The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-02-08

brought a laugh. capt Thomas was in
the house on" day and, as Purcell said
1--WE got a huZzer.' which was the little
danger signal from safe point out
side. That meant the inspector was at
the door
Thomas and climbed out Of the
window and ran along the coping stone
ana dropped down into tho adjoining
cellar said IN" witness, "a distance Of
forty or hity feet, came out into the
next building and went hack up into the
place. 1t was IA false alarm"
Purcell explained to Alderman Dowl-
inG that they didn't Jump the fitty feet,
but climbed down tIe escapes until they
were in safe distance
Was the captain hurt?" asked Dowl-
Ing. Tho witness answered in the mega
tive, saying Thomas was covered with
mud aCd snow, but was we'll enough to
ask who had won the frs, race the
minute he gt back in the place
To the question. What wjs the first
money you ever paid to policeman"
Purcell answered that he was running a
game on sixth avenue between Fifty
fourth and F!ftv-'lfth streets. above a
saloon. when Jack Robinson, another
gambler, went TO him and said that
Policeman Jerry Murphy. the INSPECTORS
man, knew tn" plaC" was open A few
days aft"rward III" polio" walked right
in, turned around and walked out again.
Purcell met Robinson and told him OF ii.
II was suggested that a little money
might help ont ana he gave Robinson
SI' Tor Jerry Murphy. y short time
ait'r that h" went down into the
TWcnty-iirst precinct. his native pre-
"a mr.
Thirty-fourth street. east of Third ave-
nn" II" ran a poolroom in the back
part OF saloon. capt John DELANEY.
since dead, was the precinct commander
and allowed them to open, Purcell said
sent wardman Around.
9. Captain Delaney was in charge n,
III" precinct at the time? A. Yes. And the
hrst lew weeks he sent a man named Dick
Cahi!l around--Dick Cahlll, his ward,nan
. Was Dick Cahill policeman? A. He
was
g: What did you do with Dick Cahin?
A.. The first couple OF weeks he was pa.d
800 week by my partner. Tom Murphy.
and after tina, ] paid him myself
T. How much did YOU pay him when
you paid him? A paid him $50, $50
Tor III" captain, $40 FOR himself
Purcell said there was never any
specific mention OF the captain getting
the nifty but ii was understood. He
knew cahil, who had been in the pre-
cinct for years. Cahill would come To
the saloon and send for him.
Al this time, Purcell said, they got
In hard luck and borrowed 81 900 rom
Tom Woods, who was understood To be
ex-Ald"rman Woods. IT,. -ent ahead
ann about broke even. Finally they
paid the money hack 10 Woods.
{. When you We're paying money 10
Cahill was Capt. Martens ever in com
mand of the precinct" A. Capt. Martens
MAS in command of tho precinct when we
hrst opened
&! W'r" you paying money to Martens
Will" he Was IN III" precinct? A. Yes, We
paid Il 20 cahill.
q And YOU paid 1t while Delaney was
Tn IN" precinct? \. on. Cabin did not
stay very long after Delaney came in.
Dclan"y'S nephew, Walsh, Il policeman,
was brought around by Cshll and he did
III" collecting. | think his name was DICK
Walsh, He and Quinlan came around
then
Purcell explained that Qu,nlan, also
q policeman came around when Walsh
was away and got the $50 regularly
and gave occasional orders 10 shift.
"pNeu ~ SaptQ1n'N Order,
The word was technical. and Purcell
explained that II meant whenever n
captain got lottSr Of complaint he
would order the gamblers to move
temporarily, once Dick Walsh came
around and told him to shift or close
Flo asked If he could shift and finally
was allowed to go into Thlrty-third
street, whore they did a pretty good
business until they had to close down
=. Why did YOU have to close? A. Well
II was Il ease Ike this here. whore some
investigation was II. progress or ther,
were complaints.
=, We're there other poolrooms in IN.
precinct A, There were as much as i.
or seven.
PURCELL mentioned some of them,
Dick Cooks In Thirty-fourth street.
! Pat Purran's In Fourth avenue.
Deatherston's in Lexington avenue ana
the Sherman House in Forty-second
street. which the witness ran.
How long were you connected with
poolrooms In that precinct" asked Mr..
Moss. 4 y
swell. except for the tina ~ sasss1