The sun., 1900-06-12
WOMEN BETTORS TRAPPED.
,o,,rE CATCH TwBNTY.EIGHr or
rHEM IN A POOLR0OM.

~s., ware Gamblins on the Races II RosDs
a, the Colenial Hotel in west ssvsntesnth
a,,set - 50 latent were Thsy lon nsir
Occupstion That All Hands were Caught
Tho poltoe raided q women's poolroom at
a., vest Seventeenth street yesterday after
nnon and arrested James Martin. Is years old
=, : East losth street. the alleged proprietor.
Roh.rt Smith. 10, Of ais East Eighteenth street.
,rs doorkeeper: David Mullins. %. Of tOe Eighth
.vsnus telephone operator; Antonio Lampel.
~ Of a.s West Seventeenth street. proprietor
a, the Colonial Hotel. in which the poolroom
WAS and twenty-eight women who were In the
nl.cs The poolroom Is said to have been open
for long time
Can't Moynahan OF the West Twentieth street
station and Inspector Thompson each contrib
u,ed about half Of the force OF twenty men
which descended on the place about o'clock
ves,erday afternoon. Four detectives, disguised
as longshoremen. were planted In the barroom
below the poolroom, while the rest OF the force
xss 80 disposed az to completely surround the
tro d-a-half- STORY buildings which COM
nrse the Colonial Hotel. The attack at the
rear was In charge OF Precinct Detectives
pierson and Mccarthy, who. by way OF Eish-
,eanth street and backyard. had reached the
roof of an extension from the barroom and
commanded the back windows OF the poolroom.
by the time the captain and the inspector
.torted no the front stairs. The front attack
encountered an outside door at the foot OF the
stairs, and at two landings. few feet apart on
The stairs. were two other doors All were 10
,harx, OF smith who retired stuDbornly before
The advance Of the policemen. wh.stln9 warn
ing 10 those above as he went The four dN-
eui,ad policemen in the barroom helped TO
carry the stairs. using their cotton hooks to
The men at the rear did their part elfectuauy.
holding in check all who attempted TO escape
bv the windows. and when the man force en-,
tered the pool room they found II 30 crowded
as 10 prevent much active resistance. The
women took things rather quietly after their
first Intellectual attempt to break out OF the rear
windows. No one tainted and there was but
little screaming. There were. two rooms well
filed with the women, and the police UNDER
stand that no one escaped. II IS related In
the neshbornood however % thaI three red do tSst S
gathered and watched their less fortunate
companions driven, away In the patrol wagon.
Thrce others reached the street by a sortle
IN force hut were caught and brought back.
iampel the proprietor Of the hotel. tried TO
conceal himself on the top floor Of the build
Ing next door but was pursued and captured.
4 telephone numbered 3i85 Eighteenth street,
which was on a relay circuit from another OF
the same number In the barroom, several RAG
INK cards. which were tackled up on the wall.
and t3sI IN Ca~i ana seven uOliu- tIlttk WcIc
confScated The rooms were plainly furnished:
The women prisoners nearly all OF whom SAID
they were servants. were locked up In the care
of the mntron at the Mercer street station.
They described them selves as follows:
Marie Rorden, ~. Of 55 Hudson street Julia
White So Of liz Eighth avenue; Ada Johnson, IS.
OF plainheld, n. j.: Nora Ogden. 20, OF Jersey
Citv Helen Howard, AZ, Of II seventh avenue;
Helen Fenton. As. Of 1862 Monroe street Brook
lvn: Rose Never. 3i OF 3O9 Third street; Susan
Moore. 4s, OF 405 East Thirty-fourth street;
Mary Brown. rs, Of 30? West Nineteenth street;
Mary Morrow, 20 of Is Green nwich street; May
Hoyt 40 OF 2Oe West Fourth street; Sylvia Green
rs Of 20O Knickcrhocker avenue, Brooklyn;
Phoebe Moon So OF 100 Fast Ninety tn street
Annie smith 4O 200 West Thirty-second street
Helen Bolden 80, Of Jersey City: Iizzie Hender-
son so OF II Vest Twenty eighth street. Ada
Hill, As, Of 400 Bergen street, Brooklyn; Bridget
Mccarthy, 40. OF io2 East Hath street: Annie
Walsh. IS, Of i2i Flushing avenue Brookly1;
Katie White IS. OF liz Eighth avenue: Sarah
MURRAY, 81. Of ti8 West Thirty fourth street.
Catherine Lennon. SIS, Of ~ Bainbridge street,
Brookivn; Charlotte Adams, rs, OF lao West
Thirty fourth street: Julia Austin, 55, OF is
West Fifty-eighth street: Annie Green, 80 OF
le0 Fast i25th street Nellie Walton, 70. OF 20
Fast l2sth street, and Minnie Muller. 50. Of iOi
Fourth avenue
Preparations seem TO have been made to
move the poolroom TO the next building. as
telephone wires were found In place there.