The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-03
BROKE UP THE GAME.
Police Raid Lot OF Gambling Houses IN
Elite Boston.

Boston. Oct. 2.-The biggest gambling
raid ever made in the Chinese district
in this city was that of last night,
when "A Cinnamon were arrested ana
%. $50 Chinese policy slips were confls-
Gated.
The raid was made solely for the
purpose of breaking up the game Oh
policy as played by the Mongollans.
The other games, including Iantan'
were not molested last night, although
as a usual thing the latter game mas
been raided every few nights IN
some part Of Chinatown.
The Chinese game of policy has been
Furnishing to a great extent or late,
and the police have determined TO do
all in their power to eradlcate the eFli.
For several weeks Sergeant clark OF
the Lagrange Strete station, assisted
by Patrolmen Jordan and Kelley, on
duty in the Chinese quarter, nave been
laboring on the matter, and chey sue
| ceeded in obtaining evidence enough
to induce the police court to grant
search warrants for nine suspected
houses in Harrison avenue and OK
ford place.
1T was determined to make con-
certed raid on all Of these houses at
once The plan was successfully car
ried out last night.
Shortly after $50 o. m. squad of 20
policemen, including Sergeant clark
and Pa trolmen Jordan and Kelly, all in
civilian dress. left station 4 by twoS
| and made for Chinatown.
Every couple had a search warrant
! for a suspected house. and as they e0-
| tered the house assigned them one
stepped to the rear and the other
| placed himself aon guard at the front
| door, thus blocking the escape of those
1 within.
Then Sergeant Clark and Jordan and
| Kelly made a tour of the houses, gath
| ering up the evidence, marking upon 1t
! the address whence it was taken, also
the number of men found in every
| house.
| Starting in at Oxford place three
! houses were searched. $500 Chinese
| policy slips were seized and % China
| men arrested on the charge OF being
present where gaming implements were
| found
| While the patrol wagon was carrying
| these prisoners TO the police station the
| sergeant and his assistants continued
| on this rounds on Harrison avenue
| Here six places were visited, 11.l5o
| slips seized and 81 prisoners taken.
They came. many of them, from Cam
| bridge Providence and Haverhill.
| A dozen trips We're made by the pa
| troll wagon between the station and Chi
! flatown before the work was finished
for the time being. The places raided
| the number of prisoners arrested and
| the slips seized are as follows:
At 4 Oxford pl. 6 prisoners. 1000 slips;
| oxford pl. II prisoners, $500 slips;
| oxford pI, prisoners, 1850 slips; II
| Harrison av. l. prisoners. 1000 slips. y
1 counters. so dice: 191. Harrison av.
| prisoners. 5000 slips; y Harrison av.
| prisoners, 400 slips; 2l1a Harrison av,
IS prisoners. 1850 slips: % Harrison
| av. 6 prisoners, 900 slips; 2Ii2 Harrison
av. 9 prisoners ana 1000 slips.
Soon after the first wagon load OF
prisoners reached the station bail com
| missioners Jones and Reynolds arrived
| on the scene. and for more than tive
| hours the guard room presented a scene
| OF activity.
Soon after y. m. however. the
! commissioners ended their labors. the
last prisoner mad left the station and
! the two officials had s14S more in tleir
| possession than they had several hours
| earlier.
Until late in the evening the aston
ised and excited Mongolians stood in
. groups in Chinatown talking over tbs
raid and wondering how i had beer
so successfully accomplished. They
! were thoroughly taken by surprise. and
did not know what to make of the affair
Many of them have been under arres
| before on charges Of being present
when fantan joints have been raided
but the police say that il Is difficult &c
| identify old offenders among the China
charged with first offenssS.
men. on this account all viii be trea {
Ell alike in court today. and simply
The usual fine assessed by the cour'
in such cases is SO a head. Al thi:
rate the county viii be $1io richer FOL
the evenings work.
repression IN snEsIsn Industry.
American agriculture is certainly In
no worse state OF depression thar