The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-12
GAMBLER SQUEALS
Honest John Kelly Tells Who
Captains The TenderlOln.
JEROME JUMPS IN THERE
lust 10 Help CottrelI, and the
Pull Of Nine Years Breaks.

II. j .a,, VI. contributions Go to a TAM
man, District Leader-Also He's n
friend ~ TWO Police Inspectors
IIa, Been Running a Poolroom and
rambling House pay and Night Two
tourcl Has Had a Policeman watch
Ink ia, and Night. anu the Moving or
III, business Never Got Down ON the
Precinct Reports The District Al
turnc, Halds Him and Makes Few
neniarh, Touching on sham Policing
district Attorney Jerome raided Honest
John heliy'- poolroom and gambling
house che Nendomc Club at 1877 West
Iory-dr- street Yesterday afternoon.
For months policemen in uniform from
the 1enderon station have been standing
day ana night in front Of lif two doors
away. in which Honest John had operated
for nine years There has been nothing
doing in ~ since the Saratoga race meet
ing closed although Capt Cottrell has
listed h In his reports to Commissioner
NcAdoo as a reputed poolroom and gam
Ting house While the vigilant cops we're
rrryenting Honest John from keeping
lii open all the time strange to say. from
% ITO 100 men daily went into Honest Johns
OPEN house at 1877 night Il day under the
noses Of the aforesaid cop hut not a single
policeman stationed in front Of l4l has
reported 1871 as a gambling house. and Capt
C0ttrel never got enough evidence TO put
l31 on his list az all
Yesterday while Jerome's men were raid
ing 80 and carrying away the gambling
apparatus Honest John was confdng to
Nr Jerome at tho Distr.c, Attorneys Office
some Of ha history He confessed that he
was a common gambler and that he had
nun the Vendome Club as a gambling house
az lH West Forty-iir,t street FOR nine yeal e.
tut he said that he had never paid Il cent
for police protection, although he VS. =
liberal contributor 10 the campai N fund
Of political organ. lation Az ,if Jerome
and his assistant, Nj Lord cro---eNaminei
Honest John the gambler became fus-
tered and told things tina, ne may he sorry
for telling after a sleep over night
Mr. Jerome ia said to have. got the name
ofthe man whom Honest John has made
his political contributions That man j.
said to lie 1ammany district leader. and
Ia have been described as ~the real captain
Of the Tenderon' In addition, Honest
John admitted that he knows two police
inspectors infinitely
COOPERATING WITH CAPT. corTREL-
After me raid. Mr. Jerome made some re-
marks about Capt Cottrell. Mr.. jerome
had issued -uccessively five subpunas for
Honest John ana given them to Capt. Cot
'rcll 70 serve but not one OF them landed.
Then Mr. Jerome sent word o Honest John
that ho had better call at the Dist riot At
'orrey's Office. and John responded yes
to-day without q subpoena. When Can
20 h- manager Bucklin, walked into
court and were fined $1,000 each ~ com
mon gamblers Mir Jerome announced that
There would be procession Of gamblers to
tho office Honest John seems to he on
flo band wagon
lfehou~e at lH Wesi Fory-hrsi street 81"
Nr Jerome said esterday has been run
o. gambling house for nine years When
be ~uatogE track closed last summer
81. 80 was closed and No i37 opened as
looroom and gambling house-a pool
roam 10 the daytime gambling all day and
all night IN 'hc last four months No. l4l
tas leen practically empty and in charge
Of 9re'akct hui every day from fifty 10
ioo person, vent into No 1877 to play the
r'co I'm hc three last reports made by
IN" 'lFaiu fo The inspect or and certified
tv fe Inspector to tho Commissioner, No
iu Is Crroi ne a rcputed poolroom and No.
iS' MOT mentioned
Beginning az O'Clock in The afternoon
and continuously until ? o'clock the next
Forming two policemen at 81 100 year
nave hnon Stationed in front Of i4l, one in
'h" afternoon and the other at night to
Narn a.' corners that tho place was pool
To'm end gambling house and that the
io'o" might descend on il NJ cny time
W course details Of this kind reduce tho
iorc' iha might he used for patrol duty
EVERYBODY PLEASED
Sow a7 is separated from ~ by a
'Ton'r-h'e foo' lot on which there is a
nous" Five ~uhppnas we're given O Capt
'"'fn" Zoo serve ON John Kelly No one
tn'" '07' except tho captain. the Distrio
Attorney and one Of his assi-tanie Prior
'' l'N' li'l Attorney Nd- informed
'F mo raU'aln that he was well acquainted
WIN nelly -Four Of the NibpPnas were not
'''''d The nfh was served on Kelly'4
I' non bis was after had offered to the
~ cooperation M cleaning mp
''n'eroin | told him IL he would
''' amy gambler would subpoena him
"N ring him down here Five days after
mar mo captain comes down here and says
e no Is s'' thinking up some gambler no
SHOWS although fifty gambling houses
arc '"rr"d on his list and he has sixteen
l'N'eH9n 10 plain clothes and two de-
''''" -"rseani- And they can't subpoena
VOL SHOWN gambler. although he will
'nl" down here when he is wanted
am trying very heartily 10 clean up
"7l common sewer Of our realm am
.n'S'ne another earnest effort 70 cooperate
'' Capt. Cottrell He seemed to be-
l'''s'a to-day that after nine long years
ia bfecinct Honest John Kelly had been
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