New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

new law went into effect forty-fve have been
convicted. The evidence against Az Adams.
the so-caIled Policy King, and his sixteen asso-
GATES arrested in the raids conducted by Cap
tain F. Norton Goddard and Frank Moss, on
Thursday, is much stronger, apparently, than
anything brought against the convicted men,
Policy shops all over the city mostly closed
Yesterday on account of fear of a raid
In the safe at policy headquarters, No 500
West Thirty-f1rst-st were found half burned
tally sheets corresponding in their numbers to
tally sheets captured at the other shops This
is regarded as positive proof that No. 366 was
in fact the central office. Also in the safe was
found S219, mostly in pennies and nickels
This is the pitiful feature of this wretched
business said Mr.. Moss, letting a handful of
the small coins run through his fingers and
shaking his head sadly-"the hard earned ana
I'll spared pennies of the poor This is mute wit
moss of the sources of the profits of this ring
Money that could not be spared flowed into
their hands from tenements where poverty
reigns. School children's pennies are here no
doubt: pennies saved by wives from their scant
allowances the miserable little coppers Of poor
dupes who may nave had naught but these coins
Il keep them from starvation"
DISMISSED CLERK BETRAYED ADAMS
Mr.. Moss said Adams was betrayed by dis
charged clerk. who knew all the inner workings
Of Adams's central office. This man told Cap
tain Goddard what he knew, and the carefully
planned raid was the result
The CITY tax books show that Adams in 1900
paid taxes on property with an assessed Vaiua-
ton of nearly 100000. Mr.. Moss says Adams
owns 81 100000 in city real estate Much OF 1t
Is where the plans of the Pennsylvania Railroad
have doubled the value OF land in the last two
weeks
low In Bergen
right hand men. and fourteen others implicated
in policy anblng, will be arraigned before JUS
1ice HinsdaIe in the Court of Special Sessions
this morning at 1880 O'Clock. Doubtless ali
The men will be held at the instance of District
Attorney -Philbin.
An Interesting feature of the raid developed
Yesterday when ii was learned that the Adams
crowd were all prepared to begin the introduc-
1ion of brand new policy game in this city.
1t is more aluring than the present style. and
is called progressive policy, the American
lied Chinese progressive policy" 1t is now con-
Quoted at Hot Springs, Ark. and the shots
run all the way from , to l TO 300 to l. The
numbers are arranged on a scale OF ~ WIN
numbered balls in four glass tubes, and player
selects ten numbers. IL i've or more OF ms
numbers are drawn from the wheel. he draws
the following pay: Five numbers pay Tor l.
six nav 16 for l. seven pay $50 for /. eight pay
I
for / For, example if the player selects l. j.
u 30 IL so Il. 16 2S and IL, and those are
the numbers drawn from the wheel he would
win as follows: $500 for 10 cents, SSoo Tor -
cents, g. 500 for 30 cents. and $500 for 81
+ * such long shots these that strange
as il may seem. appeal most strongly 10 the X
norant and poverty stricken. HundTeos oI cdIu'
explaining the new system were found IN 'he
central Office at No. 366 and policy players VINO
he new
being introduced.
Thousands Of people gazed curiously yesterday
at the central Office OF the policy men, at No soo
West Thirtv-frst-st The buildings interior
looked as If a cyclone had struck it, and van
dals' Who were allowed to walk through me
roorns Yesterday completed the demorallzauon
by stealing nearly everything portaoie
BREAKING INTO THE SAFE
From o'clock until 10 an expert from the
Marvin Safe Company worked at the safe on
-. - e,o- NTH hammer and drill. Then
the door gave way
Resides a nurnber of papers of less importance
there we're nineteen rolls of manifold Sheets
showing all the lucky numbers from No'
II until Thursday.
The larger safe on the seconn MOOT me
clock on the mantelpiece had just Indicated 'he
hour Of L when the Iegalized ''cracksman arose
from his bending poSltloH liiOPPO
from IS brow gave a sigh of reilet' ana Sdlu'
Its ali ready gentlemen MI MOSS anu M
MIC. .tock seemed to be gratifed at what they
fo.-r qmong the papers. Among other IlihsS
were found the policy sheets, corresponding IN
their numbers with those in the DOCKS coiiioo"
ed AZ the several raids. In the large roiItop
desk from which Jantzen directed the business
CT the ring was found a memorandum giving
the following telephone numbers;
3ieo spriag-Polce HeadqrarteTs ,,....o,,s..-
24u Cortlandt-Wa Street Detective Bureau 10 Nroao
In the larger safe upstairs was found also
documentary evidence of the large revenue al
forded the policy ring by their dragnet OF
policy shops scattered all over the city. On
December IL the total receipts were somewhat
more than S11 600 The receipts Monday
were somewhat in excess of $4,000 Other
papers in the safe indicated that the West Side
Bank was one of the repositories of the funds
PICTURE OF TAMMANY sACHEMs.
Behind the large picture of the sachems of
Tsmmany Hail which hung on the wall in the
second story office was found the certificate
Of ra.d lid dues issued by NewYork Lodge,
No J. B. P O. Elks to Michael J. Bergen
There was also found q certificate of member
ship in the Improved Order of Red Men, also
made iH the name of Bergen Bergen is
understood be brother-in-iaw of Deputy
Police Commissiorer Devery.
Mr. Moss was reticent about the contents
Of the small trunk found in the private office
Of Adams in West Thirty -fourth-st
Among the private papers of Adams which
were found in that trunk" said Mr. Moss was