The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-25
THREE SLEDGE HAMMER RAIDS
ONE OVER Ex-ALDERMANW OODyS
BLACKSMITH SHOP.
Two Other Downtown POOlrooms visited
ALL on John Doc Warrants-Piace
Over WOOds's Said to BE Run by james
PurcelI-Au We're Ostensibiy Clubs.

Capt Shire, Detectives Rossner, Winters,
Kane. O'Brien and Quinn and the reserves
of the East Thirty-flfth street station bat
tered their way through the front and rear
into an alleged poolroom at 1871 East Thirty
second street yesterday afternoon.
The room was over the blacksmith shop
of Thomas F. Woods, president of the Board
of Aldermen under Mayor Van Wyck. The
police say that James Purcell is the pro-
prietor.
Six weeks ago Capt Shire had Policeman
John Rooney Of the Elizabeth street station
detailed to his precinct to try TO get into
Purcells He worked for more han month
before he was admitted to the Orient Club
as it was called. Last Monday he was
taken in, and after securing what Capt.
Shire concluded was sufficient evidence
took it before Magistrate Flammer in York
vile court yesterday and had four John
Doe warrants issued.
While Capt. Shire was beating in the front
door with tweve-pouud sledge hammer,
and Detective Rossner, who had climbed
over an adjoining roof, was SIN ASKING in
a rear window with an axe, Rooney, who
was inside, ran down and grabbed the
lookout Just as he was closing a steel door.
When the police got in they found 200
men huddled together in one room. The
cashier had fled 30 hurriedly into the crowd
that he left more than sloO and his gold
watch on table near three telephones.
After Rooney had picked out the four prin-
cipals. the others were ordered out.
Capt Shire didn't arrest Purcell, be-
cause Rooney couldn't swear that he was
the proprietor, but they found this note;
James Purcell-Pnt $40 on McChesney in the
fourth race, SO to win, $40 on second place.
JOIN s. McCArLEY.
336 East 38th 81.
The four prisoners taken to the station
house, with wagonload OF poolroom para
phernalia, gave their names as John Henry,
Thomas j. Brady, John Clark and James
Smith. The police say that Smith Is
John Rocks. the doortender, and that John
Henry is Henry olmstead, Long Island
hotel man. who Is believed to b Purcels
hacker. All got bail
POLICE SMASH IN DOWNTOWN.
Policemen from the Church street sta
ton raided two poolrooms in Vesey. street
Yesterday afternoon, one on the fifth floor
of the building at No 62 and the other on
the second floor at No 100.
Both places, according to the police.
have not been running long. Within two
of the Church street station heard of them
and heard. also. that Inspector Titus had
some young sleuths after them
McNally also has some young police
men and they neat ont the inspectors
sleuths
One Of the captains sleuths is Jacob
Cohen. He might easily pass as lad OF
IS, but he has wide know ledge Of horses.
He had no trouble in getting into the place al
81 yesey street, which Is supposed to be
the headquarters OF the Ainotel Club
Detective Nolan. who posed as plunser
end ex-sheet writer, got into the other
place. the International Navigation Ath-
ietic Club.
On their statements that they made
bets, Magistrate Mayo, in the Tombs poke
court, on Friday, issued John Doe warrants
Both raids were made at 4 o'clock, and at
both rooms the police rushed up the stairs.
battered in the doors and caught every
body of guard.
As az Vesey street they arrested Ave men,
who described themselves as Robert Evans,
V. jackson, Henry Smith, James Martin
and Frank 0'Neil About 100 other persons
in the place we're allowed to GO.
At 100 Vesey street the police also arrested
Ave men, who were booked as Philip Snyder
John o'Neil, Joseph Doggel, James McEntee