The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-22
WOMEN INPOOLROOM
A NEW YORK GAMBLING
RESORT
RICH CUSTOMERS ARE FOUND
Forty fearful Spectators Held by
the Officers Till in Mysteries,
but All but Two Are
Finally Released.

NEW YORK. March 2l-Forty women,
handsomely gowned. apparently belong
ing to wealthy families were caught i'm
the richly fitted pool rooms on the second
floor Of the apartment house at no. 100
West Sixty-flrst street. They had gone
there to satisfy their passion for gam
bling on the races, and they had relied
for safety on the secrecy with which this
deliberately furnished place was guarded.
They thought they were safe until con
frcnted by Capt. I<ear and four detec-
t;ves from the West SiXty-eighth street
station.
Capt. Kear had received a tip the day
before that the place was being conducted
as a pool room.
He saw carriages, yistorias, broughams.
hansoms and private carriages with liv-
cried coachmen halt i'm front Of the house.
Women, many Of them young and beau
tiful, left the carriages and entered the
house. They proceeded to the second
floor, where they were admitted 10 one
Of the apartments.
The captain and Detectives Dunn, Haw-
thCrne, FitZ- Gibbons and DOnOhue visited
the house yesterday afternoon. They
found little difficulty in gaining entrance
to the hall. On the second floor the
captain extinguished the lights in the
corridor and calmly waited.
Soon a handsomely dressed young wOm-
an stepped into the hall Before she
could close the door again Detective Don
ohue threw his weight against the door,
forcing 1t wide open. The captain and
the others walked In.
Their entrance was the signal for the
widest kind of a panic. Three women
fell from a sofa to the floor faintinE No
one paid any attention 70 them. for the
others were in Mysteries They wepL ana
prayed for liberty.
Three handsome women kuelt at the
captains feet ana besought him 20 let
them out. Others wrung their hands and
shreked
The telephone rang before Capt. Kear
had taken more than q casual view cf
the rooms. He had TO walk around
among richly dressed, weeping and wall
ing women to do this. lie saw two cIc-
gantly furnished rooms.
One was a reception room sfpplied
with books and periodicals, easy chairs
writing desks and every luxury III was
in keeping with the appearance III The
patrons.
The other room had racing chart.
telephone, racing cards and other para
pherndlia Of first-class pool room The
captain decided TO answer the phone
himself. This is the conversation that
he says ensued:
Capt. Kear-Hello who IS this?
Answer-This downtown
Capt. Kear-All right let her go.
DoWntown-Second race New Orleans.
ann jones' . 10 i, WINS .R. May. Sec
ond; Kentucky Middle, a close third
All right, said the captain, an4 hung
up the receiver.
He turned to the hystericaI women
ana began To question them. This was
the signal for a fresh outburst They
all gave fictitious names ana addresses
One woman said she lived at sIxtieth
street and Sixth avenue
Another gave church in Columbus
avenue as her home. One lived IA tbe
middle Of the East river, judging by The
number she gave
Capt. Kear finally arrested John Small
or No: "A Central Park West. and sd
ward Ellis, Of No. 1867 Lexington avenue
as the alleged promoters Of the place:
Lottle Moore, who said she lived al No
IV9 West Sixty-fOurth street. charged
with being implicated I'm the cor.nA,ct ~
the rooms. and May and Bella Bushnell
on technical charge Of dlsord4<, Il con-
duct as witnesses
The others were told they could go.
ana they fairly rushed from the place
man who gave his name as Bushnell
claimed Bella Bushnell as his wife an INA
station. and furnished BAH for the re-
lease of the sisters.