New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-03
SHOT IN A JEROME RAID
Authorities .SHROUD CASE
IN .MTSTERT.
ATTACK OK ALLEGED POOLROOM LED
By CHADWICK. THE OLD
YALE GUARD.


the head yesterday Of James Mccoy of
No 800 Lexington-ave... While he trying to
escape from q raid made on an alleged pool
room in Shernan's Hotel. 4 Raines law house. at
No l5e East Forty-second-st The raid was
planned by the District Attorney and executed
nv his agents It was led by Deputy Assistant
District Attorney Charles Chadwick. who in his
college days was noted Yale football guard.
and the shoulders which formerly bucked the
Harvard lire We're used to good advantage as
battering ram against locked doors.
The District Attorney was told of the success
Of the raid. hut of the shooting and when
he learned OF il from outside sources and the
attendant circun stances he became greatly eX-
cited. With the men who took part in the raid
he carefully went over the ground covered by
the detectives and Mccoy in his attempt to es-
cape Then he conferred with The police and
went 10 Bellevue Hospital. whore q bullet was
being extracted from the back of McCoy's head.
After colferrfrr with his detectives he said:
"Afte~ full investigation, ! satisfied
that the man who fired the shot was justified in
doing SO. L is p very serious case, and the
injury is very serious
WONT TELL WHO FIRED SHOT.
Mr.. Jerome would not tell who fired the shot
or how it came to be fired When the story OF
the raid was first told il was that Mccoy had
first fired at the detectives and been shot in
a fusillade from their revolvers- Later II was
declared that he had been shot while he was
sliding down roof in an effort to escape.
Coming so closely after Judge Jerone's speech
at Cambridge in which he attacked the police
administration Of Commissioner Partridge and
.BIayor Low. the raid made At his direction was
taken by many TO mean that h. had embarked
on a crusade against gambling wiki the intention
of proving his assertion that il could be stopped
if Comrnissioner Partridge was determined
Seven prisoners were taken in the raid The
Office Of the District Attorney had been Nalcii-
ing the place for three weeks Deputy ASSIST
ant District Attorney Minor got eight warrants
from Magistrate Crane in the Iomos FoHce
Court. -.---,,-, ~ 7,oop
T1enutv Assistant District Attorneys Chad
wick and Minor. with County Detectives Dillon
Reardon. Mcclellan and Hammond, Policeman
walsh of the District Attorneys office and
,,o1icen7en in citizens clothes from the East
Fiftv-first-st station, descended on the Raines
law hotel
Minor Dillon ard Hammond entered by the
saloon door and Chadwick Mcclellan ana Rear
don t,v the rear. Men were seen going through
a rear door of the saloon TO rear building
and under the leadership of Chadwick rush
WAS made for this door. The lookout saw the
men coming but had only time TO pull one Doll
This was quickly broken by Chadwick VINO
threw his weight against the door and leo the
others into the room. There were about nun
dred men present. a man seated behind wicket
was seen counting money He made a boit lor
2 rear door leading to a ladder when lea 10
the roof He got TO the ladder, as did another
man. and both went TO the roof Chadwick
Mcclellan and Reardon followed after, but the
first man succeeded in escaping by jumping TO
q lower roof and running off. The second man,
Mccoy was not so fortunate He reached the
roof but was hard pressed, and, according 10
Inc pJrsuers fired two shots at them one OF
which went perilously near ChadWicks mead
He slipped as he was about to jump and rolled
off the roof striking on a pile OF lumoer peloN-
He was picked up unconscious and was taken
10 Bellevue Hospital in an ambulance:
After he had been captured the three pur-
s1ere returned TO the poolroom where there was
2 scene Of great disorder Men were leaplng
cut Of the windows as the poolrooIn WIS on ne
first floor and many escaped throush CeP
door leading 10 the cellar No attempt was
made TO stop most Of them, as only certain ones
were wanted With the exception OF the man
who escaDad all these were captured and taken
10 the ElfZab beth-st. station in patrol MasoH-
They gave their names and addresses as Ih~o-dS ~
Murphy No. 479 Third-ave.; Joseph HOWARD
No 24l East Forty -frst-st.. said TO be the pro
prietor of the place; George Dayton No SD
Second-ave.: F. King, No. 24l East Forty-Irst-
81 and Edward Cussec. No. SO Second-aVe
The last man was said to have tried 10 prevent
the capture Of the prisoners
NOT TOLD OF THE SHOOTING
After taking the men to the station Chadwick,
Minor and the county detectives started for the
Criminal Courts Building On the way they
met Mr. Jerome who, when he heard of the sue
cessful raid. held a jollifcation meeting on the
Sidewalk He had Mr.. Minor go over the en-
tire story to him. while q large crowd stood
about listening Mr. Minor told him that
large number Of racing cards dope" books and
paraphernalia was captured. Mr.. Jerome was
told Of the shooting. however, and ne heId
different kind of jollificatiOn when ne heafd
Of il. Mccoy required assistance IN GelIihS
out Of the ambulance when taken to Bellevue
Re walked into the prison ward. and gave ms
pedigree 10 the In charge. When the hair
had been shaved from the wound on the back OF
the head i discovered that he had Deeh
shot. and that n opera ton was necessary
friend OF his who VisI 81 he hospital, said that
he heard Mccoy WAS shot on the roof Of shed
in the back Of the Forty-second-st place II
vas rumored at Bellevue shat instead OF NC
Coy firing any shots, County Detective Mcclellan
fired ali
After learning oc McCoy's condition Mr.
Jerome went 70 the East Thirty-ffth-st- station
he was accompanied uy Deputy Assistant DIS
met Attorney Chadwick and County Detectives
Union Mcclellan and Hammond He asked 10
rec captain Delaney. and was c!oseted with
nm about ten minutes. The party then went
10 eEs scene Of the shooting They entered the
S.a-olh. and Detective Dillon showed the uoofS
lhat were battered down. He went upstairs,
shutting out reporters, and then returned to the
dining room Afterward they all went to the
alley IN thu rear of the building and struck a
number Of matches If in search of some
.nlrs- As the party came out Mr.. Jerome said
10 captain Delaney III sarcastic voice:
JEROME SEES MCCOY IN HOSPITAL
All right, captain. I'm obliged I'm going
to see the poor chap. ! understand he's dying"
The captain accompanied the District Attor-
hey and his followers 10 Bellevue Hospital.
word was passed along ahead that the District
attorney was coming and a rapidly increasing
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