New-York tribune., 1902-12-02
CANFTET,D AND FARRELL RAIDED
JEROME AND BROOKS SMASH INTO GAMBLING PLACE
OF FORMER WITH LADDER
OPEN SECRET STEEL DOOR.
POLICE SMASH IT WITH CROWBARS IN
FARRELL'S

District Attorney Jerome. Deputy Police Com
missioner Piper. Captain Walsh of the West
Thrtieth-st station and detectives galore from
that precinct made raid early this morning
on the headquarters, as they are called, OF
Frank Farrell known AS the King of the Gam
bIers" at No. 22 West Thirty thrd-st. The
place is kept by William Burbridge
The steel doors supposedly built purpose
to balk raiders, open, and the whole party
walked in without nolestation. With axes in
hand they distributed themselves through the
house while detectives and policemen surround
ed the entire house, as well Nos 81 and 30.
On the first floor front a magnificent
nsrlor with beautiful furnishings of all kinds
and handsomely upholstered furniture Jerome
Piper and Walsh walked through 10 the rear
and found q reception room with nothing in
the least degree discriminating or suspicious
Upstairs they went TO the second floor and
found an elegant room in front with chairs
and couches of plush and velvet. In the rear
was the same thing. On the third floor We're
bedrooms and then the top floor was reached,
the cellar having revealed nothing.
cantain Walsh was examining a closet on
the side of the top floor middle room, when
he saw brass tracks rails in the floor which
he thought suspicious. He traced them TO the
woodwork the wall and he determined 10
get that down. He got an axe from District
Attorney Jerome and let fly. Down came the
wall in few strokes and. to the astonishment
of the District Attorney, Walsh and Captain
Piper, they beheld a steel door, Walsh put his
back to it and found ii gave a little. He and
the others decided that the lock was on the
other side. or probably. in No. 81 Walsh
couldn't bulge the woodwork around the door
and as the axe useless, he sent for crow
bars with which detectives came running up
Then Walsh went at the door again
It is reported that Burbridge went down to
Jerome's house yesterday to see him, telling MIN
he had heard there warrant out Tor hlm-
Jerome according the story. told him there
was not, and that he did no. wat him theh-
Walsh got lot more crowF' :. axes ana
sledgehammers, and went at IT, -oor and wall
again He got through in about fifteen minutes,
dulling axes and bending bars, and smashing
the wall to splinters. He found that the ooor
led to No 81 and there he found the nnesI
roulette wheels. card tables faro Ia apie P an, aru
ether gambling furnishings he had seen in many
q day The front and back rooms were ele-
gantIy equipped in every way. There were hIsh
card tables, bankers drawers, counters: tfeIy
hing for the various games, and all elegantly
made and finished The tiohs We're ' iuAu
rious and the pa pers and pictures, the furniture
and loungine couches were as handsome as
those in a wealthy mans home The roulette
wheels were inlaid with mother-of- pearl anu
the other articles were in keeping
The natrol wagon was sent for. and DetectlVe
Grey took charge of dumping the paraphefhaiia
into the wagon for evidence 49, 90,
TWO person. were arrested one was s lne soa,. cu1
ored ioornlan. Samuel Rigney, about nIty yeabs
old and the other was white man, saIu @ " " - ue
q ralativc of Frank Farrell. His name was ufi-
known at . O'Clock. o, .o,,
1Tbe rest of the house No 81 was elaborately
f,rnisbed the lower floor being wallpaper
store. ,-..,a of the Uest
,r,;-,ie,bst ct station and dozen detectives ana
noIicanoen went to 145 West Fortieth-st- ABOUT
1 o,clock 10 make raid on LOUIS Luoldih .
n;o.e or tba+ number. which has been sus-
praa,ad They were get in at all oddS anu
20 ~ for, for District Attorney Jerome, Cap
tain Piper and Captain WaIsh; , VINO Ilnoc5,ne
thara as soon as they got through hhocnhe
Ie IT, e IVA furniture out in Canfed's and Bur
BRIDGES. ..1 ,,,.. rbored IN
q agatnct rhe second story and Detectives u neln
ond Rsrter went up ONein is fat feuo"
a aii9 Itaaad He broke the window by showing
his elbow through il. but his heaa Went IN
TO and cauy hit between tho bdfS, WHICH were
o,,er exrv window on the inside AIleF several
d.tac+iyas had got him down and tney were pre-
na ring for another assault the door was opened
bv a colored servant who invited tneIll 10 ''ihe
In a.+,-., T., h,, the
esoond story, come in the right way she saio-
An vent in On the hFst floor rear was
bandsome dining room with a tane suii,plu-
ouclv furnished for fifteen persons; ihe
ttors we're sunerb and in keeping with all
the other elegant houses on ra wilieh 80 hara-
made during the morning ihers ~ere - nal,a
snma nio1hes in all the closets and nne plctuies
and stationery and bric-a-brac on the Inan,Les 1
and in inches Not single samoiihs iiipiehieh'
was found in all the house - 49,. =.
The detectives after the search' sa, @ IoNh -, 70
wait for Jerome. Piper ana Maisi, anu
staff and they arrived at $40 a. H.