, 1877-09-26
pOLICY-MEN PULLED :

Capture OF tho Artists and Tools.
Hearing that bunko ganles, pollcy-shops, and
confidence operations wero o. rtfo today %
during the Colvin Administration, TR1nuHH
reporter started out upon plan Of Visiting at
least one s!iop per week. as long aa ho Was abIo
to find them. or a. long "a they continued to
flourish IN town. Not blork from The
TRIBUNE office, In tho Morrison Building on the
soatheast corner Of Madison mud Clark streets,
ho found the arst. 'Room 10, No. 143 Cla.k
street" was upon tho card, and directly tlithcr
walked tho reporter. The room ts roar one,
entered through short gallery. The door Nns
open, md tue reporter entered. "Policy-shopi"
ha ut once calculated In an undertonc, Thero
was no mistaktng IT, The snu,o pino railing,
tho same lca! table, tbe same small partition,
The same things lytpg about tho room, and the
gamo pictures on tho wall. True, tho inmates
men. pcrt!aps It ID 20 vigorous persecution by
the police thtt lias reduced them to skin bone,
dirty rugs, aud unshaVeu, unkempt heads. hut
such 'serG tho inmates. one, an ola gray rat
quito ~ gray, but ho.nslses tar, and the thifd,
young hlr. Hat. who cndcayorcd yalnly
10 look spruce BY eombIng his hair back an1
twisting up as the corners satttsh-looking
y. Mr. Derry lnl" querted the reporter.
ILut ls hl--", aud then, suddenly twig-
cling that the cali waA one outside tho ordinary
!lne of but business !, hs aaded' "rhere's no such
us there such arm tn the butldinRI'
"Gauldu't say slr; lnquiru in Room IL"
"allnc, sir; c. !. Hunt 4 Co."
~ "Ti'sn thsro y 10, 10 ;l1ueklebeFr1 = Co herei
"rLcso Is not. sir. Town this room, and my
name IL Hunt"
",l3ut, slr, man was swindled out OF SO In
tSst tS,s room last week. Don't '0ukno~ about
IN, "Not ! word 1t was not here. Inquire at
"oh, That Is too thin, Mr: Hunt. Room IA Is
tha lstlu.!riM -ige olllcc. Good day, slr.''
Tho police seemed TO have heard OF The ex-
tstenco Of the dcn Just about ~ soon a. tho
reporter, for not two nllnutcs later he met
Lieut.. MeuAEtgle and Detective Nolan Gu route
1st:aes s"isS e. .tsp. as lss WIG si,ss, a.
remained on the sidewalk below with
tho express purpose Of seeing Just who
were capplnR for the game. And II wAs indeed
Some tew, who sra well known to the police,
were seen hurrying and scursylng 10 carry the
ncws To their respective shops. that the police
were abroad Ia The land, and were
Morrison Building. Across thu street several
Bhope were seen closing up like eiams when
high water strikes tllem. Through the Win
doss the !nmates could be observed clucking
hA~Ak VIVA AAA '1At9 4HtV RHk13 Al44 BktNllk
tlcm away. There certainly was mosu fun than
rircu1 III q country town.
IN the meanwhile, the poltce had picked up
all tae polIcytarsis, the 4-1l4 TABLES. two largo
combination paeks ii simmons & Dickinson man.
ufarturs. hooks Of all sorts, chiefly OF The for
tunc-telinK order, and everything elso VI ?
'tpo!icY" look. aud, when they got through
picking up, there were not enough ossess 10
start savings bank.
Just Us tho heKtra with tho pluuder WAS
commenced ~ door popped opsp. tls he1 o.
ho was III custody. The Youug rat must have
giYcn The elder rat rotten tip"
for As tho party were departing
the elder rat discovered Himself, and wanted to
know whst the :. wuetlou was Ill about" Ha
Wns marched along also. aud 4 the station they
gays the nAtncs Of Charles J. Hunt aud George
F. AtlberEy. The oldess rat wat too cunning 10
b caught.
Tu1 Tribune invites ths Granger who CON-
plains of having been swlndled out Of $50 by tho
coaddsnee-mea to cali 1t this ottce oy uoon to-
day. liz may perhaps get hla lnoneY back st
tha polie e-stalton. and II will certainly not iu-
convenience LILA III tae least 10 mAks ths u