crowded
with men. and cop said they had full house
In fact they were ali wei dressed, and took their
arrest very phiiosophcally Most of them were
swallowed q tombstone by accident.
THEY WE'RE MUCH MISTAKEN.
Il don't imagine that a man among them thought
he would be locked up Slosson assured al who
a sseda him that he would get bail for us as soon
p possible. AS each mans name was taken down
ne told TO go into the rear ROOM That didn't
sound very dreadful so when was told to 30 into
',he rear room walked in. thinking would find
the rest in there sitting around and taking. They
weren't there. and the cops in the room pointed
s,eps.' / opened the door. and found l was in the
open air. walked down some stairs, and heard
a voice say John, here's another prisOner'-pleas
ant wasn't It? saw lighted Doorway and en-
tered the corridor Of the jail much 70 my surprise
the jaiier told me grufiiy TO come on | followed
s nk the Ss be-
his said to mysef as ! passed row Of grated
Of several DRINKS
last S6ss ss here door Dick h cone N Sss
and and saw his eyes shining through the CRATE.
asked the cop TO put me in with him. but ne
drew back instinctveiy But he pushed me in and
Good Lord said one of the others; this is the
were pulled. 1t was really an awful place; I
hs i ike sa idea THAT sScs a, c
feet wide and was as black as cellar until the
was board On one SIDE and closet in the eor
ner faucet completed the accommodations, and
there We were.
THEY WERE SWEARING MAD"
do you know the swearing in those cells was
positively appalling for the first fifteen minutes.
After that Jokes began 10 fly around. Hey, Bill
yelled one OF the men In my apartment to a friend
In another CELL the who put me In here
forgot to come back As every rather
Historically nervous. a from the row greeted
This. Unfortunately. most OF the Jokes would not
the Say, what's the matter with reform?
you can't kick
1T was terribly hot and close in that nasty lit
We CELL and we almost died before the hour and a
and "R We waa n sa4s net US out into The
o'clock. and told 10 appear at the Jefferson
Gcs Of the escs an the Ss
officer OF the General Sessions Court They ali
ton at being locked up in feons cell One man
sad Why, ! never played game Of billiards In
my lie. and my way home from church
when dropped In to smoke a cigar Oh. this is
reform with vengeance.
Of course. when we. went TO the court this
morning We were all discharged but we had 10
wait In that beasty hole half the morning while
justice Taintor leisurely disposed Of whole string
a. 'drunks Altogether. 1t was an experience |
II. was entirely right In denouncing the action
y, .ne police In locking up innocent men in such
holes the cells Of the police stations
nad iiney had no proof that In the lot
n au paved billiards Days manager and Mr.. Sos
son were held in $3.50 bail for trial
MINERS ACCUSE THEIR LEADERS