New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-12
POOLROOMS WIPED OUT.
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Vice-President Bethel of the Telephone Com
pany.
That room went out of business voluntarily.
There were 81 wires running into it: in the
name of Gene Sullivan he said. and SO in the
name of ]. A. Stenmetz, with a couple OF pri-
vate wires. ]. E. Mack was the contractor for
all Of them. he said. One of the through wires
connected with No. 1872 F1atbush Brooklyn.
another with Jersey City and another with Pat
erson
There were direct telephone wires from this
central. said Mr.. Vandiver. to No. 81 East 10th
street. to No. 100 East Odd street. the latter in
the name Of Gustave Minchot; one to No. %
Bond street. one to No 81 East Sth street. one
10 No. 80 Centre street which is a saloon under
the mama of L. s. Perrine; one to No. 1f33
Broadway. the ST. James Building. leased under
the name OF r. Arthur and backed. said MI
Vandiver. by billie Moran.
There also wire TO Eugene Coniskey's
place. at No, $50 Broadway, but at the time OF
the raid on the Fulton street headquarters
Comiskey cut the cable and discontinued the
service. Mr.. Vandiver said he believed that
Comiskey operating in other districts. There
was also a relay through direct wire from
Duane street run by Joe Linde at No. 265
Broadway. The information TO this place came
from No. 662 Sixth avenue which was run
under contract with the telephone company
under the name OF II. Peck" which is icti-
tious
BODY BLOW FROM MR. vANDIvER
one OF the biggest blows which Mr. vandiver
got in under the guard Of the poolroom men
was his discovery OF the relay point above the
city line where the news from the Western
tracks was relayed. The Western Union refused
to let racing news come into the city. but the
news kept coming IN. With an expert at the
work, Mr.. Vandlver went up TO a point between
Ossnng and Croton. The expert climbed tel
egraph pole and tapped twenty-three wires. The
twenty-fourth yielded this message;
Somebody's butted in on this wire, and you'd
better be careful
The wire was traced UP the hill. where a
small boy told them that there a house with
fourteen wires running into 1t.
In the house Mr.. Vandiver found Alonzo
Beatte, formerly a Western Union operator.
who had gone with Mitchell. He persuaded
TO go down to the District Attorneys Office
out time ago. but that did not matter
much. as the racing had begun to centre around
New York.
The racing news came in over the wires by
Morse code through wire from Buffalo.
But over the sOunder OF each telegraph wire
was placed telephone receiver, IN most in
stances with small megaphone over the re-
ceiver on the other end Of the telephone wire
a telegraph operator with a receiver
Clamped over his He heard the dashes and
dots. and wrote of the results.
W. L. DENIES FURNISHING INSTRUMENTS
Il was said at the office OF the president OF
the Western Union Telegraph Company that the
company had nothing whatever 10 do with the
wiring or the supplying OF telegraph instruments,
which were found in the relay house at CrotOn-
We have lines connecting with racetrackS
or pOolroOms," said OF the managers, and
We do not do any business with them in any
way shape. manner form Nor do We fur
nish information 10 any gambling houses or send
out any information OF an Illegal nature
Whatever wires were found by the Assistant
District Attorney were not ours" continued the
manager They must belong TO some other
con any. Any person who wants 10 make q
contract with 10 furnish them with telegraph
wires must state the nature OF his business.
"A large company like ours does not care for
the Nttle money that could be made in supplying
the necessary equipments for poolrooms or
gambling houses. We have had our troubles
with these gamblers and the newspapers have
always been attacking us. Since the telegraph
las been cut out from these poolrooms they now
resort 10 telephones. even ut long distance"
AT the Office OF the Postal Telegraph Company.
at No 253 Broadway. II was denied that they
had anything 20 do with the furnishing OF tele-
graphic instruments. Mr.. Norton. supeTiu-
tendent OF the general operating room. said that
the company has never granted contracts 10
poolrooms or gambling houses to furnish racing
news
Il know pretty nearly every wire that leaves
this building" said Mr.. Norton. and I do know
that none OF them run to any poOlroOm gam
bling house. Mr.. KINNEY. general super
intendent, has full charge of leasing wires. and
everything IN the line of furnishing Is
under his entire supervision"