New-York tribune., 1903-06-21
WALK WIRE NETTING.
Escape from AHeged Poolroom, but
4re Caught.
ELEVATED PASSENGERS SEE RAID

Passengers on elevated trains which stopped
at the Park Place station late yesterday after-
J noon were regaled with the sight of men trying
| TO escape to the station platform from an al
| legged poolroom. Two men took q risky way 10
! flight and gave an exhibition of wire walking
/ only to be caught when they thought they mao
| escaped.
The place was in Church-st.. near Barclay
| and Captain Joseph Burns and a squad OF pc
icemen from the Church-st. station made the
raid.
Thomas Strip of No. 3es Hudson-st.. the al
legged proprietor: John Powers. of No. 1o1 Bow
cry. alleged doorkeeper: Thomas Rogers Oh NO
IS Desbrosses-st-. alleged doorkeeper: Patrich
Duffy. of No 1871 Franklin-st. alleged cashier'
and David Cole of Thirteenth-st and UniVer-
sity place alleged sheet writer. were arrested
on warrants issued by Justice Holbrook- OF
Special Sessions.
At o'clock Detectives Courtnay and Gilbert
who stationed inside the room. net Cap
tain Burns at the first door. There were ten
policemen with the captain. They forced the
lock of the second door and got into the 'oon1,
where there were one hundred and fifty men.
All tried to get out. of the windows and doors,
but as there were twenty policemen surround
ing the place. they had to stay inside Some OF
them tried to escape by getting out of the WIN
dows TO the northbound platform of the elevated
station, but policemen met them there also.
About two thousand persons gathered in the
street. Only the five men were arrested, the
rest being allowed TO 60
The building backs to the old Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company's building. in Park
Place. When the policemen entered two OF the
prisoners Duffy and Cole, climbed out oc a win
dow and stepped wire netting between the
building and the old insurance building. They
had to take two steps across The netting to
gain the window of the other building. The
netting hung over a space of about twenty five
feet in depth, and it groaned and squeaked when
the weight Of the two men rested on it. The
netting however, held. and the prisoners climbed
through the window of the Park Place Build
ing. At the bottom Of the stairs they ere
met by Patrolman Tesiny who arrested them.
1t was rumored last night thai a prominent
Tammany politician had been caught in the
raid, but it subsequently learned that the
man referred to had only been affiliated with the
Finn's district. and was not by any means prom
inent Assembyrnan Andy" Doyle, who gave
bail for the five prisoners late last night, de-
MED that any of the men were affiliated with
Tamnany Hall at the present time, but said
they were his friends"
Why, these men are my friends, an that :
why I'm here he said. That's what As
senblyman or an Alderman is elected for. to
get their friends out Of trouble in cases like
these. guess if I didn't show UP here I'd have
to look the other way next election. When a
man has friends and he's Assemblyman. why,
he Just has got to look after them, that's all
Mr.. Strip used 70 live down here and I've
known him since a kid, and he's a good friend
But he lives in Brooklyn now, and has for sew
eral years.