New-York tribune., 1901-07-17
Raid ON "JI1NMY" WAKELYS.
FIVE PRISONERS AND MUCH POOLROOM
PARAPHERNALIA TAKEN

one of these raids the detectives headed by
Superintendent Thomas L. McClintock and Dep
uty Superintendent George P. Hammond, and
assisted by detectives from the East Fifty-frst-
st. station, swooped down on the alleged pool
room of Jimmy Wakey at the corner of
S1xth-ave. and Forty -second-st. This place has
a select patronage and is luxuriously fitted up.
Wakely's has been considered raidproof. For
years it has been without molestation. 1t
was even disturbed in the recent activity
of the Committee of Fifteen.
The raid on Wakelys place occurred at 4:3O
p. Messrs McClintock ard Hammond drove
up to the East Fifty-first-st. station. Mr. Nc
Clintock entered the station alone and found
Sergeant Conboy on duty behind the desk.
Throwing down five warrants on the desk before
the astonished sergeant, he asked for assistance
in serving them Detectives Mclaughlin, Nc
Cauley and Burns were assigned to accompany
him. The warrants. which had been obtained
earlier in the day from Magistrate Cornell. sit
ting in the Yorkville police court, were for
Cash" Wilson. Telephone Wilson, Shoot
Wilson. Card" Wilson and Picket Wilson
All those fictitious names stood for employees of
the alleged pooroom.
Detective Mcclellan of the Society for the
Prevention of Crime. had been frequenting the
place and placing bets for several days, and had
become known a safe" man. He in
side when the party headed by Superintendent
McClntock arrived. The party entered the
saloon which Wakely conducts on the ground
floor. At the western end of this saloon there
is door leading into private hallway in the
same house. In this hallway there is another
door shutting off the stairway which leads TO
the poolroom on the second floor.
THE PICKETS FIGHT.
In the hallway two pickets put up a stiff fight
and for two minutes the narrow hall was the
scene OF wild struggle. McClintock and Ham
mond finally overpowered the pickets throwing
them TO the ground.
John Dillon one of the societys agents. who
weighs nearly three hundred pounds. sat on
the pickets while the rest of the party rushed
upstairs. Seventy-five or more persons were
taken by surprise.
It was well dressed and well behaved crowd,
In keeping with the luxuriously furnished estab-
Hshment After moment Of panic and scram-
bling, McClntock assured the crowd that none
except those for whom warrants had been OBJ
tanned would be arrested.
Detective Mcclellan, after opening the door
for the raiders, entered the enclosure where the
bets We're received. Telephone Wilson was
the first to espy the raiders
Padded" he shouted. Then turning TO Nc
Clellan, whom no one suspected, he said: How
could this happen? Why were not tipped
off? simply cannot understand il.
For reply Mcclellan made dash for the
money box. Bets had just been received on the
Brighton. Washington Park and Delmar races,
and as result there was $3S7 30 in the box. OF
this Mcclellan got possession.
The five prisoners, when arraigned at the East
Fifty-first-st. station, described themselves as
follows:
William J. Walsh No. 81 West Ninety second
st; William Jones' No 344 West Forty-seventh-
st; John Williams No. 7S6 Sixth-ave.; John
stillman, Long Island City. and Henry Wilson
No IA East Forty thirds st. They were locked
up.
THE CARDS OF WE'LL KNOWN MEN.
Among the slips taken in this raid were found
many for large bets. There were found the
cards OF men prominent In business and pro
ressionaI life Superintendent McClintock last
night declined TO make these names public, but
said these persons might have 10 figure as wit
nesses in the case against the proprietor OF the
establishment.
Before the raid on Wakelys establishment the
agents Of the society descended upon another al
legged poolroom conducted the Sherman
Hotel Nos 152 and 154 East Forty -second-st
There, besides eight prisoners. $40 - In cash
number of racing sheets and lot Of other para
phernaIia the raiders also secured a rabbits
foot which was kept in the money box for good
luck
alleged
cinct Of Captain Delaney. said by Super
intendent VcC'lintock to have been run openly
that al no time would the police have had any
difficulty to get into it. An agent who has fire.
/ ouented the place said last night that he had
seen hremen in uniform and Central once men
| rlay the races in there. Yesterday the raidins
marty entered without challenge. although there
were several uniformed policemen with them
! No nickets had been posted at the door.
! BEFORE making this raid Superintendent NC
! clintock went TO the East hrty-fifth-st. sta
/ tion where he saw Captain Delaney, and asked
| for assistance in serving some warrants cap
| tain Delaney. according to the agents at hrst
| seemed much wrought up Under persuasion
| he became more accommodating ana sent hVe
| uniformed policemen. There were 3o men IN
| the room when the raiders arrived
A SCRAMBLE FOR THE WINDOWS.
..-b,s rrace Is raided We have warrants for
/ r arrest Throw up your hands, shouted
superintendent McClntock.
60 absorbed were the in their business
| that he had to repeat his warning three times
! before any attention was paid TO it Then a
| ecrannble for windows and doors began in the
rooy,, outside the inclosure. The employees on
| the inside showed fight for a moment or so. but
were oVerpoWered
| ,,oerob hers OF the Jones family" They arrested
| them and another man, whom they thought
| thev recognized as an employe When taken 10
The East ty-fifth-st. station they registered
| as foIIows. James Glynn No 234 East Thirty
| third st: John Donohue, No 80 East Thirty
! eecnnd-st George Wallace Rockaway Beach:
| Iarenoiah Murphy No 246 East Fifty-third-st
| Jobo Callahan Long Island City; Edward Egan,
10 70 East One -hundred-and-twenty fourth-s st.
! peter smith No. 30 East Twenty y-fifth-st and
! Ian1ee Heath No 311 East Thirty -frst-st.
/ &c