The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-01-07
DID THE POLICE WARN THEM
0AMBLERS HSCAPE BEFORE ANTHONY
CONSTOCK ARRITEG
He Iataaatss that . Psliesasa Wsas fPs0
the ThirtistA Street esasisn - Give the
Aiarn-Or Did He Only 0s % - shaved

He 1nttoatss that Psl1es0sa Went fbe0
the ThirtistA street osasisA - Give the
Aiarn-Or Dia He OrIy 0s % ~ shavsAS
Anthony Comstock, the agent OF the 30
ciety for tho Suppression OF Vice. rsided the
gambling house at 1O2 West Thlrty-second
street yesterday afternoon and seized Q valu-
able set OF gambling apparatus. All Of the
dealers. with ono exception. escaped. and Mr..
Comstock says he can prove that they were
warned By the police.
Justice Bixby. at Jefferson Market. issued
at o'clock warrant for the arrest OF Andrew
]. Adams. who was said to be the proprietor.
John Mccormick. said TO be dealer. and four
other dealers. The complainant was young
man who said he had been playing In the house
for eleven months. and had lost four or nve
hundred dollars. He said that the house had
reopened Immediately after Mr. Comstock
raided 1t last November. and had boon doing .
large business over since. Its freQuenters ware
clerks. ONCE boys and poor men. 1t WAS kept
going day and night and Sundays.
ises. Mr. ConstocE. With his agents Dram and
~ s:.f c ss
geant Westsryelt and asked ior four policemen
IN civilians clothes TO assist him. Mr.. Com
sergeant wsstsrvsit loft ths desk and
wps1sG G sas n5s
from The back room and went 70 the front door
s rsn.d "a" sSs y tn.
Sts ss o ssns Oa
sns st.s:s q .D r.. Fl Elm
Wishing to make make raid n hs prssincs Without
his KNOWLEDGE. I had hardly spoken when
S% &. and AID that na eli. sSs,
Dram says: II followed 1921 on . run, and
Tsesh s9e on ayssu ana
came out: went Into The engine h9use next
to The coInsr q SIKH avenue. He looked
around. hurried up the avenue. and entered
A moment later the bartender. came out In his
white coat and ran Into the cigar stop which
icy men run out: ana Sssa.nsd: ~" =.
Britton says he saw seventeen mon escape
AVE- the nss the
and broke n the outsr d9ors Of she low story
% SsSs Thss found Nc pnns
away chips in the safe. and arrested him. The
@o eSs sbov: Ths
tomary entrance TO the lower room was
through tho cigar store OF George Pronttss.
necting with spring latch on the door. and II
hc knew man man sho 70 the decr he pulled
door, the gambler found himself In . long. mar
row room. separated Into two parts by parti-
tion parallel With the street In The front par,
in the rear long counter. On the
wall behind the counter was large black board.
ss siy
room. Near the front windows Of tho upper
room was large and handsome roulette table.
and In tho rear was rcd and black lay out.
Bssdcs THE 1arr15c NJ SomsoSk sszed
trunk with 5000 blank envelopes and ioS On
yelopcs with slipe. 100 books OF manifold. a
batch Of policy d1awings, and miscellaneous
pieces, the blaokboards were torn down. and
everything portable. except the safe was piled
on q cart and removed to the Thirtieth street
police station. The safe contained books and
eiosed will b. broken t OPEN today. ""'" wan
Mr.. Comstock told Can't. W illIams OF the con-
duct Of policeman .99l and reports that the
Captain merely asked him how no would prove
Henry ss snd hat he s had asked
mission to go ana get shaved;
Mr.. .Comstock said no would lay the case be:
fore tho Police Commissioners. and II they did
Ina h ss S0nd ~ to 6s
fixed things" with the authorities and was
Policeman Shill says that he asked permis-
sion Of Sergeant Westesyes e IT, 60 t. tho barber
find friend. and not seeing him. there. he
looked in at the engine house. and then at
Benefits. He says he said nothing to the bar
and did not give to the
sergeant Westervelt did not tell him TO warn
the gamblers.