The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-02
Has the Gamblers of New York
 Stirred Up
GAMBLING NOW MlNIMIZED
1t Is Said That There Is Less Gam N bling Than in Twenty Years
 Past-Another Police
 Scandal Expected.
BY JOHN MARTHoL.


 New York, February 1-official life in New York is characterized by a strenu- ousness that affords infinite variety and the names of certain officials are contin- ually kept before the public In many places, no matter how rotten the condi- tions may be, there is a very little printed about certain departments, but in New York there are people who are never con- tent unless they are agitating and keep ing the waters stirred. District Attorney Jerome is one of these people. His tenn perament is such that idleness is oppres- sive and he simply is obliged to work off his surplus energy The now famous Dodge case kept the district attorney before the public when the Nan Patter- son case waned in interest, and now MT. Jerome is making the life of the gam blers most improbable and unhappy and in his leisure moments he trains his guns in the direction of police headquarters and fires a few shots at MT. McAdoo.
 Now, Mir McAdoo is no suggard; he can do a bit of strenuous nfe as well as the district attorney, and he does not reply to the fire from Mir. Jeromes office, but saws wood" and brings tribulation to the captains in his department. MT. McAdoo and MT. Jerome are working for the same purpose, and the two men, while not working in harmony, are ap- parently reaching for the same end. The agtators like Dr. Parkhurst and the plous reformers who accept him as leader are in reality doing nothing, but when the glory is to be distributed they will | claim 1t all and point to the work of Je- rome and McAdoo and say that they were | l. ff.. No q hot there will be sensational developments before long in New York police affairs. but whatever is brought out will be the result of the campaigns of Jerome a
 McAdoo and not Dr. Parkhurst and men of that type
 Less Gambling.
 It is generally admitted on all sides that there is less gambling today in New York than there has been at any time for twenty years, and the Bowling bill, passed at the 1904 session of the legislature, is the instrument that has brought about this result For two weeks past the lead CTS of the gambling element have been calling at the district attorneys office in obedience to suSpoenas. and thousands of i dollars worth of gambling paraphernalla l has been surrendered This has been done | in order that the punishment provided by l the law may be evaded Practically every well known gambler in the city has called at the district attorneys offiee and it is 1 understood that many important dis l closures bearing on other features of this i system have been made to Mir. Jerome. MT. Jerome has not made public much of the information he has secured, but at the time he deems proper it is ex- pected that he will let the public know 1 ha bxy ar1I1 permitted to run without interference in some instances as long as eighteen years. 1 There has also been a decided emigration | of the gambling element to other coun- tries, and Cuba is expected to have a Monte Carlo that will prove more profit able than the lottery, which is now pro- hiblted.
 A few well known gaml ers have also | found comfort and consolation at Hot | Springs, Ark, where gambling has always l had a home comparatively free from in reference. Just how long this wave that has stopped gambling in New York will 1 last is problematical, but it has done it's l work for the while in a most effectual manner. The pool rooms are still run ning-there can be little doubt about that but it is believed that their time is lim- ited and continual raiding is being kept up by the police.
 Public Watch Jerome.
 The public is watching Mr. Jerome and while it applauds all his efforts to put q stop to gambling. it is at a loss to see just where he is accomplishing such won ders in many other respects He Is con stantly harassing the police department. and yet he has not Illuminated his official career with any brilliant convictions of members of the force on charges of graft that he is so 1und of talking about. He has smashed a great many doors and destroyed gambling paraphernalia. but he has not changed the addresses of any well known gamblers from New York to Sing Sing. The convictfon of Al Adams. the policy king, was not MT. Jerome's work, but was the result of the ork- of an out side society. and the conviction of Al Adams did not put an end to policy play ing.
 MT Jerome loves to hear himself talk about violations of the Raines hotel law and the excise question, but MT. Jerome has not sent Raines law hotel keepers or saloon men to the penitentiary in any number: in fact the convictions for this class of offenses have been followed by light fines and in rare instances the for feiture of a license. No one has ever ac- cused MT. Jerome of being a great or learned lawyer. He has never demon strated his claim to distinction in this respect, and his fondness for the noto- riety given him by the nev spapers Is well known to all New Workers. He Is always sure to have a good story on tap for his newspaper friends. and as a space-filler he has no equal
 But these qualities are not the qualities