Daily Republican., 1888-08-06
THIRD EDITION.
RaIdlnK Iho 8 ambleia.

oasv solioitor Ball received iniormA
x,ru LAT Monday th9t gambling YES
Hsaln carried on In tho old Malta
sSouaa. on Water sh Get near King, hno |
ehst Games we're played Saturday night |
S1d suptag He Immediately oommu
nIoated with Mayer Harrington and
Obiof swlggstt, after which be Swore
out The necessary warTsnts 10 have the
nIaoe searched. The matter WAS kept
asoret uutil Saturday evening, when
Rereaapts ts BAck burn and TuckaHt With
= sSnad Of ofiesrs we're ordered TO sur-l
Toupd the buiIdit and arTss; every one
An it. Previous 70 this Oily Solicit n
Ball had taken the trouble to secure .
IiiNeram Of the plaoe, and ths of1oeTs
were Instructed TO watch eyetry means
Sergeant Tucker depioyei his men on
Front street, whIle Sergeant Blackburn,
Nth 4 detsil OF offiosrt, ,ntsred the
building and proceeded 10 ore OF the
aopeF rooms, whore he found . number
ofmen engaged in playing keno There
WAS but few Of them that made any
Effort to escape, and bat ons, George
Bpeekman, LEFT tie room. he managed
a reach the roof, where hs WAS cap.
tured by SerSesut Tucker, who htd
ROns uo through the Novelty Theatre
% wutch the trap door. The pEisoners
were taken TO police station, whero they
rave their Lanss as Jams r MoOlahr,
Joseth RseS, j. Ii. Hulri!ey, JJhn
GrAntlaud, Frank FELTON,, Jacob Denr
Thomss Ryan, Jsmes Green, John
Kelly, Joseph L Myers, George Riley ,
LewIe Gtaoe, Gs0rge SpsaGmAD. JAMES
McNebby, JOS PHI Watson, Edward
Null and ssmutl Smith.
A complete bsoo OUTFIT Vas also cap
turtd, aud, with e. 81 found In draw
or, taken to the hail.
Oily Bolloltor Bal also sWore out .
warrant for o plaos In tho Askew Bald
ing, at Seventh and Market streets
which was pnt IN Sergeant Peterson Z
hands. He proceeded 10 tue plsee Wt'll
ave men, aud after Hta.iouinR them on
the outsids, aacended to the secoud
fioor. The gamblers were conducting
their business in the holdest manner
and this door OF the room in which they
were paying vas standing wide open
The sergeant walked into the room, aud
to the surprise Of the gamblers com
mencsd GEiheTiDG up the cbipF, atsei
which he Informed them that they wer'
under arrest.
Those captured were Il nry White
Theodore W Francis, Ohsrlss Sim
mong, Frederick Robinson and John I
captured. After they hGd been tskei
to police statior c ERIK Hy'And WAS, q
the request Of Whits, sent for, and Nc
Clear, Myers, White and Reed were re
lea sed on bail.
Yesterday morning tie men capture'
IN each OF the raids were AIrAigped ba
fore Juite Lyman, when jacob Dsun
Thomas RyAa and james MoNesb.
waived q heSiing and entered bail II
81. 900 each for thelr APPEARANCE q
Oourt.
George SpsakDan and Theodore Fran
ois were each held In 81 eco bail for
further hearing this evening, but 80 IA
Sheriff holds q capiAs for Francis b
was Afterwards handed over to him
and through the efforts OF his oouuss
q. H. Ward, Esq, subsequently, TeleaI
cd on another bail bond Of Sl,C0O. ph
remainder OF those arrested were place
under ball for their appearance As wi
nesPea this evening.
Word wss Also received that RRmblin
was going on at George Bstson's pOk'
den On Sixth street near Walnut, IN
Bsraeants Blackburn aud Peterson, wit
AtqUad Of officers, made descent c
the place Yesterday afternoon.
TLey found seven colored men, in
smh'l room on the second q )oT, bust
engsEed In . game OF poker, and tht
oApLured the entire party, The Cfi ,e
then tLrted to gather up the check
and . bile they were thus engaged Ba
son jumped through the window doT
to shed and m sds his escape. AT o HI
one OF the party named Duncan Att6mp
ed 10 follow him, when he Was seize
by the ttiosrs and pulled back. Lswi
nRe 81 me party GlsO managed TO ts9aI
Enough the window, and the followtr
we've taken 20 the hall: II. Duncan. E
ward Petty, James Hut, William (
Loper and frank Ford. They were I
leased under bail for their 6Ipasran
els evening.