New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-25
THREAT TO SHOOT POLICE.
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1ear~d for the defendants, made most bitter
attack on Captain Shire. OF the East Thirty
afth-st. citation
IT warn the captain now shouted oHsre.
shaking his fist vehemently that IL ne ever
comes there again he VIII be shot"
Later on, IN referring 10 Captain Shire. he
said: ''rhis man is more or less than a uni
formed rufian. your honor"
He is only obey.ng ORDERS" iaterposed Magis-
trate Crane.
You might as well say Monk Eastman was
only obeying orders" returned the lawyer. Il
VIII not allow my clients TO stand for this OPP
preston, and have advised them 10 shoot IL
necessary protect their premises"
JOHN DOE" HEARING WAITS.
Little was done at the District Attorneys
"John Doe" hearing before Judge Wyatt yes
terday afternoon. Three OF the men arrested in
the Mahoaey raid and Mitchell and Dealy. of
the Western Union racing bureau, were brought
in as witnesses Assistant District Attorney
Cans asked questions. all of which were an
swered hut one. and that was not pressed.
After the hearing he refused to say against
whom Il was directed, but intmated strongly
that there would be no further action against
the Western Union corporation or officials
When asked TO throw some light the SEEM
ing disagreement between the Police Depart
rnent and the District Attorneys office. Mr.
Cans said:
We make raids when we have sufficient evil
dence 10 ask for a warrant. Raids have heen
,naSe in mes, instances with warrants, and only
IN rare exceptions have raids been made With
out warrants. and this was only when we nave
had the .Hi terce and had not had time 10 ger
warrants Tee orly effort we have made, with
the exception OF the police raids TO use the So
called Garfield act was for the purpose OF max
ing dispositions which We were TO ask for
warrant. We have never made arrests reIylhB
on the probability that after the arrest some
person would teStlIy against the OlLSIs anu N1NS
make a conviction
The thirteen men arrested on the roof OF the
Edison Building. No A Broad-st., last Friday
were arraigned yesterday in the Tombs court
and discharged from custody. AS they appeared
in the corridors they were served with subponas
summoning them before the grand jury on May
% One of the tried 10 escape, and ran
through the building. followed by the county
detectives. He succeeded in hiding himself IN
closet In a room on the upper floor. from which
he was dragged out later.
Terence J. McMannus. who IS attorney for the
men served protested against the whole pro-
ceedfng in no mild terms. and nearly had a
clash with Magistrate Ommen. The magistrate
told the men that he was running the court ana
that they must obey him, not their attorney.
I'VE are trying TO lind the consistency be-
tween Mr. Jeromes statements yesterday ana
the action OF his assistants to-day. in summon
sng defendfn hts to give testimony against them
selves" said McMannus after the hearing. We
have about given up hope of finding that jewel
about the Criminal Courts Building These men
have q remedy at law against the police and
magistrate. and We are considering the ques-
ton OF bringing suits for damages
McADoo IS HOPEFUL.
There was nothing but smiles in the Com
rnissioners quarters in Mulberry-st. yesterday.
The poorooms out Of business and the
Police Commissioner does not appear to care
how many of his raid prisoners are set free.
He had nothing to say TO the comments made on
Monday by District Attorney jerome on hasty
police action. Ee gave out a formal statement
on the poolroom situation, which reads:
started out TO destroy the mechanism of
poolselling in New-York, and substantially L
have done so. There are fewer places in opera
ton to-day than at any time since that form or
gambling got full Roadway. The result must
speak for itself.
1 am glad 10 be able 10 announce that begin
ming with to-day, / am withdrawing the patrol
men from the suspected poolrooms and returning
them TO ordinary police duties. 1 win hold the
New-YoTk Telephone Company, which has given
much aid TO n strict accountability against
the replacing Of telephones wires in the places
closed. aud 10 Withdrawing their service in
places against which proof has been given them
or which they suspect
In Brooklyn I have written 10 District At
torney Clarke, who publicly asked our assist
Rnce, Offering 10 cooperate with him in sup
pressing pOolTOonrs III that borough. The letter
VIII be delivered 10 Mr.. Clarke by Deputy Com
missioner Farrell. and all the machinery in the
Police Department viii be placed at his dis
posal. together with the evidence in our pos
session looking to dealing with the vice in that
borough The conditions in Brooklyn to pool
rooms are different from those in Manhattan.
They not centralized they here, but
ore widely scattered and generally much smaller
concerns. ] have doubt that If the District
Attorney oo-operates with the police Will
be able to drive the gamblers from that borough.
too.
The question OF the disposition Of the many
telephones seized i'm the recent raids is unset
tied. The police have almost enough instru-
Tnents in their possession 70 stock small town.
Commissioner McAdoo wrote yesterday TO the
NeW-York Telephone Company asking what dis
position he should make of the telephones. He
said they We're in storage, and would be kept
there until he heard from the company.
Douglas Levien. q lawyer. who represented
Leon Stedecker and other raid prisoners at q
hearing before Magistrate Ommen made a fight
70 have Stedecker's telephone returned 10 him.
Inspector Titus said that the instrument was the
property Of the telephone company. and could be
obtained only by replevin. The magistrate
thought the telephone should be returned. but
decided that it must De recovered by civil suit.
NEW-ORlEANs PoOLRoOMS RUNNING.
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