New-York tribune., 1901-08-10

,rf,o. oo,ents of the Society for the Prevention
--,-,a and policemen. headed by Assistant
...-irrendert Hammond, Of the society, were
Ling a raid alleged poolroom at No
- Eaet Tventy-third-st yesterday afternoon
,,s-.r Whitney. a clerk, of No. 201 West Ninety
es,n-et was arrested in the rooms Of the So
- According 10 Frank Moss he had entered
-, o. compact with one Of the society's detec-
- bx- which the latter for a stipulated sum
-. 70 inform him in advance Of raids TO be
- on poolroons. Ernest Bergdorf, Of No
90 7os;<a alr-ave.. Brooklyn private detective
.,-,,.rs,-'s mariner Frank Moss says, was ar
90 in Mr. Moss's office soon afterward-
=, -C7ie+v officers accuse Nective Turley,
"a. East Twenty-second-st station. or pre-
.r,irr the capture Of the men alleged to be
,-o7,rierors of the poolroom. by stopping
+l..a.,t,e Mcclellan. the society's man They go
+,-.ber. and declare that Captain Flood OF the
ra,5srloin precinct, aided Turley by threaten
,rp Mcclellan with his club
Wr Moss. after the raid, said thar the society
-. stratagem. had established the fact that
+be nolice gave warning TO poolrooms' "heh
raid was expected.
TF7t. y1OOR HAMMERED IN.
Assistant Superintendent Hammond showed
-. warrants issued by Justice Jerome al the
re-, r,ventv-second-st. station. A detail Of ten
,olicenoen accompanied the society agents 20
.he rlece thought 10 be poolroom, the Pohce-
,ren guarding the outside. There were apou'
= bundred and fifty persons in the room when
.bAraidors demanded adrnittance which was re
tnsed. and they began hammering in the door.
man in shirt sleeves got in the middle OF the
rom and in a stentorian voice shouted:
.7,or,t get ratified, Don't get ratified They
won't trouble you They are not after YOU
They will let you so. They are after us
ESCAPE THROUGH HOLE IN WALL.
This suaves the fears Of those inside the
r,on II required ten minutes for the raiders
- heat down the door Of the place. Three men
,r,ra arrested. but those who are supposed 10
run the nlace ana who had the money escaped
through canvas door over hole In the wall
which led into the hotel next door Many OF
the men who have access 20 the place, and VINO
are heavy bettors. also made their escape ny
the same way. There was a rush for windows.
hut the police were there TO prevent escape. a
large crowd gathered A girl employed in the
express office tainted.
Agent Mcclellan Of the Society for the Pre-
vention Of Crime. was stationed outside a barber
shop which is said TO he one Of the means of
egress from the room above. As Mcclellan was
standing outside Detective John T. Curley, Of
the East Twenty -second-st. police station, came
out ana Mcclellan seized him. Curley told
Mcclellan his business but Mcclellan still hung
10 him. and then Curley showed his shield.
Mcclellan would not LEI go. and then Curley ar
rested Mcclellan and took him 10 the East Twen-
ty-second-st. police station.
Curley took his prisoner before Magistrate
Brann. in the Yorkvine Police Court. but before
he arrived there the Magistrate was called 70
the telephone twice and directed. in the name
The East Twenty-second-st. station
7 followed the instructions Of Justice Jerome. %
declared Mcclellan. 4 was one Of the helpers
in the raid and got orders to arrest anybody
who came out Of the building or the barber
Fhcp. I did as I was ordered TO do
y was getting shaved" declared Curley. and
had taken off my coat and collar when 1 heard
q commotion outside. and ran out and was
seized by this prisoner. Notwithstanding the
fact that ] told him that ] was an officer and
showed him my shield, he hung 70 me"
That is true" said Mcclellan. Il simply per
formed my duty. You got out OF the rear Of the
poolroom and / caught you
Y was in the barber shop" declared the detec-
tive
WON'T SEND PRISONER TO JEROME.
An affidavit was drawn in which the detective
charged Mcclellan with disorderly conduct and
with impeding an officer, and Mcclellan was
paroled until to-day.
Hammond and four agents of the society
rushed IN after Mcclellan had gone and Ham
mond ssked:
What have you done with Mcclellan? Justice
Jerome wants him sent down TO him forthwith" 4"
Justice Jerome does not run this town" de-
clared Magistrate Brann I. as a committing
Magistrate. have received a complaint made by
an officer and / shall take evidence in the case
tomorrow"
The prisoners arrested in the raid were ar
raigned before Justice Jerome in the East
I|enty-second-st station. They described
themselves John Smith, an expressman. Of
NJ. 64S East Fifteenth-st, Henry c. Wilson, a
clerk, OF 10. 452 Frst-ave.. and Edward Cava-
nagh. horse dealer. OF No. 237 East Twenty
tourth-st. They were held !n $1,000 bail each
lor further hearing this morning in Justice
5eromes chambers
MOSS DESCRIBES wHITNEY'S ARREST
Mr.. Moss said that Dillon. the societys de-
lective. who had been selected by the poolroom
Keepers through Whitney. 10 tell the operators
whenever the society contemplated raid, had
'od Whitney that two new men had been en-
Poyed by the society, and as II was part of the
compact that Whitney should know all the
special agents Of the society, he was telephoned
before the raid had become known TO him, that
tneIe We're two new men whom II was desired
-t should see at the rooms Of the society.
a, We had a policeman there" continued Mr.
moss and warrants ready for Whitney and his
heIuers As Whitney entered the room and
MeS told he a prisoner. he walked TO the
othaoN, which open. ana threw some
tapers out. Judge Jerome was there. He called
ne policeman and made him watch the papers
a. they took their downward flight. Then q
80 was sent 10 gather them. These consisted
y Poofoom lists IN Mhitney's handwriting, also
S'he memorandum books Whitney's partner
Isoort was arrested in the regular way. He
as taken al his Office and brought up here. In
- OF me rooms upstairs Judge Jerome held
N'4fL The he two .ars