New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-17

so CONSTABIES WERE SECURED To ARRi-SI
GAMBLERS
THE PRISONERS TAKEN TO HEMPsTEip. a THE
MEECH ANTS WANTED THEN PUNISHED

TIE PRISONERS TAKEN TO HEMPs1Efp' i'
MERCHANTS WANTED THEM PUNISHED
c,rT,rv ALLEN DEEPLY OFFENDED
Thinblcricccrs. wheel Of fortune men ana simi-
lar swndlcrs were run of Rockaway i|a'" w.
tcrdav by constahles brought on for III" p"i''
from Hampstead by lotclloeperS who say '''N
anpcalrd 10 the police of the beach IN VAIN W
have these people kept from plying their oh'->i'''
games
John WAINWRIGHT. Of wainwright 4 Snl'h' WI"
own the biz bathing establishment M S'a ''"'
took the active leadership Of tn" movement "E'''.'
tho Gamblers Wien il was fonnd that ''P"
Allen of tho local force would do nothing I" h'p
him. WAINWRIGHT sent to Il"mp-tcad ana "'S"'''
two constahloe 20 90 10 the beach v"S'erdaN i"
await orders When th,w arrived two "shar"'iS
were operating on Nh" sand near Sfa >'"'-"'
One was Offering big money 10 IN" man VIII" '"'
tell him under which of three EnGliSh "a'n"'
shells bean was, and tho Other was '"'uI'-
wheel Of fortune Each charged players - ,''
,hc priyilegc of guessing. and each was raPlnN
accumuating money.
wainwright directed the constah"s IN arrest
thp mon This they did. They took them W
Duean e Gacauin'S Hotel One of '"p'ilh
Aliens scrgcants appeared there and SAID nc
would take the prisoners before Justice Sml'h,
who was at Waters Hotel, for trial
NO Won WON'T replied Wainwright No
l;ockawav Beach Judge will try these mon. They
will 90 70 Hampstead for trial.
II looked as if there would be n clash bctwern
thc sergeant and the officer until some Of TN"
business men Of the beach gathered about To pre-
vent the local police from getting possession OF
the prisoner Among those who came forward
10 support WAINWRIGHT were his father, eX-\s-
eemblvman William Wanwrght who owns most
Of the property in Scaside-ave.. and McsSrs. Tor
nsh. Seaman. Dngan and Gacquin, who own
hotels The prisoners refused TO give their names,
and said they were working for the same en-
ployer.
The elder wainwright hired a carriage and sent
the prisoners to Hampstead in charge Of Deputy
Sheriff Dugan. Sheriff James Norton and Cap
tain Allen Of the Rocknwav Beach police force,
were sitting within fifty yards Of where m" ser
ccant was trying to get the custody Of the pris-
oncrs Tho sheriff and captain looked OH bnt
neither interfercd Later Captain Allen was asked
if he knew Of tho arrest. lie replied:
Yes know about it and I will show thos"
people who is captain of police on the beach.
When this was repeated 10 William Wainwright
he said:
"Ycs 7 know what tho police say of our action
"a rid thc beach of swndrrs. The sergeant who
wanted to get the prisoners before Judge Smith
said he would clo>r every harroom on the h"ach
next sunday. But they viii show uS nofhihe
The Excise Board does not moot until next
Scntcn,hnr and then the season will be- over. We
are dctarmIucd to get rid Of th'~e sharp'rs ana
10 make il 80 that people can como To RorkaWaN
Beach without fear Of being syLlilcd Wolll
like to know what we ar" paying IN" p,Icc Tor
if snch thnes H. this can - on dc-pt" IN" pro
tcsts Of ali property y-owncrs. We have taken
lawful way Of checking swiniicrs and We arr not
worried a. tic threats OF IN" police