New-York tribune., 1903-01-08
DEFIES CAPT. O'REILLY.
W4R ON H4 YM4RKEI.
Nee Commander Leads Flying Col
umn Through Tendertoin.

the Havmarket, shortly after a. IN. to-day.
walked into the West Thirtieth-st. police sta
ton with cigar at an angle of forty live de-
grees in the corner of his mouth and his derby
hat on the back of his head. Captain oReilly
was at the desk and Graham walked up to the
rail and said
Captain. I want to talk to you; I am the
manager of the Haymarket down the street
here. and / want to know what you are going
to do about my place
II don't know who you are" replied the cap
tain mildly ''but / will say this: the Haymarket
has a pretty bad reputation and its got to be
closed after / o'clock. There going to be
no all night houses in this precinct
Graham spat mouthfuI of tobacco juice on
the floor and then said:
Now / am running a straight and legitimate
house There is a bar there that closes promptly.
al 1 o'clock But free to admit that there
is a side bar that only soft drinks are sold at
for the dancers after o'clock in the dance hall.
I have a dance hall license, and am complying
with the law And want to say this, il you
want to close up my place you have got to come
down and make an arrest. You can't close up
nv place at your own sweet will. L refuse to
close for you"
Captain O'Reilly sprang to his feet and fu-
riousiy pounded on the desk, his face flushing
crimson
'.Au right sir I'll see whether you or is run
ming this precinct. I'll close you UP all right,
and I'll run those that come to your
place out of the precinct. too. You have come
here and defed me. It's war between us now
I'll show you what I'll do with YOU
Graham pulled his hat down over his eyes
and left the station, after garing at the captain
fercely.
At a. m the shades in the barroom or the
Havmarket were drawn. and the doors were
locked but the dance hall and the side bar were
Open and selling soft drinks to the dancers.
CAPTAIN O'Reilly said at a. m that he had
decided not to interfere with the place without
further deliberation. that he had decided TO go
slow but that at the first sign of any disturb
ance or of anything in violation of the law ne
world Immediately descend on the Haymarket
and pull the place.
The new precinct detectives and plain clothes
men. 276 in number, freshly detailed by General
Greene to take the places of the men renanoeo
to patrol duty, reported for work yesterday
morning They had been selected from lists sub
mitted by the captains, but each captain had
been required to send In the names of twice the
number of men he wanted for detective WORK.
and the selection was made by Cher inspector
Cortright The records of the men were scanned
closely in all cases.
Captain Mics O'Reilly created a sensation IN
the Tenderlon with the ten plain clothes men
who had been sent to him, most of them from
the Oak-st. station. He formed them in double
file and marched at their head through the pre-
cinct making inspections of all the places re-
ported to be poolrooms. The word that Myies
O'Reilly and his new wardmen were on the war
path spread like wildfre, and men were seen
running in all directions in advance OF the col
umn. Into one saloon and upstairs to big
room on the second floor OReiIly went, and
found bare walls and emptiness.
Must have been scared out; We'll move
along" said the captain
Into another suspected place the column
marched. and found no sign of life.
This is better than making raids said
O'Reilly.
Presently the column halted in front of
building in Thirty -sixth-st., between Broadway
and Sxth-ave wnere Paddy the Pig runs
saloon on the ground floor Over the saloon
Jack McAuliffe, ex-prizehghter, has run a
place. Captain OReilly looked up at the win
dows of the second story and saw that they
were heavily barred.
Looks formidable" he said, but I guess
Wen go in.'
He led ,he way through the saloon into
hallway and was stopped by a locked door that
had bronze cover. He knocked on the door,
peephole in the door opened. An eye ap-
peared at the hole and a voice behind the door
said: You can't come in
Go get an axe, of you men. and we'll
break the door down. said O'Reilly.
That's all right. .Jim,'" said voice from
above. "Open the door"
Jim opened the door, and the captain and
his men marched upstairs into big room which
had folding blackboards on the walls and other
wise looked like poolroom Jack McAuilne
greeted the captain with forced smile.
ionf Jy, with
don't think you'll disturb meeting.
"Meetingw grunted the captain.
Yes: you see we have little social club
here and we are in session. said McAulif1e'
but come right in with your men; you are per-
fecty welcome.
'Mr McAuliffe 1t is very nice of you to invite
SO many policemen into your little clubroon'
caid Captain O'ReIy, ironically. but why have
YOU got this place barred up like Fortress Mon
roe? On every side can see nothing but bars
and oak and brass doors. Look at all those
windows there Why have you got them
barred? Why is it that when we entered TINS
so-called social clubroom we had to be ad-
mtted by a doorkeeper? Had we tried to enter
from, the street we would have encountered three
such doors.
Nov I want you to understand that you
can't run poolroom in this precinct mean
what I say. / have not come here to-day to
make any arrests. but to warn you tnat you
must close up, and to let you know that when
7 saw close up it means just that, and nothing
less Now, all you men here go about your
business Go out and earn an honest living
and don't come into place like this and leave
your families to get best they can 1t is
every mans duty to be honest and to work hon
estIv. You will all feel better IL you go to work
and not try to beat game that is odds against
YOU. Now. all 60"