New-York tribune., 1900-03-11

Detnnar was sent for. and he was for some time
cioseted with Mr. Gardiner and Assistant Dis
tr.ct Attorneys O'Reilly, Mcintyre and Unger.
None of them would say what was discussed
during the conference report which could not
be verified in official quarters had it that Mr..
Comstock was to go before the Grand Jury and
testify regarding gambling resorts and alleged
leaks in police courts.
Mr. Gardiner had a consultation in the Cen
tre-st. court yesterday morning with Magistrate
Brann. in the Justices private room. Both re-
fused 10 say exactly what they talked about,
but Mr.. Gardiner admitted that it had to do
with the charges OF wide open crime.
He delegated Assistant District Attorney
O'Reiliy TO find cut the names of the owners of
the buildings occupied by McGurk the Tivoli,
the Haymarket, the Dore, the Pekin and other
resorts for the purpose of giving them official
notice that complaints have been made against
the houses and that they are liable under the
law for maintaining such places Mr.. O'Reilly
contends that the telegraph companies are vic
leting Section No 351 of the Penal Code. which
provides that any person persons who aid and
abet in the conduct OF poolroom violate the
The Police Commissioners had nothing to say.
Neither had Chief Devery. What could they
say? They had more the appearance of men
waiting fer orders than of men with any definite
purpose in view. The general closing down Of
poolrooms yesterday not due to their in
itiatiye. but TO the action Of the Gambling
Commission" which has decided that these
places must keep dark" for time. The few ar
rests the police made Friday night were fol-
lowed by last night, and probably will be
kept UP tonight and tomorrow. That they are
made for effect only clearly and ludicrousiy
shown by the raid made by Police Captain
Dimond at No. 2S3 Bowery on Friday night.
when four were arrested. Anthony Com
stocks men made raid IN it few moments
afterward having been forestalled by Dimond
and found hidden in the cellar gambling para
phernalia said to be worth $500, which had
been overlooked" by the police This was con-
fscated.
THE CASE OF THE TIvoLI MANAGER.
So too the arrest of Ackron, manager of the
notorious Tivoli, in West Thirty-fifth-st. was
apparently made for a purpose. Ackron had
been widely quoted saying:
Ia like TO see the police raid my placei I've got
men behind me big enough TO put ,S.s peve1y Ia and
the level. See2 And am going 10 stick to
my rights under the law If woman here earns
10 It. and she have access TO the Tivoh as long
as she behaves herself
This dangerous talk So two detectives
walked into the place at 1:20 o'clock in the
morning and, sitting down among the drinking
this was promptly supplied they arrested Ack-
ron. He taken to the West Thirtieth-st
police station, where Captain Thomas. who gen
orally leaves the station in charge of sergeant
that hour, was himself behind the desk. The
Captain did not ask particulars about the
charge against the prisoner, but at once began
thus:
SO yeu are the man who did not care for
Devery o. the police?"
1T is a lie!" shouted Ackron. II never paid
cent for police protection"
He was at once bailed out. The District At
torney was quoted yesterday as saying that he
would prosecute Ackron at once on an old in
dictment for theft found against him a year
ago Why this had not been done before Mr..
Gardiner did not explain. When Mr.. Gardeners
attention was called to the remarks of the Rev.
Thomas r. Slicer, who called the District Attor
ney 'the arch protector OF vice., Mr.. Gardiner
replied that he had nothing TO say about II at
present but when the proper time came he
would have a lot to say about Mr.. Slicer.
leading poolroom keeper was quoted yester-
day saying this about Mr.. Gardiner:
The only thing am afraid Of is that Roosevelt
will remove Colonel Gardiner and appoint a Dis
1rict-Attorney who will move against US. If he
does, gone. The police be held in Zine
but with a District Attorney fighting US can do
cfnsade viii amount o nothing Force is ALREADY
being brought bear which will stop It. big
Tim" will take hand, and his friends are power
fui. even with the newspapers and in the churches
Another man who runs big gambling place
took equally rosy view of the duration Of
this crusade He said:
We've been through all this many times before
but one result. The game has been nearly ruined
by the opening OF too many small places Tam Tam
its goose. When this thing blows over. you will
this difference, though-the little Will be out
of business. while will have the monopoly We
ssRs we can sord to pay moTe So oG that Tam
many does not stand 10 lose much.