New-York tribune., 1905-01-13
AXES BREAK THE DOORS.
McAdOo's s Secretaries Lead One Raid
Brooks the Other.

Relying on the provisions Of the Dowling law.
Police Commissioner McAdoo had raids made on
two alleged notorious pooIrooms and gambling
houses yesterday in the Mercer-st precinct. OF
which Captain John W. OConnor. recently trans
ferred from the Delancey-st. station is the com
mander
None Of the precinct men. with the exception
OF the captain. figured in the raids All persons
found in the two places were lined Up before
the raiders. and their pedigrees taken and vsrf-
fed from letters or other proof OF Identity i'm
their possession.
In the raid on a house in Thirteenth-st be-
tween Fifth-ave. and University Place, led bv
the Commissioners secretary Mr. Howell. As
sstant Secretary Stefer, Captain O'Connor AMI
men from headquarters. 2JO men were found. OF
whom twelve were held as prisoners
In the raid on a house in Great Jones-st. be-
tween Lafayette Place and the Bowery, led BY
Inspector Brooks and his men, with detectives
who had been trying to get evidence against the
place, 11O men were found and six prisoners
were made.
At both places gambling paraphernaIia and
racing cards were cOnhscated- The house In
Great Jones-st- is supposed to have been cen
trar for the poorooms in that district. as twelve
telephones were seized.
Great excitement marked the raids Thsy
were broken in with axes and sledgehamners.
Some resistance was experienced at the Great
Jones-st- place At the house IN Thirteanth-st
the raiders we're disposed that no one was
able 10 escape
Commissioner McAdoo Just before O'Clock
called Captain O'Connor TO Headquarters. and
told him that he going TO raid the Nelson
Pleasure Club. in Thirteenth-st. and the Marco
Social Club. in Great Jones-st. He told the
Both places have been suspected houses car
ried on the precinct list and reported daily to
the Commissioner
At the Nelson Club force under Detsctfvs
Sergeant Eggers. OF Chief Inspector Cortright.s
staff. got to the roof by way Of the Florida
Hotel. next door. Another party Of plain clothes
men held the back yard. while Captain O'Con-
nor, with the two secretaries and other plain
clothes men, raped at the front door The
house is three stories. with an English base
ment Repeated knoekings failed TO elicit re-
sponse. The captain. with the others. dropped
down into the areaway and pounded at the base
ment door. and when there reply they
pulled out the windows and clanbered in.
On the parlor floor they found more than one
hundred men, with racing sheets and roulette
wheel Placing a guard over the people in this
room. the raiders forced their way to The next
floor. being compelled to break in a reinforced
door as thick as that OF an icebOx. and a steel
door within this. They were rapping at a third
door when it was opened.
Inside this were more than one hundred and
fifty men. with another assortment OF gambling
paraphernalia and racing charts. with tele-
phones.
NAMES OF $50 TAKEN AS WITNESSES.
BY the time Captain O'Connor and his men
into bav7 Tar
geant Eggers got in through the roof scuttIe.
They found several men going 20 the third floor
from the second. carrying a roulette table. This
was seized. and the men ordered downstairs.
The steel doors leading to the room of the
cashier on the second fOor We're broken in with
sledge hammers. and several men taken out of
that room.
a complete roulette layout was captured on
the parlOr floor while on the second floor were
found crap game layout, stuss, chips playing
cards. racing cards and i've telephones. It is
said that bets were made on the parlor floor and
paid IN the Office os the cashier No cash was
found in any Of the rooms When the stun had
been gathered together all the persons in the
house passed in review before the two secre-
taries and Captain OConnor The name and
address Of each were taken and each in tuEn
wa compelled to identify himself by card letter
or otherwise.
one man said by the police to be Alexander
Faber OF 1881 LexiHgtou-aye. told Captain
O'Connor the captain SAYS that he plays the
horses for living. and that ne has lost $500
in the house. He admitted that he knew all the
people in the rooms
Twelve men were arrested. charged with con-
Quoting and aiding and abett:ns a pooiroor.
These were James Ehlers. alleged proprietor.
Frank C;erety l3T West Ninety -sixth-st-; Fred
erick Weinoaurn. No. 1O3 East One-hundr-d-
and-uinth-st. William Rice. No. East one
hundred and thirty -second-st, Henry Ross, No
2iS West Twenty-ninth-st. Henry Rosenberg.
No. 50 Reid-ave.. Brooklyn Thomas Gaines (col-
ored) No a. West Tweuty-seventh-st-; sam
uel Weinstein No. - Seventh-st; Henry Chane.
No ~ Seventh-st.; Jacob Deutsch. No. 229 West
Forrv-third-st: John Drew No 365 West sew
enteenth-st: Henry Williams. No. - Fast
Twenty -hfth-st. and James ConklinE. No. f59
East Tenth-st.
All of the gambling paraphernalia was csrted
to the Mercer-st. station
THE RAID N GREAT JONEs-sr
Inspector Brooks led tee raid on the Marcs