The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-07
ONE SARATOGA CLUB GIVES UP
rrSrCOTT CLOSES MANHATTAN
CLJB FOR SEASON.
~. Had n Vision. which. Ofricially Inter-
prctcC. was Explained to Mean "Ciose
,,u--lIe's sorry Now That He Spent
., Winch Money on Improvements.


s.,,roa, \. Y. Aug 8,-The Man
,,,,,n ,luh. next to the clubhouse the most
a,rarrcr gambling place in Saratoga,
'I.',I FOR tine season tonight, and thereby
hangs a tab"
yyr.u the racing crowd got here on
Sunday night they were told that there was
,o,h,rv dong in the way OF house gamb-
,., Tlry learned that the only part OF
,,,rcrl'. that was open was the retaurant,
,L,, ,p.o same condition prevailed at the
va,l,,,nn and that the four or five other
II,,,, horl-ps were closed tight, except
,Il,,,rd TO have been run by Alder
,,,,, Nrrhln in Congress street, opposite
U,,., lining room of the Grand Union Hotel.
,,g comment was made on the fact
elsa, ,ha place alleged to be the property
~ ONO If the village fathers was allowed to
l,.,,-s There was not time for
,.rrD comment. however, for the police
.,ooped down on the place, captured the
,,,nra,r,. and arrested the Alderman.
NJ, Nmrhan didn't like being arrested
o,l he protested that he had been picked
MI, A. the -rapcgoat. and that no EFFORT
,,.tc,r, made to find out whether the big
gamblers wcre doing business. Alderman
Io,ra insisted that all the other houses.
,,ub the possible exception OF Canned 3,
zorro do,nr business on the quiet.
+, Is not for THE Sun correspondent 10
,,,.uho,her the Hon Mr.. Jerre knew what
he was talking about or not, but here are
.,a met. The Manhattan Club is in
S,rinr street lust east of Broadway ana
,,,nosIte the side entrance to Congress
II U Tho property, which is one OF the
mas, valuable Tor il S frontage in Saratoga.
+. owned hv Deacon James W. Westcott,
,,rmerN Of the First Methodist Churc h
Of Newluryport, Mass, but now resi- resi-
yopt of New York, with IA house AT 1870 West
Fortv.Hourth street.
/, NAV he said in passing that Police
Inspector Max Schmittberger knows OF
rarsous for whom he has deeper love
than for Deacon Westcott. but the deacon
has beaten the inspector at his own game
more than once, so the Baron Max may be
preWdiced.
,nh onaned. but $ n high class restaurant
instead of gambling place, The great
gaming room was turned into dining
Toorn and a CORDS of well-trained walters
waited for customers That part of the
,mb which had been used in former seasons
for a dining room was closed. Inc door
leading TO the dining room Of other years
was locked, but the story got abroad that
II was sometimes unlocked and that men
disappeared behind 1t 1t was even whis-
pared about the hotels that If man could
only get inside that particular door ne
might like Heen's babies, see the wheels
90 round.
These stories got as far up Broadway
a- the United States Hotel on Tuesday
night How long it took for them to travel
two blocks further north to Police Head
Quarters is not known. but last evening,
while Deacon Westcott was at prayer
meeting "Wednesday night is prayer meet
rg night in Saratoga) he had vision in
which he saw handwriting on the wall.
When he got back to the club ne met
man who looked like one having authority,
and to him he told the story Of the hand
writing on the wall, and asked the meaning
The meaning is clear, was the answer
If means close up.
The servants at the club got their coin
mi, afternoon, and this evening the formal
announcement was made that the Man
haitian Club had closed for the season.
Deacon Weetcott never grumbles at
udden and queer turns Of fortune, but he
emarked tonight that if the powers that
Va in Saratoga had only told him he was
NOT wanted here before he signed con
tracts last fall for, many thousands OF
dollars worth Of improvements in his
place, he would have been much obliged
for the advance information and would
lave kept the money in his pocket and his
signature from the contracts.
The closing of the Manhattan Club may
be accepted by all soldiers of fortune as
proof positive that the Saratoga authori-
ties meant what they said last spring, when
they caused the announcement to be made
that there would be no gambling houses
open in Saratoga this summer
Village Trustee jeremiah NJ. Minehan,
whose alleged gambling place was re-
Gently raided. was arraigned before Police
Justice Delaney tonight. He waived ex-
animation and gave bail to await the action
r. the October Grand Jury. He ia charged
with being n common gambler.