The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28
Jam IN COURT FROM RAIDS.
OVER A TWO HOURS WAIT FOR
JEROME'S ASSISTANT.
Only Eight OF 500 Men Arrested Held
No Signs OF Policemen Said to Have
been Caught In the Raids-How
Tout Got Out on Bail-Tak OF
BripginE Suits for False Arrest.

r1eeU Caught in the Rnidy-HOw .
Tout Got Out on Dail-Talk Of
BripginE Suits for False Arrest
All but eight Of the 500 men arrested in
the poolroom raids Friday night were dis
charged by Magistrate Brann In the Tombs
police court yesterday. representative
Of the District Attorney and Magistrate
b,ann bot5 said the others had been arrested
illegally. They were released by general
proclamation from the Court.
1t was said that ten policemen had been
captured in the raids, but II that is true
they could not be picked out in the crowd
in court yesterday. Forty-one Of the pris-
oners had been unable to secure bail and
we're lock ed up all night and brought to
court In patrol wagons. Those who had
been admitted to bail were notified to be in
court at o'clock in the morning and those
in custody were produced there at that
hour.
The court room was jammed and the
overflow stopped into the street and ex-
tended as far as Big Tom Foley's bar across
the way For time the police attempted
to keep part Of the men outside the court
room. as crowding them in meant an almost
uncomfortable state OF congestion
ea'oSo
that their cases might be called and their
bail forfeited IL they were not there to
answer. Influenced by this argument
the police insisted on every one Of the
accused going into the court room. and in
five minutes the atmosphere suggested
the Black Hole Of Calcutta.
This was the state Of affairs when the
court was ready to proceed with the cases.
But District Attorney Jerome had gone out
OF town. One OF his assistants. Pechner
by name, had been assigned to appear In
these cases After q wait OF an hour in
the sti ing court room, a message came
from Mr.. Pechner that he had been detained
uptown and would be down some time be-
tween II and IL o'clock. Benjamin Stein
hardt, who appeared as attorney for the
prisoners, complained OF this hardship.
Il was bad enough, he said, to keep
the men from business; 1t was criminal
to confne go mlny in one room An
officer was sent to the District Attorneys
Office to see If he could find one OF the as
sistants None of Mr.. Jeromes young
men had come down.
Meanwhile Magistrate Breen went on
WITH the other cases before him. while
the 20 olroom prisoners mopped their faces
and swore. When II o'clock came around
acting District Attorney Taylor strolled
into the building on his way to his office
He was intercept ID and brought to court.
1t seemed TO bs the prevailing opinion that
the dignity Of an acting District Attorney
would be Jared by an appearance IN
mere police court.
why did the police arrest so many?'
said Mr. Taylor. at seems TO me their con-
duct was clearly Illegal
With this pr announcement no got into an
elevator an d was lifted to his Office. The
Jam in the ourt room renewed It's EFFORTS
to breathe. Mr.. Taylor said he thought
one OF his assist ants whose station would
permit him to appear In police court would
be- down before long.
Assistant District Attorney Lord strag-
suIting with Magistrate Breen he said he
saw no reason why the prisoners other
than the principals should not be dismissed.
Eight men who were picked out by the
Of poo i We're brought inside the
That the rest s we're dismissed. The police
sergeants OF the several station houses
had worked all night and until o'clock
in the morning ma king out the complaints
against the men who were released In one
minute.
Lawyer steinhardt wanted warrants. for
Inspector Smith. Capt. Hogan and Police
man Lynch for assault In the third degree,
Breen aeke him If he had any atfdaylts
on which to ask for the warrants. He
replied that he could get some. but the
MAGISTRATE advised him that II i. ne e, PITS
When their freedom was proclaimed the
prise nere celebrated by many cheers FOR
the Magistrate and Kisses for the police
Then they ma de their way into the air and
- Al ra11 n
vowing that in the Great TriHl Stakes
there was but one horse to play, and that
WIS Magistrate.
The warrants which Magistrate Breen
had issued and on which the RAIDS were
made NJ med from five TO fifteen members
Of the Doe famiy in each and purPorted 70
give a description Of each. In making the
arr SIS the police paid no attic ntion to these
descriptions. The sffida Wits on which the
warrants were issued lie ged that the severa
Dos did viol'te S ction ISL o. the Penal
Code ~ keeping pa aiming establshm mt.
Not more thsn three parsons we're take n
on any ons Of those WARE nts. The eight
men who we're held gave the e names.
Charles vrn Horn, arrested at 1911 Mer-
cei street; Thomas Schwsrkie and W u
liam Conner. arrested 1T ISL West rourth
street. John A. Scott. Thomas Clinton ana
James Hands, arrested , at me &hi A!e ms 8;
Frank Ross, arrested at 80 East Twelfth
street. All were paroed In the CUSTODY
of their counsel for exa animation Nednes-
day before Magistrate F7ammer.
Some of the fellows who had been locked
up all night told interesting stories. Sey-
mour Sc bboth. who lives next door to the
alleged poolroom at 30 East Twelfth street
said he was on the roof of his house when
arrested.
Il have never been able to beat the races;
he said -and, in fact, l am hardly able
to beat a carpet. hut that was what wss
doing The police came up on the roof
of the house to head of escape BY that
route from the house next door. One OF
the officers grabbed me.
what for2' asked I'm only beating a
carpet J.. aid .co,o
along
Mr. sabboths friends heard OF his pre-,
dicament and sent bondsman around
to the station house. The man who was
to furnish bail did not know Sabboth by
sight, so he had the police sergeant announce
to the crowd Of prisoners that he was there
to bail Sabboth.. Sabboth In the back OF
the room could not hear the announce.
tout said: -Oh, that's me- and stepping
up was let to bail under the name OF Sabboth
% h. had IN ar