 After a 1901 raid on his gambling operation by F. Norton Goddard, the police estimated that he was making more than $1 million a year, and after his conviction in 1903 it was revealed that he had been allowed to stay at the Waldorf-Astoria until he was sentenced.He was sentenced on April 21, 1903, to "not less than a year and not more than one year and nine months" in Sing-Sing.On April 5, 1904, his application for parole was denied by the New York State Board of Parole.