Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-30
CHICAGO GAMBLERS.
The Chief OF Police Makes a Big
Raid.
How it Was Done.
THE GAMBLERS AT HOME.

THE GAMBLERS AT HOME.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-The Times thus
describes the great raid on gambling
houses Thursday night: The first gun
in the battle to be wased by the new
police administration against the gam
blers and the criminal classes generally
was fired at few minutes past 10
o'clock last night. The gambling house
of George Hankins, near the corner of
Clark and Madison streets, was raided.
and the proprietor, employees, and
about seventy-Gve players arrested.
The recent orders OF the superintend-
ent of police, Austin Doyle, to his Of
ficers, to close concert saloons and dis
establish the existing reign of indie
cency, should have been to the gam
blers "writing on the wall" but they
ohno.y end fondly believed that the
power of the "sang" would be I'M
shaken. The raid of lsst night was the
most successful of the kind ever at
tempted in Chicago, and Lieuts. Kip
ley and Shea, who engineered it,
were commended for their efforts.
Everything in connection with the af-
fair, even t. the most minute detail,
was arranged with rare caution, and
only the few who were detailed to make
the raid knew anything about what
was to happen. The detectives at the
central station, who assembled under
orders at 8 o'clock, had an indistinct
dea that something Of the kind was
contemplated, but only the chiefs
knew who was TO be visited with the
wrath of the virtuous department.
L.eutenants Ripley and Shea led their
men
TO THE PLACE OF RENDEZVOUS,
and when the place was reached every
available precaution was taken to pre-
vent the escape OF any who might be
within the house. AS consequence
of these preliminaries, the game was
found running wide open," aud all
the inmates caught dead to right"
Lieut.. Shea, who was not known to
the lookout, followed young man to
the stairs, and on the door being OPEN
ed to the "pigeon" entered, his col
league, Ripley, following Immediately.
No one seemed to pay attention to
them, and a moment afterward, " re-
porter for the Times gained admit
lance with two of the detectives. A
few more faces of detectives appearing
in the room, Hankins and his employees
discovered the ira, they had fallen
into, and the man at the roulette table
had just called out, nineteen in the
black and no one on it," looked
amazed and forgot to roll the little
glass ball again. The dealer
at the faro-table had just an
nounced a "turn," when noise
on the stairs, and the general attempt
st a stampede in the room, notified
him that another sort of turn" had
been called, and the "bank busted"
Three roulette tables, faro game,
hight ball poker, and hazard were all
running in full blast before the eyes of
the police, the first time in
THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO RAIDS
that took so decisive a turn against the
gamblers. The men in the room we're
of all kinds and ages, the young men
predominating. A scrutiny of the
faces and giance at the inmates,
whether players or witnesses, showed
the large majority to be of the employ
ed class, clerks and laborers. In few
moments rumbling was heard down
up in front of the door fraighted with
policemen. The crowd on the street
saw the movement, understood it, and
gave loud cheer. Within five min.
utes Clark street was black with hui
mainly, nearly every man expressing
pleasure at the raid. A second and
then third patrol wagon appeared,
each containing its quota of officers,
who rushed up the stars and began the
work of cleaning out the establish
ment. Lieutenant Setback was in
charge of the men, and directed their
movements. At the door leading into
the gambling room stood Detective
Horace Elliott, who had supplanted
the regular lookout" "Grab your
men and rum" yelled Setback to the
officers, who obeyed the command,
and in trice
THE PATROL WAGONS WERE ROLLING
TO the armory loaded with prisoners.
In the gambling room the chandeliers
were burning brightly, their light
dimmeG only by the clouds of smoke
from hundred cigars ard cigarettes.
George Hsnkins and his dealers took
things nonchantly. They saw that the
game was up, and philosophically
watched the proceedings. The inmates,
as the visitors or players are called,
were first taken to the station, and
when they were all gone the proprietor
and his help were also placed 10 the
patrol wagon and hurried behind the
bars. When the room WAS nearly
cleared the work of removing the ma
chinery was commenced, and red,
white and blue chips, dice aud all the
paraps ernalia of gambling institution
were bundled up and carried to the
central notice station