The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-23
BIG POLICY RAID.
Dangerous Gang of Sharks
Broken Up at No. 29 Mont
gomery Street.


A successful raid was made upon the head
quarters Of the policy and lottery sharks at
No. 30 Montgomery street, last evening.
The main operators of the game and four
runners were nabbed. They were arraigned
before Justice Potts, this morning, III the
First Criminal Court. The main operator
gave his name as James Williams and his
address as No. 351 West Twenty-ifth street.
New York. His confederates said they we're
Henry Rogers, No. 81 East One Hundred
and Twenty7fourth street; Joseph Green, No.
pa Canal street, New York; Andrew Cur
rier, No 81 Jackson avenue and George Van
Berg. No 6S New York avenue.
The prisoners were represented by Coun-
sellor Norman L. Rowe. They were COM
mitted to await the action of the Grand
Jury in $500 bail Williams was released on
bail furnished by Abraham Post.
NEW FACES.
Ever since Chief Murphy began a crusade
against policy operators and runners Jersey
City men have, one after announcer, given up
the business.
They knew that they were known by the
police. and did not care to take any chance
of beng convicted under the new law for the
suppression of policy operating which sub,
iects man on whom policy slips are found
or both. Jersey City has been such a profit
able centre for operators, however, that
hackers of games in New York, Newark,
Orange and Paterson decided to locate here
and engage runners, who would secure plays
bv soliciting on the streets All plays made
in Newark, Paterson and the oranges were
forwarded to this city by runners.
On Thursday these out Of town operators
rented room at No. 20 Montgomery street,
over Murphy's saloon. 1t is a notorious fact
that Theodore Dingier has conducted bust
ness in rear room Of that building und1s-
turbed for years. The strange operators,
believing that some political influence was
saving Dingler's head, decided to get near
him. All the necessary paraphernala was
moved into the building early Thursday
morning. Thursday mornings slips We're
printed there and distributed. Thursday
nights slips were also gotten out there. On
Friday morning the den was spotted H. by De
ported to Captain Farrier. who, in turn,
notified the Chief.
ON THE WATCH.
Detectives Douglass and Kilcauley yes
terday morning secured permission from u.
E. Cleary to occupy little room on the Sec
ond floor of his building at Montgomery and
Green streets, whence they could see every
move made by the policy men. All day long
they saw operators and runners were dodg-
ing cautiously in and out of the building.
VAN BERG'S ARREST.
The first warning that the sharks received
that the police were after them was wnen
Detective Pearson nabbed George Van Berg
of Newark in the Pennsylvania depot. Van
Berg was on his way to the main office at
No 80 Montgomery street with number OF
PLAYS he had secured in Newark. He was
locked up at headquarters, but was sub
sequently released on bail. During the
afternoon Douglass and Kilcauley reported
~ lot entering
gigs in the room. They also saw the slips
being printed.
EgAt half-past six O'Clock Chief Murphy de-
tailed Sergeant Archibald in command OF
Policemen skiff, Murphy and Donegan t. to
men hid in the old Commercial
| Hotel building opposite Cleary's
store. As soon as Detectives KIlcauley
and Douglass gave signal that the work OF
getting out the evening slips had begun,
Archibald and Skiff entered the hallway of
the building adjoining No. ~. climbed out OF
| window on the cornice and made their
way along it to the windows where the
sharks were at work. At given signal
! they jumped into the policy den. The oper-
ators, all of whom were in their shirt
| sleeves, made break to escape by the
| stairway Before they had gone many feet,
however, they round themselves confronted
| by Policeman Donegan and Detectives
| Kilcauley and Douglass Not man es-
| capped.
| The paraphernalia was seized. There
were printing press, a number of slips,
| lottery tickets and about $50. These were
| removed to Headquarters with the prisoners.
| The room occupied by Theodore Dingler
was searched, and policy slips and thirty
San Domingo Lottery tickets were seized
| Dingler is being looked for by the police
| Chief Murphy now believes that he has
| broker, up the worst gang of policy sharks
that ever infested the city. He does not ap-
prehend any further trouble from them.
| His action in prohibiting the w estern
Union Telegraph Company from rec Giving
cipher dispatches was a hard blow to the
sharks. Superintendent Bertholt needed
| the war ing and the dangerous messages
were received in New York. The numbers
were at once sent to the New York opera
tors and were in turn sent over here by
runners.
Yesterday afternoon Detective Colyille
Smith of Headquarters, while standing on
Cortlandt street, New York, saw man
passing out policy slips bearing the winning
! numbers to New York operators. Smith
watched the men for some time and arrived
! at the conclusion that the slips were printed
somewhere on .CortIandt street, near where
the runner was giving them to men who are
known to be right
I Hewas unable to catch any of the men
| crossing the river with the slips.