New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-22
ALL RAID CASES GO OYER,
Dir. Lindsey Says Telephone Super
intendent Helped Police.

The Tombs court was crowded yesterday with
the prisoners captured in three raids FRIDAY
afternoon at the Park Row Building No. 81 Duane
ST. and No II Broad-st., alleged poolrooms. Deputy
Assistant District ATTORNEYS Sanford and Cans
were in charge of the prosecution They stated
that each man would be separately charged with
violation OF Section ISL Of the Penal Code the
alleged managers they said would be charged WIN
being the proprietors. A separate complaint was
drawn against each defendant
Daniel O'Reilly appeared as counsel for the prfs-
oners taken in the Park Row Building; Terence
J. McNanus appeared for those at No ~ Broad
ST. and John Hoyer for the one at No g Duane-st
The men charged with being proprietors or man
ayers OF the three places said they were Murray
Johnson No 2Ol West One-hundred- and-twenty-
fourth-st. T-ho was arrested at No A Broad-st'
Robert 7 Nelson No ia West Eighty-hrst-st.. at
No 50 Duane-st-, and George D. HAMMOND 10 'i
East Eishty-hftn-st.. at the Park Row Bulolhs.
Johnson was arraigned, charged with oelhs ti'e
manager ar No a Broad-st. Mr.. Sanford asked
for the discharge OF Arthur lie Roy, or NO 90
West Fourteenth-st. a co-defendant with Joii's"'
This discharge granted by the maelsl'A'e' 90
lie Roy was called a witness TO tesulE ae"i''''
Johnson. Mr. McManus directed the witness 10 DC
cline to answer questions. Magistrate Breen m
structed him 10 answer. lie Roy refused. Slr'
Sanford asked that lie Roy be declared In con-
TEMPT OF court. The magistrate decided that thls
could not be done. as the court was ho' 0''0 -
Mr.. McManus then consented to an adjournment
arrested at No. Il Broad-st 1T chat time IT Is
expected that lie Roy will he called again as
witness. Mr.. Sanford consented 70 p'aIole ''7 oO
PENDANTS in the custody Of Mir. McAanus 80,
George D. Hammond and Andrew Benhett men
were arraigned, the Assistant District Attorney
asking for the discharge Of Joseph Cess; OF 10.
l07 West-st.. OF the co-defen idnts. less vas
put on the stand as witness against Hammond
lie said he was employed by the New ork ana
New-Jersey Distributing and Circulating company
which distributed news. There were twenty tele-
phones in the place. He never called any one but
answered many calls, and knew the voices OF the
sporting news. AT this juncture Mr. . Reilly asked
Mr. Sanford what he expected 10 prove
IT am going to prove was the answer. tnat
every telephone in that room was connected with
q poolroom. and only poolroom-
Mr. Sanford wanted all other witnesses ex-
Guided from the room. but Mr. o Reilly objected
Mr. Sanford then said he would ask that sub
poenas be issued for all the men except Bennett
and Hammond. the men so subpDnaed 10 be DIS
charged as defendants and held as witnesses. This
brought counsel for the prisoners 70 agree 10 ad-
journment until Thursday the defendants being
paroled IT. his custody,
The case OF Robert j. Nelson. alleged manager at
No. 50 Duane-st.. adjourned until Tuesday.
The ten prisoners arrested on the four floor OF
the New-York Theatre building We're arraigned be-
held in $500 bail each for examination to-day.
Deputy Police Commissioner Lindsey said that
Manager Berger of the telephone company. had
been assisting the department, and that the police
and District Attorney had the names of the men
who sent the information from the racetrack and
those who received il and distributed 1t in New
York.