The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19
POLICY KING ADAMS TO FIGHT.
MISSING WITNESS NOLAN WILL
BE HUNTED UP.
Prosecutor wants to Get At His Reasons
for Keeping Away From the Trial
Adams AZ q Hotel In Custody-Long
Immunity Has Made Him Very Rich.

Prosecutor wants TO Get ~ HIS beas0ns
for Keeping Away From the Trial
Adams az q Hotel In Custody-Long
Immunity Has Made Him Very Rich.
Now that Al Adams, the policy king,
has been convicted without the evidence
of William Z. Nolan, the ex-employee OF
policy headquarters at 800 West Thirty
first street, who gave evidence on the first
trial, the county detectives propose TO
round up Nolan. and he will get into trouble
unless he can make a satisfactory explana-
ton as to why he committed contempt
Of court by disobeying the subpoena served
on him on Monday.
The significance OF his disappearance
was not fully apparent until Justice Scott
charged the jury. Prosecutor Schurman
had said all along that Nolan's testimony
was good only as showing how the game
was worked and that County Detectives
Hammond and Reardon were themselves
experts and as able to make the process
clear as any one could be. The trouble
with them, however, was that they could
not swear that Adams was connected with
the policy business prior to the time OF
his arrest and the seizure OF his trunks
containing the manifolds OF the November
business. The value Of Noan's testimony
to that effect was apparent when Justice
Scott. in charging. said that the jurors
must be convinced that the manifolds in
Adams's trunk were policy manifolds. 1t
was not sufficient that they should be like
policy manifolds. II the jurors knew that
Adams had been connected with the policy
game prior to his arrest, Justice Scott said,
clude that the manifolds were policy
manitoba
The only testimony to the effect that
Adams had long bee n be cker OF he 81 me
WIS that given on the first trial by Noli n.
The Adams Gen,pSent TfTe eis IL WIN
favor: Hence it was that AdeTs. his sen.
A. j. Adams, Jr.. who We one OF h 8 Ia wytrs
and the policy crowd were unsble TO under
stand how the jury came to &C nvict. .Pi re-
OF the policy, lawyers WIS surpr sed, too.
although he HIS seen mrny Of his clients
convicted and sent TO pr,s' II.
Adamss lawyers are confident tibet he
will never 90 to- prison. They expect that
cfse is peculiar. however. in thrt the EVIL
dence is Of such nature thst, with the ex-
ception Of Nolan, there will be no difficulty
in making as strong case In the future,
unless there Is wholesale disc ppf GRANGE
OF county detectives. Ass 'ent District
Attorneys and agents Of the Perkhurst and
Goddard societies. Meanwhile Adams is
not locked up.
Deputy Chief Reardon of the county
detectives reported at the. District AZ
Adams was living at the Hotel Netherland
in the custody Of Deputy Sheriffs Bell and
Kelly. Some time before Resrdon made
his report, a reporter asked at the Neither
land u Adam was there and was informed
for Tuesday In the Criminal branch Of the
Supreme Court. Adams's lawyers do not
expect that he will be senter cd then and
do expect that Justice Scott will issue a
the case may be carried to the higher courts
Pending the ultimate decision Adams.
would be admitted to bail.
Su It. McClntock OF the Parkhurst So
ciety, County Detectives Hammond and
Reardon and other men who have wsged
war upon policy shops declared yesterday
that the conviction Of Adams was a stun-
ming blow TO the spread OF the game.
There has not been so much raiding OF
policy shops recently as there used to be
Goddard society. and il Is said that the
game is by no mears wipcd cut.
The law und,r which Ailns was con-
victed is known as the Goddard ANTHOLOGY
law; II was passed by the legislature
ton had demanded thai Stringent meas
ures be taken by the Legislature to extirpa.e
policy. which takes the prnni's Of the very
poor and. ignorant. Intelligent persons
do not play the game, b'caus, II Is all
skin and no gam. The Judges o. the Cen
eral Sessions who have heard the trial Of
nearly al! the cases tried under the God
dard law and who. as a rule. send con-
victs to prison. express particular aversion
to policy and it's promoters.
Adams il very wealthy man. whose in
come is variousy estimated. The small
est figure named yesterday was 1000
a year. He owns a great d ,al Of real es-
tate and will not DO hampsred by lack Of
rnaney In frht ing hia nan rictiap