The sun., 1902-12-02

be a raid at the new palace at 3s West
! Tlhrty-third street were circulated Within
, half an hour a crowd Of cabmen gathered
! in front of the house. Around on Thirty
1 fourth street two Of Capt. Walsh's plain.
! clothes men were seen TO 60 into new
/ building at the rear Of the house. These
! men came out almost Immediately. A
/ number Of reporters who stood and watched
, them conc clude1 that if there WAS To be
J raid they were waiting for brass band.
! A few minutes later three more plain
! clothes men from the West Thirtieth street
( station appeared on the fifth avenue side
of the Waliorf-A Astoria. They were carry
1 ing twelve-.oot ladder. They turned into
J lhirty-third street and were followed
! by the Nv policemen who had been stand
ing behind the iron post, The men with
! the ladder stopped in front of the alleged
I gambling house whit h Is said 10 be owned
! 10y Burbridge and Walbaum. After leaving
| the ladder on the sidewalk alongside Of the
| iron fence rail the five policemen walked
| lcisureiv 10 the front door of the house
| and were Immediately admitted by some
one on the inside.
| HAMMRRING AT STEEL DOOR.
On the top floor, after Capt Piper and
| Mr.. jerome had arrived from Canfeld's
early this morning. steel door was found
| in closet on the east side of the house.
| The door apparently opened into the house
al 81.
! The police went 10 work hammering on
| the door, but it gave very little and they
| had To send out for heavier slcdges.
| The police say they saw Walbaum coming
! ont of the basement az 81 just after they
! got inside the place AT SO.
The police had a search warrant for
! 49, bu, none for 81 West Thirty-t bird street.
| CANrlELD NEVER RAIDED BEFORE.
Mr. Garfield has Mr.. Pat rick F Sheeivs
certificate that he il the only real gambler
| In America. Since Mr. (anfielu acquired
nfyl to tt..taH
he has attempted to conduct his gambling
enterprises on "A scale of polite gentility
! He stunned gambler As he would pro-
| fes-ional informer. He sought only the
patronage OF those who had lots of money
| TO lose. His house has had the advertise
| mcnt of being he most exclusive in Amer
/ ioa. Introduction carried with il a certain
| ere lii.
In his enterprise Mr. Garfield moved with
an apparent lofty disregard of the law and
its officers. He believed that in making
| his house difficult 70 get into he created the
! impression amor z officers of the law that
il wouldn't do e. Interfere with that class
Of patrons. Therefore through varying
| regimes he went unmolested. Police
| chiefs, inspectors and captains came and
| Went, but none aspircd to raid CaLficld's.
| The answer TO all questior.s was that it was
| impossible for the police TO get in or TO get
any Information of gambling there.
All the Tenderlon stood on tiptoe last
night when the report spread that Cam
fields had been raided A superintendent
OF the Parkhurst society once said that
Cantields stood at the head of the list of
places Classed as difficult cases"
The site of the Can't, ld house was 50.
leCted with an eve to its surroundings
Young men and old men of the social class
who eat al Delmonico's and al Sherry's
are near enough to it SO that a suggestion
10 run across to Canftld's" for a little
play is never out of place. and many stories
are told of losses there by young sCions
Of rich families.
BY those who have patronized it, the
interior of the house is described as being
of great magnificence. Mr.. Garfield j. a
lover of art a collector of china paintings
and marbles. and he ornamented this club
with costly ones. The sertice and cuisine
have been designed to please the high class
patrons of the place.
Last summer II came out that the son
of one of New lork's best Known families
had lost $4,000 in the place in one night :
play. His brother brought him to task
for II ard he was sent abroad 10 quiet down.
From time to time Mr.. Garfield has found
il necessary To resort 10 the courts to collect
on checks and |. q. Us given by players
for their losses. In April. 1900, le sued
James 7 Drummond Of St. Louis for s55 600.
which Drummond is alleged to have lost
in Canfeld's house in the previous Sep
tember. Drummond, who Is rich, set up
defence that he was gambling there.
was Intoxicated and when ~ came TO an
appreciation of material thin -. was told
that he had lost s55 900 and was asked 10
make good
Many stories Of heavy play have been
recounted A Canadian whiskey distillcr,
a Boston capitalist who has built racing
yachts, and many distinguished figures in
the Wall Street world have been the centre
of theS" tales of losses running from $40 go
to sl0O,0cO.
THE THIRIY-THIRD STREET PALACE.
The house al 33 West Thirty-third street
was built a. "A rival TO Caniields after Can
field had refused an offer of nearly 81 go coo |
from Frank Farrell for his Saratoga inter-
,sts and the Forty-fourth street house.
William L Burbridge, Gottlieb Walbaum
and James Kennedy, bought the house for
$4,000 Immediately, afterward they re-
fused an offer from John Jacob Astor Of
sl2o,~H for the property. The Astor estate
dd not want such "A place close hv the
Waldorf. Under the direct ion of Mr. Il lr-
bridge the house was rebuilt and furnished
50 that II represented an investment Of
s250,pN. or this expense $4,000 was paid
for the marhl' starcasc
There was house warming there last
September, but the place got so much no.
toriety that II has never been open for busi-
ness, except on the sneak. Capt. Sheehan
inspected il a few weeks before his retire.
ment and found that it was just a gentle-
mans private house. Inspector Brooks
came 10 look NJ II in the same way. When
Capt. Walsh came in a new vestibule was
built ont to the street. This cloaked patrons
al the door from view in the bright
elect riC light across the way
TWO weeks ago James Kennedy was
forced out of the combination owning this |
house and sold his interest to Walbaum
and Burhridge. He announced then that
he would freeze them out of the Saratoga
clubhouse, in which all three had an in
terest but the lease of which is in Ken
nedy's name.