New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
WAS TRAP FOR SLEUTHS.
HENERAL GREENE SET IT.
Raids Sho1ced Eridence 4gdtnst
Gamblers Could be Gained.


Fsefts at No 10 West Thirty-fourth-st., ana
Maher, az No a West irty-fifth-st. Ihe
poIIce will learn all about the nature OF this
surprise this morning by reading what Conirnis-
sioner Greene had to say last night as 20 no"
he had satisfied himself that evidence agaiIs'
hig gambling houses could be OBTAINED III
testing his opinion the subject ne "oiheu
with the aid of tour youngsters as ne eaile'
tben whose homes are in the Far West Ihey'
sn,srg ;n concert with William ]. Coursey, the
con,rnissioner's private secretary, obtained ihe
audience or which the warrants for the ralds
were obtained
Before the raids Commissioner GREENE h0u an
s5ea that persons who were not known 10 'iie
-ronrIetors or employees Of the big gallioiiiie
houses could easily enter them Inc succeSslu'
manner in which the raids were conducted pS
closely following out his plans proved ne 'niiAS'
that his opinion is correct When he reaches
TocIfce Bea douarters this morning he VIII manu-
to Inspector Brooks. who is IN charse u ine
detective bureau letter asking him for an eN-
7Ianation as to why the detective bureau, when
has power to call on any member OF the UNI
formed force TO help it, cannot obtain the evil
6ence necessary to raid the big gambling houses
when four young men can come TO this city and
quickly get the desired evidence.
The police did not know until yesterday VINO
had succeeded in getting the evidence, and not
high officials OF the police force told that the
rIans for the raids had been perfected. and that
The raids were to be made or the following day.
VIII the warrants for the raids had been OBJ
tained Commissioner Greene had a TAX WIN
Acting Inspector Walsh on Friday and IN
e;ructed him to have the warrants executed
and that he would hold him responsible FOR
failure TO do so in a creditable manner Inc
houses are in Inspector Walsh's district
Frank McCabe and Henry Holland or Kansas
City got the evidence against Lou" Bettss
house and F. L. and A " Adams. OF 1ndian-
snoIis the evidence against Maher's house.
Nothing about the careers Of these men could
he learned last night. 1t is not known whether
they ever did detec4ivn work before McCahe
and Holland alleged that they were introduced
at Bettss by a young named Harry Ward
Ward was arrested yesterday by Detective Id
ward O. Shibler on q warrant issued on a COM
plant OF Mr. Coursey charging Ward with
being the proprietor of gambling house. Ward
was teken to the Tenderlon station. where he
was stiu held up to a late hour last night Ward
said he lived at No. 246 West Thirty-ninth-st
He was arrested atiBetts's house in West Thir-
ry-fourth-st-
From what could be learned yesterday the
young sIeuths from the West used disguises
as did County Detective Jacobs, in carrying out
his plans to get evidence against Canfield's and
other houses. Some OF the men arrested In the
raids on Saturday night were arraigned before
Magistrate Barlow yesterday in the Tombs po-
Nce court and held in bail for further examna-
4ion Commissioner Greene said that no charges
would be preferred against Inspector Brooks.
Speaking about the raids. Commissioner
Greene said to Tribune reporter last night:
T-hos. raids touched d vital question; the ques-
dence against the gambling houses. District Attor-
rey Jerome had to get the evidence agalnst oan5 an
Maher's places myself without any assistance from
of fact the police knew nothing about the plans
uiI'it brnurht four youngsters from the West and
they had 10 diffculty in getting the evidence Two
lads from Kansas City PIank M1eape aho Wttbt9
Ihirty-six hours thev obtained an INTRODUCTION to
@ &c igtro61ctio5bV Sa Fellow named Ward
whom they met al one Of the hotels The other
two youngsters-brothers from Indianapolis P L.
Won Work They reached New: York on February %
ana y Sas p4t untii ~ me Ih abe to give us the
evidence we wanted,
General Greene said no man got away who
uas in the house on that night. AS matter OF
fact Lou" Belts himself did get away.
VIII you hold Captain O'Reilly or Inspector
Walsh responsible for the existence OF those
gambling places?" General Greene was asked.
No" General Greene replied: 'the
ouse applies both Minor gambling places
and pooIrooms can be stopped. / think. by the
police captains and district inspectors but at
the gambling places in the Tenderloin and the
adjoining precincts. where much money is in
vested in the game and where the gamblers
spend SO much money on runners and
scouts l hardly think that the precinct
detectives could get in They are too well
known II is about the same with the
district inspectors. whose personal staff is
well LnoWn. But with the Detective Bureau
II is different There is the entire detective
force Of nearly four hundred men. and seven
thousand uniformed men from which they can
take any men at any minute 1 think
the detective force could get the evidence. 1t
was to test that question that employed men
myself to see II they could get in to the houses,
When they got evidence went to Magistrate
Deuel. to be sure it. was exact and in proper
form. He issued warrants a7idavits made
by my secretary. Mr. Coursey. supported by
afidavits OF the men employed The Detective
Bureau could have done that business. 1 don't
think they should wait for the District Attorney
10 do il. II is for him to conduct the trial and
for the police to get the evidence. Mr. Jerome
and have the same views on the subject
warrant was issued more than a month ago
for Lou" eBtts, but there something wrong
about ii and 1t never executed. A war
rant issued by Magistrate Deuel. Satur-
day and the police are going TO serve It. General
Greene says IL they can. The Board of Magis-
trates examined the evidence collected by Gen.
eral Creene's and decided that tx was sufi-
cient- II not until he had received that
decision that General Greene called his detec-
tires of. He said they had seen both Belts and
Maher running their games personally, and
that there way in which those men could
plead that they were not the proprietors of the
places
IL was called TO his attention that gambling
houses poolroorns and disorderly houses are
nearly as numerous in the Tenderloin as
they were under the old regime.
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