The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-14
THE GAMBLERS MUST Co.
Another Batch Of Policy Lottery Men
Arrested.

The Raid WIN Continue Until They
Are All Corralled- Edward Wade,
the Aged Offender, Again in Court
Several old-timers Put on the Docket
An Attempt to be Made to Clear
! Out All the Gambling Dens.
The raid on the policy lotteries was
! continued YESTERDAY and a number of
/ hauis were made by the officers.
A pitiable feature Of the case was the
appearance yesterday Of old man Edward
Wade, who ran a policy lottery in Bay
street lane near Barnard. at the Office Of
Solicitor General Fraser where he went
to deposit his bond.
Wade is rs years old, with white hair
and clean shaver face and is so near
white that he would be taken for eau
casion in any crowd. He is so feeble that
he almost totters as he walks, and no one
would suspect him of engaging in so low
an occupation.
Wade was complaining of the exactions
of the law. He was arrested January II on
the same charge and on conviction was fin
ed $50. The solicitor reminded him that he
had warned him at the time not to engage
in the policy business any more,
or he would be liable to be caught again.
Yes, l know" Wade replied, "but I
had to do it TO make my bread. I had no
other means of making my living or pay
ing rent, and he tottered out of the Office
remarking that the grave would get him
soon. His excuse don't 90 with the law,
however, and he is liable to be fined along
with the rest of them.
OTHER PARTIES ARRESTED.
OF the forty or more against whom
indictments were found by the grand jury
about half have been arrested Detic-
tive Morgan has done a lions share of the
good work and has succeeded in locating
a large number Of the offenders.
VIM. jenkins, who kept his shop on
Congress street lane between Bull and
Drayton, and the two Washington brothers
for whom no location was assigned in the
indictments, were arrested yesterday by
the officers in Judge Sheftalls court.
VIM. Crutcher, an old time offender
against the gambling laws, and one who
was never caught when the last raid was
made, was pulled by Constable Lee
and taken to Judge MCDcrmott's
court. Constable Lee arrested David
Nix, whose shop was located in Perry
lane between West Broad and Mont
gomery, Henry jackson at Jones and
Purse who writes for the Charleston
wheel kept in Congress street lane back
named Thomas Howard, the proprietor of
the Macon wheel in Broughton street
lane in the rear of the Marshall House.
Ncz Taylor, another manipulation in the
Congress street lane dens, was corralled
by Judge McDermott's deputies COnsta-
BILE Frank Dunno added two more to his
list from the Old Fort section yesterday.
They were Joe Whitfield, who kept on
Arnold street near President, and VIM.
Lumpl1in of Jones street lane, two doors
west of East Broad.
These were added yesterday to the list
of those arrested the,day before, and it is
likely that the number will be cOnsidera-
bly, augmented to-day.
WHAT THE RAIDS MEAN
1t is a peculiar fact everyone Of these ne
grOes arrested has given bond The
propI'ietors of the lottery wheels for
which the negroes are employed to
work amongst their color stand by them
in almost every instance and go on their
bond for them.
The officers are not going 10 stop the
work until every one Of the policy dens
| have been raided, and proprietors and all
will no doubt be brought into court. The
grand jury Of the city court has begun a
! general crusade against gambling and a
large stack of indictments has been piled
| up.
The policy lotteries are mostly of
! spring of the main dens and when these
! have been cleared out, which will be done
in short order, the crusade will no doubt
| be carried TO the fountain heads or the
| big gambling dens and an effort
made to puta stop to the entire business
! Now since the crusade against these in
| stitutiOns has begun, no better time could
| be found to go right to the fountain head
/ Of the evil and choke it of there. That
this is contemplated there is no doubt,
and the progress of the crusade
will be watched with interest.