New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01
POOLROOM TRAIL HOT.
INQUIRY GOES DEEP.
= p0ndiver Hopes to ReueaI Inside
History of Whole Game.


operating for the last ten years. Not only does
lie expect to know who have been the active
men IN the business but also who have stood
oack of IT, He already has the names of scores
OF Well known persons who have won and lost
through the syndicate
among the papers now in the possession OF AS
sistant District Attorney Vandiver are checks
MADE out to prominent persons in payment OF
their winnings. and duplicate deposit slips. show
ing that money had been deposited to the credit
OF equally we'll known persons in various banks
by &C. d. Miller & Co There are also letters
from some of the losers. saying that they were
temporarily short Of money and asking that
they might be allowed to make good their losses
later Some of these persons have already been
subpPnaed by the District Attorney. and others
VIII be summoned later. The April grand jury.
which will be sworn in to-day. will probably
hear one of the most interesting stories Of the
poolroom business in this city ever brought out
IN grand jury room.
DISPUTE OVER BET LED To TIP
Facts concerning the present search of the
man higher up in the poolroorl game show
how carefully it has been organized and how
secretly parts Of II have been carried on It
is understood that the tip leading to the impor
tant discoveries came from man who had
been playing the races in Keator's place. at No
~ Broadway. This man. who is said to be a
resident of New Jersey. had been playing in
poolrooms long thai he was more or less ia
mar With the system. Some dispute. it Is said.
about wager where he did not get all the
money he thought he entitled 10 induced
him to so to the Police Commissioner and the
District Attorney.
After Deputy Police Commissioner Hanson
and Assistant District Attorney Vandiver got
into Keators place on Monday and found a
mass Of material tending to indicate that 1t was
only part of system one OF the raiders took
Miss Erna Sanntrock in hand. She was owl
IDENTIFY one Of the confidential employees of the
place She finally said that man named
Fisher was back OF the place; but II not
until she had been placed under arrest that she
became more explicit and said that the man
L. \. Fisher.
The police had no idea who Fisher was or
where he could he found. but later in looking
over bundle Of cancelled checks, they found
many made out by Keator to the order Of z. A.
Fisher These had been ndorsed by Fisher and
then Reimbursed with a rubber stamp to be de-
posted TO the account Of wv. d. Miller & CO.
These checks showed that Keator had sent TO
Fisher about $500 every two days. This amount
is thought 60 have beon for racing news az
some OF the Fisher places. according 20 hts
books. brought In much 81. 200 day.
Data found I'm Keator's place led unmistaka-
bly, to the conclusion that somewhere in the
downtown district there headquarters
for pooIroom syndicate. Without knowing
definitely where this place was but having the
address of half dozen buildings Deputy Com
missioner Hanson and Assistant District Attor-
ney Vandiver planned numerous fishing expe-
ditions"
TOOK POSSESSION OF BUILDING
With a large force of men they practically took
possession OF a well known office building They
went into almost every office in the building or
satisfied themselves in their way that the bust
ness conducted was entirely legitimate In one
Office, the door of which was open. half dozen
men sitting about without any particular bust
ness attracted attention. The door into an ad-
Joining Office was broken open and several ele-
phones and numerous racing sheets were found.
ON Thursday the party went To the offices of
Wv. d. Miller & Co." at No los Fulton street
but casual examination by one or two scouts
led them 10 believe it not the place they
wanted. at least then
1t was Friday that Deputy Commissioner
Hanson and Assistant District Attorney Van
diver. still on the general trail but with no
definite information about any place in partic-
uIar reached the real estate" Office OF Charles
Reilly at No I12 Fulton street a who
afterward turned out 10 be Reilly. seemed TO
be so annoyed by the intrusion, and the place
looked at first glance much like a gen0ine
real estate office, that one of the members OF
the party started to apologize, saying they had
simply come to get some information But when
another man rushed TO his coat. took out rec
ord book and started to conceal it, and others
dashed into a back room and began tearing up
papers. the police came ito attention" the
spot Reilly who continued to protest loudly.
was placed under arrest and sent to Police
Headquarters. Later. when others found in
the room were ARRESTED. the party found they
had landed the E. A. Fisher they had been
looking for Then party was sent to the Down
ing Building to take possession of the offices of
wv n Miller Co.
When the safe in the latter Office was opened
further records and data bearing on the syndi-
cate were found. Assistant District Attorney
Vandiver. who took possession of this matter
late on Saturday night. will not go through it
carefully until to-day. He was out of town
Yesterday But it is known that a bundle of
cancelled checks was found. which thought
TO represent the distribution of the profits of
the syndicate. They were signed by a man
named Meyer A man OF the same name was
captured in the Reilly office on Friday.
The records found at No. 112 Fulton street go
back ten years. In one of the books was found
an account with various persons. supposed to
have been managers of the poOlrooms of the
syndicate. The number OF accounts running at
any one time varied from ten TO twenty. The
managers of the rooms sent daily checks TO
ITisher for the winnings of their rooms There
we're times when wv. D. Miller & Co.. had TO
send their check TO the managers TO make up a
loss %, % Thomas +. Grady was in the city yes
tardev but he was not at his home nor at any
~ the clubs he usually frequents. Soon after
- raacbed town he was asked over the tele-
nhone whether he had any explanation Tor the
wager that was mace IN ms IlaIIe me anu @ from ms