The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-01-20
THE GREAT
JEROME. FAKE
Prosecutor Erwin's Funny
Game to Win a
Second Term.
RAID THAT WENT WRONG
Descent Upon An Alleged
Poolroom in Harrison
Only to Find Moth
ing Doing.
DRESS SUITS LEFT AT HOME
Varied DISCUSSES of the Hawk
shaw Army-Eiighly I'M
portant Finds.

!
portant Finds.
| Is Prosecutor Erwin going TO "Jerom-
ize" Hudson county before the end of his
term as the States Representatives Is he
| trying to outdo the sensational ante-elec-
ton antics of New York's present Prose-
| cutor, and is he using that officials sue
cess as an object lesson in how to sue
ceed in succeeding himself?
These are the questions prompted by the
more or less sensational events that have
had their origin in the Prosecutors office
recently and especially by the raids
made by his representatives on Friday
and Saturday Of last week.
or some time it has been known that
the detective force of the Office has been
augmented by the addition of three dis
ciples of Sherlock Holmes in the persons
of s'Capain'' Jack Graham, exSergeant OF
the Police Bob Miller and Henry SpItz
Of Union HILL The story of the thrilling
and picturesque raid of a twenty-five,
! cent poker game at Union Hill saloon
on Friday night has already been told
in these columns, and now comes an
an alleged pool room at Harrison on Sat
urday afternoon. True, this affair lacked
some of the picturesque features of the
/ event Of the night before. Vickers did
NOT wear his evening dress suit but prob
ably that was due to the fact that the
raid did not take place after the con-
ventional hour of six. Possibly he may
have had the correct Prince Albert cos
tune under his heavy raglan overcoat
but as the outer garment was not remov-
, ed during the proceedings, it was impos-
stble to tell whether or not the raid had
been made in the style established by tire
elite for that particular hour.
True the raid was not productive of
much as far as results go, but then the
county is paying for the services of
Graham, Miller and Spitz. and it was well
| that the people should know that they
were earning their salaries by furnishing
the information that raids could be
made on.
| Saturday afternoons raiding party was
| led by Prosecutor Erwin and his assist
ant George Il. viekers and composed of
Detectives Relay and Mccormack of the
Prosecutors staff and the recent ad-
juncts, Captain Jack" Graham and ex-
Sergeant Bob" Miller, who descended
upon the supposed pool room which some
body had informed the States represen-
tative was being operated in the rear
room of Councilman Joseph 3. Henry's
saloon at NO. 19S First street, Harrison.
BY virtue of his position as chairman of
the Town Council Mr.. Henry is the head
Of the Harrison police department.
Tho raidi,,o ,,a Ytxr nraoan5ad txy fralIex-
to Newark and there divided into sections
for the descent on the alleged den of in
iquity. Capt. Jack Graham was dis
guised by having fresh shave, while
ex-sergeant Bob could not be rec
ognized by those who knew him be-
cause of his magnificent proportions
being completely enveloped in a brown
broadcloth eoaehnan's overeoat of the
very latest cut.
3 At $3.50 o clock Henry's place was reach
ed and the party divided, one contingent
/ led by the Assistant Prosecutor going to
the rear of the building, while the remain
der of the raiders entered the bar room,
where a number of men were quaffing
foaming beverages at the bar
Before the vanguard of vickere's army
reached their objective point they saw a
man on the top of a telegraph pole en-
gagged in the not unusual occupation of
cutting a wire. The cut wire was after
wards captured in the rear yard and
| brought to the Court House with other
equally important trophies Of the raid .
( While the Vickers contingent were at
tacking the rear of the building the forces
led by Prosecutor Erwin made a valiant
onslaught on the door that separated the
bar room from a rear room. The door
did not resist and the raiders entered to
find "a solitary man warming his toes at
a half-dead fire. There were TWO box like
apartments in the room which Vickers
4 said might be used, one as a place where
the gamblers money was received and the
other where the winnings were paid out
Incidentally it might be remarked that
the apartments in question might be put
to a thousand other uses. Another inn
portant find by the raiders was the fact
that the rear room was connected with
the bar room by electrical buttons. as
every well regulated saloon back room is
but the Assistant Prosecutor was sure
| that this device was for the purpose of
notifying the pool sellers in the rear that
some suspicious person had entered The
barroom.
Two or three cards with the names Of
race horses printed on them and the pro-
| prsetor of the saloon, MIR. Henry were
The additional products Of the raid
Detective RELAY was sure that there
had been pool selling in the Mace on
| Christmas Day last. but nothing about
the saloon, outside OF the things mention
! ed, would Indicate that the saloon had
! evav heef. ileed for that n,frnoee Nh