The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-19
TAKEN At THEIR GAME.
Police Raid A Gambling Room in
Full Blast.

Full Blast.
Bosseu and Kavanaugh Begin to
Get in Their Work-GeorEe Chas-
serow's Place on the Third Floor
at Bull and Congress Streets
Raided Last Night and Chasserow
and Four Others Taken INA
Wagon Load of Poker Tables and
other Gambling Paraphernalia
Captured-The Kitty Was Doing
Weu-A Negro Dive Raided Later
On.
George Chasserow's place, on the third
floor of the building at Bull and Congress
streets, was raided last night by De-
tectives BosseI and Kavanaugh, and
Chasserow and four others who were
found in the room were arrested.
ChasserOw is the only gambler who was
90 bold as to continue operations after the
crusade upon the gamblers was begun,
and the detectives have been laying for
him for some time. He was very foolish
to continue after all the warning he has
had
The raid was very successfully planned
and carried out. Chasserow occupied the
rooms on the third floor over Livingston's
drug store, formerly occupied by the
Elks. Shortly after II o'clock the detect
ives approached the street entrance and
started in. They were stopped by a ne
gro, who was stationed at the door, who
demanded to know what they wanted.
They told him it was rome of his business,
and started on up the steps.
THE WARNING SIGNAL GIVEN.
They had hardly gotten to the first
landing when they heard the tingling Of
an alarm bell warning the gamblers on
the third floor of their approach AS
they afterward discovered, there was
string hanging from the hall window on
the third floor to the door on the street,
which was connected with a tin can filed
with nails on the top floor. BY pulling
the string the can was shaken and the
alarm given.
When BOsseD and Kavanaugh reached
the top floor they found further progress
barred by a lattice door, which was
locked. No response was made to their
knocking
"Give me a hand, " said Bossen to Kav
anaugh. This was no sooner said than
done, and Bosseu went over the top of
the lattice door and landed on the other
side. He was confronted by a negro, who
demanded to know what he wanted.
None of your business" the detective
replied, and made his way into the main
room.
CAUGHT AT THE GAME.
There lie found Chassernw and several
others seated around poker table. They
were open-mouthed at the holiness of the
intrusion and said nothing. Their cards
had been thrown away or stuck under
chairs and partial endeavor had been
made to hide the chips. Bossell at
once went to the window and blew
his whistle for police assistance
Several officers responded. He then pro-
ceeded to open the door and admit Kava-
naugh, and the party was out under ar
rest There was no attempt at resist
ance. The patrol wagon was summoned
and the whole party was sent to the bar
racks. It consisted of George L. Chas-
seroW, w. L. Wilbur, w. II. Neil, Will
lam Oracle, w. l.. Shinnall and William
Wallace Jones, the latter COlOred.
When BOssell entered the room Shinnall
got up from the table and threw himself
down on lounge on one side of the room
as if to take nap. A number of chips,
most Of them red ones, were afterward
posed to have thrown them.
THE GAMBLERS LAY OUT.
As soon as the gamblers had been sent
to the barracks the detectives made
search of the place. They found five
poker tables, faro layout, faro counters
and any quantity of cards and chips The
kitty of the table at which the men
We're sitting when the room was entered
was found to contain nearly a hundred
white chips which at the usual price
would show that the house was doing
quite well when the game was inter
fupted There was also a good supply of
beer on hand and bottle of Canadian club
whisky, showing that there was no
danger OF the gamblers having to 90 dry
on Sunday
Everything in the way of gambling
paraphernalIa and furniture was cleaned
out of the rooms, loaded on a street wagon
and taken to the barracks There was
Just good wagon load. The rooms were
nicely carpeted, but the carpets were not
disturbed. Quite a crowd was attracted
TO the scene, and the raid was the sensa-
tion of the town,
"sKIN GAME" RAIDED.
After leaving Chesserow's place. Bos-
sell and kavanaugh went to Perry street
lane, behind McDonough's mill, where
they raided Coored skin game
The appearance Of the detectives
was entirely unexpected and there
was lively scattering of the PLAYERS.
some going up chimneys and others out
OF windows. Six were captured and
taken to the barracks. They were Har-
rison Green, sam Bulcan, Cuffy Nelson.
James Grant, John Jenkins and James
Shuman.
None Of the gamblers gave bond, and
all spent the night in the barracks
DROWNED UP THE RIVER.