New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-11
TWO POOLROOM RAIDS.
Police Rip ont Many Telephones,
but Make No 1rreSts.

Two big pooroom raids believed by District At
torney Jerome 10 be Of great Importance, were
made in the Tenderlon yesterday by the police On
information obtained by Mr.. Vandiver, Assistant
District Attorney. The places raided were an al
legged poolroom information bureau" in Sixth ave
nue., 3Sth street, and alleged poolroom, in
West Path street near Broadway, where business
was transacted entirely by telephone.
Both Of these places, according 10 the District
Attorney. were affiliated with the big Bob" Davis
poolroom syndicate, which the District Attorneys
Office raided two months ago and thereby discovered
the connection Of the more or less mysterious
Senator C with the poolroom interests Of this
city
M Vandiver few days ago, IN looking over the
papers and books seized in the Davis raids, found
Information which led him to believe that the Dis
trict Attorneys dragnet had not caught all the
branches of the syndicate. IN the Davis papers he
found frequent mention of the place in Sixth ave
and the in oath street. lie reported his
discovery 10 Mr.. jerome. who communicated with
Police Commissioner Bingham.
Yesterday warrants We're obtained from Magis-
trate Barlow at the Essex Market court and given
TO Lieutenant James wilson OF Deputy Commits
sioner Bugher's office, ana Lieutenant Ferris Of
Deputy Commissioner Hansons office. Each lieu
tenant assisted by four plain clothes patrolmen
went 20 the 'TenoerIoin at o'clock Wilson and
his men went TO No. 662 Sixth avenue. which is a
six story business loft building They climbed the
stairs 10 the top floor broke in the door Of the
alleged exchange They found six operators, sitting
reporting the results of the last race" The police
ripped the telephone instruments from the switch
board and took the pediErees of the operators, pu
made
In the mean time Lieutenant Ferris and his men
having equal success in West Zith street
bToWnstune house believed to he occupied by
Dutch Harry Schultz, alleged pool rOOmkeepti
Ferris rang the front doorbeN. pushed aside the
who responded to the ring, and. going up
stars TO the second floor 0IOke In door and found
eight telephone operators sitting at switchboard
controlling twenty-three telephones. The police
ripped out the Instruments ana took the pedlSreeS
of the operators but did not arrest them
Under a WaSuStand ia a rear room on the top
floor the police found steel pail containing car
bOc acid into which the racing cards and tabu-
lating sheets. which were written in ink. were
dropped when the raiders entered The acid eradi-
Gated the writing
The police rummaged through desk in the room
and recovered a handbook and memorandums
showing. Mr.. Nsndiver said that the house did a
$1,000 month business.
According Ferris, he put his ear to one of the
phones and distinctly heard Lieutenant Wilson
banging in the door of the Sixth avenue place
which fact fully established the connection be
tween the two
The radng parties explained to reporters that the
reason no arrests were made was that they were
unsuccessful i'm finding the hig men they were after
and in arresting the telephone opera
pear before the grand jury to-day. The raids are
not considered reflection Captain MCtluskey
of the Tenderloin station.
Nj NanGiyeT said last night he believed the work
OF yesterday would put & stop TO poOlToomS ana
landlords in this city for some time. He SAID tho
big information bureau the last remaining adj
tunct Of the Davis system. broken up since March