The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-11

there?
mo. SIR
Quite crowd there, hey?''
"Oh, yes
You went again?'
Yes"
Have any trouble getting in?''
mo. sir
"Watchman at the door?
mo. sir"
Did you know the pool room kept at
Baldwin Park?" suddenly asked Mr.. Nc
Carter
No, SIR
Assemblyman Lawshe asked him how
long the poolroom had been going on.
He said he couldn't tell. 1t was running
in 1896
How much did you bet?'' asked Mr.
Lawshe.
Eighteen dollars .
did you loser,
"Y-e-e-e-s,'' was the mournful reply.
Did you not see George Heller there?"
said Mr.. McCarter.
L don't know the gentleman witness
replied, and he was allowed to go.
Joseph Filoramo, of No. 1872 Linden ave-
nue., Greenville, erstwhile barber of that
place and Eyetalian interpreter in the
Court of General Sessions came next.
did you ever visit the poolroom in
Harrison?"
mo, sir; never have been in Harrison
in my life,'' was the prompt reply.
Were you ever in Baldwin Park pool
room?"
Yes. twice.
'When?"
Year and a half ago."
did you bet?''
81 did
How large a crowd was there?"
About ten or twelve
Where was the pool room?''
I'm a building at the south end of the
Park
How long did you know there was a
pool room there?'
I couldn't say
Ware others betting?"
81 believe 1 saw another party max
ing bet
when was thar"
II think fall of the year."
do you remember the place being
closed up?'
Lon I remember lUdl.
Owen Sheehan of Van Worst place,
Town of Union, was the next to be in
terrogated. He said on August 81. 1897,
he went with Constables Shaeffer and
Buttenbauun to Little Monte Carlo and he
described what he saw at that place. The
entrance was at the northeast corner of
the building One side was covered with
blackboards on which were names of
horses running. There was railing and
there were two windows at which bets
were received. He saw men making bets
and heard the operator calling .tAt the
post" They're off, etc., ETC., and at the
finish the winning horse.
Did any of you make bets?" asked Mr..
Klink.
Yes, Mr.. Shaeffer.'
Did he win or lose?'
He lost
You went the following day, with
whom?''
"shaeffer, Mears, James Capp and I
don't recollect anybody else"
Well, tell us what happened?"
'tOn our way down the hill we met
man whom one of us knew and he said:
They're shut up; they've been tipped off, >
There was a crowd at the ferry We
went to the house and by and by we
heard some one inside calling out the
horse which won the race
you were employed by the Law and
Order Lacquer"
Yes"
You had been there before?'
yes"
And the scenes you observed were the
same-large crowds, all the parapher-
MALTA, calling off horses, announcing win
ners?"
Yes"
Did you visit the other building?"
Yes
What did you see there?"
81 saw, in the room, big wheel, where
they rolled a ball. The top of the table
was glass and under there were ST. 81,
IS and $40 bills. The ball was rolling
around and whenever the ball stopped
over bill you got that bill. If it stop
ped on two dollar bill you got that"
What do you call that game?"
II don't know,
did you. after that, go before the
Grand Jury?'
II did,
Describe what took placer
''Well, started to tell them when they
sprang questions on me and acted like
committee to investigate my character,
instead of giving evidence.
who was the foreman?"
Il couldn't say, but know some of the
members
did you know Mr.. Sucker"
Il did. He was acting justice for
Monte Carlo and paid by them to take
bail for the men arrested so that the
business could go on
"Was Stucke a frequenter of Monte
Carlo?"
Yes, SIR
was it known in that community
that Monte Carlo existed?''
Yes
ssWas it the talk of the streets, the sa-
looms and the neighborhood generally
that poolroom and gambling were going
on there?'
Yes
Assemblyman Lawshe asked witness
how long the place had been going on,
and he replied about four years. His first
visit was in the summer of 1891
where is the proprietor of the place
now?" asked Mr. Lawshe.
THE man supposed to be the proprietor
is doing time.'
You mean he is in Snake Hill Peni-
tentiary?"
Yes,
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