The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-11
RIANE FOR POLICE BOARD.
voSs PRAISES THE RINK AND
"' FTLE HEIRTILr
,,o, Moran, Much Transferred,
saws It's Because he Wonn my
S.,n,nts-Also that No Police
,,nrc enforce the Excise Laws
Drtcctiyc's opium Joint story.

a.
would .ow that 1t was the members Vi
,be T. Board who were 10 piano
o.. .raliaation In the department lie
,,,,.,l 80 uu the record that the books OF the
,,.,,.rt,, Bureau show that large proper
,.,uds stolen in the West and South
erd tretf way into the Tnshops 81 THIS
crv where many OF them are annnN"g eco
,.,rcJ Ir called the attention CT the COM
,,,,,.. +, the fact that est Devesy'1 o'oks
,ho,, I'M, eleven suspected gamblI.a' houses In
III, Tcuderloin district, Al Ola 'ic'' lie
sail tne.e were sixty on Tie DOCKS out
erv have recently been crossed etf. II was
also interesting he said. to I - - number
NJ Attempted suicides Sy = ,'tn. Between
January l. 1895 and Sny ;. 1889, ne said,
,b,rn were lwrnt.-b"e su cases In the
Twentieth and Twei'-'. 1"?a' i';s al H.
rohn r. r,ooi. 81, Of ;ho Copr 'ttos's de-
,,,,ivos Testified. that nc had sr ut a great
Gsol NJ time Ia.ely irvtst! ntinS pool-rooms,
Gambling huusen. anl 2N!un joints. lie
said that the snyki.g OF opium vas becom-
ing more PREVALENT every lay, mat tiiere
wasn't the slightest 6it nty IL e!'ing into
the most tashio"aa'- -es"!SS his ehs'"e
ter IN the city.
o How do you know this? A. Because
spent most Of ast night in ous.
a Whereabouts? A. Sc and Wea: Si~-
y-cighth Street
said MI Mess.
ain company with Detectivs Sarr!y." suid
Wood | went - the address mentioned.
had leeu inf, "r ed that would fud the
,velIe,, rrum )c!nt in the city there. The
outside Ct the pace looked very much like
s,ehlo In fact T. was formerly used as a
Il 7 mas spt lnOkNltS n
the door. vino had never seen US before, bat
didn't cNeg I, stop US We found ourselves
g. a small ,urn where n gorgeously dressed
Chir.ran ga, He bowed politely to us and
paiated u the back We went through the
1oor and ',au' ourselves in a large room,
around the silcs Of which hunks had been
built Chinese lanterns hung from the cell
90 and tho whole place was hung with mag
n,iroa, oriental drapcres and tapestries
Beautiful rugs covered the floors. The place
was crowded with people all Of whom were
sr,rkin, cpuInl. | should say that there wrrn
ffty mon and women in the place, all lying
around IN the hunks, half nude We bought
orlrm and had It cooked for us by the at
PENDANTS We did not smoke the pills, but
hay, three Of them here as evidence"
,,iriry .hr,a brown Mills
0. Did you have any conversations with
people In the place? 4. Yes. A man told us
that fast before We came In n roundsman
from the West sixty eighth Street station,
accompanied by nephew of one of the
srrgeamts Of that station, had been in for
some time to see the sights He said that
this was of frequent occurrence, because
there were lots OF people out seeing the
town that wanted to see opium smoking.
O. Was any other mention made Of the
police A, Yes. | asked several people how
they dared to run so openly. They said that
there was no danger Of their being pulled
as long ns they nut lin tho lnsu praep
They spoke OF Captain Moynihan, and said
he was a good fellow and would stand for
anything.
Q. DO you know how long that PLACE has
been there? A. Not very long. 1t was
around on the boulevard for d time, but
was exposed there by a newspaper about a
month ago. 1t then moved to It's present
quarters
Q. Did you see any young men there?
A. Oh, yes: several. There was QUO young
man there who told me he wasn't twenty
years old yet.
Wood said that he had found no difficulty
In procuring opium In several places III the
city and produced samples Of tbc drug
which he had purchased at 40 stanton
Street, the keeper OF which place had since
moved to l Houston Street, and at 80
Bowery.
This place at IS Bowery," SAID Mr. Moss
to the committee, 'is the sporting hyuso Of
the notorious Scotty Lavelle. I don't know
vrStt loo,
this Lavcne has PLAYED prominent nnrt
In II STORY of this city He is A most
disrei ,hlc character and was IDENTIFIED
with all OF the desperate gangs that
ioursh,d in New York in the old DAYS.
FOR years he has been in retirement in
noyers Street, and only recently emerged on
the Bowerv His coming into tha liobt
OF the lay once more is ona Of the most
significant signs OF the times"
witness Wood sail that since April :
last he had visited 400 pool-rooms in the
city and had secured conclusive evidence
against them all He handed a batcb Of
memoranda to Mr.. Moss. and the latter
read from it the number of pooI-roo
visited in the different precincts Of The ,,ty
since July Ist ny the witness Mr. un,s
SAID that Wood had found eleven pool-roomq
IN the Second Precinct none Of which an
pears on The Suspicious house hook'' ar M
ice hcndGuarters Ono OF these. he stated is
a. 20 ley Street. and Mr. Moss remtndad
place ~ Cbt., ,uu. II" sent Key to this
with an invitation that he 20 tbere hi,nssI,
ann secure evidence
mere were 1928 places in the I,st nro-
enced by Witness Wood. only Ok NJ which
MI Moss said he could find IN Cbiet nawa
rys books. He did find IS nlaces On ~
chiefs book which had becn crossad on
ont all OF which had been found r,,n,In,