New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

gambling paraphernalia which we took in the
raids
The trunk or strong box from "Al' Adams's
office, No 40 West Thirty -fourth-st. opened
late in the afternoon by District Attorney Phil
bin. Frank Moss. his secretary and Assistant
District Attorney O'Connor.
FRIENDS IN BOTH PARTIES
After denying that letters discriminating prom
inent Tammany politicians had been found in
the box. Mr.. Moss said:
Adams has friends in both parties We found
a number of important letters, but not from
any prominent politician. There nothing
about policy in any of them
Was there a letter to police sergeant?
Yes. there such letter.
Mr. Moss said they had found out that ADAMS
had property assessed at Sl,oOOooO and that ne
was interested in the krasCh Brewing Company,
Cody & Co. contractors, PoaCher & Co.. real
estate; Ames & Co. real estate and some
We are very we'll satisfied with the evidence
we have secured said Mr.. Moss 'Ihe channel
leads direct Adams
Mr. Philbin's only comment on the search is
quoted at the beginning of this article
The contents Of the trunk were put back in H.
and it was locked and sealed and will be kept in
the District Attorneys office -
William Bagley; Frank cam ana l..tad Ja5iifa 10
Hughes. three of the men who were arrested IN
the raid were arraigned before Justice HlnS-
dale in the Court of Special Sessions, yester-
day and formal complaint of violating the anti
These were arraigned with the others on
Thursday night. but complaints had not been
drawn up against then
THREE HELD TO BAIL
Bagley and Cain were held in $1,000 bail each
by Justice Hinsdale, and Hughes's bail was
fixed at s., 800. They Will have an examinat atlon
with "Al" Adams and their confreres to-mor-
row. 49, ". c,,.,
Edward W. Marks. Of No. 40 West Seven
tieth-st yesterday qualified as bondsnan Tor
eleven of the policy prisoners heIo on | on
the results of the raid, said:
TT will be a blessing to the poor people oh
this city if policy playing can oe T9oIeu ou. =
not gambling. 1t is robbery pure ana slinpte ,
and the meanest kind of robbery at tnat Inc
whole policy plan is fraudulent Inc winning
Numbers are not drawn until the sheets are In
and then the numbers selected are those Whlch
win pay the players the least and the hackers
most All bets of 81 more are promptly teie-
r1honed TO headquarters. that by no possibii-
itv can such bets win unless the gang think 1t
hest that they should win to draw more players.
Adams and his friends took in $1,000 day Inc
only expenses were for rent. salaries and pro
tection Reckoning SO profit on each book, L
believe the policy hackers throughout tile cltS
took in S60o00 a day
This means that the very poor people of the
CITY spent that much in petty wagers every udS
No other evil begins to compare with inns III ilS
awful effect on the morals and wellbeing of the
community Some of Adams's places have been
closed for weeks. Jantzen said recently that
Adams was paying rent on twenty vacant
places. Adams had about sixty of his elghty-
two shops open. ?,
was largely because of the attitude of the news
papers that the needf1I amendments TO the anti
policy law were secured
I ".Ar Adams took a prominent hand in the
Congress district fight in which | live year
ago last summer. He also threw all his in
fuence which considerable, to Hess in the
last primary fight in the XXNth Assembly DIS
trict- G is friendly with number OF powerful
politicians in both big parties