New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-21
PRICE THREE CENTS
RAID ON GAMBLING-HOUSES.
INSPECTOR BYRNEs VISITS A DOZEN.
ONLY TWO MEN ARRESTED, BUT GREAT QuAx
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ONLY TWO MEN ARRESTED, But 4 GREAT QuANs
TITY OF IMPLEMENTS SEIZED.
PolicesCommissioner Porter summoned Inspector
Byrnes tn his Office on Friday and gave him list Of
reputed gambling houses against which he had evil
dence and instructed the Inspector to take measure
to close them. Mr. Byrnes made some investigar
tions himself, and yesterday morning, with Do
<tective-Sergeants Mclaughlin and grove, went
before Recorder Smyth and procured search war.
rants for twelve houses under the law which pro.
vides that an officer may swear out search war
rant on information and belief that gambling il
carried on III certain houses. and may seize add
confscate any gambling implements found on the
premises Armed with the warrants Mr.. Byrnes
summoned all his available force and about
o'clock last evening made raids on the twelve
houses, securing large quantity OF valuable
material. which was taken to Police Headquarters
and!put in the museum for temporary safe keeping.
The first place visited was No. 90 West Thirty
first ST. The gamblers had evidently not received
any warning of the raid, and a game was in full
progress. Detectives McCloskey, Doyle, Geoghegan
and OCOnnOr, who We're assigned to this house, had
to batter down four doors before they could get to
the room where the gambling was carried on By
the time they had got there all the gamblers had
flown. They found two faro "lay-outs,' with
check rack. box cards. checks and all the other
paraphernalia of faro game, as well as poker
table and cards.
Some of the gamblers had evidently been
warned, for at No. 522 Sixth-ave, No. 81 West
Thirty -Grst-st., Nc. % West Thrtieth-st and No.
SIS Broadway, well-known as the Central CInb,
nothing was found, though they are notorious
places and there were signs of the necessary outfit
foI gambling room having been recently moved
away.
fuund - 800 cUiOS. lSb Dacks of cards and two
faro tables with accompanlments. When the de-
tectives reach No. 3S West Thirtethst, they found
the doors locked and when they forced their way
in nobody was in the room. though there was evi-
dence of recent playing. They captured 900 chips,
box of cards; two poker tables, roulette table
and wheel and two faro tales. A faro layout
poker table. $50 chips markers, and cards were
found at No 526 Sxth-ave. In No.. 80 West
Thirty-first-st. was found hazard table faro
layout, two poker tables, roulette table and
wheel. with cards, dice boxes and other articles.
Roulette seemed to be the favorite at No. o West
wheels were found there with one faro layout, aud
poker table At No. I'll West Thirty-frst-st.
only faro layout was captured.
The finest place visited was at No. q Wese
Twenty-eghth-st. The reputed proprietor Is
Dave > johnson. He had only recently taken tho
place and occupied the outre house. The second,
third and fourth floors were handsomely fitted mp
without regard TO cost The gambling implements
were all new. and OF the latest and most costly
description. There were. found in the place two
poker tables with cards and chips, two complete
faro lay-outs. hazard tables. roulette tables and
wheels and, IN fact all the flrture necessary iof
the fitting up OF a complete frst-class gambling
house.
Inspector Byrness Office and the detective museum
presented the appearance OF n gambling house. IN
disorder. Roulette wheels, faro tables, dice boxes
and cue racks piled up all around. and the lie
tcctives were busy slowing them so that they
would take up the least roOm Mr. Byrnes told tho
story of the raid with evident relish and added:
&" haven't bothered with the gamblers since tho
Job given TO other parties about two years ago.
It is q purely local precinct matter bat the Com
mssioners gave me my instructions ana we've car
ried them out. We have positive evidence that
or more parties have played in all OF these places
within month six weeks"
Only two arrests were made during the raid.
Eugene Case. the rcputed proprietor of the house,
No. q West Twenty -ninth-st.. and Dave johnson,
the reputed proprietor of No. West Twenty
eIghth-st. the uplucky They wero
taken to Police Headquarters and admitted to bail
by Police Justice Ford.
Commissioner Porter is said t. have been at
work securing. evidence against these houses for
some time, and to have had III his employ for this
purpose two ex-members of the Newark police
force. The Police Commissioners are determined
to break mp all the gambling houses in New-iork,
and it is likely that other warrants will be sworn
out in short time. All the houses visited aso
night are in the Twenty ninth Precinct except No.
sis Broadway which is in the Fifteenth Precinct