, 1889-06-19

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Mr.. Stroud exclaimed, Gentlemen, | am
a police officer, and you must consider
yourselves in custody, as re have entered
under a warrant" at the next instant
Mr.. Hume came in. There was no resis-
lance of any kind, and the gentlemen
present made no objections to their re-
moval to Vine-street POlice-StatiOn, some
walking, others going thither IL cabs.
Fifteen persons, most of them of the upper
ranks, were thus arrested, among them
being Lord Dudley, Lord Lurgan, Lord
Henry Paulet, Mr.. Benzon, Mr.. S. Lewis,
and Mr.. Merry, along with Mr.. Charles
Seaton and "a professional baccarat-
croupier. At the Adelphi Club a larger
and a less distinguished company was
assembled at the same early hour on
Sunday morning, and Superintendent
Steggles took with him a force of seventy
FIVE constables. The men were posted at
the entrance and the exits of the building
in such a way that escape by doors or
windows was impossible. The persons
inside had no suspicion of the raid about
to take place. Mr.. Steggles, in plain
clothes, tapped at the door in the peculiar
style which he knew was adopted by
members, and it was then cautiously
opened by one Hayes, said to be a we'll
known pugilist. He apparently thought
there was nothing amisS, but too late saw
from the ~cOnstables, who quickly came up
to the doorway, that something unusual
was going to take place; and before he
could give any alarm he was seized and
pinioned. Upon this Mr.. SteggleS, the
inspectors, and thirty or forty cOnstableS
swarmed into the premises, and arrested
the barmen and other employees. The
door leading into the large room was fOun |
locked, but it was burst open, and about
forty men were seen sitting around small
tables gambling. The appearance OF the
pOlice OccaSiOned much excitement, anu
at first resistance seemed threatened; but
this attitude was soon abandoned, when
it was perceived that the officers were Ill
strong force not only inside the building
but outside. SO complete had Mr.. Steggles
rendered his arrangements that not d
single individual in the club eluded his
grasp. Altogether fOrty-Seven arrests
were made. In a word, the coup was per
feet in skill and success and yesterday
morning the POlice-cOurtS at BOw.Street
and Marlborough street were filled with
uncomfortable prisoners Of high and low
degree, thus dexterously "~bagged.' They
were admitted to bail in various sums,
and will have to stand their trial "fOr
keeping and using a common gaming
house"
Now, of course, we know that gambling
will and must go on until the end of time.
The passion for it lives deep down in
human nature of a certain type; and
there are many men who, debarred from
what may be called legitimate indulgenceS
of betting, would wager upon the course
of rain.drOpS running down ii window pane,
or match one maggOt against another
across Il dinner-plate. There are countries
where the vice is universal, as i'll Java
and the Manila Islands, and others, our
own included, where anything is good
enough to gamble about for certain dis
positions. AS a rule, however, this ten
dency, fatally opposed to all useful life
and honest work, settles its own problems
of experience, without any necessity ariS-
ing for the public to take an active inter"
est in the matter. Youthful and amiable
noblemen like Lord Dudley, who figured
among the captives, will probably have
to buy-and cheaply buy-wisdom at a
cost, unnecessary, but not of such a cha
racter, their friends must hope, as will
finally and permanently stand in the way
of their becoming reputable and accepta-
BILE members of the community, when they
are somewhat older. Nor is it an affair of
much wonder or concern to the public at
large if a Jubilee pluuger suddenly comes
to the FROM with three hundred thousand
pounds of ready money. and is SO absurd
ly and inordinately conceited that he
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