New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-01

| More arrests are expected to-day.
AS soon as the grand jury handed
down the Indictment District Attorney
| Whitman got a bench warrant from
Judge ROsalsky for Charles Klein, and
then turned the matter over to the Po-
lice Department. Assistant District At
! torneys James f. Smith and Floyd II.
Wilmot were present at the raid to serve
subppnas to get additional evidence for
the prosecution.
! Police Got the Evidence.
! All the evidence submitted to the
grand jury had been obtained by the po-
lice. Ten days ago Commissioner Baker
ordered a raid on a place known as
''Klein's,'' i'm West 45th street. near the
Hudson Theatre. Three men were ar
! but Charles Klein. who is said to be the
owner of the place. was not indicted.
| A few days ago the police learned that
Klein had acquired an interest in the
so-called Phoenix Athletic Club, which
| is better known i'm the neighborhood as
|
evidence that the indictment against
| him was found
| Unusual precautions were taken to
keep the intended raid secret. Neither
| Captain Palmer nor Inspector Walsh,
who have police jurisdiction in that pre-
cinct, had the slightest inkling Of what
was coming. Even the patrol wagon
summoned to carry away possible pris-
oners or seized gambling requisites be-
Ionged to another precinct.
! The trap was well laid and closed with
such rapidity that not a single one of
the visitors in the club could escape.
Assistant District Attorneys Smith and
Wilmot waited quietly at Broadway and
! 46th street until Lieutenant Hemmel, of
Chief Inspector Schmittberger's staff.
! had posted his score of men for de-
scent on the club. All the men We're
J in plain clothes, and they We're selected
from among the youngest on the force,
so that no one in the street took them
/ for policemen.
| At precisely 800 o'clock the signal
was given The policemen rushed upon
the house and up the front stoop. and in
few seconds the door was smashed in
and the windws on the parlOr floor We're
shattered. while the men swarmed into
the building and closed all exits with
| their persons There was scuffie at
the door man whose name was
given as John Pratt was careless
! enough to attempt to exercise his func-
ton as doorkeeper against the police,
and his right hand was struck by an axe
and slightly wounded
| Assistant District Attorney Smith had
timed himself to arrive at the door al
most simultaneously with the police
men. and from that moment he took
| charge. His first act was to quiet down
the excitement by announcing in loud
tones that there was no reason for re-
sistance or fear.
every one is under temporary arrest
to enable us TO find the person We
want he said
All present were lined up by the pO-
lice and Charles Klein was soon dis
covered in the crowd. He was turned
over to two detectives, who took him to
Headquarters and later before Judge
RosaIskv. who held him in $1,000 bail
| Harry Fredericks furnished the bond.
and Klein was released late last night.
After the disposal of Klein Mr.. Smith
devoted his time to the rest Of the
roundup. Each individual was ques-
toned as to his name, and each one re-
ceived a subpoena to appear before the
District Attorney on Monday
Imagination failed many of the sur
nrised men, and the number of persons
of the same name grew so large that the
affair seemed like disturbed fam
ily party Mr.. Smith told the men that
he saw through their ruse, but warned
them that a failure to appear at the
scheduled time would bring them into
contempt of court, and that the District
Attorneys office was determined to
prosecute such cases relentlessly.
Sixty-five subp1nas were served.
while about eighty men were allowed TO
po after the Assistant District At
torneys convinced themselves that they
were not needed as witnesses.
Meanwhile the detectives were making
a careful search of the building for
naranbernaIia that might serve al evil
dence. 4 number of racing sheets were
seized. and a large number of tele-
phones seemed to characterize the place
as a poolroom. No gambling parapher-
MALTA was found. and the patrol wagon
returned TO the station house empty.
The alleged poolroom was In four
story brownstone house of respecta Bile
appearance. A small brass plate near
the door bell bore the simple inscription.
ssPhoenix A G." The lower two floors
are said To have been used for betting
purposes. while the rest of the house was
furnished for the accommodation of
members who desired to remain over