New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
CATCH ZOO IN 4 RAID
TenderIcin Scene of Spectacular
PooIroom Attack.
POLICE BREAK IN WITH AXES
Outside Force, Working in Uni
son with Detectives Inside,
Makes Big Haul.

Detectives and uniformed policemen.
with drawn revolvers, corralled two hun
dred men in O poolroom in the heart Of
the Tenderloin yesterday. and conducted
one OF the most spectacular and Sue
/ cessful raids in the history OF that quar-
ter OF New York.
The poolroom was operated in West
dist street, and seems to have had a
clientele that not only was extensive but
also rich, for the bets ranged from 500
to 500, and 'piiers" were not encour-
aged Ia the place.
The picturesque feature of the reid
was that the place was attacked from
/ three sides simultaneously. Inside two
/ detectives put the men under arrest
while a squad of policemen battered
down the doors with axes and others
! entered the room through the skylight-
The men under arrest are Charles
Beecher, OF No. 16 West 11th street
charged with being doorkeeper;
Charles Berlaman, Of No. 24s West Ssth
street charged with keeping and main
tanning the poolroom; David Goldie' Of
No. PAS West 46th street charged with
being q sheet writer; Michael Byrnes, Of
NO. 344 West 4eth street. charged with
being a banker st the faro game, and
Morris Auerbach, OF No. 225 West oath
street. charged with being a dealer in
the faro game.
For some time Inspector McCluskey
has been suspicious of the house in 41st
street, which is between Seventh and
o~sr r1aE- i'm.
formation that IL vas the "Merrick
Wheelmen's Club have been circulating
through the Tenderloin, and the inspector
went around and looked at the two story
building. in the bottom OF which is a
garage.
Believing that q part Of the building
was used for a gambling house and
poolroom. he detailed Detectives Peter
Fagfn AND Martin Walsh. OF the West
37th street station, to gain admission In
plajn clothes. The detectives say they
made bets on Thursday. Friday and
yesterday. and were still putting money
on the ponies at Grayesend when the
prearranged plan was carried out.
Every one in the raiding squad had
set their watches with those OF Walsh
and Fagin, and at 800 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the two men inside suddenly
stopped and announced to the crowd
that they were all under arrest.
The men In the poolroom paused
minute and then attacked the plain
clothes men. who backed against a wall.
tn. room was in turmoil when In
spectOr McClusky. Captain Leahy and
g. squad of policemen battered down the
door. They had driven 70 the building
in taxicabs, and yaxicabs were no
strange sight 20 the lookout, on account
Of the garage below.
/ At a plate glass door the squad met
kid" Beebe, said to be d prizefigrter
! emeritus who denied them admission.
They gained II by means Of 4 sledGe
hammer in the hands of Detective Dun
! stan, whose hands we're so badly cut
that he soon had 10 hurry 10 a surgeon.
The door out Of the way. the men then
/ rushed I'D q short fight of sairs and
! came to a heavy oak door, which took
ten minutes TO smash in. Back Of this
was another door--the lagt-and the
axes made short work OF this.
At the same time that the raiding squad
came from the street Detectives Griger
CradeI and Lynch crashed in through