The evening world., 1904-01-14
Looks the Doors Of His Famous
Pool Room in Forty Second
Street and Refuses to Take
Bets.
HAS; MADE LONG FIGHT
AGAINST AUTHORITIES.
For Many Years He Successful
Iy Defied Every Effort to Close
His Pool-Room, but Finally
Surrendered.

n. convincing illustration of the fact
yehat-the police can close the pooi-rooms
when they are backed UP by their SUI
Desfcrs was furnished to-day by Peter
iDaIAosy. For the first time since he
embarked in the pool-room business he
leasut down his entire machinery this
tA1tsrnoon. Not only did he receive no
leets in his various pool-rooms, but he
iSeoefved no quotations or results from
I1se race tracks.
Do Lacey has his headquarters at No.
-. West Forty-second street. midway
between Sixth avenue and Broadway.
He owns tho building. There he has
received news from the race tracks by
wire and from there he has sent II out
by telephone to his pool-roo,ns and to
other rooms paying for his service.
sent Operator Away.
The Western Union operator assigned
10 De Lacey's headquarters to handle
the racing returns reported for duty as
usual to-day n was sent back to the
office. He told the Western Union peo-
pie that De Lacey was not doing bus
mess.
Nothing but remarkable pressure
Could make De Lacey throw up his
fands. He had successfully defed every
t.iort made to close mis- pool-rooms, and
a times the entire energy OF the racing
oiitials had been directed against him.
il may he that the game has been
Lnihg against him of late. an 1t has
s~ylinst many pool-room keepers. but
~" seneraiiy accepted idea is that he
LIS been forced to close by the Wig,
iiailce OF the police.
: Meanwhile the Western Union Tele-
graph Company is serving 30 other
rool-rooms in Greater New York with
results Of races, and Police Commits
sioner Mc.Adoo says he knows nothing
about II.
II haven't heard of alo pool-rooms be-
ing open" he said to-day to an
Evening World reporter. II know
nothing OF these statistics. They may
nave been formed entirely In some ones
imagination That Is all I care to saw
about the pool-room or gambling aues-
tion.'
inspector McClusky. Chief OF the De-
tectiye Bureau, who has charge OF all
pool-room Investigations, was not In his
ONCE this morning. SO 1t could not be
learned what steps he is taking to run
down-these 21O pool-rooms.
Inspector Brooks, of the First Inspec-
ton District. however. was more COM
municative about pool-rooms.
i called In twenty-five precinct de-
t~ecttves to-day" he said, 'and instruct
ed them to pay particular attention In
places suspected OF being pool-rooms. |
tOld them to get evidence against them.
u possible; in fact, to do everything
they can to close these places"
orders All PooI-ROOms CIosed,
Soon after an Evening World reporter
saw Commissioner McAdoo. Inspector
Brooks. VIII had just finished a private
talk to twenty-five precinct detectives,
gave out this statement:
y. \ have now seen every inspector, can
tain aud precinct detective In Manhat-
tan, the. Bronx and Richmond. and
nave told them all that IL they have
ANY notion that this liz to be a wide
open town they are very much mistake
en-, They have been ordered to keep
every pool-room. gambling-house or
other illegal resort In their jurisdiction
closed tight and have been warned that
they viii be held personally responsible
Tor any violation of this ORDER
Magistrate Breen sitting in the Tombs
Copr this afternoon declared that there
was no law to prevent men from going
into alleged pool-rooms. Twelve men
we're arraigned by plain clothes men at
tached to the Church street ~tsation, on
telienical charges of assault. 1t was al
legged that they had attempted to enter
alleged pool-rooms on Cortlandt and
pey streets and Vets Broadway. All
were discharged.