Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-01-20

upon the gambling houses on Pennsylvania
avenue; and 20 quietly had all the arrangements
been perfected that II was thought that the pro
iected coup De main would be Euccessful But
unfortunately, "the best laid schemes Of men
and mice lgang ait agiee." Thore was leak
somewhere; the vigilant "knlghts Of the green
cloth" had been
TIPPED THH WINK"
and, In nearly every case, the birds tho oiiielal
sportsmen were hunting had nown TO more quiet
abodes than the classic precincts Of rum Row"
and tho sixth-street corner. For several days
the District Attorney had been obtaining In
formation and preparing warrants for the arrest
Of q number Of known proprietors Of gambling
houses In various portions Of the city. SO far
had tne NorE Prosressel mat iourteen y, raIrahs
cided to make q simultaneous raid At the hour
Of ten last night. As all Of these houses laid In
two loca,itSs and two police Precinei' me t lieu
and especial warning given for
TVS UTMOST CAUTION TO BR OBSERVED.
their several forces the most discreet OF their
officers, and \ few momen before 10 last eve
ming squads Of two or three NJ. P.s, the most
seen lowering around the doors Of woli.known
| sporting houses. As the strokes upon st.
kloyslls great bell gave the hour, each squad
eomstSre, found In nearly ali the houses
| nothing. In fow two or three parties were
| found engaged In conversation or psruslng the
cloth" was covered over, "ths tlgor" was not
gambling, and his keepers were resting.
THR "oRAND HOUNDS"
The REPUBLICAN reporter met with Major
Richards and Mr.. Harrington, who had a car
| riago with thom, as they were about TO enter a
prominent hotel where Il was said a "hank"
| was 10 full blast In this all hands were dis
appointed, for about month since "the boys"
had gone "where the woodblne twineth," or to
some other popular resort From there the two,
nue., whore two or three officers were found
having in charge few tables, cards and other
implements Of the profession
Then they proceeded to 0O2 Pennsylvania
avenue, directly oppOste,) and took In on trge
i two or three guests, who were there when the
descent was made. Hc,e the farniture had been
| slightly disturbed, and to gain Ambulance to
| one room, II was necessary to break In door.
The gas was lighted, ami It's rays revealed the
TACT that somebody had been there, but they
| keeper, surprised and puzzled, was picked up,
and told TO 20 upstairs and Introduce himself
TO the gentlemen OF "blue." who had thOso OF
fTom ga 10 2io sixth street, and hore were
more tables stripped Of tho layout, and gen
was found jefferson Abrams, gentleman whose
| color resembles the
TINT or NEW SADDLE
extended tbo hoSpipsIltiss Of 1hs mabsIen Win
genuine pollteness. The following "buE" On.
sued between NJ; Harrington and the monarch
Vr. II. Well, sir; what's your namei
Jeh tuneonigsedl My name, sarf My name
Is Jefferson Abrams, and I'm no way ashamed
Mr.. H. Jefferson, where do you iIve-
Jeh gave his address without hesitation.
Mr.. H. Well, JEFF, my boy, you must remain
| the amount Of $500. How's thatH
Jeff For highf GUY yer anything you want,
gemmen-anythng. Beg thousand pardons-
excuse me, gemmen let me Ohcr you cigar,
Take one, sATf
uAvR CIoAR, AARf
Mr. II. This IL rather rough, JeHf
jeff. No matter, siri anything you want.
Take EN-, sar; take EN-,
Mr. II, Ito otficer.) Do you know JeGr
one OF Of ,om isioTS look Sa, no% t SSIS
| letter in his pleketl III any OF you Y emmen see
this ycre letter youll tlnk Use mig, suahi Shs'I
E In '-'' = NJ" ~" NV" : wv" = '"'"A 'Ou VIII
Mr.. II. No great deal JET. You will have to
stay here. Sorry, Jeiers1n-sorry.
Jstt. "All right, sir; anything you want you
know anything.
All hands. Tat to JEFF. Goodbye.
JEFF Anything gemmen you know-Anything
-we'se willln' TO give yer.
From the generous Jetl s the party proceeded
| to so9 Pennsylvania avenue. Here several were
to have taken in the situation at a glance, for
| there was n recklessuess about the way In
which they announced their cognomons that
| aroused the suspicious OF all.
| MIR. II. Thrown, SIR did you say Br0Snf'
| "HEs, SIR, JOHN BROWN"
| "Br.nw.n.e. I, sir, at the end Of II, please"
| do Won liver
And everything necessary was taken down.
Then the hack was entered and quick drive
| taken up the Avenue to 400 Pennsylvania ave-
| nue.. Here the officers were In possession, but
had no prisoners, the BOYS having Tamoosed the
rancho early In the eveaingi ISl5 4 street lover
no callArs-the door being barred. The ofieers,
with that poiteness VIII Ich 90 often tlstInEuished
i them IN al llTs Of this Kind, gently Ta1ueI al
| me doors with their clubs. and Kindly waited
| for A response, The FOLKS Il seemed had re-
tired for the night, and the repeated raps had
| gathered quite a crowd, curious 10 Know what
/ was being done. FinAlly, by direction of MT,
i Harrington, the ofhcers Attempted 10 break In
the door, but In this they miserdbiy failed. One
stAlWaTt fellow hunR himself aRai nst it Anot her
Jumped high In air, and brought his feet against
| Il, but
ALL In vAiNi
ofthe oiicers suggested that someboiy 10 around
the corner AMI through the Western Union Tel.
sBraph once, get on the balcony In front Of Il,
the aplll shops" and without waiting for an
opinion tho offieer ran on and, acting on the
suggestion, effected an entrance. BY this tune
the crowd had greatly Increased, aud some Of
It's timid membors gave II as their notion thai
| the boys were nesting up stairs on the TOP noOr
',jess Waltin' for the cops yer know" As the
Oliicer got In the window over KIdWell's store, u
boy cried out,
"LOOk out they's
"GoIN' TO sHoorW
and most Of the nssemblage dispersed In several
directions very quickly, seeklng Shelter IT,
thls rancho a fopplsh.l looking servant was fou nd
VINO gave his name with sucn readiness that one
would think he had been placed there for thai
purpose only. by ali odds this was the nnest
| place yet Utaken in" ExtenIIye prepaTation,
Tor supper Tho only spread out" to DO found
| by the way had been made. Everything about
| the SstablIshmeut showed that IL mi iust besn
deserted. There were the ares blazing briE6tiy,
THE NKw YORK PLPERs or YEsTRnplY
| Iyla I'D