The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-04
HUDSPE7H'S BOMBSHHLL
Abortive Attempt Yesterday
to Raid the Little Monte
Carlo Gamblers.
CORRUPT COURT OFFICERS
Criminals Warned by Telephone
Whole Matter TO Go the
Grand Jury.
CORRUPT COURT OFFICERS

Ine General Sessions Court was in q
condition of suppressed excitement yes
terday. A trial which was in progress
was interrupted several times while Judge
Hudspeth retired to the Chambers and
held consultation with Justice Lippin-
colt. Constable Donnell was called up to
the bench each time Judge Hudspeth re-
turned, and the Judge held whispered
conversation with him. This was all be-
fore noontime. 1t was evident that there
was something in the wind but what It
was could not be ascertained. Finally,
about one o'clock, Donnen disappeared
from the court room. Down stairs he
was Joined by Constables Dugan, Locke,
Dewey, Bennett, Enright and O'Brien-
They went out of a rear door and up
Pavonia avenue. They boarded Court
House car at Summit avenue and went
all the way round through Lafayette to
the ferry. They crossed over the river
to New York and back again to Wee
hawken, to Little Monte Carlo, for the
purpose of making raid. How they sue
ceeded is told below, in few remarks
made by Judge Hudspeth from the bench
this morning.
Between two and three o'clock in the
afternoon Judge Hudspeth summoned
Sheriff Heller and sent him and twelve
Constables up to Weehawken to aid in
bringing down the prisoners and gambling
apparatus, supposed to have been cap
tured. They came back empty handed.
Judge Hudspeth said this morning.
"The Court has an announcement to make
in connection with public matter. 1t
has come to the knowledge of this Court
that notorious gambling place. known
as Little Monte Carlo has been doing
business in an open manner. The Court
quietly took the opportunity to send Off
GERS from New York to the resort in
question and ascertained that the rumors
regarding it were founded on fact The
place was openly and defantly running
in defiance of the law. The Court learn
ed that hundreds of people were carried
there daily from New York for the pur-
pose of gambling. All gambling parapher-
MALTA known to the fraternity were ex-
hibited and persons gambled for as low
as ten cents. There was no limit to the
rapacity of the persons running these
machines.
'"There was also a pool room In full
running order and the place was filed
with people from New York. The Court
quietly continued its investigation and
arrived at the conclusion that the resort
could not be carried on without the fuli
cognizance of the authorities of that To-
cality. Notwithstanding the secrecy of
this court in the matter of detecting vio-
lations of the law and collecting the evil
dences of gambling, when the officers got
there, presto, everything was changed
An unusual quiet and calm prevailed and
the place had all the appearance of being
a well conducted bar. The bartenders
were very much surprised at the presence
of the officers. The gambling fraternity
had folded their tents, like the Arabs,
and silently stolen away. There was not
a gambling machine in sight. The only
crowds there were Sheriff officers. Now,
Sheriff Heller, what have you to say
about this matter?"
The Sheriff said he had gone to tho
place but found no evidence of gambling
there.
Judge Hudspeth said he had in his pos
session cards procured at Little Monte
Carlo showing the various events on
which bets could be made
The attention of the Grand Jury will
be brought to this matter" he continued,
land measures will be taken to have all
the public officials in that place indicted
No effort will be spared to reacn ALL L
have further to state that some officer
or officers have divulged the secrets Of
this court and it has been told that 4
certain telephone in this vicinity is kept
open TO notify the gamblers of any con-
tempIatel 1ajc.7 As far as the Sheriff is
concerned he has done his duty, but it
has been rendered abortive by the cor
ruption of some officer of this court. and
the Court desires to staee once more that
II will place the whole matter before the
Grand Jury and do its utmost to secure
the Indictment of all parties concerned"
The Real observation-disclosures nyaw.