Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-10
MAY CLOSE POOL ROOM.
Western Union Wire Service to the
Kenilworth Place.

Residents of kenilwOrth and vicinity who
have been engaged In the long drawn out
fight against the pool room there feel that
success Is soon to crown their efforts.
mis- Is not to come from the county Of
hcials. court. sheriff or constables. but. 1t
is said. is to come from the Western Union
Telegraph Company in the way of cutting
of the wire service. AS stated in The Star
some days ago, the committee of citizens
addressed copies OF a letter of protest to the
directors of the te,epragh company and reg
fstered the letters in order to make certain
they were sent to the PRISONS to whom they
were addressed. This letter was reproduced
In story printed in today's issue of the
New York Herald. The story, which is of
interest to the people Of this city, reads:
None of the directors of the Western
Union VINO could be reached last night
would even admit having received the COM
municatton from the Keniworth Citizens
Association. Not even Jacob H. SchifY.
whose cooperation was SO greatly de-
pended upon by the late Capt Norton Cod
dard, was willing 10 speak for publication.
Mr. Schin is said, however. to have made
the statement that either David B. Mitchell,
ne of the subordinates of Robert c. Clowry
the Western Unions president must sever
his connection with the company or he
would himself give in his resignation as a
director.
''Mr Schiff Is said to have declared that
nobody but mailman could allow such a
breach of faith as the furnishing of racing
news to pool rooms after the promises made
year ago. and as he is not at all inclined
to doubt Mr. Clowry's sanity he Is unwilI-
ing to believe that the president of the COM
pany could be aware of what has been
going on.
y. B. Van Every and several other direct
OrS who were asked regarding the charges
of the Kenilworth association declined to
discuss them in any form or to suggest
wnat might be done at the meeting orig
maIly scheduled to be held today, and which
may yet be held. SO far as there was any
information to the contrary obtainable last
night.
"Mr. Schin would not discuss the letter ad-
dressed to him by Capt Goddard. This let
ter was tntrusted by Capt Goddard to a
special messenger. with instructions that II
should be delivered to Mr.. Schiff in person.
the messenger to wait for an answer There
was, however. provision that the delivery
should not be made until q further move
was made. when word was to have been
sent to the messenger to carry out his in
structions.
1T was expected that this further move
In the matter of obtaining evidence against
the Western Union would require about a
week. but during that interval Captain
Goddard's health broke. and his death fol-
lowing checked the plans that had been
made.
In this letter Captain Goddard told Mr.
Sch1n that he ought not to have to go out
side the ranks of the Western Union it.
truth of the charges made. but in the alb
sence of such action by Mr.. Schiff Captain
Goddard told him he had obtained what
seemed to be positive proof that racing
news was being furnished to pool rooms by
the telegraph company
Capt. Goddard made a condition OF his
| furnishing this Information that if il prov
ed satisfactory to Mr.. Schiff the connection
with the company of its president. Robert
@ Clowry, and the latter's subordinate
William u. Dealy and David b. Mitchell
must be severed at once Capt Goddard de-
claring that otherwise he would use his
information in any way that seemed best
to him.
Work on the Washington case was begun
before Capt. Goddard's death, and every
link in the chain of evidence was COM
pIeted last month Two weeks ago the
Wentworth Association sent to each of the
Western Union directors now in this coun-
try communication containing a sum-
mary or the evidence and a petition that it
abolish Its pool room service in Washing
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