The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-08-18
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New York. Aug 1s.--Half dozen
headauarters' detectives made a raid yes
terday on the once Of the Brooks q
Ford Consultation company" room sle.
in the Miller building. 1881 Broadway.
They took eight prisoners, all but one
we'll known at headquarters. but they
didn't get the evidence they expected and
the prisoners will probably be released.
A man named Perry living at Easton.
Pa. was picked up at Easton by one OF
the gang, who called himself Eddy"
Perry came TO this city on Tuesday i'm
pressed with the idea that he could get
rich quick by tapping the telegraph wires
and beating the pool rooms. Eddy told
him that there wasn't any reason why
ne shouldn't clean up 5000 900 in a week
or two.
Eddy" took Perry to the ONCE OF
The police don't know yet just who
Brooks & Ford" are. The office was
scantily furnished. but It had a desk and
two telephones.
The telephone wires ran only into the
walls, the police say, and II that Is true.
II might be interesting TO know who owns
the telephones. One OF them was ar
ranged 10 ring when a button under the
desk was pushed.
Perry found nearly dozen men in the
place Some OF them appeared TO eye
him with suspicion until Eddy" ex-
planned that he was all right. Then the
telephone bell rang.
Yes. you've got the right place" said
the man who answered the supposed call
What's the horse? Yes. I've got H.
Sure What's the odds? Three 10 one?
All right. Give me FIVE minutes TO get
the stun down"
Some Of the men handed over money
to the man at the phone. Perry Joined
in with SEQ The man went out. Half
an hour later Perry got $50 back, his
500 stake and $50 winnings.
Later I'm the afternoon Perry told A
friend here OF his good fortune He was
going TO bet $1,000 the next day, he said.
The friend had read a newspaper occa 70
sionally and perceived that Perry was in
the hands OF swindlers, whose business
was 10 swindle him and not the pool sell
ers. The intelligent friend went straight
TO headquarters and told Capt. Langan all
about IT,
Yesterday afternoon Detective Sergeants
McMullen. Richard Manning, Fogarty and
Mundy went 10 the corner OF Broadway
and Sixty sixth street to keep an eye on
the Miller building and to watch for
Perry. The man from Easton. however.
didn't put in an appearance. II came out
later that he had somehow acquired in
telligence enough to go home with his $50
out OF the swindlers' pockets
The detectives were about 10 give up
the game at 3 o'clock when two men.
who were apparently greenhons, en-
tered the building and made for room 316.
Later they proved to be John Clark OF
Rouses Point and Charles Stewart OF
Suttenberg ". J. After they had been
In the Office Of Brooks & Ford for 10 min j.
utes the detectives pushed in too The
door was not locked
The detectives didn't get any evidence.
but they arrested the eight men in the
place. aside from the two "comeons. The
prisoners gave fictitious names. All but
one OF them, according to Capt. Langan.
are wire tappers who don't tap wires and
who have pictures in the rogues gallery.
All were locked up at police headquarters.
Capt. I.angan said ne didn't expect
TO see Perry again. but that both Clarke
and Stewart had promised to be In the
police court this morning when, the pris-
oners will be arraigned. They were in
duced TO go 10 the room by man who
met them on the street. They had more
than $500 between them and hadn't had
time TO lose IT,