The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-03-25
CHINESE GAMBLERS CAUGHT
WHOLESALE RAID BIZ LOCAL 20
LICE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.


Twenty-six Fan Tan Players Captured
An Opium Joint Also Unearthed-Severat
Were stupefled From Hitting the Pipe
Futile Attempts to Escape.
To-day will be Chinese Day I'M the
city court, and ait O'clock this MORN
ing twenty-stx Mongolfans will face
Judge CallIahaaO to- answer to charges OF
keeping a gambling house and gamdng.
Their appearance I'M the city court will
be due to raid made ON a Chinese
gambling dem and opium joint ON Unhoa
street, near Wooster street, by Sergeant
Cowles and mine paltrolmen.
Shortly after O'Clock yesterday after
noon Detective Sergeant Cowles, accom-
panied by Patrolmen Haclrett, P. 2.
McQueeney, Bixby. Murphy, Laughain,
j. Fl. Moore. O'Connor, S. N. Smith and
Signal officer Beegan, made a. descent
upon the Chinese laundry ON Union
street kept by Quon Lee. In a room
Immediately I'M the rear OF the la.undrty
proper around two large tables were
seated twenty-six Chinese, engaged iii
the exciting occupation of playing FAM
tan.
When the officers put in their unex-
pected appearance CONSERVATION reigrr-
ed among the players, All were quiols-
ly placed under arrest aRld sent to po-
nce headquarters in the patrol wagon.
The oficers then made thorough
search of the apartments and secured
a number OF gambling implements, par
aphernalla, chips cards, etc, pocket
book COMPLAINING SIS. 40, a bag containing
a quantity of American money, two ci-
gar boxes full of Chinese money,
quantity Of opium pipes, pots and lamps
and a number of domtnoes.
After the gambling room had beep
thoroughly searched the officers turned
their attention. to- the rooms I'm the rear,
which 1t was supposed, were devoted to
opium smoking. In one Of these rooms
were found three Chinamen. all more or
less under the influences of the drug, and
in another room were two men who
showed the effects of having hdt the
pipe. The mem were lying around ON
couches and alongside Of them we're
several opium pipes, pots, etc, and al
small quantity of dope. Two Of the
mem were so stupified by the drug that
1T was necessary to carry them from the
ROOM
The patrol wagon was promptly CALL
ed and the men and paraphernalials sent
to police headquarters. Twelve of the
Chinese were talden In the first load and
the other fotlrteen In two other loads.
Still another trip was made necessary
in order to carry the gambling and opi-
UNI parapherrialia to headquarters.
When the officers, all Of whom were
in citizens clothes, entered the gam
bling den the Chinese made al break for
both the 'front.' and rear doors i'm order
to make their escape. In the language
of ONE of the officers, they scampered
like a. hot of sheep and some of them
tried to hide under tables and behind
doors" All thefr efforts in this direc-
ton proved futile and each one of the
of the room was secured and
safely escorted to police headquarters
The China1nen gave their names as
follows: Quon Lee, Loyal Lee, Lee
Com, Lee Fon, Lee Quon. Lee Shon, Lee
You, All Wing, All T'igh, Ah Dow, All
Jew, Jim Lee, Lee Sing, Lee Gun, Lee
Shon. AhI Shont Lo Dow, Charley Wah,
All Lee, All 10y, Lung Gee, Lee Law
You Fong, All Com, All Hlou and Les
Jim. All Of the above are charged with
gaming, except Quon' Lee, who is charg-
ed with keeping al gambling house.
Hardly had the twenty-six Chinatnen
been placed In the lookup when Lee All
MoIy appeared at police headquarters
and secured the release of twenty-two
Of the men by plankhng down $1,100 in
cold cash few minutes later Lee
Hoo appeared and gave UP $3.50 in Amer
lean money, thus securing the RELEASE
1f the four other men, one Of whom was
Quon Lee All the party will appear in
the city court this morning, when the
,ases against them will probably be set
lied by the payment of a fine and costa
lust about Al year ago raid was made
on another Chinese joint and sixty-six
gamblers captured, all Of whom paid
nto the city treasury nearly $400 AMID
.hus secured their release.