The evening world., 1904-03-22
John 0'ReilIy Demands $1,000
from Policeman Who Arrested
Him for Attempting to Enter
.m an Alleged PooI-Room.
MANY "CLUBS" WILL HAVE
Z SIMILAR ACTIONS BROUGHT.
Lawyer Dan 0'ReiIIy Announces
. that He Intends to Protect
q Organizations from Activities
q of the Police Commissioner.

!. :, The, latest and boldeat move of tho
gamblers whose operations have beer
q hindercd by he practice of placing uni
formed policemen at the doors OF place:
suspected of being gambling houses was
taken to-aay in the City Court before
Judge seabury. when John ORcllly. a
( law clerk brought suit against Police
4. .lfnen Schum, of the West One Hundred
and Twcnty-fifth street station. for 2,WC
damages for false arrest Schum ar
rested O'Reilly on March l6 In front
of a house in West One Hundred and
Twenty-second street suspected OF be-
ing pool-room,
John Reilly Is brother Of Dan
fo'Ec!il''. who Is counsel for most OF the
pool-room and gambling house proprle-
tors IN the city Associated with Mr..
OReillv in the case is Maurice Mey,r.
and Mr.. Never practically defies Com
missioner McAdoo to keep down tho
lid - anv place repre- sented by his firm.
This suit" said Mr.. Meyer. "is due
tnotice to everybody. including Commits
tsioner McAdo). that he cannot rivet the
liid down on lcgltlmatciy Incorporated
tclubs represented by us. We intend To
fput a stop to the wholesale clubbing
innd' arrests ~ citizens that have marked
ithe course of the police since the order
kplacing uniformed men I'm front Of
ghouscs they suspect OF being gambling
yhouses or pool-rooms went into effect
Stand on Gaynor Decision.
I "Our clients do not propose to break
tnny law. We adhere to the decision of
MIR. Justice Gaynor regarding tho rights
/ of citizens in this town, and We conf
Identity expec. that the courts will sus-
tain us. Other suits will follow this
and We will push each one to the limit
This thing OF a policeman pokinR his
club into the stomach of Il member or
nm intending guest OF n duly incorpo-
rated club who tries to enter tho club
,huse. and then arrcstlng him for In
listing upon his rights as a citizen. has
rot TO stop"
Sclum came down from tho police sta
lion and furnished 500 bail to the sher-
III TO secure his appearance for trial
While this proceeding was going on In
Epoctor Smith was trying a case nt his
headquarters in the West one Hundred
and Twenty-f1!th street station in which
John o'Reilly. through mis- brother Dan
fas counsel, was pressing charges against
sergt. McKeon of unnecessary deten-
lion
. The place Mt which all this trouble
renerated is known rs the Grnsevoort
slut. it has a club charter and a lease
pn house in West one Hundred and
rwenty-second street. The lessee en-
gagged Mr. C'Rcilly as counsel some
time aro and was instructed to call up
on the telephone and summon the law
Ser whenever the police molested him.
Four Policemen Sent There.
Four uniformed policemen stationed
themselves in front Of the house on tho
ifteraoon of March le and stopped
Everybody who tried to enter The pro-
prietor called up Mr.. O'Reilly and in
formed him of what was going on.
sMr. o'Reilly was busy with another
matter, so he sent his brother to see
what could be done. John O'Rellly has
tened 10 the house and was skipping
mp the front steps when Schum stepped
IN front OF him. deftly applied the end
of his club 10 the pit OF his stomach
md compelled him TO back up to the
3ldewalk.
Git tell outta here" said the COP.
E,ving O'Reillv another poke and fore
ing him into the gutter.
"Sir." said o'Reilly. II represent my
brother Dan, who Ia counsel for the
lessee OF this house. and / desire TO
enter and confer with the said lessee. Z"
well, you don't go in, see, responded
Bchum.
Just thea appeared man known
variously as Murphy and Melrose. He
said he was waiting for Mr.. UReilly
and would conduct him 10 the presence
OF the lessee. Both started UP the
steps OF the house.
5chum placed Murphy or Melrose
Under arrest and took him to the sta
ion house. John O'Reilly went along.
When Schum got O'Reilly In front OF
Ihe desk he arrested him, too, on a
harge OF interfering with an officer.
Word of the occurrence was sent to
pan O'Reilly. who hurried TO Harlem
court and asked Magistrate Flammer
10 extend the time sufficiently to per-
nit the two men TO be arraigned that
Afternoon. This was done and both OF
them were discharged. =
On this John O'Reilly bases his claim
FOR 5000 damages for false arrest,
Should he be sustained by the courts IN
bis civil action, every man arrested
while trying to force his way into n
clubhouse picketed by the police as n
suspected pool-room will have leave to
bring a similer suit.