The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-23
AFTER THE. ALIENS AGAIN.
JEROME WANTS TO KNOW WHO
REFORTIFIED THE PLACE.

Bennett, Alleged Held In NJ 600
Ban Despite the Protest Of Deputy
Attorney-General Fuchs Latter he
fore Grand Jury Refuses to Talk.
The. Aliens pooIroom at 80 Sixth avenue
received another visit yesterday afternoon
from District Attorney Jerome's repre-
sentatives. Detective Reardon OF Mr.. Je-
rome's office was accompanied by Capt.
Miles O'Reilly Of the Mercer street station.
This time the invaders found the place
open and empty. But evidently prepara-
tions had been made to repel future in
vaders.
The heavy door which was chopped
down on Wednesday, after thirty minutes
work, had been replaced. this time with
reinforcements. The door was twice the
thickness Of the original mi On the in
side were iron crossbars and there was
an iron lock bar six inches in diameter,
which was supported by strong cleats on
each side OF the door. There was also a
V-shaped arrangement made Of iron, which
could be fitted into a slot in the door and
which made a fine barricade against an
attacking force.
Reardon went to the place with a warrant
" Nuc itdu WHO var InOlCUcu on neuTPN-
day with Charles Bennett, said to be the
manager. Reardon did not find the man
he was seeking, but until the man Mr..
Jerome wants is found it is expected that
the place will have callers from the District
Attorneys Office every day. Mr.. jerome
also intends to get the ~janitor and the
carpenter who made the new door. and
find out n employs them.
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was arraigned before Judge O'Sullivan in
General Sessions yesterday. Mr.. Jerome
asked for s. 1000 bail. Deputy Attorney
General Emil Fuchs. couns for Bennett,
said that that was excessive.
This man is a persistent ~violator OF the
law, " said Mr.. Jerome. Il intend to 20
before the Grand jury and have him in
dicted a. a second offender We also want
TO try this case next week, and it is important
that he should be here. This place has been
running a number of years. and this man
has been arrested a number of times as the
doorkeeper."
Mr.. Fuchs said he was anxious for an
early trial. Judge O'Sullivan held Bennett
in 81 900 bail, which was furnished bv an
Eighth street saloon keeper.
A few minutes later Lawyer Fuchs las
called before the Grand Jury. The three
young men who failed to show up on
Wednesday were examined by Mr.. Jerome
about a poolroom in Fourteenth street W here
they had worked. They gave their right
names. answ ering all questions. They said
they hadn't employed Fuchs TO defend
them and didn't know who had. so far as
they were concerned they waived the privi-
lege concerning communications etwe en
client and counsel.
After learning that Mr.. Jerome called
Fuchs. Hew anted TO know from Fuchs who
had retained him. Fuchs declined TO an
swer. on the ground hat it was a privileged
communication. Mr.. Jerome said he would
give him unr1l this morning to think it over
Fuchs will be questioned by Mr.. Jerome
to-day. and should he decline to answer il IL
Mr.. Jerome's intention to have him brought
before Judge OSullivan as a recalcitrant
witness.
Late in the afternoon Fuchs made a mo-
ton for leave TO inspect the minutes taken
before the Grand Jury in Benefits case.
Mr.. Jerome will oppose the motion.
A further inspection was made OF The.
Aliens place yesterday afternoon to find
out where the telephone communication
came from. The telephone had been ripped
from the wall on Wednesday before the
raiders arrived. II was found that the wire
was not one OF the New York Telephone Com
pany's system. The investigators couldn't
find out where the wire led TO. One
guess was that IL was a wire from some eX-
change from which racing news Is sent out.
Mr.. Jerome will question the telephone
officials to see If they can throw any light
on it,.
Assistant District Attorney Murphy has
been put in charge OF a gambling bureau"
which Mr.. Jerome has formed and a number
OF Grand Jury subppnas have been issued
for to-day and Monday. 1t is expected that
on Monday poolrooms that have not closed
will be raided by Mr.. Jerome. The raids
will all be made on warrants, which will
override any objection where there il a
Supreme Court injunction against the po-
lice interfering. A representative of a
poolroom owner who has a string Of rooms
said last night:
If Jerome persists in this move. and he
has the cooperation of Police Commits
sioner Bingham every poolroom in town
will be closed in two weeks. The wise
men-that ia, the men who have consulted
real lawyers-have closed already. There
is no stopping Jerome with the power
the Bowling law gives him. IL il only
the men who don know who will take a
chance and be caught. In addition to being
landed themselves, they will get their en-
plOyees into trouble. That il something
we have got to look after. We can't let
the men who work for us get into trouble
and keep out of II ourselves.
This perjury business is pretty seriou
business. There Is no poolroom keeper
in town who knows how many names of
poolroom owners Jerome got the other
day. We do know one thing, and that il
that the fellows who were questioned told
the truth. They gave up everything and
nobody blames them. They had TO. Now.
how are we going to stack up against that?
We have consulted lawyers, and we have
been told that there doesn't seem to be any
chance OF beating the perjury charge.
That being the case, we'll have to stop.
and you'll see a great exodus from this
town OF the boys who nave worked in the
poolroom game"