New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-20
AID TO OPEN NEW PooLRooMs.

! Q.-"At the same time I mentioned the name OF
a man well known 10 Mahoney as my reference.
! and apparently II satisfactory for he said Go
ahead, and when you ready to open, come
over and me- " Do you remember anything
| about 1t now? A-No recollection Of any such
| thing.
Q:-"That was as far as went in the under
| taking but gambler who was anxious to open
/ dropped them and it was not many weeks before
and furnished for the business Of bookmakinr as
! II is conducted in pooroom An application 20
the placing Of a telephone in the room, and once
everythins was ready he sent a notification 70 Ma,
! remember anything about it now? Al decline
Q.-wen, you couldn't transact this poOlroom
business without the cooperation Of the telephone
Al shall 't decline to answer that
Q.-Well, it is manifest that in the bookmakng
business and in the betting business generally
| 1t is necessary 70 have the cooperation OF tele-
as man who has admitted that he Is in the book
making business. IT is necessary 10 nave me CO. CO.
OPERATION Of telephones and teegraphs' isn't it?
| A.-Oh, can't answer that. ,,.
"a representative Of the poolroom king
DO y You de deny it: Al certainly do
Q.-Do you deny that YOU are the 'poolroom
! king? Al certainly do.
do you deny that you control poolrooms?
Q.-Where do YOU shave the difference when you
deny that you are the 'pooroom king and you
Al am not a barber. am not shaving a-your
razor is pretty sharp.
MR. FALLOws CRACKS a JOKE.
Mr. FaIlows-Perhaps it is a safety?
MI Moss-Perhqps it is a safety razor. the As
somblyman says.
| Oils first act was TO deliver to the man a
card upon which printed all the horses en-
| tered for the races Of the day; Each horse mao
| number. starting with one al the top and WORKING
down to seven or eight or nine accorGhg 10 ME- me
! honey has he never the name OF the morse.
/ beTs" Is that so? Al decline TO answer that
| Q.-You how close the razor comes men
were svgm - O,d Se II we Want YOU we viii call for
! YOU. When call you. answer - what Is
| The password Mr.. Mahoney. that the room operaII
] tor is TO answer back TO headquarters? Am l
! OF is not Remember the Maine is It? A
-Q-Wen was the password Remember the
| Maine" Al decline 10 answer that TOO. l.
! Odd you have a password? A-Ihat ue-
! 0tWell The paper here says. When ! call you,
answer Havana that will be your cipher nam ntn
will never converse with you II you are inter
nlRarmaiio Any over ' tRe telephone shout now
! what is the password for that when there Is
, police interruption? Al decline TO ahs"sr' rrha,
! Odd you have password for that? A.-Iha'
Che paper per- says it is siegel-Cooper Gaugh-
Do you deny what the paper says? A-You
| Do you deny IT? Al decline either TO admit
or deny II.
HAS BROUGHT NO LIBEL SUIT.
o.-And you never have sued this paper for lIbel7
| A.-Oh. no.
/ Q-You do not intend to. do you? A-Nhy'
made me a king. didn't It? U-aughter)
Q-Do you object TO that2 Al certainly do
'S 3we e ' You have been very good You have
come down here and obeyed he sHopena ana s6 yUe
other people have Al do a. my Directing here
/ Dwell Mr. Mahoney. ] confess that nave
sense Of what is fair toward a witness who oc-
cupes the chair as you 90 Know tnS tti 20
ASK ASK a'T man To- sit there and make admissions to
such questions, Hsh IS,DJcr ahout that Il oud
Mr.. Moss-This is the brightest spot We have had
M 0i~po YOU know that what you state here on
the witness-stand cannot be used against you In
any proceeding? A.. DO know III Won make
here cannot be used against you no prosecution
| can be brought against you on account OF any
statement you make here Everything Is pr'V-
large Business Which more less jeopardzed
by your presenGe here on a me anTfhi3 about
" oyou answered the other day were in the
! building business. Why aren't you Wiling 10 zen
the rest Of 1t? A-Well decline 10 tell you why
C Sl bis is close and delicate business isn't it,
A o11yes it IS? Al mean what you are asking
GYes of Nov If you .h WsTs G nGf y s3
nnp before the Committee and charge you win IT.
was none OF their business.
NOT TO BE TRAPPED EASILY.
o-Tbat Is Just what you are doing; that is just
| -,tot Won would do under such circumstances and
that is Just what you are doing mere! A'-"eH'
YOU are the judge Of that
O.-That is just what you are doing here? Al
decline 90 dsM to read from paper siegeI
Cooper and then put your phone away ,Ii cai ii
understand that that means danger ana VII C@lI
Vnu m In twenty minutes. If you don answer ,,i
will call you up asa IN ' fe vo in response 10
! nv call Then the operator IN Mahoney roO ~
| gave list Of scratches. Jockeys claMSes ~ ~
| 6.atgbt etc and the business for the DAY hau
bf beg nwhat ,s a scratch? A scratch?
81 ANOh, l decline TO answer that 1sier,ora
QA o'clock S SnG I'M prices fet la isd BY MsBoney
against the horses were given ana "rTsem Oh "a
are hung up the poqlTqom and are TOT ine H 5
| of customers. As each PEI Wa iau, 80 ond
pooroom it was entered on d Snee', Lied liza
When a few minutes later. Manoney man nan can S
up on the phone and announce t 5,"' race All bets
| whteb had been taken and recorded upon the sheet
transmitted over in6 6v tbe operator at the
other end. At the same IN the oin oNea s ~ 10
| stenogTaphers we're ynn, New-York over as
! ,ront, telenhones" DO you admit thar OF 90 you
| den v' ~? Al make the same answtsr r aaro 70
- 49, 90 as 70 avoid mistakes and the total
| amount wagered repeated over me phDleo IL H.
o. ~ rule with Mahoney that as soon as ne calls
for bets all betting must stop in every room con
troed by him and until me SecO IIbraI aIiouance
~ lime is given for betting on the second prices
| srheduled against the horses ana "H'u a ~
Tsnetrark the horses finally go the post the pei
OF the telephone rings. and an oels ar ld NJ,
! again. and when the race is finally closed Nd
| honey has al his headquarters record OF eNery
bet which has been taken In every rooln ~iSn iie
! controls in the city and the adjacent boroughs'
EAGER TO BET THEIR SAVINGS.
| while the horses are manofuvering AT Inc posi-
at the racetrack an impatient walt Is experienced
| in the poolrooms the Mahoney circuit put
finally the telephone bell rings once more ana the
| onerator shouts They're on Then he calls on
| a description Of the race and the room telephone
man repeats II for the benefit OF the customers OF
! the room until finally the winner. second ana
| third horses are given, and the race u run; AZ
| IT, M lion which the Operator glNes IS ny