New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-24
TIPPED OFF," THE BELIEF
Only Sirteen Prisoners After Raids
ON Fortg-fUe Places.

The police settled the fact once for all yester-
day that there are not less than three hundred
alleged poolrooms in Manhattan alone by visit
ing that number Of places. bent on raiding. un-
der orders from Police Commissioner McAdoo.
who told the inspectors TO raid over again II
they thought any attempt had been made to re-
sumo business in places visited on Friday.
In scores OF places no men were found. and
not even telephone or telegraph instrument
was to be seen. Inspector Brooks, who was
again In command of the raiding sortis
nounced that in forty-ive places sixteen prts-
oners had been made and 124 telephones confis-
Gated They also seized two telegraph instru-
ments.
Things seem to be very quiet up here" said
the inspector, land We seem TO have thsm on
the run. We have everything in our favor now.
and we are not going to let things rest We Will
keep at them until they are all out I'd like to
wager that there was very little betting done
on horse races in this precinct to-day. and. In
fact, 1 think there little anywhere in the
city"
Not an officer raiding had a warrant The
inspector said most OF the places visited had
already been raided. and he did not think war
rants necessary In one place there were twen-
ty-eight telephones and In another twenty. In
the first place all the fittings for the wires were
new as If the work had been very recently
done This place was No 231 Broadway.
opposite the Postofice. and as it takes only
FIVE minutes to walk from the Church-st police
station TO that point. 1t is believed persons In
the rooms were tipped off. not one was dis
covered 1t is believed that tipping of" ac-
counted for the lack OF prisoners.
Commissioner McAdoo made no comment
whatever the resumption OF the wholesale
raiding. Some Of the places visited by the
police were:
No. 90 Dey-st. one prisoner. three telephones;
No 6J West Broadway. one prisoner. three tele-
phones: No IL East Nineteetnth-st.. one pris-
oner. three telephones; No. 141 West Forty-frst-
St. No. 252 FFfth-ave.. No. 81 West Thirty
third-st. No 80 West Twenty-seventh-st., one
telephone; No - West Thirty-sixth-st.. No. $40
seventh-ave. three telephones: No. 10 West
Twenty-seventh-st.. four telephones; No 100
West Twenty -fourth-st.. No. 20 West Twenty
fourth-st., No. 40 West Twenty-third-st, No
444 Sixth-ave, No. 10 East Forty-second-st-.
No. 2S West Thirty-second-st.. No. 81 West
I1ighteenth-st. No 231 Broadway. twenty-One
telephones; No. II Broadway nine telephones;
No 24 West Third-st one prisoner. one telephone;
No 191 Mercer-st.. two prisoners. TWO phones;
No 16 Sixth-ave.. one prisoner. one 'phOne; NO.
ia West Fourteenth-st-. one prisoner. three
phones: No. 161 East Thtrty-second-st. four
prisoners two phones; No. 3Sl Fourth-ave, one
prisoner. one phone; No. 545 Third-ave.. one
prisoner one phone: No 132 Nassau-st, nine
phones: No. so Park-rOw. No. II Centre-st. an
other place in Broadway two prisoners, eleven
phones: No. 112 FultOn-st-. twenty-one phones;
No Pine-st.. four phones: No. II Stone-st-;
No 81 Rroad-st; No lO4T Sixth-ave.. two
phones; No. 1O4 West Ffftieth-st. one phone;
No 40 West Fifty-third-st., three phones; No.
900 West Forty-sixth-st-. two phones; No. $50
West Fifteth-st.. one phone: No. 400 West
Forty-second-st,. one phone; No. 991 Sixth-ave..
two phones; No. 81 Last Fourth-st, two
phones: No. 123 Second-ave.. two phones; No
211 Bowery. two phones: No. 126 Second-ave,
four phones