The morning times., 1896-06-01
CAPTURED THE GUARD.

Yesterday forenoon Precinct Detective
Hartigan received informa ton that games
OF ''fan-tan' and Chinese lottery would
be in full swing last night. lie at once
procured a raiding warrant, and watch
was kept on the house until the gambling
rooms were crowded.
At $50 O'Clock the raiding party was
organized II was headed by Acting
Sergt Langley, Detective Hartigan and
Patrolmen Newkirk and Haynes. The
3luecoats approached the house cautiously
and entered the hallway on run, much
10 the astonlshment OF lank Chinaman
who had been posted on the curbstone i'll
front of the building as outside sentinel.
The inside guard, a short, squatty Ce
lestiaI was at the head of the stairs. He.
TOO. was taken by surprise as the police
man rushed up. He managed, however, to
utter cultural shout.
This fellow was seized by the collar
of his loose fitting blouse and rushed into
the room with the police. His signal had
| been heard, though, and confusion regned
supreme as tue officers entered.
BANKER MADE HIS ESCAPE.
The Cinnamon had been banked four
| deep about two long tables, ON which the
gambling games were in progress. There
were at least fifty men in the rooms. AS
| lie police entered they scampered i'll every
| direction like frightened rats.
One little fellow seized several big rolls
| of grcenbacks from the tables, supposed
| 10 contain about $500 and made wild
| lash for O rear window. Through this
| ne lcaped with a crash, followed by a
| iinglins sound OF broken glass, and made
| his escape. Others OF the players seized
| piles of money. which were distributed
| about on the tables.
The chairman suddenly forgot how to
speak even pigeon English when the po-
| lice tried to interrogate them as to who
| was responsible for the games. When
| Sergt. Langley announced his intention
| Of locking up the entire crew until the
| matter could be investigated, the Celestials
| quickly found words enough to express
their innocence.
VOLUNTEERED TO INTERPRET
Finally Will Moy, attired in a stylish
| spring costume, stepped forward aud
agreed to act as interpreter He said he
| had resided in Washington eleven years,
| and while his English was not fluent, it
| was inteligible.
Langley and Detective Hartigan placed
| Moy Tong under arrest on the harge Of
setting up gaming table, and Yum Sing
| for permitting gambling on the premises,
| it being shown that he had rented The rooms
from the Quong Sang Lung Co.
After a large number OF the Cinnamon
| had been taken to No. station, Clerk
| Garner entered the names OF Lu Gong,
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and Gung Kun, on the blotter as United
| States witnesses, they having been identi-
| fiedas some ofthe players.
| The police secured $57.15 OF the money
| IN the tables. This was but small
| portion OF the stakes, as the game was
| big one, and it is believed at least
| $500 had been put up by the players. They
also captured the complete paraphernalia,
| including large bag filled with Chinese
| coins, the drawing slips, consisting OF red
| yellow aud green slips OF paper containing
| mysterious Chinese characters, and two
solid silver gongs, of unique oriental pat,
| terms known as 'ring-offs.''
SOME OLD OFFENDERS.
| After the raid a large crowd of excited
Cinnamon, mostly laundrynen, representing
all sections OF the city, surrounded the
rolice station and kept up an incessant
| chattering for several hours.
| Some of the men captured in the raid
| were recognized as scholars in the Chinese
| Sunday schools which have been esta blished
| mere. They We're also taken prisoners
| in a former raid, but got off without pun
| ishment on the representation of their
| teachers that they We're not gambling
| but engaged in playing harmless games,
placard displayed in the window Of the
| raided gambling rooms and visible from
! PENNSYLVANIA avenue, is inscribed with
| Chinese characters. The police believe
itcontainS the announcements that gambling
games are in progress within, and will
try to have it translated.