The Washington times., 1904-05-22

This information. It is said. was to the
effect that a number of men were pre-
pared to testify they received pay for
voting for Mackey. When told OF the
scheme Mackey got proofs Of the fact
that the men named had not voted for
him at all, but had voted for John
ston. That ended the matter, and
Mackey got clear title TO his Office.
Redemption of Pledges.
It was not long then before Mackey
! went to work TO redeem the pledges he
had made 10 his supporters Again he
met with obstacles. II a raid was or
| dered II was tipped of" to the gam
blers in some mysterious manner. When
the raiding party appeared at the es-
tablishment II was their purpose 10 raid,
very little was found going on.
This was notably the case when
Heath's was raided on Sunday. May 8.
Sunday is a big day at Heaths, and
there was always "a good crowd there
when IL was running Downstairs were
the poker tables and bar, and upstairs
were the faro bank. the crap table.
the hazard board, and the kyac tables.
When Sheriff Palmer appeared, with
! his deputies he found one or two en-
| ployes and two or three patrons. Only a
couple Of tables were in operation.
Jackson City Cleaned Out.
Long before the Heath brothers were
| tackled, however, the aggressive Com
monwealth's attorney had cleaned out
! Jackson City ana the rest of Rosslyn-
! The St AsRph poolroom alone was left
! As it IS principally through the in
fuence of the Jones-Hin crowd the poll
tics of Alexandria county have been con-
! troIIed, they have been Mackey's strong
est enemies. For many years they have
held absolute sway there Their control
has. in fact, been complete since they
joined forces. nearly ten years ago.
To tell the story of the bitter fight be
tween the Joneses and the Hills, II is
necessary to go back TO the time when
pooIrooms fourished in Washington
| Jones-Hin Feud.
In 1855 Orlando Jones and another
man opened a poolroom under what
is now the Lawrence Hotel. but
which was then the Imperial Hotel. Or
lando Jones is a brother Of Isaac and
Edward Jones He Is now a bookmaker
on the Metropolitan race tracks, and has
no connection with the st. Asaph pool
room.
The old Imperial poolroom fiOurished
In a little while a rival establishment
was started by Mahoney & Co, in the
old Marble Saloon. which was In the
. basement Of the building on the south
west corner Of Ninth Street and Penn
svlvania Avenue northwest. The pool
. room and bar were in the same room
Together they did an extremely lucra
tive business.
The Marble Saloon.
! An historical place was the Marbl'
Saloon II was there Frank Ward Kill
, ed his man. There several other shoot
P ing scrapes occurred.
No laws against pOolrooms In Wash
J ington existed in those days. Every
, body used TO patronize them Senator
and Representatives came and went a
freely AS touts and bootblacHs. Ever,
, thing was run wide open. the Marbl
poolroom. and the Imperial pOOlroOm
doing a tremendous business.
( McIntyre's Venture.
Seeing their success, II. ID. Mcintyre
. a that time secretary OF the Ivy Cit
Jockey Club. and afterward secretar
. of the Brooklyn Jockey Club. the ma
| who is considered by majority or rae
n ing men to have been the brightest rae
!. ing secretary in the United states, dc
Y cided TO start a poolroom Of his owr
t He was joined by a prominent newspa
Der man. and they opened poOlroOI
over Mike Scanlon's saloon on Mint
, Street. a short distance north Of Penn
: syIvania Avenue. operating under III
?, rame Of Bliss e. Co.
b. Within a week they failed for $500
n In a few days Harry Howard, of Ma
e hcrey & Co, posted "a notice on n
blackboard of the Marble poOlroom al