The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-22
JEROME RAIDS The ALIENS.
on TESTIMONY FORCED FROM
ALIENS HALE BROTHER.
Man Who Is Said 10 Run the Place Sent Sum-
marily TO h Tombs "A Hundr esi Others
Listed and Let Ga with q Handful Of Ad-
vice From Police Capt. Miles O'RetIiy.

District Attorney Jerome raided The.
Aliens pOolroom at so Sixth avenue yes
terday afternoon and got one prisoner
not the only The.
The raid was made on warrants issued
by Mr.. jerome after three former employees
OF the poolroom, one Of them The's half
brother, had testified before the Grand
Jury under compulsion Of the bowling
law. As a result of their testimony two
indictments were filed. One of them was
against Charles Bennett Of 20 Grove street,
who ia said to be the manager OF the place
and who was caught in the raid and locked
up in the Tombs without the assistance Of
a Magistrate. The man for whom the other
warrant was issued was not caught.
IL was the 11Sth raid on The. Aliens
enterprises. 1t was made by Detective
Reardon of the District Attorneys Office
and Capt. Miles O'Reilly and ten police
men Of the Mercer street station. They
drove up to the house in a patrol wagon,
but that has happened so often that nobody
in the neighborhood became excited.
The raiders stocked up against a stout
oak door, barred inside, INC il took them
thirty minutes to chop this down. Inside
were 1O1 men, including Bennett. From
a stove came the smoke Of burning race
cards. There was also an injunction
restraining the police from interfering with
| the business of those in the room, but in
functions don't operate against warrants.
The names and addresses OF all the men
but Bennett were taken and then Capt.
Miles O'Reilly made a speech.
"You men, he said, go home and buy
| clothes for FOUR wives and children. II you
haven't got any wives and children buy
some for your mothers. IL we get you
again we will send you to the Island"
The Witnesses before the Grand jury
we're James Kearney, Fred Stammer and
Charles Allen. They said they hadn't
worked in the poolroom since July, but
they had been in the place many times up
to yesterday. There Ia nothing in Mr..
Jerome's possession that shows The. Allen s
connection with the room.
There Ia one thing that these gamblers
don't seem to know" said Mr.. jerome, but
il would be well for them TO keep 1t in mind
| One thing that resulted from the Armstrong
insurance investigation was the enactment
of a perjury law. Under that law a man
who makes a deposition and changes IL at
a trial is presumed to be guilty OF perjury.
Therefore, il one of these men makes a
deposition under the bowling law and tries
TO 20 back on il at the trial he will find him.
self in hot water. The deposition can be
used against him and he will have to show
that he never mad il, else it is presumptive
evidence of guilt"
Detective Reardon oOnfiscated a tele-
phone instrument and tool the number on
it.. 1t is believed that Mr.. Jerome intends
to get after the telephone company.
Three poolrOom employees who were
subpoenaed for the Grand Jury yesterday
failed to appear until the Grand Jury had
adjourned. They seemed to think il was
a joke. Mr.. Jerome gave them a heart 10
heart talk and they were s~ubpenaed TO
appear to-day.
The Rev. Thomas r.. Slicer had a talk
with Mr.. Jerome yesterday on the Percy
Gray racing law and the general gambling
situation. They went over the whole ground
and Mr.. Jerome will have DIR. Slicer's CO.
operation in the gambling fight.