New-York tribune., 1899-05-18

the result declared. II you the money would
be paid TO you out OF the same window A.
Mr.. Moss-I do not care so much about this only
way in which their betting is done / remember
myself having 10 deal with such things wnne
money at the wicket and they claiEing TO send It
down to the racetrack by the way OF commission
had TO come back the day. when II was
claimed by them that the money came TO them
from the racetrack The different rooms only at
that time pretended to carry the money as sort
OF common carrier. upon commission That Tn, va, Vas
scheme devised by a law firm in this city:
This plan however according TO tne ,,,"i wnes dsra
tion now is that they actually take the pet ana
pay the money on the spot and make no pre'ence e
simple gambling house That is what clearly ap-
pears upon tte testimony here. And II SHOWS
been given up for some reason and the bet Is
directly made with the poolroom.
HIS COMPLAINT UNNOTICED.
Q.-You say you made a complaint Whom did
you make that complaint TO. and where? A.-At
time / made a complaint myself In the FIJI
teenth Precinct, the Fifth-st. station-house
Q-I wish you would speak little louder? A
believe it IS the Fifteenth Precinct; the Fifthst
O-That is the Sixteenth Precinct now. II used
TO be the Fifteenth Precinct? Ayes. sir.
Q.-Whom did you make that complaint TO? a;
i don't remember about the first complaint VINO
Q.~Was it some one at the desk? A-Yes. sir
Q.-The sergeant had command? A-fes' TT.
Q.-When that complaint made? A-That
was a few months back. -
Q.-What done about that complaint A
Nothing was done that l know OF.
Q-Did you tell the sergeant that you had played
0.-Were YOU ever called into court TO make any
complaint? A.-Not called, ,.,
personally notified the officer IN and Of osf tae
Ths station hat tb you ast haG you heard Of thS
A.--Of that compiaint -,u,,,., A-rbe ,ex,
time did not go 10 the station house but 70 HEAD
quarters 70 Inspector Cross = .ot, him my,
Q-What did you say to him? Al to'u MIN my
The Chairman-when was that? A.-The first
@ @2atuauay ~ ross @ and toid him about this poolroom
and he called the Captain and officer Pott Of the
ho nd fbey came there and he told them about
his poolroom business. and OF course the captain
Q-Were you present? A.-Yes. was there with
IVES NY And he told the Captain about this and
asked him II ne had time TO go over VIII me t 20 ' ~,
go with me that day This was aboSt . ~ ond nd
eye, around that time lo:sV e a. m
station.
TRIED TO DISCOURAGE HIM
o-Fifty-seventh-st. court you mean? A.-Court
And when we got there It was all closed the Juuss
had gone: something of that kind; they told US
IN co again on Monday Officer Pott told me TO Do
tbere at o o'clock Monday morning al the court
house. I was there Monday at o'clock sharp with
o,DHad 9,O he also played? Ale had played be-
Ole had also played at the pooroom and lost
money there and YOU had him with You as Wit
nesso A-Yes SO went with Othcer =. Pott S ana nS
McCsrthv, and we went before Judge Wentworth:
and Judge Wentworth REFERRED US Us 10 ,sa tHe anG
sxnisined everything TO the clerk. The CLERK was
wasIlng dr 1g me rst of ali because he heard 1t
against pool and / told MIN nadh mucn na UNI
heTe eG t6a % Ps @ lust avn What nsi had happened been
playing In that pooroom ana Hap stngynoDGed tng a
corro09ra's nd ne was foong around didn't make
any attempt slve me warrant so to,G iifee MN
O'-T'hat Is you wanted him to attend 10 yoT OF
you would go to the Mazet Commitses h S,ert 70 the
Judge told the judge made that remark 81 aqie6 u1qn
hear what he told the judge Dut tno ne mske any
threats there is the door over there as Mucn a.
to say he would put me in a cell for making tha'
Featf oco ahead the Judge said There is the s60 door
.b enirance because ! made that remark OF the
Mazet Committee. Then afterwsrd ne ne hvd's n so M,
scrt OF a warrant there on that. - ,.,,,o l.
Q-An that you mean 70 say a3out o 1me yom
ta od He coi hm or rs clerks before the committee
A-As much as that
SOME SORT OF A WARRANT
o-And then he told the clerk to proceed and
draw the warrant. some kind OF warrant A..
Some kind Of a warrant, and then 'he Cie'N a'c
u guess I Will make out warrant on the party
and he made out the warrant and named John
Doa on the warrant and made the warrant out
and after that we went down stairs with the ON
cers car oficers Pott and Mccarthy and my brother
and after we got down the hall asked the oIIce.s
whether they sce haG and ocer Mccarthy said he had
no right and he said You can go right pacA anu
as5 Thai l is the officer stated he had no right TO
enter the premises to arrest the man hie"'oieu
Go ahead Al said there is no use & OF my ny
wasting my time going & Win ayy9 y9Gb he aid You ca
go right up stairs and see the judge anu we "e"'
uPot1And then you went back 10 the court? A.
Yes we went back again and judge Went"Grtw ba, ar,
IAN Sr out ana a. n5 says Use Of lighting with the officers
Weu certainly went about my business and lett
it all TO them and nd When he we we Should meet at the
station house at 30 that day. oa. .sa, ~
rangement? A-That about II CLOCK
Q-Speak up. Ave made tne ARA arrars1 nIsas n,as
there with my brother ready 10 go ahead In Inc % Sin
hf5s Fsre ts41 and + Pot WASN'T there just
that time and waited aWhl,e ana ana nS BE- canIe III i"
and then We went to this St Marks Pace pool
QMNow tell US what happened when you 1v got c1o 10
bsralV hear You here. A.-When we got to the
pooroqm 1t seemed that 9yerYnnE saw 'qOA derent
man on the door than usually was there
WARNING HAD BEEN SENT.
o-A new man? "A different fellow entirely
a man | had never seen there before. and Henry
Goldsmith LAWYER believe. was there. standing
az the door a. were ready 10 20 H. anu "du
never seen him there before. ao
~ HTbnt is a LAWYER waiting Off you az the DOOR
AYes sir A lawyer named Henry GOLDSMITH.
and he blocked our way as We were about 70 80 IN
and he SAYS What do you want mere: lns i
ciub I saws Il often 90 in here. nave pesn
here so often and | never heard anything OF lne
kind and certainly the officers made an attempt
70 60 in and this man at the door claimed the CLUB
yVos - locked and he had the key and wouldn't per
MI him and so tho officer took and arrested this
. A. 5ooro
vs. I said I didn't know that man. mad nothlhs
against him never saw him before. They wanted
me 10 go along 20 the courthouse ana say "as
there present and that they attempted 70 go IN
there When they got TO the courthouse TINS man
was d,scharged and ne there represented by
this LAWYER Goldsmith. and that was all tntn
O-So Goldsmith the lawyer VINO was walthg
for YOU when you came, represented the Defendant
in the court A-fes. 49,, -. 49,
osfcars occa stoned IN the morning. and at the
Iafer meeting and forth. was TO 20 and get
NJ goldsmith? Al couldn't very well state out
~ he was there never seen him there Defore