The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-27
POOLROOM CENTER RAIDED.
STIR IN PARK ROW BUILDING
AS H4NNIGAN'S IS PULLED.

Ga,nor Injunction Forbade Police Inter.
ference IT Ons Time with the moor.
porated "DNtributing and Circuis.
ting Co."-Nine Prisoners Seized
The Eggers squad got into one Of the
elevators OF the Park Row building about
last race time yesterday afternoon md
rode up to the seventh floor. Two Of the
men carried axes under their coats.
On the seventh floor the men went in
bunch to Room TBS, on which was the sign
THE New Y fork and New Jersey Distributing
and Circulating Company, Hannigan q
Mccormick Instead OF walking in they
made rush on the door and burst it open
with bang. People came from all parts
OF the. building to watch the fun.
Inside the place nine men with their
coats of were sitting at telephone switch
boards.
sits all on shouted one man through
his telephone, as the raiders broke in. Then
he and the others tore of tho receivers
from their ears and looked for moment as
II they we're going to try their luck at
escaping One man fed from the tele-
phone room back through the various
rooms OF the suite. but was caught in the
last room as he was trying to get out a
door into the hall.
Another, who the detectives believe was
Hannigan, kept very cool.
What does all this mean, gentlemen
he said to EggeB. We have an injunction
from Justice Gaynor restraining the police
from interfering with our business, as
suppose you know
Il guess you haven't got copy OF that
injunction order lying around here. have
your said Eggers. The man said he hadn't.
but he vowed the police would get into
lot Of trouble.
The sleuths got the captives punched in
one room and then searched the place.
They found that in all there we're thirty
telephones worked from the switchboards.
They also found in ono OF the rolltop desks
a book described as a ledger. and another
book labeled Minutes of Tho New York
and New Jersey Distributing and Circuat-
ing Company" The minutes showed that
the concern had been Incorporated and that
frequent meetings of the directors had
been held and careful minutes kept. pre-
sumably under advice Of counsel Among
the directors are William Fl. Mccormick,
William J. Hannigan and man named
Plnkitt. The business was stated to be
the dissemination OF sporting news. The
ledger contained accounts of individuals
who had purchased sporting news, paying,
it is said, S. day. From the ledger it
appeared that the concern had customers
in New Jersey. In all, the police said, 1t had
about fifty customers some Of whom are al
legged by the police to be handbook men
and some poolroom keepers According to
the police the concern was the information
center" for all the downtown district.
Patrol wagons took the furniture away.
One of them stood in Ann street long
time with its lefthand side to the curb,
and blocked traffic. The prisoners went
to the Oak street station and the furniture.
and telephones were taken to Police Head
quarters Commissioner McAdoo looked
over the ledger and the minute book, and
said they contained evidence that would
probably be important.
Capt. Hodgins OF the Oak street station
raided the place on May 20. Twenty men
were captured in that raid, but were dis
charged by Magistrate Breen the next
day Capt. Hodgins was afterward served
with an injunction order issued by Justice
Gaynor restraining him from interfering
with the place.
Eggers said that he knew OF no injunction
restraining the police from raidng the
place on sufficient evidence. The evidence
on which Yesterdays raid was made took
sc veral weeks to collect. One OF Eggers's
men watched the place for days from the
roof of nearby building with field glasses.
Others. according to Eggers. heard con-
versations on which the case in court will
be based The place is the biggest in
formation center raided since the big blow
dealt to the poolrooms over a year ago.
The prisoner said to be Hannigan described
himself as George Hammond.