Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-10
GAMBLERS SAID To HAVE BEEN
WARNED.
A Sergeant and n Policeman lnlpltc0s.
cd-A Raid but Only One Arrest.

From the New York Tribune, Jan. Z.
Anthony Comstock charged the police of the
Thrtieth Street Station. yesterday, with in
| forming the inmates OF the gambling house at
No. 102 West Thirty-second street of his intend
ed descent upon the place, by which the alleged
proprietor, Albert J. Adams. and seventeen
| Others escaped arrest. Mr.. Comstock made the
| following statement to q reporter of the Trib-
une:
81 had secured warrants for the arrest of
ak men, including Albert J. Adams. the propri-
etor OF the gambling den at No. 102 West Thir-
ty-second street Adams is now under indict-
ment. and has been indicted before several
times. l went to the Thirtieth Street Police
Station and inquired for Captain Williams. but
was told that he was not in. / then handed
Sergeant Westervelt, who was In charge the
warrant for the arrest of Adams and five other
men. The sergeant went into the back room
and had conversation in low tone OF voice
with an officer there. This officer fastened to
the door, and after leaving the station. started
on the run toward a barber-shop. told one of
my officers named Dram to follow him. He did
so, and reported that the officer entered the
barber-shOp, waited there an instant as if look
ing for somebody, and then came out and ran
on to an engne-hOuse. A moment later he
came out and ran on to liquor shop. The
| officer had been at the liquor shop only an
instant when the bartender having on his
white apron, ran to the gambling house
and flushed the game. Seventeen men
came piling out of the gambling house.
leaving John Mccormick to take care of the
property. He carried the red and black layout
to the roof and padlOcked the exit Then he
packed !, 243 checks into tray and was attempt
Ing to carry them away when he arrested.
We also secured 100 checks i'm the safe a rou-
lette wheel. trunk and table. together with
three fine slate blackbOards and all the furni-
ture in the place, including Herring safe. The
trunk was full of policy and envelope books
There were tour games carried on there-policy
the envelope game. red and black and roulette
No faro was playedn this place. but we captured
two nickel faro dealing-boXes and two
packs OF cards. After Dram had seen the officer
alarm the place he returned to the station and
told me the facts. Capt Williams passed the
officer coming toward the station. The Captain
was on one side of the street and the officer on
the other. Neither spoke to the other in pass
ing. told Capt. Williams that / had heard that
a warrant could not be served on gamblers in
his precinct; that wanted to prove that it was
not true, and that one of his officers had given
the entire matter away and alarmed the gam
blers so that they escaped arrest. Capt Will
liams replied in a general way, saying that he
did not believe that this could be true learned
that the name of the officer was Henry H. Shill.
patrolman No. 1891. He was in full uniform at
the time that he ran out of the police station
| have dictated a letter embodying the facts
that have given you to Superintendent WALL
ing. l shall also present statement to the
grand jury. Mr.. Dram is one of my best men,
and have reason to believe implicitly what he
told me"