The sun., 1901-05-03
John DOES" SYNDICATE.
JUSTICE JEROME AFTER THEN ALI
AND GETTING WARN.
Paper He Pound In the Gambler Safes
Helping Him. bat He Has Other Evidence
More Important-Mors Safe Breaking Ycs-
terday. but Contents Didn't Tell Much.

name represents q small group OF men who.
there is reason TO believe. are responsible
for protected gambling In this city. II Is
that group Of men we are after and am free
TO say that We are tonight nearer to that
group than ever we were
SO spoke Justice Jerome when he was asked
last night II he had been correctly quoted
as saying that he knew the identity OF tho
elusive John Doe" and was hot upon his
trail The Justice refused TO dvulgs the
names OF the men who comprise the group
Several names OF men who are supposed
to form what Ia known as the gambling oom-
bine were suggested TO him. but to each
Justice Jerome said. y will not answer that
question now
Asked II the documents taken from the
safes In the gambling dens at 81 West Thirty
FIRST street and Ill East Fourteenth street
served 70 bring him nearer to tho Identity
Of the combine. Justice Jerome said.
Those papers standing by themselves
and unexplained are not Of particular value.
but when taken In connection with other
evidence and other matters. they are OF the
highest Importance
sAs tending to point to something or soms
one In PARTICULAR 1t was sugsested
- furnishing svidential matter OF the greatest
importance I will not say now what Ia the
nature Of the evidence We have In our pos
session. nor will describe the books and
papers taken from the safes. but we are
satisfied with what we have accomplished
90 far The proofs we are seeking are &C.
cumulating fast do not mind adding
that the most important evidence We have
did not come out Of those safe That par
ticular evidence 10 known only 20 my-elf
and two other men When produced II will
startle some people"
1t may Re presumed then that The lines
are tightening around John Doe'"
That Is a question do not care 70 answer
You can form your own conclusions
In one OF the safes Justice Jerome found
- T. o. T. bearing the name OF an army
ofioer, After elancing at the signature.
which called from him a slight gasp Of aston
ishmenty he tore up the paper To an inquiry
note the Justice replied Yesterday.
i had no authority l acted unlawfully
and Illegally But discovered upon that
man and an officer, and | tore Il up
Counsel for the prisoners was present
and made no objection, but even with the
consent OF the counsel had no legal right
else presumed that the note represented
a gambling debt am responsible for us
destruction II IL is proved that the / o |
was not for a gambling debt | will pay Us
value out Of my own pocket am not per
sonaly acquainted with the officer His
name have forgotten
Some people are questioning your legal
power to burst open safe'" IL was .ugxested
That is very easily tested Why don't
these people take the matter TO the supreme
Court A competent lawyer ought to know
hnU " IN N Ia xprn ia
fair TO presume that some Of the men who
have been hurt have competent LAWYERS
and II Is a fair presumption that we are
not doing what is wrong or they would stop
Justice jerome is living a strenuous llfe
In these days II was nearly midnight when
at o'clock yesterday morning he was at the
raided gambling house at III East Fourteenth
street to break the seals he had put on the
steel compartment OF the gamblers' safe
which he hadn't fully explored on Wednes-
day, ready to complete the little safe breaking
job he had undertaken
Two expert safe openers worked for four
hours before the compartment was opened
Five hard plates had to be forced apart IN
the process The papers found in the safe
were pla ced by Col Monroe IN an iron brief
box and taken In cab 10 Justice Jerome's
chambers In the Criminal Courts Building
There the Justice, Col Monroe aud Henry
Goldsmith. counsel for the prOprietors Of tho
gambling house, examined tho documents
At the end of their perusal all information
conperi ing the documents was refused ex-
cept, that they included bank books ana rent
receipts
l. was ascertained. however. that the
haul included ten rent receipts made ont
% Thomas Ryan" astenantby the German
Savings Bank which owns the building
and several cancelled checks signed r. j
Ryan and made payable to cash one
other discovery was check for a large sum
Of money, drawn by / J Ryan OF lOl West
Fourteenth street A pool room at this adj
dress was rtlded short time ago IL was
regarded aS significant that payment on
the check had been stopped Just after the
raid II IN" check had been rendered for
protection after the raid of course there |
was no necessity for. further protection
Repeated rlugnI Of the bell at 80 last Ninth |
street which papers found ~ the sal" gave
a, the address Of y " cullen and whore |
reporters were told that Mr cullen" would |
be home Yesterday. brought no response |
from within The McCullagh detectives sav |
tnat the place is the clearing house" Tor |
the downtown district Of a." Frank Farrell |
iector for th" district below Fourteclrh |
street and the nam" Is NotltioIs. ~ j., also |
m" name Of NrQuad"' Used hy the person
N whom payments We're made by IN" pro-
Irlet0r- ot tho gambling house NJ a West |
Thiriv.0rsr stree. McQpld". 20 McCm- |
ngh'- non say. is fh' collector for the district
shove Fourteenth street
o" man "." 'h. .'.."d 20 assault Clerk
RULER uf Np'.aI sessions In tho raid on the
poOIruou H' Iwr.'"'I street and Flaverfl
hvenn" appeared w 'h" Criminal Courts
Fuller. who p"ouu'. had him arrested lie
said 10 w1- Nnhrl h"ho", spaogAror. Of
u! Nh'h 'L'ht" Nn"u hrra g'"d before
h- conduct 4ud explained Thar h" did not
know that Nh F...er was u court or'cor
Justice j"tou" accepted hrs apology and dis
charged Ww. SAVING I- p" dld So
Wu"u .1whr"an.us cannot he prevpntnd
hN ordinary moan {, necessary ~ -esort N |
ssNT9oLd. nary ',"1n- lh" methods which