The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-11
THE GAME OF BLUFF.
Hugh Kelly Getting Solid With
His Constituency-An
Old Trick.

Headquarters Detectives Larkins, Dali
ton, Doyle. McNally. Smith and Kill
cauIey, under the direction of Police
Super inte ndent Smith. made raid at ten
o'clock on Saturday night on the gam
bling establishment kept by Charles
jackson. in connection with his saloon
at No. As Montgomery street. Jackson is
colored man, formerly Pullman car
porter, and his place is principally the
has long had the reputation of being a
gambling house where games were
PLAYED with much boldness and in almost
public defiance of law.
AS everybody knows, Superintendent
Smith has had the place under surveil-
lance for some time. Saturday night De-
tective Larkins, with the aid of a tele-
cope, managed to get peep into the
Ram bling room. which Is on the second
floor over the saloon. He was surprised
10 see number of men sitting around q
table, made for the purpose. playing
craps"
He secured fiash-ltght photograph of
the room and the occupants. but of
course not of the table or craps" He
eportei to Superintendent Smith. A
raid was then determined upon al
made. but when the officers got In to cue
room the occupants. who of course had
oeen warned, had left the table aud were
looking up at the moon out of tine WIN
low.
They were. however, all arrested,
placed In the patrol wagon and taken to
police headquarters, wnere they were
booked as follows
Charles jackson, saloon keeper, No.
98 Montgomery street.. residence No. 139
Grand street. age 35 years; James Frank
lin, age 81 wears, of Washington, d. c.,
Pullman Car porter; William Bryan,
aged 2e years. waiter al the A6attoir
saloon foot of Sixth street; Marion
Brown, age 81, cook, of No. 55 York
street; Edward Williams. age 80, car
porter of Brooklyn; Frank Robertson.
age IS, Of No. 1863 Fourth street: John
| Gumm, age 19, waiter of Newark; James
| Mitchell, aged %, waiter, OF No. 81 Sussex
street; William Owens. aged 81. waiter.
Of No. ss5 Seventh street; Thomas Burk,
aged %, cook, of No. 274 Merseles street:
| Jerry Dobson, aged rs, laborer. of No. "a
| York street; James Herndon. aged "a,
car porter. of No. 262 Warren street;
\ Henry Caldwell, aged 26, labor rer. OF No.
73 l-2 Wilton street; Thomas Smell. agsd
| %, laoorer. aged %, loporer. of No. PIG
| Grand street: Jeuerinz Cummings, aged
| "a, laborer, of No. 10 Railroad avenne;
| Peter Ashton, aged 35, bartender. OF No.
| 10 York street. ALI colored.
THAT CUTE INDIAN.
I OF course, IL wasu' Z intended to lock up
| these men. Hugh Kelly was on hand
| and became their nondsmen. Phil Null
uoon's Indian had been out for a saunter
Saturday lightsand saw the police raid
] Jadkson's. Heshurried down to the cigar
| store and told Kelly. Now every
| body knows Hugh Kelly. He
| was Bob Davis Assemblyman
last year. He was Que OF the bad mems
| Oers of the bad Legislature. He deserted
| Albeit, voted for tue Wanser wing clip
| pers. was In the race track deal. aud had
| couple Of bad bills himself that Were
| enough TO ruin a couple of mems repuJH-
| tions. Kelly is anxious TO be Assembly
| man again, SO when he heard OF the
| arrest Of the colored men-- aud of course
| 1t WAS in his district-he hied himself to
Headquarters with that tweet smile of
| his, he sympathized wish the colored
| gents, assured them 1t was all an outrage,
| and promised to use "his influence
| When called this morning before JUS
| tice O'DonDell the accused appeared ex-
| ceptng James Herndon, who IL was re-
| porter, had goue out on his train, but will
| appear tomorrow. jackson, the pr3prl-
| etor. who 10 charged with keeping Il dis
| orderly nouEe, waived examination aud
| furnished bail in the sum of $500 to await
l the action OF the Grand Jury.
In the cases OF the other prisoners an
lexaminRtion was held, and Detectives
Larkins, Dalton and Kilcauley testified
| to participatiDg In the raid aud thear.
/ rest OF the above named persons. bu5of