The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-09
THE ALLEN RAIDED AGAIN.
HE AND 1D5 Err MEN VINO WERE
IN HIS PIECE ~ arrested.

All the Furniture or the West SIDE Club Carried
to the MERCER street atnt,ou-Raid Made
Under tho Auspices or CHIEF McCuiinuh
on Evidence Got by Two Policemen.
The West Side Club. Mt go Sixth avenue. of
which The Allen is alleged to DO the head, was
again raided by the police yesterday afternoon.
Allen and 1915 others were made prisoners. and,
together with everything movable in the place.
including the carpet. were taken to police sta
lions.
The raid was made on evidence got by Police
men McMullcn Of tho East Twenty.second street
station and Hahn OF tho East Thirty.1fth street.
Chief McCullagh says that they have sufficient
evidence to provo that section 351 Of tho Penal
Code was violated. That refers to pool sell
ing, bookmaking, bets. wngers. &C." The crime
is a felony, ana is punishable by two years i'm.
prisonment or $1,000 fine or both.
Yesterday morning tho Chief concluded that
1t was time to act, so he summoned Capt. Chap.
man and told him to go ahead. At AIS
o'clock Capt. Chapman with Sergeant Wall
ing and fifteen men in plain clothes left
tho station house and, by different
routes, proceeded to 80 Sixth avenue. Chap
man had an axe and q jimmy under his coat to
use in case OF necessity. When the police reached
the scene of operations they split up and sur
rounded the building, top. bottom. front. rear
and sido.
Allen and another man were at The door. De-
~tectivos Hunt and Wolf seized Allen and told
him he was under arrest.
"Havc you a warrant y asked Allen. He was
told hc could find out at the station house,
whithor he was hustled. After he had de-
scribcd himself as 90 years old. a real
estate dealer living ut 100 Clinton place,
he was locked UP. Meanwhile Chapman had
been active. Tho front door OF the club build.
t-. .ah IA .--- ~-t-l 80 10 l. LII. A.
axe. With the jimmics Chapman pried off the
wire screen on tho inner vestibule door and
broke tho glass panel. Passing his arm through
the hole he shot the bolt on the inside and the
door was opened.
Upstairs he found twenty-seven men in the
outer clubroom. Before proceeding further he
gave each Of them a slip of paper. bearing his sig
nature. to identify them In case the chief decided
not to lock them up. Then he and his men at
tackled the heavy folding doors of the rear room.
When they finally gave way. a room about
men. Two smaller rooms at the rear of the
large one were broken into. 1t was in those that
was done. Tables with wires attached. that had
been used by photographers. wore found there.
stood nm oil can. There was a FIRE raging in the
stove. Capt. Chapman says he saw q lot OF cards
f Ho th in ase th "sSf had a. be sSok sprinrled 9W With oil IN and nd
fired as soon as it was known that the police
were about. Batteries for the telegraph instru-
ments were found in n closet and the telegraph
instruments under a sink.
Bicycle policemen were despatched to the
West Twentieth and Charles street stations for
patrol wagons and when they arrived. the work
OF transferring the prisoners and property was
begun. 1t was after z o'clock when the job was
In an incredibly short time after the raid was
made H"Hsr sixth have aUen HIe.d between : ssn,S Clinton ! aIont place n,, nn ID
spectators. There were Us many women and
children as men in the crowd, and all
as tho biggest Joke OF their lives. In half
an hour, the street was so packed that street
Wavcrley place to The Aliens door was left
open for the recurrent trips Of the patrol wagons;
aweS' tho pseoplc in The crowd %SS LAUGHED uproar.
iouslly. They laughed as q man laughs who sees
q Joke PLAYED on another that might easi,y have
the raid were embarrassed. others seemed
frightened. and a small majority jecred hack at
the crowd.
You can't ride In my cart.
You can't ring up my dungeon door,
You can't see me any more!
carolled one amid joyous plaudits. Capt. Chap
man. every time he became visible at the door
or ut the windows. was assailed by rudc and
Alien and iss Others a"d tho property of tho
club were taken to the Mercer street station.
Fifty.seven prisoners were lodged in the Mac
AT Mercer street each prisoner as he was ar.
raiEncd at the SrrEeant's desk was questioned
by Chief MCCnllagh. Their excuses were many
and varied. but all but five denied knowledge of
the place as n pool room. All but one of the
prisoners was held. The exception was Joseph
Springs,een, 81 years old. of 1872 Charles street.
who sand he went to the place with a friend.
who. he thought. went there 10 bet Oh the races.
All the prisoners had the appearance Of being
men In needy circumstances. Four of tho
prisoners " sq1ealsd' =" az the police term it: that
the place. Tho Chief refused to give their
names or statements. but said the latter cor.
roboratod the facts got by the two policemen
named above.
AS the las. Of the prisoners was being taken
to q cell. Magistrate Meade arrived to bail out
Allen. He had been brought by q friend of
|. Allen with Adolph Flisser, a saloon keeper a:
30 West Houston street. who offered to go bail.
Five hundred dollars was the amount named in
the bond. After his release Allen procured the
release on bail of George Walters. whose wife.
he said. was sick. Chief McCullagh said that he
believed Walters WAS the hacker OF the place,
but that he could not prove it.
unjustitiable ns had been the others. He was.
he said. a member of the club. which was a
chartered organization and had been in exist
ence for thirty years, but was not an officer. He
OF any kind. and that he had ever made a bet or
had. anything to Go with races. racing. or pool
The club. he said. had only the front room on
the second floor. When asked about the three
roar rooms. he said:
Let me tell you, gentlemen. that there is as
much difference between n sporting man and q
gambler as there Is between II minister OF tho
Gospel and a sporting man. A sporting man
has two cardinal principles. Tho first one is
that charity. covers n multitude OF sins. The
second. mind your own business and let other
people take care of theirs. l am a sporting
man.
All the prisoners will be arraigncd this morn.
ing In the jefferson Market Police Court before
MrRistr tie Simms.