The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-05
THE. ALIENS MAN TO TESTIFY.
AND PRODtCE LETTERS FROM
Police AND POLITICIANS.
AFTER He Had Opened Ills Budget 10 jerome
on Monday Night lie Was Summoned
Before the Grand jury. Much 90 His
sorrow Batch OF subpenas Follows.


Albert H. Falk. who was The. Aliens
representative in the poolroo'n at 80 Sixth
avenue for eight years, went to District
Attorney Jerome's home at 3 Rutgers street
on A onday night and had a long talk with
him. The only other person present was
John A. Henneberry, Mr.. Jerome's Oh ief
clerk.
Falk is said 10 have made a full state
ment to Mr.. Jerome about his relations
az a poolroom manager with the police
and other persons. In addition he old
of a number OF letters he had received from
persons who were interested, either directly
or Indirectly. in what the poolnooms nave
been doing. Some Of those letters are said
to have been from police officials and others
from politicians.
II seems that when Falk vent TO Mr..
Jeronae's house he had the impression
that he was not 10 be used as a witness
and that he was to be kept out Of the lime
light az much as Tossible, even to the ex-
tent OF not going before the Grand Jury
and being examined under the Downing
law. He was very much disappointed
and grieved when he returned to the Dis
trict Attorneys Office yesterday morning.
He had a short talk with Assistant District
Attorney Murphy and his counsel, Emil
Fuchs, and then he was served with a sub
To3na TO appear before the Grand Jury to-
DAY. He was also told that he must pro-
Guce the letters which he says he has re-
Ceived from police officials and others.
1t was gathered from the imperative way
in which Falk was old to produce the
letters that Mr.. Jerome thinks they are
pretty valuable.
Both Mr.. Jerome and Mr.. Fuchs declined
TO saw what Falk had told. But Mr.. Jerome
considered the information important and
it was limited that there might be some action
by the Grand Jury by the end OF the week.
As a result Of what has come into Mr.. Je-
rome's hands Assistant District Attorney
Murphy had a conference with Police Com
missioner Bingham yesterday afternoon.
Cen. Bingham has been anxious to find out
lust what Mr.. Jerome got about an Inspector
in the Falk-Allen correspondence in the
raid on The = private residence in Eighth
street. 1t was said yesterday that in the
Faik-Alen correspondence there was posi-
tive evidence, or at least a strong intimation,
that the inspector had been lett ng the
management know what the police were
doing about the place, or in police paTlance,
tipping IL ON
Falk is said to have told Mr.. Jerome
that he never gave any money directly to
the police. 1t was added that Falk named
the persons he paid money to and a pool
room keeper. who is said to have been looked
upon as the collector for the men who got
the hush money. The poolroom keeper is
said TO be out Of town.
The poolroom men are pretty well wor-
ried about Falk A number that nave been
doing business on the middle East Side
closed yesterday. One thing Mr.. Jerome
got from Falk was how the poolroom men
have been getting their racing information.
From al accounts they have been having
trouble because Of the racetrack restrio-
tons.
Assistant District Attorney Murphy and
Detectives Reardon and Brennan were kept
busy until after 0 o'clock last night writing
out subppnas They wouldn't say for
whom he s~ubppnas were intended. but
il was said that they were for men who
have been caught in recent raids by the
Dolice