New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-18

On ,nnrecedented resolution had been intro
drced into the Police Board to transfer s''np'e
policeman. while politicians and persons OF h'o'e
or less importance had taken an active interest,"
IN the case THE poolrcom- gambling issue "e
pointed out, is the issue underneath tue
movai Of Chief McCullagh. and make the c'a''N
unon the testimony already adduced. and upon
the testimony that shall adduce mere 'ha' "
a impossible TO believe that these gentlemen are
,onoront Of the existence OF these poolrooms'
chat a. ,s impossible to believe that the extraor-
binary activity connected with Patrolman NC
copnsll and Captain Herlihy and CHER Mc|ui-
lash could reasonably happen upon ORDINARY
theories. but that they came out OF ana oeio"s
10 and are connected with this great poofoo''
industry at the head of which is man WIN
has the associations that have already oeeh au
rntted upon this stand. think II is a tair 'h'hs
20 claim upon this testimony, and what am go
ing TO adduce is that 1t was the enorts oi ''.
chief Of Police against poolrooms that caused
his enforced retirement from the fohee Dep"
ment. Now. 1t has been said, and well SAID os
r.rsors thu, are taking an interest in this IN
yestigation that TO make charges ana ihs'nua
ton. and to direct questions without tahg'oie
nroof behind them will be, in the long run iru''
lass. and SO shall take my time for whie u
show Won that these poolrooms exist tha' '"e'
have been existing and that they nave oeeh iu"
ming in large numbers while TINS very co''
has been sitting. and running IN su.n
Il ia impossible that any Chief OF fohce oou0
not know OF them and not be able 10 40 so'i'e
ching against them, unless there were powerful
interests behind them
IN ST. MARKS PLACE
The first evidence Mr.. Moss introduced IN ooi-
rect,on with this was Philip Cohen VINO
aid that he had attended a poolroom al
No ST Marks Place as recently as ios'
saturday. and had lost altogether ABOUT s~VV
On the Mace Thinking that the owners OF tne
room did not play fairly with those WHO ue'
their money. ne had made compiaih' d. ''e
E,e,b-st station AS ne had heard no more
about the matter he had gone to the Essex
Market police court but he had been unable 10
ge, a warrant until he had threatened TO lay
.h. ,oc,s before the Mazet Committee. When
. n. at length got the warrant the policeman VINO
nod been sent with him to execute 1t had SAID
that it would not permit them to enter the
pisoe With another policeman, however theS
had subsequently returned later In the gay 10
the Mace and the lookout at the door hao peeh
arrested. This said the witness, was not the
nan named in the warrant, and he consequent
" had been discharged. That was all the saus-
lection Cohen got.
Then Hans ]. Witness, shoe dealer OF NO
100 Grand-st.. Brooklyn, told distressing story
of his experiences in the poolrooms of New
York Within the last five months he had
"dropped" between $4,000 and 5000 in various
gambling places in this city, and had become
financially ruined. This witness, 1t appeared
was not one of the sort who in sporting phrase
are termed "squealers" Mr. Moss only heard
Of the mans loss through the reports OF his
bankruptcy proceedings. In an effective and
STRAIGHTFORWARD manner Witness described the
many poorooms he had visited and added that
1t was always easy to get into them
A DETECTIVES EXPERIENCES
An even greater impression was made by
detective named Wood. who employed by
Mr.. Moss In the last few weeks this witness
had visited and bet money In nearly two hun
dred poolrooms. He testified that he knew moth
ing about these places until he was engaged by
Mr. Moss and day after day he never had the
slightest trouble in entering any OF the places.
nearly all of which were crowded with gam
blers OF each place he had visited he had
written a report. AS they were handed to him
for Identification after another 1t could be
seen that there attached TO each. one
ticket which he had received. wherein
printed the number of his bet, and in many
cases there were bills of various denominations
which he had Won ..-
All this evidence heard by Chief Devery.
who has asserted that poolrooms cannot be
closed because of the difficulty of obtaining evil
dence against them. Among the resorts in
which Wood bet money were Frank Farrells.
Percy Nagles THE" Aliens one which he testi-
fed was owned by Dry Dollar Sullivan and
another said to be operated by Alderman Led
with In many gambling houses he had also lost
and money playing roulette. studhorse
poker, red and black hazard. faro and craps
A lawyer named Henderson. who said he ap-
peared for Captain Price, arose when the wit
ness, after being on the stand more than two
hours. had ended his evidence. and asked per-
mission to cross-examine Wood. This the com
mittee refused, whereupOn the lawyer began to
crtlcse the committees action and it was not
until Mr.. Mazet ordered the sergeant alarms
TO remove him. that he was induced to sit down.
Joel s. Harris. another witness employed by
Mr.. Moss. gave evidence similar to that OF
Wood, detailing at length the large number of
gambling places TO which he had gained admis-
sion. and which openly running without
apparent fear of the police.
MAHONEY ON THE STAND.
James A. Mahoney, the personal friend of
Mayor Van Wyck, and who is reputed to be the
head OF the largest poolroom syndicate in this
city-a syndicate to which MIR. Moss has init
mated Carroll and Sexton belong--was next
called. Mr.. Mahoney said he was builder but
II was elected from him that he had not built
anything for some years. Subsequently he was
frank enough TO explain that he had described
himself a builder because 1T looked bad
for a man TO have no business" Mahoney ad-
mitted that he was bookinaker on the race
tracks, but when Mr.. Moss came to question
him about the poolrooms he is said to own, he
declined to answer. on the old ground Of per
sonal business"
II am a private citizen he said land not
being Office holder. don't think you have
right to inquire into my private affairs"
Before he left the stand. however. the COM