The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-31
FIVE GANGS RUN In.
Three We're Gamblers and
the Rest We're Hood
1umS.
WHAT WAS DONE WITH THEM.
Some We're Held for the 6rand
Jury and the Others We're
Let Off With Fines.

The gang of eleven negroes arrested
Saturday night by Headquarters detec-
tives in William Gray's gambling din at
No. 271 Washington street, AS told in THE
SUNDAY MORNING NEWS, was today ar
raiGnea before Justice O'Donnell. They
were William Gray, proprietor; John
Nichols of No. 106 Brunswick street,
Egwood Williams of No. 3sS Monmouth
street, Frank Welsh of No. 254 Eleventh
street. John Mason of Newark. John II.
Cook of No. % Canal street, William
Brown Of No. 81 York street, w. c. Tay
lor or No. 429 Monmouth street. William
Mitchell of No. 275 Newark avenue,
Peter Hughes of No. 27l Washington
street and Scott Parker Of No. 90 Canal
street.
Gray admitted to Justice O'Donnell
that he is the proprietor of the dive, and
that craps" was played there He said
his place had been raided before by the
police and he was under 500 bonds for
the action of the Grand Jury. Justice
O'Donnell increased the bonds to $500, and
also held the dealer in the same amount.
the nine other gamblers were fined s.
each.
AS soon as this case was disposed Of,
gang of six white gamblers was ar
IhlHueQ. lHcy, 100, were dfreSbtu Dy Iu6
Headquarters detectives under command
of Detective Dalton. The place raided
was a poker room at Grove street and
Newark avenue and the proprietor is a
man named Dunbar. When arrested be
caused CONSERVATION by telling the
police he was Charles Somers. Those Of
the detectives who did not know the per-
sonnel of the Street and Water Board
imagined that they had captured it's
president. The others caught In the act
of playing were:-C. II. Anderson of No.
2l6 Fourth street, Frank Z. Hall, Symes'
Hotel; Joseph Hill of No. So Wayne
street. and Thomas Ellis of No. $40 Grand
street. Henry Stein was spectator
merely and Justice O'Donnell dis
charged him. Dunbar and the man who
sold the poker chips were each held in
$500 bail for the Grand Jury.
THE THIRD GANG
The third gang Of gamblers had great
luck. They were George Bannon, John
Allison and John Lovely. They all claim
to live somewhere on Washington street.
but the exact locality they didn't know.
They were found playing Craps" on
doorstep on York street, near Washing
ton street, at eleven o'clock. All told
Justice O'Donnell that they were simply
practicing, and W ere not gambling
There was no evidence that the young
men were playing for money, and Justice
O'Donnell discharged them with lec-
ture.
In addition to the gambling raids the
police were very active Saturday night in
freeing the streets of corner loafers. They
arraigned before Justice O'Donnell to-
day. William Hart of No. So York street,
James Supple of No. $50 Second street,
George Rowe Of No. 1853 Steuben street,
Peter McGoyern of No. l63 SteuDen
street, Frank Newcomb of No. 91 New
ark avenue, Louis Rowe of No. 1853
Steuben street, and Frank Kennedy OF
No. 1873 Morgan street, These fellows
were found near Steuben street stable
making night hideous by their conduct.
They were fined So each and cautioned
about being brought before the Court
again.
James Cochrane and six other men were
found congregated on Second street aud
were run in. Contr ractor John Nolan
told Justice 'O'Donnell that all but
Cochrane worked for him and were wait
Ing to be paid off when arrested. Coch-
rane had claimed that he, too. was a
workingman when arrested, and that he
was employed by Nolan. For this lie
Justice O'Donnell fined him s., but the
others were discharged.
The Morris Street Mission people re-
ceived a permit from the Street and
Water Commissioners some time ago to
hold out door services on Hudson street.
Since then Superintendent Smith say
he has received many complaints from
people who claim the services at
tract hoodlums and create dis
turDances. Superintendent Smith said
that fight took place there
last Sunday. and hoodlums did
everything possible to annoy the
mission people and the people who live
in the neighborhood. When the last
complaint was made the Superintendent
concluded to stop the nuisance. He sent
a policeman to the place yesterday aud
directed him to tell the mission people
that they must hold their services in
front of the mission house.
Edward l.. Graham. the cornetist, who
furnishes the music at these gatherings,
refused TO go to the mission house.
He was told by the policeman that Ii he
played his corHet anywhere else he would
be arrested. Graham paid no attention
TO this. and when the time TO play ar
rived he footed on his instrument.
Graham was then arrested. Today he
appeared before Justice O'Donnell, ac-
companied by Counsellor L. S. Cowles
Before the case was entered into Justice
O'Donnell adjoured it until tomorrow.