The New York herald., 1872-11-30
PERNICI0Us POLICY.
Large Number Of Arrests and Many Escapesv
Il 1t To Be War TO the Death or 0nly spasm
ofMunicipal Virtue and Police Propristys

~ASAPSA
IL Is difficult to estimate the amount or misery
that falls upon the people Of New York directly or
indirectly from ''polcy playing" One of the most
tragic deaths that occurred In this city for years
was tho result OF a policy players act. When ne
had become utterly debased and saturated with
superstition, the demon which possessed him led
him to the perpetratioa of his crime, and he, with
another equally debaucned, wrought first madness
and then death to an innocent woman. This man,
too was one trusted by the city to dispense its char
ties, and instead OF forming acquaintanccs among
the dissipated beings who haunt policy shops,
should have spent his time In inquiring into those
cases of desttuti0n and misery every day reported.
This case became known in certain quarters and
excited much feeling at the time, but 1t was only
one oil hundreds that some chance exposes every
year, in which ruin is traced to these cheap gam
bling dens: Halt the petty theits among the ser.
for gaming fed and innamcd by these places. and
they are the greatest bane to the progress OF the
CO Geored people in the poorer portions Of the city.
Those interested in reform are now asking whether
these places shall or shall not DC permanently
closed. The raid yesterday was very successful in
Justices held the arrested par bail in the
OF $1,000, committing them In default. Those
brought UP at Jefferson Market Police Court Jared
better, and 1t is already intimared that Ill the
shops will be IN iull blast again next week.
XOmDS 1.Ol1co court
The police In the lower wards OF the city, under
the command Of their several captains, made de-
scent yesterday upon the policy shops which
flourish on the misery and ruin OF thousands OF de-
luded victims. The raid on the whole was rather
unsuccessful, as only thirteen delnquents were
secured. They were marched to the Tombs Police
Court, and presented q rather crestfallen appear
ance when arraigned before Justice Bowling.
some OF the victims were old, gray-haired men.
ton @ al and Vice, While While others sHa'' were 'si st
young and seemed ashamed Of their
position and companionship,, The ofiicers
eu the Various % devices y Which they Induced tas
operators to take their money and commit them
as the Case might be. Then the Judge, with his
wonted sternness announced that the prisoners
were committed for trial at the Court Of General
bailed out in the course Of the day but as real
estate property was required as security in each
bailers who were in attendacce proved bootless.
The names OF the prisoners were John Pierce
John Maloney, Gustavus Schultz, Herman Fisher
George Leslie, George Bradley, Edward Walters
and John Fair.
Essex Market.
number Of policy-shop Keepers arrested by the
police were arraigned before Justice Shandey yes.
terday. The prisoners gave their names as fol-
lows s:-Patrick Daily, Albert Anderson, George
Brown, Frederika Marks, Herman Plug, John Mil
Ter, John Goodman, Thomas Stubbs, Villa m
Pnuger, Henry Apel Patrick Boyle, Barbara Fris e,
LOnis NeberesOn, John jaeger, Jacob Benedum,
Nathan Hess, Catherine Bumgarten, William Wag-
ner, Louis Bauman Sophia Fisher, Louis Richert,
August Miller, Mary +. Fitzler, Amelia Hammill
Solomon Frankfort George Pfeiicr, Rose Heinzer,
George Stumpf, Gustavus Kr0hn, Barbara warner
and John Kl0tz. They were all held for trial at
General Sessions in default Of 1000 bail.
Policy Dealers OF YOrkville.
Captains Gunner, Killilea and Williams, re-
spectively OF the Nineteenth. Twenty-arst and
Twenty precincts made raids on the policy
shops in existence IN their different districts yes
terday. The result was the arrest in the Twenty
second ward OF thirteen prisoners; in the Twenty
first of three and in the Nineteenth Of one. Their
names are as lollows:--Henry G: VALLEY (colored),
William Webster, John x. stenkenburg,
stephen Malkey, Edward L. Coates. Laz-
arus Movers, Robert Wiley, Patrick J. Garvey,
Christiana Young, John Lohrcy, George Sieger,
David Valentine, william Dayton, William Hen
erickson, Thomas Friend, Charles Balloni: Justice
Bixby, who was on the BENCH committed the
prisoners for examination without bail, but sub
sequently on getting through with the business
or the Court, he accepted bonds from some Of them
to appear Tor trial at the Special Sessions. To
residents OF the Nineteenth ward Captain Gun
ner's failure to catch more than one policy dealer
in his district Is surprise, the more SO because he
ing with all kinds Of lawbreakers who happen to
come within his jurisdiction. policeman, who
resides In the ward and has been attached to the
Nineteenth precinct for many years past, says
that there are at least fifteen policy shops in this
ward.