The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-11
GAMBLERS ARE MOVING OUT.
PERCY NAGLE's DISTRICT FOUND
PARTICULARLY UNSAFE.
That Has Been the stamping Ground for .
whole Lot OF Them and a Safe One. and
II Is Felt That In the DEMONSTRATING
That's Coming II VIII Have First Turn.

Since the election there has been an
exodus Of gamblers from Street Cleaning
Commissioner Percy Nagle's district, where
I'D to a few days before election there were
plenty OF gambling places doing business.
The upper East Side Of Harlem has for
years been a stamping ground for gamblers
of all kinds. They came from all parts
OF the country. When they couldn't make
out downtown. they tried TO open a place
in Harlem. Maggie pulls strong with the
police and has always been able to run
things In his district to suit himself. Any
captain or z who did not suit him
soon got his walking papers and went far
enough away to do no harm. Complaints
by decent citizens did no good, because
the police were as powerless as any or
binary citizen. II they attempted to clean
house they were at once transferred.
Gambling houses, poolrooms and policy
shops did business openly all tbe time,
and since Nagle was in such close touch
with Fourteenth street. nobody could make
a move 10 change the conditions.
few days before election Nagle brazenly
offered 70 give 81 900 to a charitable In
stitution IL anybody could find a poolroom
or gambling house In his district. This
offer was made while Maggie was standing
In front OF the Golden Oar. a saloon in East
I2sth street, which was formerly owned
by his brother John and over which a gamb-
ling house was run openly until recently.
When IL was closed the rear Of the saloon
wal fitted up as a poolroom. and 1t wa
quite usual to see policemen In there
playing the races.
II was the rivalry among the gamblers
that started the feud between Tom Ken
nedy and Myles Mcdonnell which led to
the shooting in the Onawa Cafe at Park
avenue and i25th street last December In
which one man was killed and three others
we're wounded by Mcdonnell. Men who
have been familiar figures In the gambling
fraternity for years made Nagles part OF
tho city their haunt. Under Magic they
owned Ii.
But since the election there has been a
transformation. The old faces and the
familiar figures have vanished as II tho
ground had swallowed them up. They nave
gone, and nobody seems to. know where
The sports and gamblers who haunted GER
tain corners m East i25th street are missing.
The poolroom in the rear OF the Golde
Oar saloon has been torn out and they play
billiards In there now. The gang hat made
its Headquarters at McBride's corner at
I25th street and Park avenue Is there no
more. In fact, the entire section has uhoer-
gone a complete change.
"A great deal Of pent-up indignation
has manifested itself lately in this part OF
the city" said Frank Moss. speaking Of the
exodus Yesterday. NO doubt these people
think il "a wise move 10 get out before they
are sent on an unwelcome journey. 1
have evidence that a handbook was being
made In the Golden Oar saloon at the very
time that Percy Maggie made his 81 900 re-
ward offer. These people 10 not relish
the idea OF Jerome taking Office, and l
don't blame them for making themselves
scarce"
One of the old-time gamblers told a Sun
reporter that in the cleaning up Of the city
after Tammsny the sports" thought that
Nagle's district would have h first turn
and they didn't want to wait for II.