The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
NEW PLAN TO KILL GAMBLING.
JEROME TO TRY 1T ON M'CLUSkY'S
DISTRICT FIRST.
zen close the PooIrOOms and Put n Up
20 the Police TO Keep I'm Closed
Other Departments TO Aid-Gencral
invitation 10 SiX Gamblers to Can.

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invitation 10 six Gamblers to Can.
District Attorney Jerome announced
Yesterday afternoon the names Of six men
whom he would like TO have tell to the Grand
Jury what they know about the poolroom
business in this city. At the same time Mr..
,Jerome's plan for closing the poolrooms and
keeping them closed was mapped out. 1t
calls for the cooperation of the District
Attorney, the Police Commissioner, the
Fire Commissioner, the Grand Jury. he
Health Department and the Corporation
counsel.
In brief. Mr.. Jerome seems TO think that
all the p~oolrooms and gambling houses in
the city can be closed and kept closed.
He says that it will he his aim to close
all these places, and when the police get a
clean sheet il will be their job to keep them
closed. And in order TO accomplish that
be will be ready to put at the disposal of
The Police Commissioner or any police official
the services of the District Attorneys staff,
the Grand Jury and other city departments.
Just before starting for Lakeville, Conn,
Yesterday afternoon TO stay until Monday.
when the poolroom investigation will be
actively resumed, Mr.. jerome issued an in
~vitation to six. men to come and tell their
stories to the Grand Jury.
Mr.. Jerome minated that an effort had
been made to find these men without success
and it is known that subp9nas have been
issued for some OF them Mr.. Jerome seems
10 think that their testimony would be very
interesting, especially concerning poolroom
Conditions in the Second, .McClusky's in
k~pection district.
Now there is Jakey Josephs," said Mr..
Jerome. commenting On the men he would
like 10 see. He is a citizen Of this city,
and a good citizen, / really believe i have
no doubt that he would miss Broadway
and other avenues Of gayety if he had to
forego their pleasures by a continued
absence from the city. 1 feel that he is a
tnan who would like 10 cooperate with the
District Attorney and the Grand Jury in
clearing up this situation. Why doesn't
be come around and do 80?
Then there is Charles Malloy, who. l
understand. has some kind of an informa-
lion bureau in the neighborhood OF Park
row. one McCauley. whose address at in
tervsIs has been 50 Dey street; c. NJ. Harvey,
DANES Beattie, who has not been at home
70 certain callers in the last few days>at his
residence At Sheepshead Bay, and William,
sometimes known as Billy, Law.
These are all gentlemen, I know, who
would do everything in their power to assist
the District Attorney and the Grand Jury
At this time il they knew that they could
he Of any help. I'm afraid that they haven't
thought Of it. but I'm sure, or | feel pretty
certain, that, knowing how much they are
peeded, they will not hesitate to come around
after this invitation. ! trust a more drastic
invitation will not be needed.
They are simply wanted to talk, with
the assistance of the Bowling law. ] don't
think that these gentlemen can afford to
stay outside Of New York for any great length
of time. and nothing would displease me
more than TO have a more peremptory
invitation issue from the District Attorneys
Office" .
Beattie. who has been a racehorse owner,
and for a time last summer a clubhouse
commissioner. without much success, is
10 badly wanted bv Mr.. Jerome that sub
tena servers have been Visiting his home
ut Sheer shead Bay. Jakey Josephs is a
bookmaker and a member OF the Nets.
No one in the District Attorneys Office
keemed TO know much about the others,
except that Mr.; Jerome had a yeaThing
desire to hear them talk.
II was said that there was a syndicate
of poolroom men who made their head
quarters in the neighborhood OF Dey ana
Cortlandt streets and who operated about
IWe0tY-nVt IOOIUSs ~ gum hAoiiN VI NhDc1
rooms are in the Second inspection district
of which Inspector McClusky has charge.
Some of them are on the border Of the dis.
trict, but all the racing news IL disseminated
from the headquarters OF these men.
There are said to be eight men in
the combination The only witness before
the Grand jury yesterday. was sim Deimel,
who has had some good racehorses, in
Guiding Africander, a suburban wInner'
Mr.. Deimel's session before the Grand
Jury WAS brief, but Mr. Jerome learned
some interesting things: One was that
Deimel admitted that he b sd been running
two poolrooms, but hat they we're now
closed. For some reason Mr.. Jerome did
not mention another man he has on his list
as a good subject for a Grand Jury inquiry.
Mr.. Jerome's plan for keeping the pool
rooms. and. for that matter, all gambling
houses. closed, is a comprehensive one.
j. is his intention, taking the Second in
Spection district az An example, TO close up
all the rooms, so that the captains and the
inspector Of the district can report that
there are no suspected ~poolrooms. Then
when the list is clear it will be the duty OF
the captains and the inspectors to report
whenever they have discovered a pool
room. Then the District Attorney VIII
send out and call in the men from whom
the police got the SubpPnas
will be issued for the landlord OF the build
ing and the nsn suspected OF running the
pOolroom, Every person who has any
hlDW leukc " " III bN Iu'oAhOhCN uAbNA
the Dow ling law,
Mr.. Jerome says that il il not impossible
that several of his men. naming Detective
Reardon as one, will he appointed health
inspectors. Fire Commissioner Lantry may
appoint a Fire Department inspector or
Two from Mr.. Jerome's stan. These men
will ave the power 70 inspect all buildings
regardless Of injunctions. In that wsv
IL will not be very difficult TO serve Grand
Tury subponas on men who persist in en-
gaging in the poolroom business.
The police have complained that their
hands are tied. " Mr.. jerome said. when
they get a clean slate won't they be ready
and anxious 10 come to the. front with
whatever they learn, especially when all
this assistance is available? ! know they
win be very glad TO-. Nothing will please
them more. Why, they. viii be anxious
10 report TO the Commissioner at once, and
can say right now that I am being aided
and helped in every way by Commissioner
Bingham, so the captains and inspectors
need have no trouble on that score. tell
you it will be a great thing for the police,
whose hands are tied now
MI .Jarome has adoptedEanother method