The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-12
NEWARK SPORTS
MOURN CLOSE OF
PATERSON JOINTS
PoOlrOOms PatrOnized by Local
Men Raided Because of
Friction.
OTHERS SHUT DOWN WHEN
HUGHES BILLS PASS
One Place Will Run, 1t Is Said,
Immune from ln-
reference.

The poOIroOms of Paterson ave
closed with a bang, and fully 300 New
ark sports who have daily made the
gambling places of the SILK City their
Mecca will today find difficulty In pia-
cling n bet nm the races, even In Pater-
son. where the pOolrOoms have been
running full blast since Sheriff Sommer
closed the Newark resorts. The closing
results from the passage of the New
York anti-racing bills.
The crowding of the Newark-Pater-
son trolley cars every afternoon by
bettors from this city, who have vir-
tually turned the cars running between
1 and 2 o'clock into specials, to the ex-
clusion of the general public. will cease
today, according to Chief Bimson, OF
the Paterson police. Chief Bimson de-
clares that the poolrooms of Paterson
have been supported chiefly by New
arkers, who have flocked to the Silk
City in such large numbers that their
presence has been commented on, and
the closing of the resorts by the police
has been forced.
Two patrons of Paterson gambling
resorts yesterday lodged complaints at
police headquarters in that city to the
effect that bookmakers had WEIGHED"
and were not acting fairly. Chief
Bimson said that when gamblers came
directly to police headquarters to re-
port the existence of such places 1t
was high time to call a halt. Ac-
cordingly, he called his detectives and
patrolmen on reserve into his office.
and, after dividing them into squads,
directed that each poolroom in the city
be visited and closed.
Raid Three Places
The police collected evidence against
three places, in the shape of tickets on
the races, cards and other p~arapherna-
liza, which Chief Bimson said was suf-
ficient to base charges upon. All three
of the resorts look to Newark for the
greater part of their income.
Otto G~ieselhauser, So Prince street;
Joseph Kelly. 275 Main street, and Peter
Lee, of Market and Clark streets, are
the three proprietors against whom the
police say they found evidence. Pat
rick King reported the existence OF
Kelly's place to Chief Bimson, declaring
that the poolroom man had held back
SIS on a bet. Kelly was taken before
Recorder Carroll, and told a story of
such a nature that Carroll refused to
entertain a complaint against him. This
resulted in a wordy encounter between
Carroll and Bimson, in which the re-
corder told the chief he used poor judg-
ment in not raiding the poolrooms.
There IL one gambling room In Pater-
son, however, according to Newarkers
who are In touch with the situation
there, which Will not be raided or
molested in any way. h resort, say
it's patrons, will continue to run full
blast, so long as 1t can get its "dope"
on the races.
The second complaint was made by a
New Yorker, who said he had several
races i'm on a Paterson poolroom; that
is, he had the winner before placing his
money. The proprietors got wise,'
and payment vas refused. The man
was said to have deposited $1,000 In
Paterson and arranged his bets from
New York over the telephone. He
charges he has been cheated out of
50, 200.
Nothing less than a general crusade
which will close all but possibly n of
the poolrooms, and keep them closed, is
now expected. Heretofore the pool
rooms have been allowed to operate
quietly, but the disagreement between
proprietors and bettors has forced the
police of Paterson to take notice of the
existence of the resorts and close them.