New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-26
POOLS IN A BOARDING-HOUSE.
CAPTAIN SMITH CAPTURES ELEVEN MEN
IN EAST FIFTEENTH ST.

LIVELY SCENES AT THE RAID-oNE FUGITIVE
sruMBLEs on A SLEEPING LOGGER AND
IS PuMMELIED FOR BURGLAR
Captain Ebert o. Smith and nineteen detectives
and policemen dressed In citizens clothes. nade a
raid Yesterday afternoon upon No. 105 East FIJI
| teenth-st which Is run by Mrs. Emma HAM as
theatrical boarding house. and discovered poo'-
room in full swing on the ground hoor' Inc nouao
is directly opposite the Hotel JEFFERSON ana WITHIN
a stones throw Of the Irving Place Theatre' lhii
teen men were In the room when the raid was mace
and all were captured but two. who made their es-
cape through the rear windows.
While the prisoners were being removed in the
natrol wagon the street crowded with specta-
tors and a good deal Of excitement prevailed OUT
side the house well az within
Information which reached Captain ofith last
Monday first led him to suspect the place De-
tectves Rink and Stephens were sent out 10 shauo"
the house. and concluded that IL was not oeihs
conducted merely boarding house lhey went
TO the roof OF an adjoining building and saw from
that position that wire ran from the roof Oh 'he
boarding hous. TO a window OF the rear parior'
On receiving their report, Captain smith decided
N mako the raid without waiting for warrant
Ats o'clock Yesterday afternoon he left the East
Twenty-second-st. station, followed at Intervals py
Detectives Stephens. Rink. Conroy and Coiemah'
as well as fifteen policemen In citizens ciothes
Six of the policemen met the captain at fourth-
qVp he
they received their instructions and were told to
ya,, for q signal the captain was to give II every
thing went right Three other policemen wer told
IN seat themselves In Union Square. so as to keep
the boarding house In view.
The captain stationed the six remaining police
men at the corner OF Ffteenth-st. and irving
place where he and his detective also stood AS
the captain reached the spot he notced youth
OF fifteen standing on the corner. apparently as
lookout II was understood that the youth was TO
signal the approach Of police to ancther LOOKOUT
who was watching him from window OF the
boarding-house. The lookout at the Rouse upon
signal from the youth. to give the alarm 10
those in the poolroom. The young lookout was
seized by a detective and pulled into doorway OF
the Irving Place Theatre before he could signal TO
his fellow lookout.
Detective Rink then walked toward the poaru-
ing-house on the same side or the street upo"
which II u.s. while Captain Smith walked SLOWLY
along on the other sidewalk When Rink reached
the boarding house he rang the Dell. "heh inc
door was opened he kept his foot against 1t, whie
Captain Smith stepped into the middle OF the street
and waved his hat This was the sgnai io'
all the policemen and detectives to make a rush 10
the house from opposite directions. AS soon as
Captain Smith waved his hat he sprans w 'ie
stoop and Joined Detective Rink
A minute later the police reserves swarmeo INTO
,he hallway man in his shirt sleeves, VINO
opened the door. the first person seized Ihe'
several OF the policemen burst open the ooor u
the rear parlor where they found pooroom IN
operation telegraph operator was stuns DIT
roll top desk by a window receiving the results OF
tho races at Iron Hill and Latonia He was
drogged away by n detective before he could tip
the operator at the track
There was no lack OF excitement among the oc-
cupants OF the room when the police broke IN
The men nan in all directions looking for loop
hole 20 escape through but only two or them
managed TO get away by jumping from rear
window and over backyard fence third tried
TO follow them through the window put was
hauled back by of the detectives. num-
hsr Of the men dsshed upstairs ana tried 10 nnu
refuge in the rooms Of the boariers They were
.needilv followed and captured by the policemen.
nv. nortsr of the building. named Edwards. was
occunying one OF these rooms and was indulEng
in the sleep Of the just when ne was awakened
nv the advent OF Of the fleeing gamblers Ed
wards took him for burglar. and arose and fe'l
upon the fugitive. and In the few seconds which
elapsed before tho officer appeared ne puInmelled
the fleeing gambler severely.
Eugene and Hugo Hanf, Of the proprietress
of the boarding house. entered while the raid was
in progress and were promptly arrested. In spite
OF their protests they knew nothing Of the ex.
istence OF the poolroom. They said that they had
merely called at the house TO see their sister A
charter was found in the desk that was issued by
II was supposed to be Incorporated for the pur-
pose Of providing mutual benefit pleasure and en-
joyment OF members In literary. scientific. mathe-
NAUTICAL and athletic objects.
Al the station the Hanf brothers were charged
with maintaining the poolroom. Eugene Hanf gave
East Fifteenth-st Hugo Hanf said that he was
twenty eight years old and lived at No. 10 Union
square The latter place visited by Captain
Smith. who suspected that another pooroom was
running there, but evidence was found
Tho othcr prisoners were registered follows
Samuel Stern. aged thiry-seyen. gambler No. lo7
WInfeld-ave Jersey City; Louis j. Monio aged
,hirtv-hve. vocalist No 2Os West Forty -sixth-st.
David Goldberg. aged twenty eight drummer No
lOi7 Lexington ave: Frank Sassone aged twenty
nine clerk No lis St Marks Place. Brooklyn:
Jesse Harris, aged twenty three. salesman. OF No.
70 East Tenth-st Thomas Kelly. aged twenty seven,
printer No % Wyckoff-st.. Hoboken; George Colder
aged nineteen No. 2S Harrtson,st., Brooklyn Fred
ercl J. Burgess aged twenty SIX No. IS West One
hundreth- st, and George 7. Hunter. aged twenty
eight Clerk No Union Sauare