New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28
RAIDS on ALLEGED BUCKET-SHOPS
DETECTIVES FROM HEADQUARTERS MAKE
ARRESTS IN TWO PLACES

The police yesterday afternoon made raids on two
alleged bucket-shops The first RAID was made on
the establishment of Mcmillan I'm the Lords Court
Building at William-st and Exchange Place. The
raid was planned and executed by Detective
Sergeant Wade of the Central Office. who had
been at work on both cases for some time.
Wade determined yesterday that he had secured
sufficient evidence to warrant the descent on the
place. which Is on the twelfth floor OF the build
ing 1t was arranged that the raid should take
place at 1 o'clock In the afternoon. the busiest
time in the establishment OF Mcmillan. Though
the place has been under surveillance for some
time tho members of the firm and the employees
were not aware OF H.
Just before the hour agreed aupon Detective
Sergeant Wade and number Of detectives entered
the shop and took positions In II previously as
signed TO them At the time Of the entrance OF the
policemen there fifty more persons stand
ing about engaged In the usual business OF the
office At a given signal the officers placed the
managers and clerk under arrest and seized all
the books No resistance was made 70 the officers
The arrest caused the greatest excitement and the
persons inside attempted to make their escape
but were prevented by the detectives standing
guard at the door.
Robert a. Ammon who. II is said, was the insti-
gator of the L. S. Dean prosecution some months
ago was busting around the room hatess and
ccatless when the raid made. He was arrest
cd when In the act Of passing slips to teie-
graph OPERATOR He insisted that a great mistake
had been made He said that he was lawyer. and
had Just dropped I'm TO the TEL ephone;
This did not suffice with Wade. VINO had
been in the place many times and had seen Aminon:
Those arrested were William Mcmillan one OF
the alleged propriotOrs Of the shop; Albert F0sin'
who was indicted connection With the r.. :. Dean
affair: Gerald Ehcrman. William Ward. tee graph
operator. Of No ISL Eight ave; George Monsoon,
sI,cculator Of 80. 20 East Twenty -seYenth-st:
Samucl Freedman operator. of No LIZ Second
ave James Conlin. clerk. of No 10 West one
hundred-and- twenty-hfth-st John J. Howe. clerk
telegraph operator OF No. IL East SiXtythird-st
Robert Lynch. operator Of No. 1868 IIndSon-st; Al
fred printing operator of No. l% East IniLd-
third-st; William Hayes. messenger. Of NO. 81.
Marks Place: Joseph Huber. clerk. of No. iOt East
Eightv-socond-st.: J. T. Smith. clerk Of NO. 20
Willoughby-st. Brooklyn. and Joseph Jones, oper-
ator of No. 215 West One-hundred-a nd-twenty-
cighth-st.
The prisoners were all arralgned IN the Centre
Of the Penal Code. I'm maintaining a gambling
place. Ammon. Goslin. Eberman and McMillan were
held in $1,000 bail each for examination on Monday
next. The others arrested were discharged, Magls-
trate Cornell being OF the opinion that the evil
dence against them insufficient TO secure a
conviction -
The uptown raid AZ No 1853 Broadway. This
is a small establishment. and not many persons
were In II at the time Of the raid. Those ar
OF No Ils I-"s' Fifty-third-st: Thomas Reany.
shoemaker a. he same address. and John
Foley telep..Ih operator. No. 334 Eighth-st..
BROOKLYN. Gibbons nd Reany were held In $1,000
bail each for examinai ion Monday next and Foley
discharged.