The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09
STORM FORTIFIED POOLROOM.
PARKHURST MEN WON'T TELL
COPS WHERE THEY'RE GOING
And Lead Them to an Immune Injunction
Boosting Place said TO Re Run by
city EmplOyee-Thc Mansg en'enI,
However, Escapes by a TrapdOOr.

One of the places on a list Of poolrooms
furnished recently to the police by the
Parkhurst Society is at 1915 Third avenue.
The place was raided by Sergt. Bob
Mcknight and others Of the street clean
ing squad early in August, but the raid
wasn't much OF a success. Furthermore.
the poolroom people succeeded in getting
an injunction from Justice Keogh, in the
Supreme Court, Brooklyn, restraining the
police from illegally interfering with it.
The police have got no evidence against it
since.
Or Friday afternoon Supt. McClintock
went 10 the Harlem police court and got
from Magistrate Crane warrants for nine
suspected places in Harlem. shortly after
moor yesterday men from the society showed
up in Harlem and began TO keep tab or
the entrances "a these suspected places.
About 4 O'Clock Supt. Met lintock and five
Of his men arrived at the East ixty-seventh
street police station, which is the head
quarters of Acting Inspector John ".
O'Connor.
I'm going to make a raid in Harlem
and I wan a squad Of policemen, " said
Supt. McClintock TO the acting inspector.
O'Connor wanted to know where the
raid was to be made, hut McClintock
wouldn't tell him. The inspector mar
shalled ten cops and the raiding party
headed north on "A Third avenue car,
McClintock still refusing to disclose his OBJ
iective point. At lOith street the party
d~isembarked and visited the East 1O4th
street station, where they collected axes
and crowbars. They also picked up a
reinforcement OF cops.
Then with Supt. McClintock at the fore
! the raiders hustled into Third avenue, ran
a block and a half and began banging on
the front door of 1915. The door was a
corker. The n xes and crowbarS made about
n much impression on il az would a tooth
I pick on the how Of the battleship Louisiana.
( Supt. McClintock puy "A plate glass in front
Of the place out Of business with his AK o
and all hands went IN the win low int o
what was once a liquor saloon. Here the y
stopped after breaking the AMI lies Of their
axes on a partition formed OF Cros5wise
plant covered over with sheet iron.
Supt. McClintock led his band into the
hallway Of the building at 1917. Going 10
J the rear. the party climbed up on the fire
escapes and crawled TO the windows AT thu
= back Of the poOlroOm. These were fastened
with locked shutters, but the crowbars
pried Of the locks and the raiders tumbled
IN anlOng "A cTOWuO l 80 men.
In the centre Of the room was found 4
rallied on section that had been used ~ the
Office Of the joint. A trap door leading
from this section explained why the rallied
of space was deserted. The management
had s~kedaddled through this door and out
through the hallway OF 1917.
One Of NcClintock's men singled out
George Green. who was in the crowd. The
Parkhurst agent said Green was an EN-
ployec OF the Tlace and he was locked up
" lille this raid was in r5gress "a I.
James Hussey Of the Fast iOIth street sta
ti7n, with a gang OF sleuths. was trying q
ausy ected lace az 10Th street and Third
avenue. They got in and found the lace
deserted. Then some one ran up and told
the ca tain Of what was going on down
the street. Hussey and his cops we're soon
in front Of 1915, hut the raid was all over
when they arrived. An enormous crowd
had gathered IN font Of the place when
the raiders and tine 300 innocents fled Out
OF the lace.
According to one OF the Parkhurst sleuthf
the poolroom Us owned by a city employee.