New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-03
JOHN DOE FOR GRADY"
LITTER HIS B4NKBOOKS.
Vandirer Raids Another POOIroom
and Gets More Euidence.

that is being made by Assistant District Al
,orney Nandiver for the men higher up in The
operation Of the Davis poolroom syndicate. He
,,f lodge information that these men are sus-
Deered of having committed crime against the
laws forbidding pOolrooms. If the information
& found to be well based. and Mr.. Vandiver
belie,es he can prove it is it will result in the
indictment Of these men,
lust five men appeared in the division Of
nrofts on the books taken from the clearing
house OF the syndicate, at No. 112 Fulton street
One of these men was represented vaTiously IN
she account as C. - Grady ct. Grady and
sen G." Another was written in the ledger
rs &C Reilly" another appeared as "R. H ID.
and Davis" the initials being those Of Bob
Davis who is said 10 have been the head OF
Che syndicate The others in the ledger were
rsnresented as IN. ]. r." and y. P. r." which
are the initials of Michael J. Riordan ana ).
Park Robson.
senator Thomas Grady in Albany yesterday
refused TO discuss in any way the disclosures
made by District Attorney Jerome regarding the
Is per cent Of the profits Of the syndicate opera
lions which went on each settlement TO Grady
or IT Grady
RI Davis and r. Park Robson are said 20
he disport:i,g themselves on the Riviera in
T7uropa. Mi..hael J. Riordan is al Benning.
Charles Reillg is in town. having been arrested
in the raid made on No. ll2 Fulton street on
Friday .,,,,, ,,o,-,,D
Ass,stant District Attorney Vandiver received
what he said was valuable evidence yesterday
,rben six or seven large group photographs were
brought to him by a man whose identity he re-
fused 10 disclose Just what the nature of these
,ictures was he declined 10 say. but he did say
that they constituted a valuable part Of the link
Of evidence It is thought they may contain
pictures Of some Of the men in the syndicate
Il was directly on knowledge received from
these photographs. MI. Vandiver says. that he
made another raid late yesterday afternoon on
the third floor of No. 157 Cedar street. an old
structure near West street. Three arrests were
made and considerable valuable evidence was
seized Mr.. Vandiver says the place itself was
not Of much Importance but il furnished val
uable links in the chain of evidence that he is
forging around the men higher up
Late in the afternoon Mr.. Vandiver. accom-
named by Roundsman Ayres. chief OF the
county detectives, Mr.. Hammond. and County
Detectives England and Liebner. left the Grim
inal Courts Building and went directly to Cedar
street They watched the suspected place for
some time and then started to act. The door
Of the room on the third floor was locked, ana
as was learned later the men inside had time
70 burn up a considerable amount of the evil
denoe in the stove while the detectives were
breaking in Inside they found a long room con-
tanning I'VE telephones. with the same number
Of men busily engaged at them
Three Of the men arrested described themselves
ne Henry Newman. the Palace Hotel. Newark.
n J.: John Mack, of No 345 Fifth street, ana
Nathaniel Jacobs. % No. % Wright street. both
Of Newark The two other men were served
With subponas 10 appear before the grand jury
and allowed to go.
When the usual occupants of the place had
been got out OF the way Assistant District At
torney Yandiver proceeded 10 answer all teie-
-sphone calls himself. First he tested all the
wires and found that they ran directly 10 central
Then he sat tight" and waited. AS result he
got IN communication with half dozen or more
persons who rang up to place bets. They were
duly recorded. but If any Of the men picked
the right horse they will have 10 consult with
Mr. vandiver about getting their money. Several
olher persons missed the usual voice on the tele-
phone and rang Of without making any wagers
DOZEN sUBPoENAs ISSUED.
As a result Of the names thus obtained and
others found in records seized. Mr. Vandiver
last night started out five county detectives with
dozen or more subpenas, returnable to-day
Deputy Police Commissioner Hanson came in
while the raid was in progress. Captain Gal
lagneF 81 the Glurcn SlFeeL SlallONs III NioSe
precinct the building is. appeared to be much
per;urbed when he discovered that the District
Attorneys Office had gone over his head He
said he had had a man watching the place for
some time. The prisoners were placed in his
care
When he made the raid Mr.. Vandiver hoped
that he had found the telephone central Of the
Davis syndicate for which he has been making
vigorous search. He thinks that il is
situated in Jersey City but there may be sub
stations In this city. Mr.. Vandiver had short
talk with one of the officials OF the telephone
company, who promised 10 cooperate in any
way possible
The various bank accounts of the man who
In the syndicate profit division is mentioned as
"r Grady" win be looked into with the greatest
care. Mr.. Vandiyer already has many OF his
checks from the Windsor Trust Company, but
this concern has not been in business as long
the poolroom syndicate has been in operation. The
District Attorneys Office has no doubt that it
viii be able 10 get any bank account it may ask
Tor. The law against pOolrOoms is explicit, and,
Y the bank officials do not show a willingness
70 produce what is asked for they may find
themselves seriously disconnected. For in
stance. subpenas might be issued calling upon
an the officials ana clerks 20 appear with their
hooks al the Office Of the District Attorney about
The middle Of the banking hours. This Of
course, would paralyze the business Of the bank
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