New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
STEEL DOORS BAR WAY
Of GAMBLING RAIDERS
Douqherty's Men Smash Until
They Are Tired, and Try
New Tactics.
s0RTIE ON THREE PLACES
Many Prisoners Taken on the
East Side - Shooting in
Harlem Over Supposed
Gaming Row.

Alleged gambling was responsible Tor
arrests in four different quarters Of the
city last night In three OF the cases
Commissioner Dougherty's men figured,
while in the other Patrolman Miles. of
the East l04th street station, gathered
| in single participant In shooting
affair that had it's origin, It was rumored
by the police. at the gaming tables.
Crowds saw the trio of raids and crowds
witnessed the gunplay. but In the latter
instance no one seemed able to tell
exactly what occurred.
The most spectacular of the raids was
engineered by Lieutenant William A.
Jones. Of the Second Deputy Commits
sioner's staff. who. with fifteen Central
Office men. swooped down upon an al
legged poolroom on the ground floor of
place in East 4th street. Smashing
their way through one door OF steel
that blocked their path, they found
themselves confronted by another door.
barricaded with iron bars. Thinking TO
find their prey behind this obstruction
they set to work with a will. When II
fell second steel door met their SAFE.
This was too much. Turning their at
tention to several other doors that lined
the passage into which they had forced
an entrance, they discovered three ice
box doors, which soon gave way before
their axes. Inside seventy men were
gathered around roulette wheels and
other gambling devices. the police said.
Barred windows prevented their escape.
Ten of them were arrested on warrants
and taken to the East 9Th street station
where the lieutenant in charge refused
10 make public their names. because. he
said. they were not his prisoners. The
others were allowed to go after their
names had been taken down.
New Inspector Gets Busy.
The newly appointed Inspector Hughes,
Of the LIST district. commanded the sec
ond raid. which Melted five prisoners
from a group Of fifty men. whom the
police say were gambling on the second
floor Of a place on Third avenue, not far
from the 14th street station of the ele-
waited. No warrants were used In TINS
case. the detectives gaining entrance
through the assistance OF one who called
himself a telephone lineman while the
supposed lookout was engaged IN an
argument with a man in the barber shop
that occupies the first floor of the build
| ing. One Of the prisoners, Frank jack
son. was locked up on the charge OF
keeping and maintaining a gambling
Mace. and the others were held as COM
mon gamblers.
..The Safe Social Club" was the name
Of the establishment. according to the
police. Not only did it prove unsafe for
! its patrons. but it nearly led to the
serious injury Of many who sought the
elevated platform as point Of vantage
from which TO view the proceedings. So
great did the crowd become there and
| in the street that the reserves had 10
he called from the Union Market and
East 9Th street stations TO preserve
order.
Easy Entrance at Third Place.
The third raid landed John Smith and
! John Francis in the Oak street police
station. charged with maintaining a
poolroom in Park Row. The police had
no difficulty in gaining admission here
| Twenty eight other men were allowed to
| 60 unmoested.
That part of Harlem which saw sew
cral supposed poolrooms blown up by
bombs during the winter was the scene
Of the shooting last night About 7;45
O'clock, when the crowd was greatest, a
shot rang out In front Of restaurant
at No. 1866 Fifth avenue. A man with
& bullet through his right foot dashed
across the street. down an areaway, and
began to climb the fences beyond. 4
small boy in pursuit picked up a heavy
revolver in the fugitive's tracks. and he
WAS later captured by Patrolman Miles
| tier a struggle.
The man described himself as William
| McCiuirk, q chauffeur, Of No % East
| 10eth street. He was taken TO the Har-
lem Hospital, a prisoner. The police be-
| lieve that his shooting was part of a
| gamblers feud, of which many evidences
| have come to their notice in that section
| fau- r,optbo