The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-17

me in the effort TO have it passed by the
IN reply Judge Rosalsky said:
Because OF the discrimination OF this
law 1.-THE Percy-Grsy lawl as between acts
tone on The racecolpse and outside OF II
many of the men believe that they are en-
gagged in n legitimate business. i believe
Il to be the duty Of the District Attorney
and the courts 20. impress upon those men
hat they are committing most serious
offences, felon!es against the state. In
these ca~cs today l propose to treat
'irst offenders with mercy and to punish
second Offenders with additional severity;
hut I want to impress upon the men engaged
IN gambling that IL they come before me
charged. with a second offence the law Will
lake it, course, and severe punishment
will follow. I thoroughly agree with the
District Attorney thlt the Percy-Gray law
should be repealed, and I will aid him in
IN wing that vicious legislation repealed.
/ think If gambling on the racetraoks be
prohibited II would reduce gambling con-
sidelably in ths State Of New York"
SHOCK TO TIL PooLRooM MEN.
As the import OF the speeches of Mr..
Jerome and Judge ROsalsky hit the pool
room men in court there was a scurrytng
70 fiud their employers. Mr.. Jerome had
several clerks h court ready for the job
tina was aboUa TO follow. There were
thirty-siS indictments to be disposed OF,
the accumulation of raids by the Pari1hurst
men. # DfNtlDCI JICh ~ bNIkN. W
MoNaught'. street Cleaning Squad" On
the average each indictment war against
dive prisoners.
The frst name called was Jim Jones, "
and Jim Jones" glibly answered to the
questions on the indictment. Then he was
sworn by Clerk Sam Wolf and taken in hand
by Mr.. Jerome.
Right name. please. said Mr. Jerome:
DO | have TO give that?" asked Jim
Jones.
jerome
Jim Jones" looked worried for a minute.
then gave in. He told his right name, where
he lived, how long he had we'd there, where
he lived before and what he did in the pool
room.
What's your employers name'' asked
Mr.. Jerome.
DO have to tell that, tool" asked ex-Jim
Jones.
II am very sorry, but you have said
Mr.. jerome.
lie reluctantly gave up. So did all the
others, some of them after a struggle ny
their lawyers.
In one group we're eight clients of Lawyer
Abe Levy. Mr.. Levy protested with the
most solemn air that in justice to his clients
he could not let them plead guilty; de
felt that they had a very good case and that
q jury would be very apt to let them go.
ABE LEVY PAGES
An right" said Mr.. jerome, well try
these cases this afternoon. n Cunning 70
one of his clerks give each one of them a
subpoena for the Grand Jury on Monday
morning. l would like to find out who
employs them
Mr.. Levy leaned over and whispered to
the men.
I'VE plead guilty, your Honor" said Mr..
You seem to have an elastic conscience
said Judge Rosalsky.
All gambling indictments include a felony
and a misdemeanor count. Where the de-
PENDANTS had only been caught in a pool
room they were allowed to plead TO the mis-
demeanor count and each was fined SIS. but
where the raiders found gambling imple-
ments in the poolrooms only a plea to the
felony count was accepted. 1t amounts to a
conviction and a conviction for a felony
takes away, citizenship. In these cases
there was no fine, sentence being suspended.
Lawyer George Engel, who ia attached
30 the Sheriff 3 Office, represented a number
of prisoners. To save trouble he kept a
running account as the cases Of his clients
fines out OF a !wad OF yellow bills. Lawyer
Emil Fuchs, who is a deputy Attorney
General, had some clients. He refused to
let them plead guilty and their three cases
were tried yesterday afternoon. They
we're promptly acquitted, Judge Rosalsky
remarking that he couldn't understand
why the Magistrate had held them. They
were served with subpGnas to appear be
fore the Grand Jury on Wednesday.
LIST GOES TO THE POLICE.
The proceedings lasted until. ? O'Clock
Of poolroom keepers, said Mr.. jerome.
Il il understood that the list will be turned
over Ia Gen. Bingham. h will give his
captains some instructions.
Bookmakers said last night that they
didn't fear Mr.. Jerome's proposed attack
on the Percy-Gray law. They said that
even IL Mr.. Hughes was in sympathy with
il a Legislature had to pass il. In addi-
ton, they said it would be possible to ave
racing in this district on lines similar to
the English system. There would he a
big club, say with a membership Of 10000,
and no money would be passed at the track.
Bets would he made on the nod and
settled the next day at the club or through
commissioners.
rETE DE LACY INDICATED"
Friends Of Peter DE Lacy pointed out last
night that Mr.. Jerome and Judge Rosalsky
had taken up the fight against the Percy
Gray law which he had made for years and
on which he spent thousands of dollar
John r. Dos Passos carried the fight to the
United States Supreme Court on the ground
Of it's constitutionality, but the court held
n constitutional,
BINGHAM GETS THE EVIDENCE.
Police Commissions Bing ham said yester-
day that the Parkhurst society had put in
his hands evidence against gambling houses,
poolrooms and disorderIy houses. Gen.
Bingham made nc attempt to minimize The
importance of the evidences.
There is a stack of it," he said. 1T ia
composed mostly Of affidavits which we
can work on
Gen. Bingham said that he expected that
there would be Developments. He and
Deputy COMMISSIONED Mathot went over
all the evidence. after which it was turned
over 10 the inspectors. The Commissioner
evidently expects action.
The next thing in order" said Gen.
Bingham, will be the issuing of warrants. Z"
The Commissioner intimated that as soon
as the warrants had been obtained there
would be a general raid on the suspected
places. He ssid that the evidence supplied
nv, the Psrkhurst society was equally
sgainsr gambling houses and disordeTly
nou 81.
"A io'at combination of the District At
torncy nd the Police Commissioner work.
ing in harmony can close this town tight"
said all uptown gambler last night.
SUB-TREASURY SHORTAGE.