Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-05
JOHN SULLIyAN'S CASE.
The Court Found No Evidence Against
 Him and He Was Acuuitted.

Him and He Was Acquitted.
 The. continued case against John
 Sullivan for running policy game at
 No. 66 Brook street, was the only bus
 mess before Judge Peasley in the city
 court today. Sullivan pleaded not
 guilty and was defended by Attorney
 Russell. The first witness called was
 John H. Fruin, who testified that No.
 66 Brook street is part of the estate
 of the late Robert Fruin, of which
 himself and Edward McGrath are ex-
 ecutors. There are four floors in the
 building, the first is occupied as
 gents furnishing store. the second
 by MT. Coulter, stock broker, and
 the third and fourth by Thomas Mc-
 Grath as cigar factory and stock
 room. The policy game was said to
 be situated in the second floor and on
 that point MT. Fruin testified that Mr.
 Coulter bought his business from one I w. G. Coleman who kept the same
 rooms. There are signs on the win
 dows and doors indicating the busi-
 ness of the place. Originally there
 was only one room on the second
 floor but Coleman divided it into two. ] Witness said he spends some time
 on the premises and that frequently
 he sees Sullivan there. Coulter's bus
 mess Is sometimes called a bucket
 shop" MT. Coulter keeps open from
 from 10 to 3. His customers some
 times call in the evenings. Witness kept brokers office on Bank street
 some time ago and that was the way
 he did business. He kept open even
 ings for the accommodation of his
 customers who worked in the fac-
 tories.
 Detictiye Dodds testified that the
 second floor of the building in ques-
 tion was used for a policy game,
 poker and playing the races. He saw
 Sullivan there frequently. He then
 described the interior of the building
 so far as it concerned the floor in
 question, and said that over the prin-
 cipal entrance on the stairs there is an
 inscription Lotus Club" There is 8
 push button in the door and inside the
 door hallway. To get inside this
 hallway is a difficult matter to the un-
 initiated. There is letter box near
 the door leading from the hallway to
 the interior and over the letter box Is
 light so arranged that persons inside
 can see through the box the person
 who seeks admittance without him.
 self being seen.
 1 The place was raided some time ago and the officers got in at that time by a trick The witness led the visit and l after pushing the button he placed his
 hat over the letter box so that the one inside could not see who was at the
 door. After waiting some time the
 door was opened. They found evil
 dence of policy game. Detective l O'Gorman picked up sealed envelope and policy slip. Sullivan was not | in that raid. Detective Dodds said the game of policy is not played after z o'clock evenings unless for the next day Factory hands usually play 1t at | that time because of their inability to l be out the next forenoon The head l of the game or his agent must pc III the office at noon and afternoons 70 receive the plays from the agents, Two ..pIays'' are made each day The rest of the evidence was furn1shetfT by Detectives O'Gorman and Ken naugh. Tn their opinion there wos no question about the reputation of the place referred to. O'Gorman pro- zduced the envelope he found and showed that on August 2S, one or the .hits'' or "gigsv was 67-43-2S inis was a $5 gig played for i've cents. The total gigs for that date amounteu to S59. Another paper be produced showed the writings" or amount or business for that date figured up $13O.37.
 There were three games supposed l to be running in the place last sum-
 mer. Witness watched it for some | time.
 According to Detective Kennaugh, l the first door leading to the room or | the stairs was about three inches l thick.
 Officer Walsh testified that one day l he saw man issue from the place about the same time he saw Sullivan pass in, and the man asked him IT there was going to be raid.
 This closed the case, for the State and Judge Peas1ey said if that was all the evidence the state had he would 1 have to discharge Sullivan for there was no case against him. Attorney Durant replied that 1t was not the | easiest thing in the world to prove case of this kind. The game of policy | has not developed far enough In this city to prove a case without much difficulty. The fact that another man was found guilty of keeping gamb- ling room In the place in question l ought to count for something.
 It Is an easy matter for one or two men to back the game and still not be identified with it. The court found no evidence against Sullivan and accord l ingly discharged him.
 After court Sullivan stated for pub lication that he is out of the game for ever. That he has been out of the
 state for some time on accoun of his health and that he has had nothing to do with policy for some time.