Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-25
70 Sunnress Gambling.

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A dispatch from Norfolk says:
Several days ago Captain Mushbach,
of Alexandria, appeared in Norfolk
aud registered at the Atlantic Hotel.
Captain Mushbach remained in the city
several days and left. Soon thereafter
New Yorker, who called himself
John Miller, put in an appearance, and
registered al the st. James. Both OF
these gentlemen were seen frequently
in the vicinity of policy shops. Their
business in Norfolk was made known
Thursday afternoon, when John Mil
Ter, who is a detective, called upon
Justice East and asked for warrants for
the arrest of Robert Taylor, Richard
Lee and Thomas Corbin, charging
them with conducting policy shops.
The warrants were placed in the
hands ofoliicers and the places raidcd.
Mr.. Miller says Norfolk is the head
quarters of the policy dealers on the
Atlantic Coast from New York TO Sa-
vannah that drawings are made there
twice day; the numbers are sent by
telegraph 10 Richmond, Alexandria,
Petersburg, Lynchburg, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York and other
places, where branch Offices are con-
Quoted. These kilograms are followed
by printed circulars, stating that the
numbers were drawn from the wheel OF
the Dismal Swamp Lottery Company,
signed Robert Taylor, manager. For
this service each of the branch houses
pays $50 per week. 1t will be remem-
bored that the charter Of the Dismal
Swamp Lottery Company was revoked
by the Legislature of Virginia, and that
it is being continued in violation oflaw.
Mr.. Miller says he believes that the
Norfolk officials know all about the
business. He says that when the draw
ings take place the shops are filled with
men, women and children, who, as
soon as they fail to strike a combina-
ton at one shop, rush off pcll-mell to
enter their numbers at another shop IN
different locality. When the cases
come to trial Capt Mushbach will come
to Norfolk and assist in the pro'ecu-
ton"
The policy-shop men arrested on
Thursday night were yesterday sent on
to court and bail fixed at $500 each,
which they gave.
The Norfolk Ledger in reference TO
the examination says: "J. Miller, de-
tective of Washington, was witness.
He said he was acting for State Senator
Mushbach, in ferreting out vice and
crime Senator Mushbach is attorney
for an anti-gambling society in New
York, it is said that he, the witness,
had had his eye on this place for three
months; had been in the place, made
investments, and won nothing saw
there people, including boys and girls,
who in order to play the game were
denying themselves food, &c, and not
realizing cent on the dollar invested
that he had concluded it was time to
stop it. During his visits to the place
he found Mr.. Taylor, one of the prison
ers at the bar of the court, in charge,
and Mr.. Moore, also a prisoner at the
bar, he had discovered was writer IN
the game. He did not recognize MIR.
Sawyer as having been connected with
the place"
Captain MHshbach has been in Nor
folk himself recently looking after this
matter, hut Mr. Miller swore out the
warrant on which Thursday nights raid
was made. 1t is fair to presume that there
is an element of the population of
Norfolk who haven't to-day
very kindly feeling for either De-
tective Miller or Senator Mush-
bach, the authors Of such clever piece
of work-as tho public is likely to look
at it, whatever the motive that prompt
ed it (the motive has been questioned
in N0rfoik tQ-day). The general yer
dict is that rhIFsda5 night Norfolk,s
moral wave reached with valuable out |
of-town assistance a shore that needed |
washing badly-that it broke very
nearly around the centre of response
hility for all of the vice and crime in
MoFSQik.
Judge Brooks, af the Corporation
Court, received the following telegram
from Captain Mushbach.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, March "a, 1898.
Judge D. Tucker Brooke:
please call special grand jury to indict
poliey cases, IBitG lie IN cQurt to assist prose-
cution If the dag is fixed after gpfiI 9Th
am now, and until then will be. engaged ii:
important cases in Washington.
GEO. A. MusHBACH.
Judge Brooke said that it was likely
that his reply to Captain Mushbach
would be that it was not practicable to
sail q special grand jury as desired, ow-
ing to the fact that he is now in the
midst of a criminal tefm, and that the
April term is quarterly term, while
not to call special jury would cause
but little delay, the next regular grand
Jury term being in Nav.