The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-05
THE" ALLEN TWICE RAIDED.
More Trouble for the New York
Pool Room Man.


Pool Room Man.
NEW YORK. March f-Captain Chap
man made two raids today on his ancient
! enemy. THE" Allen. President and pro-
prietor of the Wet Side Club. at so Sixth
Avenue. The first was made on his own
authority. the second was with the aid
and encouragement of the Committee of
Fifteen, and was highly spectacular. as
was befitting. since it was the seventh
time in five years that the captain has
entered the place forcibly.
Captain Chapman does not like Allen.
He celebrated his reassignment to the
Mercer Street precinct by smashing in on
Allen last Friday. Since then he has kept
a number of his detectives hanging about
the neighborhood. Mr.. Allen. early on
Saturday morning. appeared with a chain
and a paddock as large as his fist and
fastened up his front door rather osten-
tatiously.
Two of his club servants" stood in
front of the door and whispered to each
member who came along. The men whis-
pered to went into the restaurant next
door with something like military uni
formity. The restaurant is not a place
where elaborate meals are served, blu. the
men who went in stayed long enorgh to
eat a meal of sixteen courses.
Captain Chapman put a man in uniform
in the restaurant with instructions to see
that every man @'ho went in either ate or
got out. Most of those who came in after
that got out. But today large numbers
of the patrons OF the restaurant were
seen going into doors in Waverly Place.
around the corner. One of the captains
sleuths climbed on a commanding roof
and saw the clubmen going up :. ladder
which was leaning against the back win
dow of MIR. Aliens house.
The captain set his men to watch the
doors in Waverly Place and keep them
from being used as a highway to the foot
OF The ladder. Three men forced their way
past detectives and there was a run
ming fight. The men were caught in one
of the back yards and were Iugged Off
to Jefferson Market Court. where Magis-
trate Pool promptly discharged them.
That was the first raid.
Captain Chapman called up Devery and
said that Aliens counsel had told him
that he had advised Allen and his people
to shoot Chapman on sight if he broke
in again.
break into the place. said Devery- Then
smash every door there is in the house
and break him up. Go right on over
there
The ca plain came out of the telephone
booth ana saw waiting for him Colonel
Monroe, the counsel of the Committee OF
Fifteen, and Chief McCuliagh, who is act
ing as adviser and chief of detectives for
the Fifteen. They told the captain that
they had warrants for three of The Al
len men and asked for men TO serve
them.
Chapman called ten men. saying that
with the six who were already on duty
about Aliens place he thought there
would be enough. Mr.. McCuuagh sug-
gested that sixteen were rather too many
and asked Captain Chapman to go with
them to instruct the six men already on
the ground and to send the ten men from
the station along after to act as re-en-
forcementS.
The captain. with the representatives
of the Fifteen. went to Allen door with
out attracting any particular attention
Allen was standing in a doorway on the
other side of the street. The paddock was
still on the door. The captain tried 1t
with vehemence. As he turned from 1t
Allen laughed loudly. Chapman went into
the restaurant and at the back door OF II
tried a door which he believed led up
stairs He came out shaking his head.
''Ha, hal snickered Allen. Enjoy
yourself, old man; ENJOY yoursen. But
be careful you don't break in You may
get hurt.
Chapman ordered his detectives to
smash in the front door. Three of them
hurled themselves against it. 1t was as
solid as a rock Then the captain went
into the house on the north of the club
house.. and a minute later appeared at
the second story window next to the win
dow of Aliens front room He climbed
out on the coping and edged over toward
Aliens window.
Allen If that amt burglary there never
was anything to shoot a man for"
The captains foot slipped. He threw
out his hands and clutched the awning.
He hung there kicking. his whiskers way
ing. while the multitude without yelled.
The captain swung himself onto the win
dow ledge, pushed up the lower sash, and
shouted:
i've got a warrant: don't shoot. I've
got warrant; don't shoot"
The inner blinds had been shut in his
face. He kicked them in. Then he swung
himself into the window. strobe through
the covering crowd of Mr.. Aliens
friends within and went down and pull
ed and kicked the props from behind the
front door. His men then broke the door
Detectives from the Committee of Fiji
men as the persons for whom the war
rants were intenued. They were Arthur
Moore telegraph operator William
clerk. About seventy men who were In
the place were allowed to go free.
Justice Jerome, of the Court of Special
Sessions. was waiting at the police station
when the prisoners We're taken there and
admitted them to bail.
These are Mr.. Aliens sentiments:
Somebody over on Fift Avenoo says
Reform Then somebody down in Mui-
berry Street says H, yes. that's a
good idea. Let's reform somebody Then
they send for Chapman and all come over
here an lump The Allen. Funny, amt
it?"
Captain Chapman's ardor against al
legged pOolrooms'' led him to visit other
places than The" Aliens today He
went to 724 Broadway. When he came
out he S3id he had not sna shed aD-t,'ng
He would have, If 1t had been necessary,
he said. bat the door was open " hen
asked what he went in for. he said:
Just to see what | could find. What
did | find? Nothing.
He paid similar visit to 104 Sixth Ave
nue., with the same results.