Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03
FO"LEY'N FORTY FO'
SIX POLICY Shops RAIDsD BY TIE POLICE
LAST NIGHT
SIX Places Invaded and Nine Arrests Mads-lhe
Apparatus Not Taken-Colsteruation Among
the Cams at the Ssws-Poker Room Raidsd.

As is very well known TO everyone who
knows whats what" policy has been
booming in Wheeling for long time back,
about seven or eight shops being in
operation early and late daily. and lots OF
money changing hands on,the result, as a
matter of course being principally trans
ferred from the pockets Of those willing TO
take the long chances" policy affords into
the Golfers Of the manipulators of the goose.
Five of these shops are located within
square Of the lower end of the Second
ward market house, sixth is on Market
street below Fourteenth, and rumOr locates
one or two other places on the South
Side and in East Wheeling. They have All
been doinga flOurishing business, at least
up TO about week ago, when the raldlng
of poker room made the policy men a
little scary. as it did other gamblers, some
of the latter indeed going 50 far as TO close
up their rooms to their usual habltues and
throw them open for spring house clean
ing in readiness for the active resumption
of operations when the storm should OlOW
over. The policy men did not suspend, but
tnev were fearful of the worst, and that
worst came last night in the shape OF the
police.
The duty Of making the arrests was as
signed 10 Officers LukenS, Gdus, west
Moran, Watson and CrUce, and about nine
o'clock the fun was started. Othcers VAT
son and Cruce went 10 Green's Hotel, at
the corner of Market alley and Market
street, where they arrested William Hen
derson on the charge of policy writing.
Only two or three people were III the place,
md alf
officers then went to August Mathew
saloon, on the opposite side OF Market
street, where George Watson was arrested
on the same charge They next went 10
William Gundling'S saloon, little lower
down Market street, on the west side
where the proprietor combines the saloon
business with throwing the goose. He was
arrested on the charge of keeping shop
About the same time the above raids
were made officers Lukens and GauS went
10 the Last Chance saloon, on Eleventh
street, where George Seaman has been OPP
Grating u goose and man named Steele
writing policy. Both men were found Ia
an upper back room and were arrested.
Several people were present in this room,
and they were badly frightened, one man
exhibiting some symptoms of fainting
when he saw the police. The same officers
then turned the corner of Water street, and
raided policy shop kept by Edward John
son and in which William Winters does
the writing. Both were arrested. The
exact location of this shop was not made
known by The police, at the request Of some
one interested, but it is on the upper por-
tiou of Water street.
Officers Moran and West went to the
Mark Twain" saloon, where a goose is
operated by two men who gave the hcti-
4 nrAs and
Charles Jones when arrested.
All the men arrested gave security for
their appearance IN Police Court Monday
morning TO answer the charges preferred
against them.
POKER ROOM RAIDED.
About midnight last night Chief Del
brugge raided the poker room kept by
Frank Martin. al 230S Market street, in
the Fifth Ward, capturing the proprietor
and ten players. All put up for their
appearance.