New-York tribune., 1901-08-10

,r,tue agents of the Society for the Prevention
=, c-on,e and policemen, headed by Assistant
snerintendert Hammond, Of the society, were
Ling raid alleged poolroom at No
-e Eset Twenty-third-st yesterday afternoon.
,,acar Whitney, a clerk, of No. POI West Ninety
ssb-et was arrested in the rooms of the So
- According 10 Frank Moss he had entered
- a compact with one of the society's detec-
l b, which the latter for a stipulated sum
oe IN inform him in advance Of raids to be
oae on pooroons. Ernest Bergdorf, of No.
10 TeKalb-ave.. Brooklyn private detective,
,;.a-'e mariner Frank Moss says, was ar
20 in Mr. Mosss office soon afterward
r,. so7ietv officers accuse Nective Turley,
i. the East Twenty-second-st st station. Of pre-
.+inp the capture of the men alleged to be
~ nronrietors of the poolroom. by stopping
,,.ac+i,e Mcclellan. the society's man. Ihey go
<.ber and declare that Captain Flood or the
Tor5erloin precinct. aided Turley by threaten
,ng Mcclellan with his club
q, Moss after the raid, said that the society
=, stratagem. had established the fact that
the police gave warning 10 pooii Ooiii9
raid was expected.
THt. yOOR HAMMERED IN.
Assistant Superintendent Hammond showed
.ba warrants issued by Justice Jerome at the
re-, r,x-entv-second-st station. A detail Of ten
az Mace thought to be a poolroom, the police
~ Guarding the outside. There were about
= hundred and fifty persons in the room when
.berai5ars demanded admittance. which was re
fused. and they began hammering in the door A
man in shirt sleeves got in the middle OF the
rcon and in a stentorian voice shouted:
Don't get ratified, Don't get ratified! They
,-or,+ troubIa YOU They are not after you.
They Will let you so. They are after US
ESCAPE THROUGH HOLE IN WALL.
This allayed the fears of those inside the
room. II required ten minutes for the raiders
p heat down the door of the place. Three men
were arrested. but those who are supposed 10
run the place ana who had the money escaped
through a canvas door over hole in the wall
which led into the hotel next door. Many OF
tba men who have access TO the place, and who
are heavy bettors also made their escape by
the same way There was a rush for WINDOWS
but the police We're there to prevent escape. A
large crowd gathered. A girl employed in the
express office tainted.
Agent Mcclellan, Of the Society for the Pre-
vention OF Crime was stationed outside barber
shop which IS said TO be Of the means OF
egress from the room above. As Mcclellan was
standing outside Detective John T Curley Of
the East Twenty-second-st. police station, came
Mcclellan his business, but Mcclellan still hung
70 him. and then Curley showed his shield.
Mcclellan would not let go. and then Curey ar
rested Mcclellan and took him 10 the East Twen-
ty-second-st police station.
Curley took his prisoner before Magistrate
Brann. in the Yorkville Police Court but before
he arrived there the Magistrate was called to
the telephone twice and directed. in the name
Of Justice Jerome. to send the prisoner back TO
the East Twenty-second-st station
Il followed the instructions of Justice Jerome"
declared Mcclellan. L was one of the helpers
in the raid and got orders to arrest anybody
who came out of the building the barber
Ehcp I did as I was ordered to do
y was getting shaved declared Curley, and
had taken off my coat and collar when I heard
q commotion outside, and out and was
seized by this prisoner. Notwithstanding the
fact that I told him that / was an officer and
showed him my shield. he hung TO me-"
That is true" said Mcclellan. 4 simply per
formed my duty. You got out OF the rear of the
poolroom and l caught you
Il was in the barber shop" declared the detec-
tive
WON'T SEND PRISONER TO JEROME.
An affidavit was drawn in which the detective
charged Mcclellan with disorderly conduct and
with impeding an officer. and Mcclellan was
paroed until to-day
Hammond and four agents of the society
rushed in after Mcclellan had gone and Ham
mond asked:
What have you done with Mcclellan? Justice
Jerome wants him sent down to him forthwith"
Justice Jerome does not run this town. de-
clared Magistrate Brann. 4 as a committing
Magistrate, have received a complaint made by
an officer and I shall take evidence in the case
tomorrow"
The prisoners arrested in the raid were r
raigned before Justice Jerome in the East
Twenty -second-st. station. They described
themselves as John Smith, an expressman. Of
NJ 64S East Fifteenth-st. Henry c. Wilson,
clerk, Of No. 452 First-ave., and Edward Cava-
nagh horse dealer. Of No. 237 East Twenty
tourth-st. They were held IN $1,000 bail each
1oF further hearing this morning in Justice
'enomes chambers.
MOSS DESCRIBES wHITNEYS ARREST.
Nr Moss said that Dillon. the society's de-
tective. who had been selected by the poolroom
keepers through Whitney. TO tell the operators
whenever the society contemplated a raid, had
'oid Whitney that two new men had been en-
pioyed by the society. and as it was part of the
compact that Whitney should know all the
special agents Of the society, he was telephoned
seiore the raid had become known to him, that
mere We're two new men whom II desired
ne should see at the rooms Of the society.
II. ne had a policeman there" continued Mr..
Moss and warrants ready for Whitney and his
Farmers As Whitney entered the room and
es lold ne was a prisoner. he walked to the
r~lhao~, which was open. and threw some
.ptapers out. Judge Jerome was there. He called
-e polceman and made him watch the papers
,hey took their downward flight. Then
IA was sent 10 gather them. These consisted
Pooifoom lists in Whitney's handwriting also
Dihe memorandum books. Whtneys partner,
1lsooFf was arrested in the regular way. He
a. S taken at mis- office and brought up here. In
GO e oi the rooms upstairs Judge Jerome held