Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-17
Surprised at NlidniRht.

TWO HUNDRED PROMINENT BALTIMOREANs MARRIED
WHILE GAMBLING.
The Baltimore police have raided and broken I'D
the famous White Elephant, the most notorious
gaming house In that city. The raid took place
saturday midnight, when thirty police bounced
upon the attendants in the Palace saloon on the
first floor. putting them all under arrest The
poilcc then crept cautiously upstairs and. burst
ing IN the doors or The gaining room. found about
TWO hundred prominent and respected citizens
huck!ng the tiger When the police appeared each
or them made Iranctlc efforts To escape but they
were all captured. The two dealers, with forty
player. We're held. ana the others dismissed large
quantity Of chip and other gaining paraphernaiia
Were seized. and considerable money as we'll This
pretor has been r;tided. The raid so frightened
other similar houses that they Immediately closed
MIR. Beard said to a Baltimore american reporter
That he had no connection whatever with the White
Elephant: that his wife was employed there as
cashier. Joshua Evans and Tin sullivan, the two
dealers who were arrested. We're yesterday released
III >1.t@n bail each for court.
Matthew McGarvey was arrested early Sunday
morning charged with permitting game OF cards
on sunday. McGaryey was not the only one ar
rested there. Officers Baker and Jones and Ser
geant Carrck got there at the same and captured
who We're engaged In playing cards. Matthew
McGarvey was fined $40 and cost the rest 81 and
costs, which they paid, and were released.
BRUTAL OUTRAGE IN BRooKLyS.-A brutal out
rage was committed yesterday upon IA young
IL, y.
V. by IA gang OF ruf1ians, who dragged her into a
stable In Nassau alley. The police arrested John l.
savage, Robert T. Baldwin. james Muhollahd and
Robert Daily. whom the girl identified as being
among her assailantS They were held for exalni-
nation.
DROPPED BY POLICEMANS BCLLET.-At CadiZ,
OHIO, Jesse Lawrence, Il cOlOred desperate, who re-
Gently served term In the penitentiary for high
way robbery, was shot through the heart Saturday
Ilght by Policeman John StubbinS. Lawrence had
been engaged in a fight with one Hilligas. and
eheu TO shoot him Stubbns fired first and the
negro dropped in his tracks. dying at GAO. Stub
bins gave himself up. but was Immediately released
TILLER's ATTEMPT TO EsCAPE.-Prentice Tiller
the st. Louis express robber made bold and des-
perate attempt TO escape Saturday. since his cap
ture he had been In the hands OF the express OH
Gals, helping them TO stralghten out their accounts
ana ne occupied room on the fifth floor OF the
the tall on the outside. Tiller passed out OF an
open window, and by the aid Of the fire escape de-
scended TO the balcony over the main entrance OF
the hotel and rushed into the house, but, not being
acquainted, he ran wildly He had to retrace part
OF MS steps and as he did so the guard twho had
been appraised OF his escape by Mr. Morslnam met
ana caught him. He was taken TO the Four Courts
and locked up.
YOUNG HEIRS SUICIDE.-Wm. Is. II. GAYLORD.
bookkeeper for the Excelsior oil company OF Cleve-
land Ohio, shot himself at Chicago Saturday night,
Papers In his possession gave his name and address,
and also showed that he was heir 10 large estate
III 'eselallu, portion OF which he recently re-
ceived, having attained his majority. 1t was found
tha his accounts were all straight, and his friends
In Cleveland are at loss to account for the deed.
Few minutes before firing the shot he lert res
ta,iraht III company with a woman and two men.
He asked the woman u go with him, but she re-
fused, departing with the others His last words
10 her were that she would regret her action as
long AS she lived. 1t Is supposed TO be q case Of
unreciprocated infatuatiOn.
Franz Sprenat, who lived In Baltimore COM
United suicide yesterday by hanging himself with
skate-strap.
Al .'AnttBad Literature Society has been
formed by the Evangelical Ministerial Association
oI Pittsburg and Allegheny