New-York tribune., 1899-05-18
POOLsELLING UNMOLESTED.
PHILIP COHEN TELLS HOW HE LOST
MONEY AT NO. ST. MARKS PLACE.

MONEY AT NO. ST. MARKS PLACE.
Philip Cohen sworn
Mr. Moss-You know a pooroom at St Marks
Place-No ST. Marks Place-don't you? A.
Yes sir
o-Have you played there frequently? A.-Yes,
Q-And lost money there? A-Yes. sir.
Q-And how much money altogether did you lose
there? Al couldn't very well tell About sSO
Q-what amount did you usually bet? A
Q.-Two dollars? -A-Three or ave,
Q-Two. three or Ave dollars: A. A,Ltes sa-s sir.
,Q-Were you a member OF any club there! A
Q-No member Of any club? A.-No
Q-Never paid any initiation fees? A.-No
Q.-Never signed any constitution? A.-No.
Ned ne7sT 25e7asa %sfe asked ns6"s o N %
Q.--Do you know any officers OF any club there?
ODD You ever hear of any? A-No sir.
Q-were you ever prevented from going in there
Q-How large is the room there that is used as
a poolroom? A-About twenty-five by thirty-hve.
o%HoW many people We're in the habit Of gath
ering there daily about? "A few hundred l
ON and around and about the place. going in
there and betting? A-Yes' sir changing
Q-Were there many people in the habit of bet
'1.s Q-Persons that YOU know; some OF them? A
sii'c Q~You would see them there? A.-often; every
time I came there.
Odd You ever see any police Interference with
the place? A-None that l know of, outside OF
when l made the complaint
ANOTHER ONE CLOSE BY.
o~And were there people passing in their
money-two three and five dollar bills-as you
were? A-Yes some and some smaller about the
same thing.
Q.-There must have been great deal of money
passed In there every day? A.-Oh' yes.
O.-Large sums A.-leS.
Q-How often did you win? A.-Well, that was
ys seldom wsEs there is.-o other PSSlr2S%R; 2sR
"CSuS Qon HeY What Stree street? Al believe it on
Nnth-st and Third-ave.
Q-When? A.-Well about the same time PROB
ably three months after .. La, ,,o, ., Ct
Marks Place? At was last saturdSyIno ,yo the
la SATURDAY Of April and he er rst rG Of t5 first Of
May? A~Yes, on Monday. ! believe g.. -.
And RSye a You tss OSen has been in ses
Sion in the city? A-wel. l believe I have
ap5arenf lst"up in their business while this Com
mission was sitting? Al believe they were
0eHow about the pooroom at the stuyvesant
Hotel A-That I couldn't tell you about This
Q@f f' Know, but when did you las, play at the
ANot 4o as as many MANY as The St Marks Place.
Q-But quite a number I presume? A'-fes'
'otAnd passing in and out. as you have de-
scribed? A-Yes. sir
DID NOT EVEN PLAY FAIR
Odd YOU notice anything peculiar about the
way they handled the bets there, whether 1t was
fair or unfair? A-That is what caused me to
COMPLAIN against those people have been TO
racetracks and lost money. but never complained
But here didn't think II fair regards 10 calling
of the information they got from the track. be-
cause there was many time wanted TO make
alan nd
they wouldn't accept my money and y happeshhed
the horse | wanted 10 play won ana az e, o'ner @
m6Ssv @Ss wns9 dS6 w@%ieH wond lose 90 oe' ''ey
ON other words. they. getting the information
from NJ the !ir track n"d the advantage oi the
oHAnd when you wanted to play the winner
Q-When you wanted to play horse that actu-
ally came in the winner you found that business
was closed? A-Yes. I found It was that way.
Q-How was the news received and now was u
given out? Allow 1t was received could not
Q-were there telegraph instruments r,,thg in the
there and what going on inside the partition
/ could not very well tell. ,.
Q-Did some one call out the information? A.
Yes: there man there, and he called out
w" U"He would call out when they were OF. and
give the bettng7 He would call out when arf they
of and nd he he yo TSgG aS give everyhns isf ana
would icah oa on the that about to be rum
Ole would call out the horses that were in the
o-And when they were supposed to star, tart he
would cali the positions they occupied.
O|Ani when they reached the first quarter he
would caIl out their positions at the hrst quarter?
O-IAnd so on until the was finished? A
Yes. sir.
NO ATTEMPT AT SECRECY.
o-And while the was running the people
IN the room would have opportunity to place
their bets I suppose? A-No; not when the race
running.
started.
O-How were the odds announced? A--Some-
times thev would have a card. pasteboard caro-,
and nave the names OF the horses ana the jockeys
on the card and hgures on 1.-THE odds on IL
q fshoying witness card with names OF nOrses
unon rl-Dd you ever cards IKE TINS IN the
pooiroom? A.-Yes. sir. - -. .,
- .MContaining the names OF all the horses? A
Yes, sir z,.u 80
O-And the place they were running az! a
yes sir They are scattered around the room
% THESE cards scattered around the .oOi"
40 as 10 give bettors information A-les SIT.
O-And this Information that was caIleu out
would be called out In loud tone OF voice bo
that all the room could hear! A-feA. sh;;. -,
O-And then you, deciding how you wonio oe'
upon a horse. would hll out snip OF paper A
Q.!And hand 1t in together with your money
o.IAnd then. as soon as the race was run and