Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-11-30 | Page 9 | Burn the Evidence

BURN THE EVIDENCE Fire Baffles Police in Poolroom Raid. NSW YtiRK. Nov 23 Kire was used to baffle the police today In one of the biggest race track poolroom raids made In the New York during the recent months. Forty men w-r arrested in tlie ral.l Tli-' allel poolroom v.. on East Klghth street, on the third floor of a flve-storv building. When the police appeared paraphernalia parapher-nalia was heuped on th- floor of the room and set on lire. Although the building build-ing Itsedf also cuught fire, the men In the room locked themselves In behind steel barred doors und. raising th- windows so that the smoke could escape, thy shouted In unison. "Fire! Fire!" A panic Unlledi i ti-l v l.iok.- on! in anothej pari ot the building among factory girls, who rushed down the stairs upon the police and who had to t- rescued and quieted before the raid could continue. When the officer entered the room the last vestige of what they chant was the evidence which they hoped to secure, whs burning on the floor.