New-York tribune., 1902-05-10
RAID ON THE" ALIENS,
HE AND 239 OTHERS CAUGHT IN WELL
PLANNED TRAP.
LADDERS, AXES AND "JIMMIES' USED BY
BROOKS, CHAPMAN AND SMALL
ARMY OF POLICEMEN

ARMY OF POLICEMEN.
Inspector Brooks and Captain Chapman, with
forty policemen in plain clothes. yesterday capt
ured 24O prisoners. including The" Allen, in
the alleged pooroom of the latter at No. 50
Sixth-ave. The raid planned to a nicely
and highly successful. Captain Chapman
was armed not only with warrants for the prn
cipals but also with a search warrant. all of
which had been obtained from Magistrate Crane
in the jefferson Market Court.
Hammers. hatchets and "jimmes were in the
hands of many of the policemen when they
rushed into the building. but the most sensa-
tional feature the entrance TO the second
story Of the building by ladders. When the
signal for the assault given express
wagon rapidly drove up TO the building at
u. N. on the wagon were two long ladders.
The police raised them in jiny and jammed
the ends of them through the second story win
dOws. The policemen then darted up the lad
ders and finished the demolition Of the windows
with their heels.
Other policemen. headed by Captain Chapman,
had been attacking the barred doors of the
building with hammers and axes. and had
gained access 20 the upper floors. Sixth-ave.
was iammed with excited people.
Great care taken that leakage should
spoil the game. Early in the afternoon police
men from various precincts began to gather at
the Charles-st. station-not the station, by the
way. which Captain Chapman presides.
When the forty policeman were assembled they
were sent away in groups of two or three.
They sauntered carelessly along the street TAX
ing various routes, until they had reached the
places assigned them When the trap was set
the block In which No. so Sixth-ave is was
alive with policemen. They in doorways
back yards, roofs and in the street, but all
took not to betray the scheme. Most of
thaTo S-ere nd +ba,-
were not recognized.
There a wait for some minutes until
The" Allen entered his building It is said
Then Chapman gave the signal.
The place which the laId was made is
known as the West Side Club. 1t has been en-
tered number of times but never before with
such success as yesterday. Detective Murphy
of the Charles-st. station. seized The" Allen
at the entrance TO the building. The police say
that the rooms completely equipped
pocroom. and that they got all the evidence
necessary to convict. Captain Martens, OF the
Charles-st. station, had command of di-
vision of the raiders.
Policeman Amman, of the Charles-s station
was the first man up the ladder Captain Chap
at the head of the force that rushed
up the stairway Of the building. With an axe
he battered down door after door, finally break
ing the axe
About three hundred men and boys were in
reached their ears there frantic rush TO
escape but the roof. at windows and in the
Railways the mob confronted by policemen.
The" Allen protested vigorously. calling his
arrest outrage and adding that II a
crying shame for the police TO invade re
spectacle club
For the last week Detectives Murphy and Rice
have been at work getting evidence against the
place. They said they had been in the place
daily, laying bets on the races and playing all
kinds of gambling games.
ARRAIGNED BY INSPECTOR BROOKS
IN all 240 men and boys taken into Gus
tody. Inspector Brooks was on hand at the
station, and looked after the arraignment of the
prisoners. The first taken before the desk was
The" Allen. He was in great rage answer
ing the formal questions In a surly sarcastic
tone. When he was asked whether he had ever
paid rent for the place at No. 50 Sixth-ave he
replied that he never had.
Where do you live?" Inspector Brooks in
Qured in a meek way.
None Of your business!" The" Allen retorted
IT'S nobody's business where I live"
Put him down living at No. so Sixth-ave,"
the inspector said TO the desk sergeant, "and
then put him in a CELL
The Allen was locked up, charged with
violating the Poolroom law.