New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-21
DESCENT UPON A BROADWAY GAM
BLING HE'LL.
TEN PERSONS ARRESTED-SUSP OF
MURDER.

TEN PERSONS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
MURDER.
About ten DAYS or fortnight ago, al IRISH girl
named Catharine Mulhearn, who had been living for
some time past in the gambling-house of Bob Willis,
No. 5sl Broadway, was apprehended on a trlmpedup
charge Of larceny preferred against her by Willis
female inmate of the establishment.
While locked NJ in prison awaiting trial, Catharine,
in view Of the manner in which she was persecuted,
made some startling disclosures witch if true in all
respects will explain the great anxiety on the part
of Willis to damage her reputation, and if possible
get her sent to Black wells Island. Catharne states
that about month ago she had reason to believe that
some man, to her unknown, had been roped into the
house. swindled out of his money, and aterward mur
derod She asserts in the most positive manner that
she saw the body of dead man in the cistern the
morning after there had been terrible fight in the
basement, when she heard some man begging his life
This story she related to Justice Connolly, who pro-
cured her LIBERATION and then took from her the follow
ing affidavit:
No "a Fourteenth street being duly sworn dcpo.e aud
sav b,, I'M NE month az Angus, last past, this Opponent wa,
employed into the Of Robert Willis Of No.
5sl Broadway and further that the remained in his employ
until sunday the 18th day Of September following; aud
this deponent adds ths Sunday evening and about
the hour Of or o'clock in the morning of tina Sunday night
Wss house this Opponent says steeing
se distinctly heard person exam n the entTyway Of
and "a y ~ yo ~ 20 &c Ia esas rPf 6sy
say. tia, she heard Willis say reply the time
"lou Cd I'D Irish dump linn " deponent could
distinctly understand what else was said bu, there
ere some other words and further noise below
deponen ha, she next morning about St
O'clock aud the foul linens OF the family;
d,poncu further say that between and 10 o'clock the fore
she 70 the cs;sn to empty some sud-. and on re-
moving the she wha; seemed 70 her part Of The
Of
tern roreut further says that she took particular notice
in afternoon Of the same day, TO empty more wash
'he TlaiEiy and ti'iinehy .aI ne HPe, PAT Of
mans head, and Pqri 81 ne upper Jaee, including
ne s ,as a 'sS $ s s Sq rc sS Il. S ss@S
and had dayk hss; donen soieed d'tnea that his eyes
& H. b e asd s away S u exS.m a%s
ton b. her fright; depoleut further say that she
that her sister made her leave the house forthwith deponent
see' that When she sIose in To nornns ae5 6e heard the
th. dead in the ci-ten she large quantity of
the coored Henry, in the act Of securing OF
with soap and water deponeu further .ay. that she spoke
her mind her business depoueut adds that In about
four weeks s,e she bad e he house she arrested BY
officer James T. Duffy charge Of steslar anti.
ces from Wills! and that deponeuts ar
rested the charge with deponent; deponent fur
@si,s Iii. dead man IN the cern ba, her sister would not
a Dr. BurdelP. that she would be locked up
a witness get herself into difficulty sboat il.
.eyeIsi times before he secd her on the false Charge Of M
ceBy and pretended that he wanted hire her live
Police Odce told teponent that II .he nothing about
his house that the charge would with her and there
effect Deponent further say that said Willis keeps gam
a. The shove house and street where gaTou. and
fereut persons come together Tor gambling purposes and fur
wv ~ ''''' ''''' N.Y. cATHARNE@ MuLHEARN,
sWoru 70 before ne, til. 18th day Of October 1859.
MICHAEL connolly, Police Justice.
Upon the above affidavit, Justice Connolly issued
warrant, and late on Tuesday night, in company with
Capt. Tunbul Of the Eighth Precinct Capt Walling
and several Of the Detectives the Magistrate proceed
ed to execute the process in person.
The house having been completely surrounded by
the Police and all chances Of escape for those inside
cut Of, the Magistrate, with Capt. Turnbu aud Capt
Walling and twelve fifteen officers, rang the bell
Of the gamblng-house, and the summons was quickly
answered by coored man, who, upon peepng out
and discovering the number Of persons outside refused
to admit the party. The Magistrate, however pushed
open the door, and ordering the negro into custody
proceeded rapidly up ,tairs, followed BY the posse
eomifGfus.
Upon entering the rear parlor on the second story
several men discovered seated about table
playing faro" Justice Connolly walked up to the
table and in loud voice, sad, Gentlemen, You are
al NY prisoners" Tie doors guarded and no
che permitted to leave.
Tie constellation depicted rpon the coun.enances Of
the company DC better imagined than described
Eeci and every one looked about to if there wa
10 of escape, but the doors and windows were
guarded The officers then proceeded TO gather up
the checks, nou-y cards aud gambling paraphernalia
which lay upon the faro table.
AT this moment a man named Ingersol apparently
tie dealer, person in charge Of the house, was OBJ
served TO lock closet door and put the key 10 his
pocket. The magistrate demanded the key, which
refused when he ordered the officers to force the
doors. Ingerol asked Capt. Turnbull who the big
man was pointing TO Justice Connolly, when the
Captain Informed him and he produced the key in a
jifey.
In this closet the police found several check boxes,
pair Of curious shears and other gambling apparatus.
Only 81 was found upon the table at the time of the
descent The prisoners taken to the Eighth Pre-
cinct Station House where they gave their
Edward IngersoIl alias the Long Doctor, Warren
Williams, George Gale, Joseph Rachel Henry Rice,