The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-23
ANOTHER DEN RAIDED
Union Gambling Rooms Cleared
Of Their Outfit.
HEpEaTeD WARNINGS IGNORED
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f.hseg OF Police Rogers fs making good
his promises that gambling shall not be
allowed 70 run in this city. ard last night
a.s raasy another raid. this time on the
fsusofa club rooms. Ia the Tnson block.
yun by charles shaw. He sucsesded IN
capturing an entire cutfls. cards. chips.
boxes aud tables. AMI arrested two men
who alternately claimed To be IN charge
OF the place. ard VINO gave the names OF
George CLARK. .real estate agent" and
Ia Johnson. eoIoresi. WHO sirslly claimed
10 be the caterer Of the place.
tTfs@ linton Club occupies 3 suite OF SIX
welt furnished r1orng on the second floor
al the Union block. On aisghting fruzn
The elevator ard turning TO the left the
Walter is confronted wsfh All unneces-
sarily large number IL painted on the
frosted glass door leading into the club
rooms. Two little round holes. or bulls
ewes. are scratsed away from the frosted
wtass through which the foorIseeper from
the inside could '.size up tie outsider.
AZ the door In always kept booked. an
electric bell il foune on the right side of
To secure attention.
Chief Rogers touched that button at
80 last evening. accompanied by De-
fcefIve Phillips. and was given Admit
tancs without much delay. They found
only two men In the room. The cfie1
was acting under a search warrant Is
ssAea in accordance with ordinance ias2.
reiasing 10 the seizure ard destruction
of gambling implements wherever found.
The white man. Clark. 20 q question fresn
the chief, replied that while Shaw was
at supper he was FL charge. The chief
then told him he would hold him re-
sponsibie as such and served the warran.
on him. CLARK then wanted 10 shift the
responsibility Of the charge to johnson,
who also claimed to be In charge. 20 tho
chief took them both 10 headquarters.
The search OF the various rooms re-
suited In finding large box containing
5.l0 chips Of various kinds. most OF
them with III Il n engraved on them.
Beside these he founsi ss decks of cards.
and three large tables and one small one.
each with ''ksttles'' In them. The patrol
wagon was asnt for and the stuff taken
10 headquarters. where II VIII pass the
inspection of Judge Glasgow for cen-
demnatson and destruction.
The Union club was known as key
house. that Is whore regular patrons
were furnished with pass key to come
and go unmolesfed and without having
IL touch the electric button. II was FIRST
opened about the time that the Ronald
reform" administration came into power
hy tho NJ. a ~. combination. which ran
II nearly to the end OF that admnisfra-
lion. Shaw and Mailoy then got hold
or II ard, Mailoy leaving tewn, Shaw
has been trying to run II after a fashion.
Chief Rogers has had his eyes on that
place since he was returned to power
and has sent hls officers in there daily
to catch the men playing. lie gave them
broad hinss that they must shut UP end
as ha saw they would not mind him he
decided 10 shut them up for good. which
he did
Clark and Johnson were released On
80 cash ball put up by some ore who
brought the money While the men were
waiting at headquarters. Shaw aid not
show M. The cases of Clark and John
son will come up before Judge Glasgos n
today.