The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-14

Grnnd Jury iarl- hat way and IL determine
to keep u waiting until II IL through with IN,
railroad ma'tcrs. or at least further advanced
with them. there - nothing Tor Us 10 do bat
wait.
ANY sonsiblc person can soc that tho Dis.
trct Attorneys Office has gone 40 Tar ahead ~
this matter that II could not rocede II II wanted
TO. And ! can tell you that I doesn't want 10,
II the police @nunkion the matter, ] don't mind
saying that | should not be so priscd to SEQ
tn Distlic, Attorney nppiy to III" Board Of Is
innate tor funds 10 carry IN the cri-ad". ln Tho
mater Oi 10" property o"hefs WHO 20 n year
after year renting their places to peopl" whl
run them M Ii~rcputan'H resorts, wa viii not
b. satisfied with Ines. but want u. see them
Imprisoned We sim uHkra point Of this in the
caaes that We prosecute and II We can gain our
end We Will hnl''uu" more than any on"utn'r
thing cuUll have iuu"l - prevent the opening
o. the resorts with which the city l. now IN
There /, ono man who lives in one Of our
nearby cities that ! am very anxious 10 get 10
come here and tell "a into story. lie was done
ont Of $1,000 IN one Of the biggest gambling
houses IN hi, city. II q get It. his evidence
Will show that this house, supposed to b" one
of The suuarest houses of tho KIND In the CITY.
is crooked. | have tho full particulars o' how
he was ,windled
ACathollc pr est will como forward in a few
DAYS with evidence against eight poolr1oms
between Seventy. ninth and Ninety second
streets and east Of Lexington avenue. These
pnres have run for some time. and all the
efforts OF This priest to close them have been
futile. The District Attorney, Office Is going
10 take ht- evidence and will make the best use
u II that u eau. | mention this AZ an l%llustrh-
ton Of what we are doing anu how glad we arc
to get ovlience'from citizens.
a man asked me the other day whether i was
really possible for the police 10 close up these
can do. | went into The West Thrift 18th street
station at H. 20 o'c,ock la-tnight. aud although
capt. Thomas w.s no there, ! dcclnr"h 2n ne
evidence brought I, mo there by Mr.. O'Reilly
and Mr.. Iirnuc-sov. that the disreputable re-
sorts TINT col. Gardiner had ordered closed
were wide open, told the sergeant on duty
that | would give him lust fifteen minutes TO
sec that every lace in tho precinct was closed.
SAY. You never saw such hust,ing IN vour life.
How 1t was all done | don't know. but "a lust
seven minutes it was accomplished, 1t was
lust a. though the station house was connected
with bells 70 every resort Ia the neIRhborhood.
Word carne TO me that scarcely four minutes
after | delivered my ultiInatum people wcro
being bundled out OF resorts al over the pre-
cinct and that lights were going cut every
whore. With possibly, one or two exceptions.
every place In the Tenderloin that could posi-
hly come under the head Of a disJrdofly house
was closed within seven minutes alter ] gave
mymessage.
he cannot close these places because they nave
LIQUOR licenses that give them the right to sol
up 10 ! O'Clock in the morning. We have tod
Capt. Thomas that 1t Is not o matter OF viola
tion of the Excise law that We are concerning
ourselves with at present. 1t il whether these
places are disorderIy houses or, not. We can
the town and that they are consequently dls;
orderly houses. Wo do not propose 10 stand
any nonsense in this matter and IL Is up to the
captains OF the precinct 10 see that the law IL
not violated in their precincts, Capt. Thomas's
conduct has seemed 10 be that ofan officer try;
ing for some reason not 70 do his full duty. and
he viii come so near to being indicted IN
the morning that Il viii make his head SWIM
Charles L. AckrDn. thN pro prletor Of the
Tivull, who was the lrst zig awe keepert to DO
arrested in, the present crusade, was ar
raiguad in the Jefferson Market court yoster.
day and held In $1,000 bail for examination to
day, Here isa list OF AnSron'S appointments
f. the next few days: To-day, examination
lciOre Mag !1tratc Cornell on acharg" OF con-
ductng a disor irriy house and ot running q
concert h1ll without q license to-morrow. on
trial in the Court Of General Session, on a
charge Of grand larceny; Friday, on trial in
the Court OF Sprc'a Sessions on a charge OF
violating the Ll4qor Tax Jaw Assistant Dis
ttlct Attorney OHeiIty, who has charge OF all
these cases, said yesterday that he would push
all Of the charges to the utmost limit and that
the crusade against AckrOn personally would
never be- stopped until he had been driven out
Edward b Corey. the proprietor OF the Hay
market, who was also, arrested on Monday
c ccihsll s Ma7 he alFT' IN y si.ooS So TO Sns Mef' to the
charge OF conducting a dlsordorly house. His
examination will take place this afternoon at
the ZANE tine thHt Akron i eAamlned TIE
employers, were 10th discharged in court.
George Furm9n. Nciurk,,s manager. who was
arrested on Monday night. was arraigned in
the Essex Market court. and also held Tor eX-
animation to-day. The owner OF the Bowery
seSSi n w 5aS pA demgrk ~ 9cGgries r Is Romg 70
Florida. but notice that the premises
wsre being used for iLies1, purs2s s
aH6sencc. The District attorneys Office has
no, yet been. able T. ascertain the names OF tho
owners OF the Tiyoli and Haymnrket proper
tics. but notices have been served on some
fifty other men whose property is belug used for
Illegal purposes. and Mr, O'hcilly said yester.
day tha' in not q single case had the Jaw been
Thursday. said Mr.. o Reilly. the District At
torney vii. BE- really to proceed against the
swell g,ameIing holse IN Inst Forty iiSur'h
one OF the best known gam bling establish
mcnts in the city. II j. SAID that 100000 was
event On the interior decorations, The prop
in-law, who lives in Rhode Island.
4 formal demand was. male on the District
Attorney yesterday b, the reportAr oi a news
Ivan TO tell what ne knows about the alleged
poolroom at the northwest corner OF Fortieth
street and sixth avenue. over Consitine's sa-
loon. The reporter alleged that he could pro-
duce Witnesses who could swear that they had
seen sullivan behind the rail Of the place and
that to all appearances he was interested
reporter .demantel that a subpoena
be issued TO. sullivan commanding him
to appear before tho Grand Jury Mr..
Mcintyre carried the message 10 Col, Gardiner.
who sent back word that II the reporter in
question would make affidavit OF what he knew
and tell where Witnesses could be procured.
ms request would he granted, This didn't
satisfy the reporter, who wanted the senator
~subppnacd on his s'ltemeEt, although he
admitted that he personally had not seen the
senator in the place. The District Attorney
took occasion to say ON this point that he had
already subprna"d the proprietor and city
editor. OF one Ncw York newspaper. which
recently stated that more than three millions
OF dollars a year were collected from the
gamblers aud dtsorlerly; house kaepers in this
city for protection The District Attorney
wants the authority for this statement for the
benefit of the Grand jury,
It was said yesterday that Or. Parkhurst will
b. the PRINCIPAL witness botore the Grand Jury
to. when .hat body TAX ~ up the matter
freed himself Of n few thoughts on the present
crusade by the. regularly constituted city
authorities. as follows;
You cannot expect permanent results from
sorry to say that regard this demonstra.
a atTn to nTaGdght. '"A few Of The
small FRY will be arrested and then
open up again. / think the big gamblers are
largely responsible for tho prr,ent agitation.
" neither they are or not. they are certainly DO
lighted at H. for II Will, probably drive all the
little fellows TO the wall. II the agitation had
been started Ia the ial. 1t might have had good
results, but in the spring, no. When the SUM
mcr comes the whole thing viii slmmcr down
and die"
Neither Col. Gardiner nor Mr.. Mcintyre had
anything to say about DR. rarkhurst's state
DR.. ParGhurst. Frank Moss. Secretary Ken
uoson AMI Supt. Burr Of the Society for the
Prevention OF crime held lonG conteroncS in
in Fourth avenue yesterday afternoon After
ward Supt. Burr went Town 70