New-York tribune., 1901-03-05
FIFTEEN CLOSE ALIENS.
NCULLAGH GETS EVIDENCE FOR A
RAID OK WEST SIDE CLUB"
E-HREE PRISONERS IN cUsToDY-cAPrAIN
CHAPMAN EXECUTES THE WAR
RANTS IN PERSON.

superiutendent John McCullagh, acting for
she Committee Of Fifteen. made another sue
cessful raid last evening This time ne oe-
.,s,aad ,loon The" Aliens West Side Club. al
Mo s0 si1tb-aye The hour was $50, and sew
enty-nve men were found in the place Three
were arrested They are believed 10 he employees
of the establishment. The Allen was not
found. No attempt was made 70 arrest the
natrons. A large number Of scorecards, race
cards and betting slips were captured. NC
frruaeb's detectives IN the case were the same
men who got evidence against the gambling
houses which were entered in the Tenderloin
recently. They swear they MADE bets on horses
.n the West Side Club. though they were not
members. and they saw pool selling going on
there openly.
Judge Jerome figured prominently i'm tnis raid
also. He issued the warrants. and went with
AicCullagh and Robert Grer Monroe, counsel or
the Fifteen 10 the Mercer-st. police station
and there gave the warrants TO Captain Chap-
man 10 execute. After the raid Judge Jerome
opened court IN the Mercer-st station. and held
the three prisoners for trial. Their names are
Arthur Moore. of No. 2,1S2 Eighth-aVe.; Will
.am Lewis. Of No. "a Morton-st., and William
Campbell. Of No 311la West Twenty -fourth-st
In default of bail they were locked up on the
charge Of aiding abetting and keeping pool
room Superintendent McCullagh when seen
last night said he had secured complete eNl-
dence He gave much credit TO Captain Chap
man for efficient aid in making the arrests
Instead Of entering No. So the clubhouse
CHAPMAN entered No. 50 and went UP one pair
of stairs He stepped out on the windowsill of
the first story Of No So and by graspng the
edge of an awning over the window of No. ~
he niu1blv stepped from one windowsill TO the
other. Raising the window Of No 50 he kicked
in the closed inside shutters and the poolroom
was revealed. Chapman had been warned by
the counsel Of the booksellers in the precinct
that they had been advised to shoot any police
man or detective who broke into a club without
a warrant so before leaping from the window
sill into the room Chapman waved the paper
over his head and shouted: Il have a warrant;
j have warrant, ] arrest you all!'
But there was no fight in the crowd. They
broke and ran like frightened sheep. There
were many exits at side and rear, and the
gamblers knew them well In twinkling there
was no one left but the three men who were
arrested. A great crowd quickly gathered in
the street and the news that another raid had
been made on The" Aliens place caused COM
motion in the neighborhood- When Chapman
was asked later in the evening why his own men
had not been able 10 get evidence he said:
had four men watching the place all day and
warning people away. In the middle Of the after
noon three civilians came along, and in spite Of
the warning of my detectives. insisted entering
the club. saying that they members. My men
had g short struggle with them, and then arrested
them and took them TO the Jefferson Market court.
. where they were arraigned on charges of inter
fering with policemen in the discharge of their
duty Magistrate Pool. however, dismissed them.
Their names were John Crowley, OF No. 80 Eighth
ave; James Clark. of No. 176 Thrd-ave. and James
Collins. OF No. "a Charles-st. Just my
men LETT off watching the West Side Club in order
take these three prisoners 10 court, the gam
blers poured in and opened the game. That is how
McCullagh and his men were able to flnd the place
running.