The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-19
HEAP or NAMES FROM N ADOO.
GIFT TO JEROME-SLEUTHS
SLEUTH on SLEUTHS.
Commissioner Finding out Thinss-shadow
BroOds on Headquarters - shadow
OF What. Unkn0wn-TeiephOne Guess
, ing Beetle. Allen May lie Next

Attorney jerome yesterday some OF tnt
evidence which he said in public statement
q week ago he had been gathering evel
since the Bowling law was declared effective
This evidence IA a long list OF names OF me
who may be summoned as witnesses to gel
at proprietors OF gambling houses
The Commissioner has had secret squad
at work many weeks trailing men who
we're seen going into suspected places
such n man would be followed when he
came out and accosted by the sleuth, who
made uae Of the gold brick purveyor'
game with r,istics.
Excuse me- this cop would say TO his
man, "you are John Jones, aren't your
NO, I'm not. Who are your
Il am an officer uere's my shield
You look like John Jones. whom | want to
arrest. Ifyoure not you will please Identity
yourself to my satisfaction
The mans name and address were thus
secured, and down they went on the llst 10
help the District Attorney.
Besides this bunch OF sleuths gathering
evidence which could be used only by Mr..
Jerome, the Commissioner, il isunderstood'
has had another squad out after information
which will be OF use TO him in his enort
to learn the exact condition OF his depart
ment 1t IA known that during the holiday
season. when the big and snowy gambling
places look for their richest harvest from
out of town contributors, their receipts were
way below their expectations. The Com
missioner has told how his plan of keeping
uniformed men in front Of suspected places
scared away woud-be gamblers While
he was doing this he had shoofiies watching
the COPS. and he had other trusted men
Watching the shooties. He learned some
things SO far the visible effect has been
some patrolmen up on charges Mnat
more il 10 come ia az yet untold. me
Commissioner has not said that ne secured
evidence against anybody. much higher
than patrolman
Serrt Eseers, who took Bourke's place
"a head Of the Headquarters sleuths when
the latter became acting captain in Mercer
street. has been given greater authority
than Bourke ever had. and the Commits
sIoner expects Eggers 10 be his eyes ana
hands all over the city. Through him and
his squad the Commissioner expects 70 DO
informed of what the department from
the bottom rank TO the top is doing. Eggers
is responsible TO absolutely no one except
the Commissioner and he can call on any
man in the force to assist him His mis-
sions are confidential and be has been adj
vised to take on his stan number or new
policemen, whose faces are not known
through the city. he does not relish his
The Commissioner denies that he has
picked out any definite number Of captains
or inspectors for trial, but trials for some
have been as good as announced at Head
quarters. The Commissioner says he has
no more transfers in mind for immediate
action. He said yesterday that he had
gained from the gamblers who had visited
him not much new knowledge but lot OF
confirmation Of things he knew before In
sCallahan filed In details in what knew
eaid Mr. McAdoo. he talked FREELY about
his own operations but, true to the ethics
OF his profession, he would not talk about
to eee others up here and to learn more
j. "details from them. The. Allen may come.
/ rather expect him. His place was not
running yesterday, l know. l have not
had the pleasure OF meeting sonny smith
here yet, but hope to.
What really il concerning me now Ia
the attitude of the telephone company.
Telephones are found In rsided places that
have been raided before. The poolroom
keepers In some cases, ! know. put instru-
ments which they purchase from electri-
clans back on the wires from which we
have torn receivers, and then they connect
with stores in the neighborhood. For in
stance, find one little store in the Mercer
street precinct with three telephones,
plumber entirely disproPortionats to its
Gently you could not use those phones
nor call up on them. Now the question is.
does the telephone company know this or
ia 1t investigating In Sonny Smith's
place / found a telephone, and think L
know whore he got his connection Gala
han told me OF one place. 1t looks as II the
telephone company may be a victim OF
these men who sell their rights TO pool
rooms.
Il am finding out that the company is
leasing wires to poolrooma, but whether
they know this or not | don't know. I'd
like TO know IL their inspectors go around
in the afternoons or II they always call in
the morning If they go In the afternoon
they must know the law Is being violated
/ would like to have some wire men go
along with our parties
BoURKE AND HIS AXE BUSY.
Acting Captain Bourke raided two more
places In the Mercer street precinct yester-
day afternoon, both suspected poolrooms
Secretary Howell and Sergt. Eggers, from
Headquarters, went along with him and bis
men.
The party struck FIRST at 1911 Mercer street
and caught about seventy. The place was
on the second door, and on the way mp
Bourke seized couple Of lookouts. The
place was guarded by an ice-boS door
placed at n difficult angle, but Bonrke
welded his axe ct point part way up the
stairway, where he had learned there was
the only vulnerable spot. In a stove, when
the cops got in, there were found glowing
embers Of papers on which could still he
read names Of horses. Parts Of racing
sheets, torn up, were found, A telephone
was conhscated.
Bourke put q roundsman In charge of
the prisoners and he and his party jumped
into the patrol wagon, which bad drawn up
Mt ths, door, and were driven at a gallop to
50 East Tenth street. They ran up 10 the
second floor, where there were doors which
looked like those OF n poolroom. There
was no sign OF life within. Bourke was
afraid TO break in on chance. He was in
uuandary, especially as a furrier came
down from the floor above and said the
floor was vacant. As he was talking, a
cry came from men watching ?. saloon on
the ground floor.
They're getting away he-el- was shouted
up the stairway.
Down stairs on the nun went all hands
The furrier was made a prisoner fire
escape at the rear OF the building which
leads from the top Of a one story extension
down TO the rear windows OF the saloon,
was filed with men, Some may have
escaped. Ono was captured after he had
made leap that tipped over a tall Rrti-
Acial palm The rest were driven UP the
ladder sEein, Then the door was smashed
open.
telephone switchboard with nine in
etnlments was found in the rear room.
The front part. heavily barricaded evil
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