The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-10
NEW YORK POLICE EXCITED.
Consideration Over the Trap Sprung
by Frank Moss.

NEW YORK.. Aug. Io.-rEe police are
I'm stat. OF CONSERVATION TODAY as 10 the
result Of the trap sprung so successfully
10y Frank Moss and his agents. which has
proved cIucIuIvgly to the public that
ther, is ,nlIusion between the pooIroom
keepers and tha public officers who are
paid 90 close the poolrooms.
Egy,Fy says the whole story is a TO-
nance. Delaney. Flood. and NoyHihau. of
the captains concerned. deny all knowl-
edge of any such events as occurred yes
trrjay. when. quickly following "a false
tip sent ly Nj Moss over IN, police
wires. more than dozen poolrooms
closed and turned their patrons into the
street.
Colonel Murphy is surprised The whole
thing s,. ms pr-pHStyruUs, ne thinks, but
D., Is going t' investigate it. While b. is
looking into the matter. the grand jury
viii also consider il Whether indictments
Will follow Is a question
Mr.. Moss thinks n, can convict. It is
possible, Of course. that he has not yet
disclosed all the evidence in possession of
the Society Tor the Prevention of Crime.
RE said today. however. that he had am
pie evidence 10 convict men high in au-
thority. The case Of captain Delaney, OF
direct clarge is made by Superintendent
McChutock. Of the society, that Delaney
offered him 500 a month not 10 make
raids ia his district. DeIany stoutly de
uiod this. but the case is one which viii
have TO be taken up and settled by the
courts.
Police Captain VredenburEh character
lied the whole story of his tipping OF.
De Lacy as an Internal lie lie said his
men often go in there and even he. him
self. had been in De Lacy's rooms. He
declared he did not know it was a pool
room.
Superintendent McCIint0ck, Of the
Parllhurst Society. declares that Edgar
a. Whitney. the detective who was ar
rested, said that Deputy Commissioner
DevCry gave orders 10 the telegraph Op-
orators at police headquarters that they
should send out all alps which Whitney
and his partner. Burgdorf. send in to
them. Having tested the accuracy of
WhitnCys statements from time 10 time
by sending out bogus tips occasionally
through the week, Mr.. Moss men decided
yesterday to send out a general alarm
through police headquarters
Whitney was invited to the rooms Of
the society in the Charities Building yes
teUday and two policemen were also there
to arrest him. Justice jerome was there
too, 20 hold court, as Mr.. Moss did not
wish to Iet the gamblers know that their
head tipstCr had been arrested. When
Whitney was placed under arrest ne ask
ed If he might not telephone to his part
ner Burgdorf but Mr.. Moss told him
that il would be useless as EurglOrf was
already ia charge Of a policeman, Then
Whitney went to q window and threw
some papers out into the street
Justice jerome noticed the act and a
policeman was sent TO l:ck up the papers.
Upon examination it was seen that one
paper was a memorandum containing the
list Of pooIroorns which were 20 be tipped
on through the police In case Of an ex-
peCted raid
With NhinCy's list in hand one Of the
socisty's agents went to a telephone and
rang up police headquarters. He repre-
scnted that be was BurgdoT. Whitney's
partner. He asked for police captain
whose name is withheld and informed
him that the Parkhurst Society was rails
ing -. and he had better have all the
places closed
Then. according 10 Mr. Moss within fif-
teen minutes from the time the captain
received instructions 20 close the places
aN the po0lrOOms on Whitney list were
closed. the men were turned into the
street the books and money taken out
and hidden, and the paraphrrnalia stored
away.
Whitney and Rurgdof Were sent TO the
ToUbs 10y Justice Jerome in default Of 80
ON bail. pending an examination upon a
charge Of aiding and aDetting pooIrooms.
CoISplraCEr and CDmEuuUdlGE q felony.