The evening world., 1911-02-20
Emanuel Cohen Accused of
Being Owner of Premises
USED for B~ookmaking
WILL DETERMINE POLICY
II Conviction Is Secured Clark
Will Proceed in Forty
Other Cases.

The Indictment by the Kings County
Grand Jury to-day OF Emanuel Cohen.
who was arrested Jan. 90 charged with
being the owner OF premises used for
the purpose OF betting on the horse
races, and with having knowledge that
hookmaking was being conducted there,
Is regarded in official circles as the be-
ginning OF an effort on the part of Dis
trict-Attorney Clark to secure the in
dictment and conviction of the direct
ors of the Brooklyn race tracks.
Although District-Attorney Clark de-
clined to discuss the matter or to COM
init himself in any manner, 1t is be-
lieved that he regards the Cohen. case
as n test on the outcome of which VIII
depend his action with regard to some
forty indictments o pending against
other alleged bookmakers since last
September. and will guide him In any
future action with regard to betting nj
the race tracks.
II is understood that should Cohen nc
convicted Mr.. Clark will proceed against
the directors of the Brighton Beach
track. whom he may then be able to
rpncn nY Wti1S VI III
I bllity act, which makes the directors oil
any corporation personally responsible
for the acts OF the corporation as such.
Guilty Knowledge.
District Attorney Clark holds that th'
directors OF the race tracks where bet
ting on the races was permitted nae
knowledge of that fact, and tnereior'
| are liable under the law.
should Cohen, who was held In s'o'
bail for trial by County Judge Dyke be
fore whom he was arraigned to-day d.
found guilty the District Attorney VIII
AZ once proceed to secure Indictment
against the directors OF the race tracks
lie will also press for trial the fort!
| indictments now pending.
Cohen was arrested when Deput.
Commissioners Flynn and Reynold
raided the Windsor Cafe at NO Ia
Bedford avenue. Brooklyn. AccordinI
IN the police, Cohen is the proprietor o
tho premises occupied by thS cafe an
that he ran 1t as a pool-room ior ol
money" and rigidly excluded a
"pikers."
Several of Cohen's alleged employee
were also arrested at the time. but the
cases have been disposed OF In tn
Court OF Special Sessions. When CO
hens Indictment wal hled to-day Nj
Clark said that he was tired OF CUR
ming for the small fry-the sheet-writer
the cashiers, the doorkeepers and or
ers. II want TO get to the men RI
sponsible-the brains behind these men,
was all he would say.
P. J.. Dwyer Home.
Prlip ]. Dwyer. the old-time racin
man. arrived here to-day on the Geo'R
Washington after an absence or :!
months during which he has sought IN
best medical advice abroad for an afe'
ton OF the glands of his throat, whic
while not serious, is very distressing.
81 am sixty-se,e en- years OF age j
said to the reporters who met him, "bl
|. feel at least ten years younger. fo
know. | am altogether out OF racin
now. | sold my horses when Co
Hughes signed the law against bettlni
and | am afraid ] will be too old TO ~
back into the game before anything
done to chanse the present situation.
II saw the mutuels at work while
was In Paris, and | wish We had the'
here. But We can't. under the constit'
; ton, for TIE next -four year, and wh;
, vii! happen then We ca1aot tell