The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-20
THE GAMES RAIDED.
Gamblers and Their Imple-
ments Seized by Police.
PANIC AMONG THE PLAYERS.
Chief Rogers Gathers In the Owners
ana employees OF the Dens-Great
Excitement Results.

Inc police last evening raided the gam
ping rooms of the city, and made sixteen
arrests. The proprietors of the games
nVe In number-were first arrested and
tnen Chief Rogers detailed several squads
OF police to visit the gambling-hodses a
second time and arrest the dealers and
seize the tools. All those arrested gave
bail IN the sum of SIS each. making total
OF 81, % The value of the gambling par
aphernalia seized is about $500. The
gamblers will be given a trial Monday
afternoon in the municipal court before
Judge River.
The raid was entirely unexpected, and
was made very suddenly, every one being
taken by surprise. First the chief de-
tailed Dete tives Phillips, Cave and Cudi-
hee, Inspector Willard and Lieutenant
Sims to arrest the proprietors of any
games found running. Detective Phillips
went to the NJ. and n. house, on Washing
ton street, besween South Second and
Commercial, end arrested William Como
yer; Inspector Willard went % the Clancy
Burns house and arrested Frank
Clancy; Lieutenant Sims went to the
Beede games, in the Butler block, and ar
rested Charles Mullen; Detective Cudihee
went to the Horse shoe games and arrested
J. L. Griffin; Detective Cave went to the
Delcho rooms and found Ri hard Kelley
in charge. At police hendqu.. tiers the
men were booked upon charges of con-
Quoting gambling games, and each gave
bail in the sum of $50.
As soon as the five men had been booked
the chief again sent out a squad of men
with orders to revisit the gambling rooms,
and, if any games were found running, to
arrest the dealers and seize the geming
tools. Inspector Willard, accompanied by
Officer Powers, Immediately went to
Clancy & Burns saloon on Jackson street,
but they could not get upstairs, owing to
the fact that before their arrival the
players were notified by sentinel that
the police were coming and the mob
fed; they rushed down the stairs four
abreast and swept everything before them.
The officers could not force their way
against this human current, and before
they got to the top of the stairway the
gambling implements had all been hidden
away.
Captain Barck, Detective Phillips and
Officer Steppler went to the NJ. and n.
rooms. The games were all running and
in the rooms were about 200 men, includ-
ing spectators and players. As soon as
the alarm was given every one made o
rush for the door, but Officer Steppler
barred the way and told them they would
have to remain inside. The patrol wagon
was sent for and $3.50 worth of tools were
seized and sent to headquarters. While
the games were being closed the street in
front of the house was filled by an excited
crowd. When the dealers, "Pop" Dolan,
James Burns aud G. w. Griffin appeared
from the building in charge OF officers, the
crowd went wild.
The inclement weather had tendency
to drive pedestrians under cover, and at
that hours 80 o'clock-the gaming rooms
all over town were crowded. The news
soon spread that the games were being
raided, and the loungers in the saloons all
turned out to see the fun.
The patrol wagon was next sent to the
Horseshoe and the Beede gaming houses.
The alley leading to the two houses was
already crowded with men, but the patrol
wagon was driven down and the mob
parted. right and left. There must have
been 500 spectators, and there was great
excitement.
In the Beede house were nearly $50
players and they were kept in the rooms
by Lieutenant Sims and Officer Birdsall,
while the dealers, directed by Officer Eos
ter, packed up their chips and other gam
ing tools. The biggest crowd of all was in
the Horseshoe. In this place there must
have been at least 300 players; the rooms
were packed almost to suffocation. The
appearance of the officers created conster-
nation and many attempted to escape, but
they found all the exits guarded. The
tools were wrapped up and taken to the
patrol wagon and placed alongside the de-
vices taken from the Beede games. The
dealers of the two houses were
then put in the wagon and the
officers, who guarded the entrances to the
rooms, withdrew. Instantly the players
swarmed out like bees from hive they
were not sure but that the officers had
made mistake and still intended to ar
rest them, and they were consequently
very anxious to make their escape while
there ~ as an opportunity.
The names of the eleven dealers who
were arrested are l.. Bow and Charles
Isaacs, from the Delcho; J. E. Griffin, G..
II. Sleitzer, G. Spaulding and C. Moore,
from the Horseshoe; Pop" Dolan, James
Burns and G. W. Griffin from the NJ. & n. I;
Frank Barley and Charles Aylor, from
Beede's.