The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-30
.LYNBROOK'S JOHNS
GO TO COURTTO,DAY
Messrs. superintendent, y
;"Doorkeeper" and Cashier
= to Be Arraigned.
MIzNER. WILL TESTIFY
Nightly Profits of Gambling
House Said to Have Been
$50 $4,000.

The three bad Johns Of Lynbrook's
Five Corners who were taken In the
gambling house raid In fashionable Mer-
rick road, Il II. At midnight Saturday,
win be arraikned at o'clock tonight
at Cedarhurst before Justice OF the
Peace Louis NJ. Raisis to hear what Mas
sau county society has to say about
them. They are respectively John SUI
perintendent, John Cashier and John
Door man, their actual names not being
officially known to the court or TO the
detectives under Attorney Neil H! VAN
dawater. who captured them.
Wilson Miner. actor and playwright
who was the sole person to state he was
IN the place at the time Of the raid, Is
expected to offer the chief diversion. Mr..
Mlzner is well known as wit. having
invented line to the effect that life Is
n tough proposition, especially the first
100 years of II. and has upset Attorney
Vandewater considerably because of the
uncertainty Of his having had anything
to do with the interior OF the resort
Mr.. .Vandewater said when he gained
entrance 10 the resort the first one he
held Up with his revolver was Miner.
The playwright told him to take every
thing in the place, Mr.. Vandewater said,
and offered the information that he was
in full charge Owing to Mizner's ex-
cessive laughter during this confession
the attorney thinks he was only indulge
ing his humor. Miner featured in the
Partridge Club Investigations in March.
1918. His arrest was ordered by Dis
trict Attorney Weeks late yesterday. af-
terhoon.
Some doubt also exists as to the true
status of the resort. Mr.. Vandewater.
on behalf of the Nassau County Associa-
tion, insists that he positively knew Of
one man who dropped $4,000 there in a
night and that the nightly profits Of the
house have run to $4,000.
Real "CIass', Absent.
Some Of the residents near the resort
remark that they thought II was n pop
ular place for Broadway skylarkers, but
they had never seen any real class,
meaning Nassau's elite. hanging about.
When this was relayed to Mr.. Vande-
water he came out promptly with a
statement that there were fourteen very
well dressed persons in the house at the
time of the raid, including some be-
jewelied women.
There Is also a great deal of appre-
hension on the part of District At
torney Weeks, who has been mollifej In
spite Of the raid being made over his
head, that nonesof the three men sub
punaed will show up. He was very
glad to receive Mr.. Vandewater's over
ture of cooperation in the case. es-
pecially since he had been intending so
long to raid the resort. but he thought
Il was rather a moot question whether
$4,000 bail would hold three such val
liable men In the community. e. b.
He and Mr.. Vandewater had a long
conference in the afternoon. after which
II was announced, that other subpenas
may be issued to prevent the hearing
from assuming, the nature ofs'as frost
Both of the attorneys felt that they
must make sure OF there being a few
defendants in view Of the amount Of
evidence which they allege hps been
obtained. So whether the three Johns
appear or not there will probably be
others to substitute for them. The. Mas
ssu County Association is SO aroused.
Mr.. Vandewater said, that the thing
must really be pushed.
County Detective Plant visited the
scene of the raid and also inspected a
house at. Hewlett. He said little about
either trip. but he exonerated the Hew-
lett place from any suspicion of gam
bling. Mr.. Vandewater admitted after
his talk with District Attorney Weeks
that the Nassau County Association is
purely a civic organization and Is not
strictly in the business of conducting
raids. The entire case was in the hands
OF Mr.. Weeks, he said, and the associa-
ton would rest until II developed
whether the county authorities intend
business.