The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-27
GOT 596 MEN IN FIVE RAIDS.
SMITH CLEANS or pOOLROOMS
ONE IS THE. ALIENS.
Had John Doe Warrants. but Every Prisoner
Is Held for Fel0ny-.Allen's Place
Yielded 243 Prtsoners-lt aiders Get
In by I.adders-One Was Ftzzle

Yielded 2A3 Prisoner llaiders Get
In by Iatiders-One Was a Ftzzle
| The great Doe Family Reunion was
| held last night in the Mercer street police
| station, when sos members of the tribe were
| gathered together in closer bonds than they
had ever known before.
They had to be close, because the lock up
| at Mercer street was built to accommodate
about one hundred prisoners. The sos
were squeezed in there for more than an
hour, and then the crush was relieved by
| having overflow meetings in Macdougal
and Mulberry streets.
Police Inspector Smith was responsible
| for the roundup and for the fact that all
| the prisoners are held on felony charge.
| With the aid of his captains he cleaned out,
| for a day at least all the big poolrooms
! in his district, and established a new record
| in the number Of prisoners taken, The
inspectors had planned to visit six places,
but one in East Thirteenth street was
vacant when the police arrived, either AZ
| the result Of tip or because the pool
room had changed its address,
The other places were raided simultane-
ollsly at 4 o'clock. Up to within half an
| hour of that time. only four persons knew
| of the proposed roundup. The four
| were Inspector Smith. his two detectives,
! Lynch and McAlese. who have been getting
evidence, and Magistrate Breen, who issued
| the warrants.
! There were six warrants, each providing
| for the arrest of from three to dozen
Does. or course, The. Aliens place was
| on the list, and the warrant for that named
John, James, George. Peter, Richard.
Henry. Edward, Francis, William, Frank
Thomas and Isaac Doe On the strength
of that warrant. calling for the arrest Of
twelve Does, the police arrested 243 persons
at The. Aliens alone. The same course
was followed in all the other places.
The inspector went to the Mercer street
station early in the afternoon and sum-
moned Capts. Murtha. Handy, Aloncle,
Burns and Hogan to meet him there az $50
o'clock. Each captain was assigned to
one Of the poolrooms and told to make his
raid with fifteen men at exactly O'Clock.
Roundsman Quinn was in charge Of the
Thirteenth street job. which didn't pan
out.
Capt Hogan OF Mercer street was told
to take The Aliens, in Sixth avenue. The.
WAS present when the cops went TO his
place He was at home near by attending
his wife's funeral But as he left the house
with the other mourners he saw process
sion of eight patrol wagons go by on the
run, every one jammed with prisoners.
Capt Hogan made a record for himself
in this, the eight y-seventh raid on The. q
place He got out PAS prisoners in fifty
five minutes. When Capt. Wiegand raided
The. e the other day he got only iss, and
tOOk tWo hnalS0. k-s-r .e.
Hogan didn't lose any time trying to get
through the three wrought-iron doors.
He and his fifteen men used scaling ladders
and made their attack by way of the second
story windows. One pony player jumped
from a thrd-story window and landed in
an awning. He rolled gently into the arms
Of the waiting cops outside without break
ing any bones.
All the raids were by way of second STORY
windows and were made with the help of
axes. but nobody offered any resistance and
nobody was hurt.
Capt Alonce of the Charles street station
led his men to ISL West Fourth street,
run by the former proprietor of the notori
GUS Black Rabbit dive, and got in by means
OF ladders placed on the tops Of the patrol
wagons. This poolroom is called by several
names, one of them being the John Brown
Republican Club. After the police had
departed Yesterday with 1879 prisoners
Republican election district captain of the
Fifth Assembly district took charge of the
premises.
Capt. Murtha and his squad swooped
down on the moon Day Club" at i0l Mercer
street and got ia prisoners.
Capt. Burnss contribution caine from
the Mascot Club. which occupies all Of a
double dwelling house, at % and 20 Fast
Twelfth street. The prisoners here were
caught on the second. third and fourth
floors. There were IA prisoners taken.
One was little hunchback negro woman.
She was the mascot and goes on record as
Torsy Doe.
The raid AT 10 Sixth avenue was a fzzle.
Only five men were found there. and there
was nothing to indicate that the place was
poo,room. Tho police had warrants
for four Does, so they nabbed four of the
five men.
Magist rate Deuel., who went to he station
to accept bail was told that there were
about ono prisoners and then look ed at
the warrants
what does this mean" he asked.
-Thcse warrants are for dozen or more
John Does How do you account for ali
the other prisoners
-Wc acted under orders from Inspector
Smith" replied Capt. Hogan, "and mnde
each warran cover all the inmates Of the
places and all arc cha rged with felony
WELL" replied the Magistrate. "the
inspector must assume the responsibility
for this.
All the prisoners we're released on bail
of SIOO each