New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-18
CLOSED as 4 POOLROOM.
. RAID MADE on THE SECOND FLOOR
OF NO. "A MyRTLE-AVE

ropTy MEN WERE AREEsTED-AN ELECTRICAL
n,,,,cr ,xp rrrTIxG BOOKS SEIZED BY THE
poILcE-oNE Mas lid UNDER PIANO
That fine Brooklyn police are becoming more
active was proved yesterday afternoon by rain
made by the Central Office squad on an aiieseu Poo
roon on the second floor of the building al nos ~
o,d ~ Nvr,le-ave Forty men were arrested An
electrical device which the police say Is usen o''s
by bookmakers was seized. with a quantity Oh ""e'
two poker tables and several betting BOOKS
Inspector MacKellar. with ter men. started from
HEADQUARTERS at $3.50. Two Of the detectives "e"'
into the alley in the rear OF the building and two
NOR, Guarded the exit near the roof. which leads
to HYDE 4 Behman's Theatre. The other oHcerS
rushed into Duny's saloon. which Is on the srouh'
floor and in "A twnkling gained the stairway
through a side passage.
The alleged vioIatcrs OF the law submitted quietly
TO arrest Patrol wagons summoned ana an
bour was consumed in removing the prisoners one
man during this period remained in hiding under
the piano.
John Duffy. proprietor Of the barroom' was acc"SV'
of having given tip TO the men upstairs Dy means
of an electric button behind the bar. lie was
placed under arrest. he says but was not taken 10
The station-house He showed a Tribune reporter
the button but denied that he had pressed H.
rented the rooms" continued Duiry. about month
ago 10 a man who said his name was John smith,
He agreed to pay me $50 month for the use OF inc
place during the hours or j. ana III the di'''"''''
He said the members of local social organization
proposed to occupy 1t. No one was more SURPRISE
than myself when the police came. and II Is ldlouc
TO believe that | warned the people above
The detectives say that number of well-known
New-York sporting men of the lower class were
among those arrested. The names OF the men, as
well as their addresses which are believed TO De
fctictiorIs are as follows: b. Fenton, No All fuI-
,on-st Garnet layer: Thomas Riley. NO 3i' Maroon
ST brick layer; James Fenton, No 332 Steubeh-st.
nressman: David Peters, No. 42 Ffth-aVe., clerk
Edward Smith, salesman, No. ~ Eleventh-st.' VIII
lam Hearn No 597 Fifth-ave, salesman; Thomas
Mack No 90 Dufiield-st., clerk: John Smith NO
39s Pearl-st bartender; Bernard O'Keefe, NO. 3io
I-nion-st clerk: John McGovern. clerk, NO. Sl9
Eighteenth-st; Charles Thorn. No. Il Bond-st
clerk; James Gallagher carpenter, No 32s warren
st. Daniel Carroll carpenter. No. 500 Myrtle-ave;
Thomas -. Woods. No. l,2lS Fulton-st.. salesman;
Daniel Hackett No. 2i7 Nostrand-ave. blacksmith;
lanes H. Franklin No. 232 East Nineteenth-st..
salesman; Albert T. Emerson. 80 % Park Place,
clerk: Charles Pierce carpenter. No. sol Myrte-ave
Charles Foster Flushing. carpenter; Burdndrdt
Altmax. No. 26 Atantic-avc.. clerk; Henry Reai'
l07 Vanderbilt-ave.; Edward Burke. No. lib Gates
ave clerk: John W. Robinson. clerk, NO ~ Madl-
son-st: Charles Harbert. No. 395 Bridge-st. James
Neehan No. AL Park-ave.. gas filter John camp
bell No. 80 Concord-st.. driver; Johh r. 'ah'!' NJ
1874 Schenck-st.. merchandise. ,., .,..
Justice Walsh held 4 consultation Win Assistant
District-Attorney Myles last night as a result 81
which all the prisoners We're released on ball
Aldermen Mc(iarry and Heaney and well-known
Futon-st. barrOOm keeper furnished the necessary
bonds which each case amounted TO wv -,
The Womcn's Christian Temperance mon heiu
meetings next door to the place in which the RAID
made