The sun., 1901-09-05
FLOOD WOULDN'T; JEROME DID.
O'kEEFE'S POOLROOu, NEAR WAL
DORF-ASTORIA. RAIDED.
List sf Private Phone number. ef DE
LACY. Farrell and Eddie lyman Feund -
capt. Fieed May Ne Prosecused for "wi,-
fui Neglect Of Dut,"-Fi,e Prisoners.

tine NIsCttu NtftefuhN tIitfIopu Du u
pooiroom at 70 wert Thirty 'y-fourth street.
nearly opposite the Waldorf-A-toria. The
secrecy and swiftne@s with which the war
rant. were issued and executed prevented
any clipping on Capt Flood Of the Ten
derloin station had nothing TO say last
night as To his failure 10 discover the ex-
i-,enoe Of the raided placc which has been
well known 10 every bettor In the pre-
cinct. Parkhurst society agents made the
raid with Jerome warrants for Samuel j,
o'Keefe. the proprietor Of the place.
Ernest Morgan and Thomas WEIGH
were arrested along with the picket, James
smith, and the 'cardman.- Michael Fox.
The raid was in Capt Floods precinct,
and II was declared that an attempt would
le made to-day to have the captain ar
rested on n charge of wilful neglect ~
duty Justice Jerome said last night
that be wanted To find cut why Flood hadn't
pulled the place on complaint Of Thomas
y Hayman. on who's. evidence the jerome
warrants were issued
O'Kcefe Ia said TO have been partner
Of Honest John Kelly whose bucket shop
failed las, April. The deck of kely's
assignee. Thomas l. Reynolds. a real estate
dealer of 4g4 Lenos avenue. was In the
poolroom. While the prisoners were being
taken to the West Thirtieth street station
Reynolds and Frank Farrell drove up in a
hanson Reynolds got out and told q keefe
that he would get a bondsman. Farrell
vas 30 nervous that he nearly fell out OF
the cab.
Justice jerome and Assistant District
Attorney Garvan went to the West Thirtieth
street station at v q clock aud took bail. Mr
REYNOLDS was there with Sam Martin.
the restaurant keeper, Of fortieth street
and broadway, who actssl a. hondsinan
O'kcefe's hail was g .joo and each "f the
othe'- was 2Gn.
Tho raid was unsrp@cted by raiders
and raid..d While Justice Jerome waH mold
ing his secret inquiry 'nio poll"r anairN
and was locking up m1iien relating V"
Capt Floods precinct y'rtsrdaN aft"rh"oh
| a man asked to s,e him Tie said that he
was Thomas T.. Hayman, hay dealer.
of X HAY ENchange place and Eleventh
| avenue and Thirty-third sirc.H H,s nom"
| address he gave ~ ~ West foriy-rith
| street He Said that In III" last few days
| IN. had lost s.0o or $500 In tho Amsterdam
| Club lie made affidavit To that and jus
| ticc Jerunl. a. once mad" out the warrants
and started tho Parkhur-t men out.
-Ha,m man -aid that he had complained
90 Cap, Flood said Justice jerome last
night -and could get no satisfaction. >
| 1Whv couldn't h.S' asked reporter
| That wha, ! am going To- try to find
| out, SAID the Justice
| II was shortly after O'Clock when the
| warrants were put into the hands of the
| ParkhurSi men. who were Supt hcClintock.
! Assistant Supt Hammond end Agents
Dillon. Brennan and Mcclellan. ~ the
Waldorf Astoria they picked up Pol'oeman
| Mstter-on nf the West Thirteth street
| station and went To the alleged poolroom,
. IN a four-story brownrtonc front house
Az express company has All ofiior IN ~"
| basement aud a tailor Occupir~ the parlnr
| nonr The stairway running from tht-
! fnor xas l,s-cd by an lrun-harrcd door
! which va broken an With a sedg" when
! The picket r-lur"d To admit th" raiders
and h-d uI~tairs
I the stair bruk" oIssu door In Ia ,tton
I buih across the hall. inclOslng hall hed-
4 room u-ed ~ the ofii0" u vac empty,
\ hut a trail of racing cards hsl to the four'h h
! story aud finally 90 an abandoned elevator
| shaft. down which a series ut ladders ran.
| A. the hottom pf this shaft we're seen thrs-'
| m.n, who v.lled Don't shoot -
-CDinr up. then replied Tie Parkhursi
men
The three poolroom men assembled Ga
/ the tailnts honr, wh.re they emerged and
I were arrested The raiden. then went to
the third floor. vhcro about forty men were
found, among whom were tho picket and
the card man On. of the ParkhurSt men
went Ia large deck Ia the room
/ ~ N lnilfl ltlal AFEhs NflHh "
1T belongs to the aSsigus- ~ John Kelly
The Parkhur-t men left the desk alone
but took siN Telephones, a megaphonc,
dope book. bank book and other papers
20 the Tenderloin station. Among the
papers was private telephone list on
which were the narn~- of many prominent
gamblers and al-o the number Of Police
Headquarters. Another nunber on the
list was Justice Jerome's private wire
IN the Criminal Courts building justice
Ia -
and said that he knew that his doorman
had been approached on several occasions
and been offered bribrs Z" TAP gamblers.
After the prisoners had been taken 70
the Tenderloin station Reynolds entered
the raid~i rooms Ne was indignant
at the damage that had teen done. Al
7 tho station hn,i-@ last night Detective
3 Dwyer said that hayinan came io the
station Tuesday and made a complaint
against the house TO Capt Flood, who
Z To Jefferson Market oourt tn get a warrant
hut that on the way down lila yman b~-
came nervous and. when brought before
Magistrate Mayo, REFUSED To make a com
| plant until he had seen his lawyer
Justice Jerome said last night that when
| Iiaymhn went TO Magistrate Mayo he was
| referrel To the clerk When Hayman made
his affidavit he was asked where his cor
roloraiion was. and he said he had none
! Of fcourSe, he did not get tn. warrant Com
ing back, HaymAn told Dwyer that the
place was running. and II he. Dwyrr, would
] com. with him lac would show him that
what he -aid was right Justice Jerome
SAYS that Dwyer said that he couldn't 60
a. there was a not In Madison square fRrk
/ which ne,,del his attention.
A report was circulated yesterday that
Agent Dillon saw three Central Onice de-
: ts-ctives In the place when h- enter'si Dillor
says this is not true When the warrant.
were bcing filed out IN Justice JrIum"
| Office Central Offic" man appeared at ihs
door with a message for the Jusitc" and
! clerk Gould. not seeing him, Started "a
/ read the warrants out. He got a. Tar a.
| O'ke.fe's name when Assistant District
Attorney Garvan stopped him
Among the name IN the private iol~-
| rhora li-' w-rr Nagl., go liarl"tn. Ionsi'
| dine, a., Thiry-eighth -trrsf. De lazy
sSS John. farrfii. i75S Madison Siuar"
, Farrell y7sl Madison Square, and Eddie
lyman. 33C Franklin
The rsided plsce wA- cne ~ tho~r on
whitney, hst and vas clo-cd for two day.
oa a fal~e tip Wv a.. rarkhur' mon and
ot-ned again on nno' h~T tip frpui th-n
Capt rood r,-,urn~d at midnight FROM
y, John. Ho-pitAl Ia Nonksr~. ~l'-rr hi'
daughter s 90 ubd-rgo an of~rs'ion 70
uiprt,.v and made public eitst iron
nr HAyrnAn IN which the latter said W
had de,id~d ~ 60 10 Jusiio- Jrrpfne tn-i~.c
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