The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-27
RACE SHEETS, FARO, ROULETTE
EGGERS RAID SURPRISES 81 IEI
BLOCK NEAR THE PARk.
- Men Caught IN a House Equipped TOT
Gambling by Day and Nisht-Tax ana
water Department Employees There
--Hodgins Catches Message by 'Phone.

water Department Employees i"'''
Hodgins Catches Message by 'fhohe
Residents on Eghty-fourh street between
Central Park West and Columbus avenue got
a shock yesterday afternoon when 'hey
saw six detectives of Acting Capt. Eggers's
staff smash into fine five story Drown
stone house at "a and take away gamohhs
and poolroom paraphemalia,
Detective Suisislo went to the house one
afternoon recently and tried to get IN to
get n bet down on some OF the ponies me
negro doortender, who didn't know nim
kept him out. Suisislo says the negro
took his money and said it would be put on
the horse. but that was all.
Then Detective Horton tried, but didn't
get In either.
The detectives saw enough to guess
that there was a pooroom running so
yesterday afternoon they descended upon
the basement gate with an ak and broke IN.
They found about seventy-fve men IN the
basement and five telephones three blacK-
boards and several racing charts and sheets.
Three men made break through back
window, got over nine foot fence ana
vanished. Among those who didn't get
away. the sleuths say were employees
OF the Tax and Water departments whose
names were taken to be given to District
Attorney Jerome, along with those OF the
other patrons Of the place,
The detectives then started hunt for
the negro door tender and found him in
the coal hole. He was dragged out and
placed under arrest In his pocket was
roll OF $500. He said he was Joe Robinson,
porter. He was charged wit keeping
poolroom. : white man, who said ne
was John Davis, was also locked up. All
| the others we're allowed to go.
| The detectives found that the house was
! stairs were intended for evening games,
i they cay, for in them were found two rou,,
lette tables a faro layout number OF card
| tables and packs of cards and more than
, one thousand chips. All these were lugged
| to Police Headquarters. 4 crowd OF nearly
| while the raid was in progress. The police
/ of the West Sixty-eighth street station
we're not consulted about the raid
! Detective Horton said later that he
thought a man named Shaughnessy ran
the place.
took a couple OF his men yesterday and
strolled around to the Bennett Building
| to see where Eggers made the raid on
Wednesday when he was off preparing
| for the examination tor lnSpeCtOrShlp
| He had a shrewd idea that EGgers might
, have made another raid in the same build
| ing.
| found that the Bay state Traction Com
| pany had an Office He and three of his
| sleuths posted themselves outside the door
and listened. They heard enough, Hodgins
| saws, to convince them that poolroom
| information bureau was in fun swing
! They found an ak and used 1t on the door
| Inside they found three men and three
| telephones. The men were not near the
! phones when the raiders got in and, think
| ing that he might receive red hot corrohora-
! tive evidence, Hodgins picked upa receiver
| and said to the man on the other end:
! why don't you send the results OF that
! racer"
-You think you're fly, don't you?'" sale
! the voice. Maybe You are; but l just
want to tell you to go to hell,
Hodgins dropped the receiver He ripped
out the three phones and took the three
prisoners to the Oak street station. he
also took number Of racing charts, with
the entries and odds Of the days races
Magistrate Crane discharged the three II
the Tomls police court because there wasn't
sufficient evidence To hold them,
Capt, Cooney, with Detectives Michael'
and Donnelly and six other plain clothes
men. raded an alleged negro poo'room
! on the second floor of 236 West SiSty-Sccp, nc
( street early yesterday evening, they
/ smashed door and caught set of racing
! sheets, three telepho mes and four prisoners
I A receipt showed that the New York rele-
phone Company installed the machines