The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-10
LAW BUSINESSBY ROOMPUL
OTTO ROSALSKY LANDED TT, AND
TROUBLE THEREWHTH.
PoolrOom Case, stalked 30 Patiently.
From warrant 10 Raid. Yields Clients,
but the stalker IL Taken I'm the Net
High Pressure Competition in the Law

| with puzzled expression these days
The expression is attributed by his aoquaint-
ances to Mr.. Rosalskys state OF mind over
an experience through which he has passed
with the police, the District Attorney 3
detectives and one of his own employees
since one Of the recent poolroom raids.
The authority Of the story is Mr.. Rosalsky
himself. Some Of those to whom ne has
told IL have been less careful about
repeating it than has Mr.. Rosalsky.
They think that it ought TO he printed
az illustrating the difficulties which may
confront even the most resourceful OF
attorneys under the conditions az present
surrounding those who enter the busy
field Of the legal profession.
About q month ago Mr. Rosalsky, 40
oording to the story as he has told it HIM
self had reason to believe that the police
and the District Attorneys Office were
about TO descend on a poolroom at 10 Sixth
body what made him think that the raid
was coming But, rs fact. the warrants
had already been issued.
On the day when the police had planned
TO make the raid Mr. Rosalsky sent one Of
his clerks to the poolroom, provided with
some 200 Of Mr.. Rosalsky's business cards
and instructed to hand out the cards to
the inmates OF the poolroom as soon as
the police descended upon the outer doors
and advised all the players that Mr.. Rosal-
sky would he willing to act IA their counsel
and to assist them in the matter of pro-
curing bonds.
No fn ha Ia
was stopped at the door. They asked who
he was. He said that he was employed
by Otto Rosalsky and that he wanted to
play the races.
we don't know you. answered the pool
room doormen in effect. go away and
come back tomorrow and we will think
you over.
The clerk went back TO his Office He
had not been there long when an agent
Of the poolroom appeared and asked to
see Mr.. Rosalsky. whom he interviewed
as Mr.. -" asked the agent. known
here2"
He is" said the lawyer. He is an en-
ployee OF mine
The poolroom man explained that he
couldn't be too careful in letting strangers
into his poolroom and that he had feared
that the clerk had been making base use
u,
a representative of the police or the Dis
trict Attorney. He left word that the
clerk would be admitted to the poolroom
the next time he called. The next after
noon Mr.. Rosalsky sent the young man to
the poolroom again.
Late that afternoon. according to the cur
rent version Of the occurrence, Mr.. Rosalsky
was called to the telephone to talk to the
clerk He was full OK hope and pride
How many did you get?" he asked the
clerk
Get nothing answered the clerk. dole
But how about the raid?" demanded his
employer.
man, -but lost So I'm sorry, but didn't
have any luck. had 10 do 1t to prove that
| Yves a sport.
Mr. Rosalsky was game, and told the
young man to go back the next day, but
to be conservative. The next day the
losses continued. And there was no raid
again. As a matter Of fact, the police
heard vaguely that the word of the raid
had gone forth and postpone! action for
week.
Every racing day of that week the clerk
went to the poolroom and mingled with tho
doomed patrons Of the poolrooms. Every
day h. lost mora Of Mr., Rosalsly money.
Mr. Rcsalsky began to wonder whe ther he
has told his friends since. and he seriously
considered withdrawing from his enter
prise and swallowing his losses. On May
10 he was on the very ragged edge of pa
tience.
That day the raid was made. Everything
seemed to go beautifully. There were
about three hundred prisoners In the place.
Mr.. Rosalsky's representative handed out
200 Of his employers cards. which were
seized greedily by the panic-stricken pris-
oners He also communicated with many
Of the others for whom there were not cards
enough.
message was sent of in great haste
for Mr.. Rosalsky to come up and take up
the interests Of his many clients; 1t was
sent by the clerk, who added the cheerful
communication that he was himself a pris-
oner and would like to get out as coon as
possible.
The young man has not been so cheerful
from that day 20 this For as is the rou-
tine practice In such raids, the police went
through the mob of 800 prisoners, picking
out the men for whom warrants had been
issued under tho names of the Doe family.
The name of George Doe was called.
He was described specifically in the war
rant, and the specifications all fitted Mr..
Rosalsky's clerk The detectives and stool
pigeons bounced upon the young man,
shouting
Here he is: here is George Doe"
Moreover, they stuck to the Identified
ton before Justice Wyatt. who had issued
the warrant, and tho clerk was held for
trial in bail. which Mr.. Rosalsky had to
furnish along with that he procured for
his other clients.
Now the difficulty confronting Mr. Ro-
salsky Is this: He can easily enough prove
that his clerk was not mixed up with the
management Of the poolroom; but II he
Undertakes that ne ia quite sure that he
will have to go on the stand himself; and II
he goes on the stand he will be asked how
he knew the raid was going to be made,
and If he doesn't what will happen to his
poor clerkI
1t was told yesterday that Mr. Rosalsky
had approached Deputy Assistant District
Attorney Peohper, who had charge of the
prosecution of Me case, and asked whether
there was not some way out of his difficulty
that could be suggested by the District
Attorneys Office, In view Of the fact that
their detectives had quite apparently made
fagrantly erroneous Identification. Mr..
Pechner was not able to help him.
When Sun reporter went to Mr. Peohner
yesterday and asked him II Mr., Rosalsky
had told him the story as related above.
Mr. Pechner said that he didn't think 1t
would be proper for him to discuss Mr..
Rosalsky's troubles for publications then
he smiled.