The sun., 1904-08-27
RAIDERS GOT REDHOT STOVE.
NO TELEPHONE, RACE SHEET OR
OTHER POOLROOM PLANT.
Inspector walsh solefnnly Bundles Up
Ashes and Carries Them on with Six
Prfsoner--Donohue's Discovery Set
Him Dancing -sleuths' Labor Lost.

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Police Inspector Walsh, together with
Capt. Hussey and a squad Of detectives
rsided an alleged poolroom on the second
| floor Of 465 West Forty second street, late
yesterday afternoon. A sergeant and q
patrolman from one Of the outlying Brooklyn
| precincts claim to have been visiting the
place for the last two weeks. They say
| they have had no trouble in making bets.
The raiders, however, found no evidence
that bets had been taken yesterday
A redhot stove in the centre of the room
caused the police cruel suspicion that
the evidence had been cremated during the
delay caused by smashing down heavy
door. The contents Of the stove-when it
cooled suffciently--werer removed and will
be subjected to pol!ce analysis. The
evidence In It's present state resembles
any ordinary ash heap.
Sergeant Duffy and Patrolman Dwan Of
Brooklyn, who claim they have spent two
weeks and some money in getting the
evidence against the place, don't resemble
cops much. Duffy is feet inches, wears
q "a collar and looks quite harmless.
The raid was made with great elabora-
tion. With Inspector Walsh and Captain Hus-
sey were a dozen detectives. while twenty
uniformed cops, kept in the background,
rushed up when the actual raiding began.
Inspector Walsh led the vanguard Of
sleuths into the saloon On the ground floor.
Then they rushed Up a short flight Of stairs
only to be confronted by the heavy door.
All the raiders carried twelve pound ham
mers and they were played on the door,
which was literally smashed to pieces.
citing inside. the police charged through
Q series Of small rooms into large one at
the rear. This room was equipped with
the usual wooden partition. Twenty-Five
men were found on ono side Of the partition
and five were dragged from tho other side.
Another man, who seemed interested In a
Klondiks game IN an adjoining room.
was also seized by the police. who con-
hscated the layout.
After q long search, during which there
could be found no trace Of q telephone,
telegraph instrument, racing charts or other
necessary accessories Of we'll equipped
poolroom, the police were about to depart
with their prisoners when Detective Dono-
hue carelessly placed his hand on the stove,
which was behind tho partition.
The sleuth let out . howl and began
hopping and Tapping his fingers, to the
amazement of the police and the intense
joy Of the others.
The stove was examined and searched,
but nothing but heap Of ashes was found
inside it. The ashes we're raked out and
bundled into a newspaper at the order Of
Inspector Walsh. The charred contents
were removed to the West Forty-seventh
street station, together with the six pris-
oners. The latter were all admitted to bail
last night by Magistrate Whitman
TENpERLo1N RAID. TOO.
There was also a poolroom raid In the
Tenderloin yesterday and it will tend to
widen the breach between Capt. Cottrell
and Inspector Walsh. Cottrell's men raided
an alleged poolroom at 100 West Twenty
fourth street and got six prisoners. This raid
was made on evidence obtained by two
plain clothes men whom Capt. Cottrell
had working for him. These men were
strangers in the Tenderloin and got into the
place without much difficulty.
While Cottrell's men were making the
raid. several Of Walsh's men, led by Ward
man Delany. butted In on II. They arrived
when most Of the work was over. but they
stuck by the prisoners until they got to the
Tenderloin station. BY doing this, Wslsh's
men got their names on the station house
blotter and get just as much glory out Of
the raid as Cottrell's men do.