New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
LIVELY TIME AT TRACK
PRISONER OFFERS FIGHT.
Cool Headed Spectators and Um-
formed Police PreUfnt Trouble.

Cool heads and the prompt action OF uni
formed policemen prevented what might easily
have developed into riot when deputy snerlil
made arrest at the Brighton Beach racelrach
yesterday. Excitement ran high for few min
utes the crowd surged ahori .he ceputy
sheriff and the prisoner. - Some blows were
struck and it was even said that revolver
was drawn, but the policemen. without using
undue violence aided the deputy sheriff ana
detectives in taking the prisoner 10 the gate
while the cooler heads pleaded with the crowd
to avoid anything that would look like inter-
ference with an officer doing what he considered
his duty
A man, who said later that he was Samuel
Rosenbaun. but who was known at the track
as .3eansy" promoter and hacker of fighting
clubs, was standing the brick lawn be-
tween the fourth and fifth races, when deputy
sheriff stepped up to him and said that he was
under arrest for an alleged violation OF the ne"
statute. He refused TO go out quietly, and re-
sisted strenuously with hands and feet, as the
deputy sheriff grabbed him by the collar and
used some force.
Two or three detectives ran up ard tried 10
take the programme which .he man held in his
hand. but he refused to release it and fought
back as best he could against overpowering
numbers In this way he was half dragged
the paddock entrance to the gate, while the
crowd surged about in such temper that a
free fight might have resulted on the slightest
proyocation. Once outside the prisoner quieted
down and walked to the police station, and the
crowd in the inclosure turned back to the study
of the next race
During the excitement the crowd In the club
house rushed out the porch to get view of
what was going on, and the strain was so great
that one of the supports gave way Fortu-
nately the porch did not fall, and thus what
might have been serious accident was averted
MANY of those present characterized the ar
rest as a shameful one, but as it happened the
majority appeared to have little sympathy with
the prisoner for resisting arrest under the cir
curnstances. Many seemed to realize that the
roughness of the detectives and deputy sheriffs
was called for by the action of the prisoner.
and consequently there was less disposition to
interfere
In all six arrests were made and the prisoners
were taken to the Brooklyn Police Headquarters
There were no charges of rioting, all being for
violating the anti-racetrack betting law The
men arrested said they were: Samuel Rosen-
baum. of No. 226 East SD street Manhattan;
Samuel Jakmars. Of No. 81 East SSth street,
Manhattan; Charles and Adam Kessel, of No.
10s Fulton street, BroolAyn; Frank Horowitz,
Beach, and Mason Clyman, of No. 125 Putnam
avenue, Brooklyn. They were released in $500
ball each.
1t is expected that the Kings County Grand
Jury will hand up several indictments Tues
dav or Wednesday. The body adjourned on
Friday until Tomorrow morning, On Wednes-
day it will take another adjournment to August
Is The hearings in the thirty-five or more
cases of men arrested for betting which are
pending in the Adams street police court, have
been set down for Thursday later.
This Is believed by many to mean that the
District Attorneys office had the cases held
over so that indictments could be found before
the hearings II is expected that all of the in
dictments will be directed against men arrested
at the Brighton Beach racetrack and officials of
the Brighton Beach Racing Association, with
possibly one exception 1t is believed that evil
dence has been offered against man connected
with the Coney Island Jockey Club.
When the grand jury meets again on August
Is the Empire City Racing Association will be
holding its meeting at the Brighton Beach
track The jury will then finish its investiga-
tion of the conditions that prevailed at the
Sheepshead Bay tracF during the Coney Island
Hockey Club meeting. and then take up the
Empire City Racing Association. This probably
will extend well into September
Harry Cohen Frederick Adler and Henry Kim
GOV who were arrested for betting at the
BRIGHTON Beach racetrack on Friday, were ar
raipned Yesterday before Magistrate Tighe in
tho Adams street police court. In spite of the
demands of Jacob EiIperin, their attorney, for
immediate hearings, the magistrate set the trlal
down for Tuesday.