The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-16
"PANTS" AND RACING CHARTS
ALLEGED POOLROOM ~ 1OTH ST.
BUSINESS BUILDING.
Actng Captain BOurke's Sleulhs saw
TOO Many Men GO In-'ush Buttons
worked Electric Light signals
--"Whatsa Man TO DO" walls BOurke.

Too Many wen NO ~ VI" HN'huha
worked Electric Light signals
WHAT'S Man TO DO?" walls BOurke.
Acting Captain Bourke Of the Mercer
street station received tip the other day
that poolroom was In operation In Tenth
street near University place. No definite
location was mentioned.
Bourke sent out men 10 investigate,
Lettering about the neighborhood, they
noticed that q good many men seemed
TO visit the second floor OF the business
building at 27 East Tenth street, which
was ostensiby the Office and saesroom
Of manufacturer Of boys pants" Yes
ter,lay afternoon the detectives, with axes
wrapped in newspapers visited the place.
The front room, fitted up like an office,
with desks. also had racks at the sides which
contained heaps Of boys nickerbookers.
A man, who subsequently said he was
George Cohen Of $3.50 East Thirteenth street,
was seated at desk when the detectives
entered. He jumped when he saw them,
they say, 80 they placed him under arrest
and then continued their search.
Two small rooms marked SHOW rooms, >
which contained nothing, adjoined the
Office. At the rear Of one Of them the
police found the familiar ice box door. II
proved to be about five inches thick, but
they chopped 1t down eventually and be-
hind il they found large room in which
we're about thirty-five men.
Some Of the men were tearing down
racing charts from the walls and destroy
ing them. the police say, when they entered,
but several charts we're captured intact.
Behind a partition at the rear Of the room
the police found table on which were a
telephone and son Q racing sheets. The
telephone wire led 10 a trapdoor In the
floor Of nearly closet, which was, the
police thought, cons tructeI to conceal the
telephone.
A man who said he was James Burke
Of 1898 Eighth avenue was picked out Of
the crowd, and he and Cohen and a third
man were locked up in the Mercer street
station. The police carried away about
everything portable, including the pants, "
Of which there were 100 pairs
In their examination Of the place after
the raid the police discovered that push
button In the hall operated white electric
light on the desk az which they say Cohen
was seated. Another push button was
found on the desk The latter when pressed
ighted half dozen red lights in the large
rear room.
what is a man going to do?T said Capt.
Bourke as he directed the search Of the
place, when they devise such schemes
as this?'
While this raid was in progress Acting
Inspector Hogan's uen broke into a room
on the second floor at 32S Bowery where
another suspected place was thought 10
be located. They found about fifty men
there, but arrested only two,
The prisoners, who were James O'Bren
Of 54i Hart street, Brooklyn and Edw ard
F. Lyons of 1913 East l65th street, were also
locked up at Mercer street. This was one
Of the places, il il alleged. that obtained an
injunction some time ago restraining Acting
Capt. Bourke and his men from interfering
with the business conducted there.