New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-28

Man accused of s9,4O0 Theft Hurt
Alleged PooIroons Entered

IN raid on an alleged pooIroom and bucket sho,
IN Forty-second-st. near Sixth-ave BY agents -
the Ant-Policy Society and the police Of the Vezt
FoT'y-seventh-st station yesterday, one man IN
seeking to evade arrest was injured seriously nv
falling fifteen feet to the sidewalk nom a window
Of the room. Eleven other men were srrsste1
charged with being accessories TO The crime OF
grand larceny OF which the injured man is aIIazad
TO be the principal
Captain Hussey. OF the West Forty-seveuth-zt
station. says most OF the men taken have their
pictures in the ROgues' Gallery. He believes thew
are in the forefront Of the wire tapping swfndle
The man injured said he Henry Myers OF
No 10 West Fcrtieth-st In struggle with Special
Officer Richard H. Burke. Of the ANTHOLOGY So
Cety. he either slipped or was thrown to the side
walk from window the first floor. He is at
Roosevelt Hospital His back Is badly strained
his right wrist fractured and has Commissions OF
the head 1t is not known vet WHISTLER his spfnaI
column is permanently injured
The raid made as a result OF the COMPLAINT
to the Ant-POlicy Society by Herman Mayer an
agent. OF No. 40 West Qne-hundred- and-seven-
teenth-st. Last Saturday he told the society that
he had been robbed OF 81 100 by Myers in the rooms
Mayer says the rooms contained an especially
elaborate wire tapping establishment. All the
finishing and desks in the Offices were OF
CHARTERED oak When he approached the cashiers
window bet his s. 400 he declares that three OF
the IN the room crowded close TO him and as
he did not draw the money quickly from his pocket
they helped him draw il out Then one OF them
he asserts. took it from him and threw It IN tbs
window. quarter OF hour later. he says. he
was told that the horse had lost and that he
could sc.
Mayer was told by the police to make engage
ment for yesterday. He did so. He went up the
stairs ahead TO gain entrance and see Myers.
Soon after ne got safely inside. Captain Hussey
and Burke and the detectives threw open the OUTER
door OF the Offices. Myers made dash for tho
window but Burke srappled with him Myers
proved 70 have great strength After he fell. Burke
pointed his revolver at the PTOstrats man and
shouted Don't stir. or TIL XIII you!" A policeman
came up and held Myers 1t was unnecessary. as
the man could hardly move An anoulance was
summoned at
Meantime Captain Hussey and his detectives had
been having trouble upstairs. The other men
in the room submitted quietly 70 arrest MaysF
made no complaint against any OF them The de-
tectives conhScated telephone and two dope
books Besides. Burke found what he SAYS wero
papers purportin to be contracts with the Western
Union Telegraph Company for service for a year.
He SAYS that he also found receipts from the COM
pauy He says that the alleged contract was
signed by an officer Of the company, No telegraph
instrument was found the place
Raids on two other alleged pOolroOms and one
alleged fake pooIrOom were made BY the pOlics
been obtained by outside detectives. Superintend-
ent McChntocl5. Of the Society for the Prevention
some OF his detectives had obtained evidence and
q warrant against an alleged pOolroOm in One
Thiri-ave. he teIephOned TO Inspector Brooks st
Police HeadGuarteTs Six detectives OF the tn
spectOr's STAFF sent 10 make the raid
Among the I'VE prisoners taken In the raid
Albert EnderYnan. who said he deputy mar
shall and process server. The who carried the
bark roll got away The alleged pOOlroOm's tels-
phone in the cellar, connected VIA speaking
tube, and the police took the telephones.
The raid made over the head OF Captain
Burns WhO recently sent to Harem from the
Church-st station, where he had done good work
in suppressing pOOlrOOns. Police COMMISSIONS
NcAdOO said last evening that he had every con-
fdence in Captain Burns who a good man.
The fake place was in Fifth ave. south OF
FOurteenth-st.. and the sWindIers who ran IL gOs
wind OF the raid IN time TO escape When the
police of the MerCeTst station broke in they found
not soul In the place. Twenty-Five telephones and
three telegraph Instruments were there but when
the police went to remove them they found that the
wires led only into the wall Detectives or the,
Nnti-Policy Society who furnished evidence for the
raid said Il was place where persons who wanted
robbed The telephones and telegraph instruments
were used merely 70 make the victims believe that
the room was receiving information from the
most OF the furniture found in the place.
Captain CottreH and other policemen Of the Ten
derloin made a raid on alleged black and tan
poo lTOOm in w est ThTty-first-st.. where many men
and women. both white and black. were playing
the races The proprietor. who called himself
King William. was locked up in West Thirtieth-
ST.. and several telephones and mass OF ractu,
charts were carried TO the police station