New-York tribune., 1904-10-10
ADAMS OUT TOMORROW.
HIS GAINS IN SING SING.
Has Made More Money Than Any
Prisoner There Before.

This is the last day of the Imprisonment of
Albert J. Adams. the dethroned policy king. who
finally was convicted and sentenced TO Sing Sing
prison after aocumulating several million dol
laTs in the meanest form OF gambling New
York or any other large city has ever known.
He win leave the prison early tomorrow morn
ing. II is probable that his and one of his
attorneys VIII be waiting for him in the war
denis Office and viii accompany him to this city
for consultation regarding his business affairs.
Adams has made more money while impris-
Oned than any other prisoner The steel bars Of
Stag Sing ever guarded Real estate men who
know Of his holdings declare that he is S1.OO0OOO
richer to-day than he when he entered the
prison gates from the rise in property values
nlone. His rslts have poured In just as steadily
as though he were directing their collection from
his real estate Office in West Thirty-fourth-st.
His brewery interests flave not suffered
Adams's prison experience. some Of his friends
say. has saved his life. He was in a dangerous
condition from diabetes when he went TO Sing
Sing. In two months he was too fl TO continue
the easy work of mat making and was sent 10
the prison hospital. There he has had every
care and the advice of competent physicians.
HIS life has been of necessity most regular, and
there has been absolutely no chance for the
high living that was responsible for his con-
oition Beyond slight prison paIlor, Adams
entered the prison. Although his head was
shaved when he was received there in accord
ance with the regulations. his hair has been al
lowed to grow. and he combs il as he did
when he a free man.
Said the warden. Addison Johnson. yesterday
when Tribune reporter visited the prison:
Adams can leave any time after o'clock by
gong through the regular fornalities He has
- olti prisoner IA every way. and secures
the tull allowance for good behavior The com
tlIulSlion Is IN accordance with the decision
named down by Justice Keogh last September
II any one thinks that Adams has had unusual
oHslueIatlon or privileges because Of his wealth
ne Is much mistaken. All sorts of stories have
been published ia some neuspapers They have
had II that he had turned his section of the
prison hospital into a real estate ofica Min
Ioilop desk. office boy and all that of
thlng. When he came here nearly a year and
half ago he was put 10 work in the mat fac
Tory II soon developed that he was too far
gone win diabetes 20 DO any work. and he was
removed 10 the hospital. We would have dis
covered similar conditions in a prisoner from |
the Bowery who had not a friend just as |
quickly If they had existed and the friendless /
one would have had just as good treatment.
Adams has not taken any Of the prison officials |
into his confidence as TO his plans for the future
He refused 10 see Tribune reporter or TO send |
out any message yesterday. II he has his way |
his departure from the prison viii be unnoficed-
Reports have been circulated ;hat Adams was |
going to Europe with his wife as soon as he was |
free, and try TO escape from his gambling and |
prison record in one of the Continental centres |
This is denied by his son. Alfred ]. Adams jr |
who is lawyer al No 81 NaEsau-st, and by |
his real estate agents, Pocher g. Co. Of No 20 |
West Thirty-fourth-st. They say that he will
live in New-York and devote his whole time and
energy 10 developing his property interests. He |
is forever done, they declare, with all forms OF
gambling Even Captain Norton Goddard. whose
persistent crusade against policy brought about
Adans'e downfall and Tisfrgct AFsov,e,, Teror,a
who directed the prosecution that landed him In
Sing Sing do not think he viii risk the policy
game again.
one reason given for Adams's return TO this
city is that he desires he restored to citizen
ship Said Mr. Johnson yesterday:
He no longer has the rights of a citizen. as he
has been convicted of felony and served a
term. After he has been out Of prison a time
ne can make application 10 the Governor TO be
restored 70 these rights. He must show that he
las reformed and give evidence that he viii
ieao an honest life IN the future Sometimes
prisoners make this application within a month
or two after leaving the prison. Generally they
wait at least year I DO NOT know what steps
Adams viii take in this matter He is GER
tainly anxious 10 regain his standing as far as
possible.
Another reason his friends give is that Adams
can make more money in New-York than any
where else in the world. They refer TO his hon
est gains in open real estate transactions He
seems TO have remarkably ability at fOTecasting
the trend Of building activity. he was one OF
the first 10 realize the possibilities Of the dstric:
on the West Side which the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company finally selected as its New-York
terminal. He has been buying property there
Tor years. When values Went down for one rea-
son or another he did not sell. Instead he in
creased his purchases and most of his holdings
We're acquired Al the bottom of the market The
coming Of the Pennsylvania sent the value Of
all this property TO unexpected heights and
Adams has lost no opportunities Of selling or
buying by his imprisonment.
few months aso he purchased the Katz es-
tate at Paterson. y. J. The deal included a
100000 house. one Of the finest in the city, and
Il is said that he is thinking OF living there
His wife and daughters are still al Carmel. Put
nam County, n Y. where they have been spend
ing the summer.
There has never been more logged anti
gambling crusade than that which put an end
10 policy in Hew-York Captain Goddard
fathered II. Policy is not gambling" he de-
clared. but stealing" He did not have TO seek
Ear to find the disastrous effect il was having
on the poor OF the city who gave up their pen
nies day after day in hope Of making a lucky
strike. hitting d happy gig." when the draw
ings were so arranged that they had not a
possible chance Of winning
Goddard formed an Anti-Policy League and