The sun., 1903-12-14
RAIDERS CAUGHT THE CAPTAIN
PIPER'S MEN FOUND GALLAGHER
IN THE RAINBOW HOTEL.
There TO See II the Law Was Enforced, He
Explains-Raid Made on Parihurst
Society Eyidence-Same Precinct
where Jerome Man Caught Cannon.


where Jerome Man Caught Cannon.
@Shoo-fy" Roundsmen Lonergan, McCul-
lagh and Maher of Deputy Police Com
missioner Piper's staff raided the Rain
bow Hotel. at 14l East Seventeenth street,
last night. In the place were eight
women and Capt. Edward Gallagher of
the East Twent second street station, in
which precinct the resort is located. With
the captain were his two wardmen, Churchill
and Levant. He says that he had just
dropped into the place to see that the law
was being obeyed.
In this same precinct ex-Captain Cannon
was found in house on Fifteenth street
when Assistant District Attorney Sanford
raided the place. Cannon is now running
a saloon In Twenty eighth street near
Broadway. He was tried at Police Head
quarters and dismissed. Later he was
tried in the criminal courts and was con-
victed, but sentence was suspended.
The Rainbow Hotel has been in opera
ton for about four years. 1t has been
raided many times. When Capt. Gala
CHER was taken away from a sergeant
desk in the Harbor Squad by Gen. Greene
and sent to East Twenty street al
a captain one OF the first things he did was
to raid this place.
The raid last night was made on war
rants issued by Justice Mayer on evidence
secured by Louis j. Harris of the Park
hurst society: Harris alleges that he
secured his evidence in visit paid to the
were turned over to Deputy Commissioner
Piper, who turned them over to his three
roundsmen.
They entered the place without any
difficulty last night shortly before 10 o'clock.
The warrants called for the proprietor,
his bartender and all the inmates OF the
place.
The bartender was the first man they ran
across. After him the proprietor was dis
covered, and in the ha! !lway the raiders
bumped into Capt. Gallagher and his sleuths.
The roundsmen didn't stop to listen to the
captains explanation, but rushed into the
rear poom, where were eight women and
lone man.
Capt. Gallagher offered TO do the arrest.
ing, but Roundsman Lonergan explained
that as it was necessary to raid the place
on a warrant and also that as he was
equipped with it, it would 'be better to let
the men from Capt. Ppers Office perform
that duty. Capt. Gallagher was permitted
to look on.
The proprietor the bartender, the eight
women and the lone man were bundled into
a patrol wagon and were hustled to the
East Twenty-second street station.
men, after their ped grees had been taken,
were sent to the East Thirty-fifth street
station, which has prison for women.
Capt. Gallagher and his men explained
that they had just entered he hotel and
were looking around when the men from
Mulberry Street entered The captain
said he was making tour of all the ques-
tionable places in his precinct under orders
from Inspector Mclaughlin.
After the three roundsmen had left his
station house Capt Gallagher sent word to
the Police Headquarters reporters that he
had a good story. When reporters reached
the station the captain had gone, but
sergeant on duty was we'll informed about
the raid.
The sergeant said that the captain kept
a close watch on all such places and often
made personal Investigations,
The sergeant added that the captain
went in these places every Sunday night.
Whether the captain had seen any violation
did his work, the sergeant did not know.
The proprietor of the place gave his
name as Albert f. Smith and the hotel as
his residence The bartender said he was
John Cooper Of 336 East Nineteenth street,
and the lone man described himself as
Carl Werner, % years old, OF $50 West
Twenty second street. e.
Deputy Commissioner Piper when told
of the raid last night said.
II knew nothing of the raid The evil
dence was secured from outside sources
and the warrants were turned over to me,
Capt. Gallagher wasn't consulted in the
matter and l gave the warrants to my
roundsmen"
Capt. Piper admitted that the raid was
made over the precinct commanders head.
former proprietor OF the Rainbow Hotel
was convicted of running a dsorderly
house about year ago.