The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-28
COMST0CK KNOWS CRAPS.
C.irG mr. TWO BOYS PLAYING WITH
LOADED DICE
watched a same on tho BARCLAY street side-
wnih Unti he was sure and Then Colinrod
the Suburban Gsnmesters-One Player Had
Recognized Him nnd Goi Out-Loaded Dice.

watched a Same on tho barclay street side
wink UnM he was sure ana Then Coiinrcd
the Suburban Gamesters-Ono Player Had
Recorui.ed uim nnd Goi Out-Londed Dice.
While two express wagon drivers. n ncwS'
hoy. n commission store crrnnd boy. and two
youths from the suburbs played craps yesterday
,uorninr ON tho BARCLAY street sidewalk, near
Church street, several commuters from .tle
uobokcn Ferry had time TO watch the game
,nr one or two throws OF tho dice. One had
,imo TO stny for n qua rtcr OF an hour or more
uo vas fnt and important looking. He wore
rather conrsely trimmed hidc whiskcrs.
James brennan, one of the youths from the
suburbs, was tho first to notice tho fat oniooker.
"Hev. Jack" ho said to a ncwsboy. His
whiskcrs wasn't up yet. Docs no shootf'
Tho ncwsboy looked Mt tho man out OF the
corner of his eye.
Nav" he said. looking quickly back at the
r,dewalk sgain. "He don't shoot. Geo. he
aaid. pccring between the fat mans legs,
there's ono OF mi reglars, l don't shoot
noither.," lie picked his cents from the lot on
The sidewalk and backed out of tho crowd. He
did not run to meet anybody. He scurried
across tho street and climbed on II packing
box. There, with excited and glccful face, no
watched the little group of which he had been
Zee. he murmnred to himself. Gee!
On The other side Of the street the game went
on The fat man with side whiskers grew more
and more Interested. 1t seemed to interest
him particularly that the dice fell steadily with
the Ave and six on top. This made eleven, ana
thy tnrowcr won. Tht thrower was one OF the
bows from the suburbs. The fat man leaned
The ncSs6oy on tho packing box across, tho
way Rugged his papers to his dirty blue shirt
~S1 SnS . %ani, w iGid .% he I sIs %an t did ths S SSt
M y '.p.rk nm that money. AS he SPOKE lc
grabbed the boy by the shoulder, With tho
other he reached gu; and gripped the thrower;
"You come with lie. v ne said. Inc rest OF
the crowd ran In every direction. -,
The ncwsboy drew his cap out OF me seat o,
his trousers and pulled IT over the right slde OF
his face. Then hc came down from the pauSihg
%captiyes on the other side OF the street.
Hc saw the C~aptives delivered over to policc;
man Ieighlcy neal Broadway. and, 10 followed
they were inside ne hurried back TO the ferry.
and sought out another newsboy with a blue
shirt almost as dirty as his own.
Say. Murphy no SAID, you a orter seen
craps, an me In the garnet
Gee said Murphy.
Sure said the other. and they sat on the
stringpIece to go over the matter thoroughly:
In court Mr.. Comstock, for of course the big
man was Anthony Comstock, deity demon
strated to Magistrate Crane thai at least one
pair OF dice used in the game were loaded e
fall with the five and six, or eleven up Nc
had taken them from the boy he had seer
shoot 70 successfully, Frank Lam, who said
City. The other BOY, who had been made &c
picL up the ccrts, said that he was James
brennan of New Brighton, S; l.. The boys said
that they had never seen each other before. MIR
Comstock said he had seen them working to
gether on Barclay street every morning FOR 9
week. They were hell in 300 bail for trial.