New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
RAID IN BROOKLYN AGAIN
for Second Time in Week Flynn
seizes Alleged Gamblers.
nraR UNION LEAGUE CLUB
nescent on Place Called the Local
"Canfeld's" Yields Eleven
Prisoners.

+,s second time in a week men from
-aros Headquarters, Manhattan, ralded
.u.ged gambling resort IN Brooklyn
--ssy Deputy Commissioner Flynn
'.s.,.,s5 the raid in person and Deputy
So-.issiorer REYNOLDS was with him.
80, wsre assisted by Lieutenants Cain
lLs' Collins. OF Mr.. Flvnn's staff, and
~, clerks and stenographers from his
.ofce . =...-z.,- .-.,,-.
-S-,,,g, INSPECTOR Holahan and District
,-s,eCto- Hark!ns we're neither present nor
s.so,-,ed that the raid was TO occur.
~. mace occupied the two upper floors
=, ,rs four story building known as the
u,,5so- cafe, at Bedford avenue and Full
-, street. This place is in the heart Of a
-, class residential section and within
cones throw OF the fashionable Union
-.v,s Club. Downstairs is the cafe,
-u,orgh which the people passed TO the
-. where the gambling was said TO go
Tire resort was popularIy known as
..p-.oklvr's Candsd's" Its two floors
r.-s handsomely furnished.
US, ~ The Information against the place
-.s ss,r-sd by a private citizen, who has
h4en employed for the purpose by the de-
ao-,-osnt IN Manhattan. Two Of Flynn's :
-., also managed 20 gain entrance once or
-. The chief Investigator Is said TO be
=. nan who secured the evidence against
r,,sisine's place and other Manhattan
..rbing establishments. He has become
:. vel known 70 the doorkeepers in Man
s.,.sp that +. is said the department can
-, Ard use f0- him any longer in that
borough
After investigating the place for a week
10 vent before Chief Police Magistrate
Ysnpner yesterday and swore out eleven
rsrrauts against the proprietor. Three Of
,,s.s warrants named the employer and
-uo O, his employees by name.
sserecv was maintained in everything
,.-.ainine 10 the raid. Even Deputy Com
missioner REYNOLDS, who Is in charge or
-. Brooklya Office. was not informed OF
the tine when the attack was 10 be made
,,tg the las- moment. and not another
Brooklyn man had an irkins.
The presence Of Mr.. Flynn from Manhat-
-, rss looked upon first as a reflection
yron Nr. REYNOLDS, but Mr.. Flynn assured
sv.ryboiy that the raid was not over Mr..
Esvnolds's head. and he referred all ccmers
70 the Brooklyn deputy for information.
Thisis the first time under the new regime
that a Brooklyn raid has been conducted
sya Manhattan deputy.
Mr. Flynn and the others went 70 Brook
lvr In plain clothes and individually. A
couple climbed the back fence Of the build
iag and the rest entered the front door
When they entered the cafs the bartender
=-rsng the oell IN the two upper floors, warn
hr the alleged gamblers. Immediately there
ras panic Upstairs and while Flynn :
men strugrI I'd with the bartender below, II
became the duty of the chief investigator
70 suppress the excitement of the men up
stairs and 10 prevent any Of them from
escaping He drew MS revolver and COW
sre5 the men. telling them thar they were
al under arrest
The raiders we're compelled 20 break
dovn the door which led from -he cafe 10
the hall, and we're also forced 20 break
down q door which separated tire second
foor from the third landing. on the top
foor the police found forry-ive panic
stricken men TIE names q al were
'sksr. but only the eleven who were men
toned IN RE warrants were placed under
arrest
The room n which these men were
'ound occupied most oS the fourth floor
snd partition separated the general
roon from the telegraph instruments II
vas behind this partition that the pool.
Es.ling was carried on
The police took the eleven prisoners and
quaru-y Of paraphernalia- gambling
steets, telephone and telegraph instru
melrs and $500 IN cash in patrol wagons
70 Headquarters. The prisoners were lined
Up there before Lieutenant Foster, in the
detective Bureau, and then sent 70 the
Adams street police court, where Nagls