The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-03
SUCCESSFUL RAIDS.
Liquor sellers and Gard Players Visited
by Police.

Liquor Sellers and Caro- FIayers V's'teo
by Police.
The raiding forces of the police de-
partment were out yesterday and ille-
gal dealers in spirituous liquors, as well
as handlers of the pasteboards, were
kept guessing as to who would be TT
good part of the day.
The fun began late Saturday night.
when Sergts. Drohan and McMuTray,
with officers James OConnor, NC
Leod and Matthews made few calls
In the neighborhood of Spring street.
Their search was without avail, how
ever, although something may develop
later.
Sunday morning Sergt. Hill, with ON
GERS Keyes, j. G. Barker, Condy ana
Sullivan, started out in search. OF the
ardent and for the next hour or so had
all sorts of fun with Illegal dealers.
Their first call was on Edward Quinlan
Of 70 Market street. Here they located
about So bottles Of beer. Conducting
their investigation still further in the
same house, three additional cases were
| found in the tenement occupied by MI
| chael eastman. eastman denied all
ownership of the stuff, but finally ad-
mitted to Sergt. Hill that he was keep
ing the stuff for Quinlan. Both men
Waldo street station charged With keep
| ing liquor.
Next in order was the blacksmith
shop in the rear of 20 Spring street,
where the tubs Of water used for cool
ing hot iron had been turned into IL
quor coolers for the time being. In one
of these tubs four quarts Of whiskey
were brought to light. Another yielded
a case of beer. Encouraged by the good
result of their search, the officers looked
farther and found jug of whiskey I'M
der a flight Of stairs leading into the
second story of the building and about
two quarts of whiskey in a closet The
building was so well stocked 1t was
thought there might be more in the To-
cality. The house of Michael jackson,
who lives near by, was accordingly
searched, but nothing was found.
officers Dillon, Goodwin and Faver-
eault had been getting in their work at
| the south end meanwhile, Mary Cronin
| of 81 Washington street was raided and
| IL gallons Of ale were secured. Thomas
| J. Meehan, 57S Millbury street, had
four gallons of ale and one quart OF
whiskey on hand, all Of which was
delivered to the officers with as good
grace as possible.
The final coup Of the day. however,
and the one about which most interest
centred, was the rounding UP OF
| crowd of card players who were in
| the midst of quiet game at Henry
| Walkers barber shop, ga Main street
For some time past the police have
| been convinced that the national
game was played in Walkers shop at
nearly all times, but especially on Sum
day.
| Yesterday a warrant was procured
and Sergt. Hill and Officers r Thayer
and Reyes went to the suspected gam
ing place, and inside Of d very few
minutes it was all over and the party,
made up Of colored and white men,
was on it's way to the Waldo street
station, where they were booked for
being present at a game on the Lords
| day.
| It was about $3.50 O'Clock when the
squad Of officers mounted the winding
stairway leading to the barber shop
| After trying the door and receiving no
answer to their gentle knock, the bar
rier was promptly kicked open. and
| scene that forced even the officers to
smile, presented itself. CONSERVATION
was written on every face as the sur
! prised gamblers looked in vain for
some avenue of escape. As one of the
| officers expressed it, they acted like
| lot of frightened chickens who didn't
know whether it was best to. try to
| ny or not.
On table IN the mlQule Oh tHe snop
was found pack of cards and $3.50
| representing the stakes In the pot I'M
| der consideration. This sum, together
| with several extra packs of cards, was
taken as evidence of the proceedings.
The party was finally formed in line,
and after little cheerful AdmonIticn
| as to what would be liable to happen
in case any of them attempted to take
| leg bail, the procession started toward
| the Waldo street station.
The party were registered as fol-
lows, although some Of the names
were supposed to be fictitious;
George Williams, As; William Will
| son, &c., Clinton Smith, 80; John Swee-
ney, "a; Peter Johnson, u; George R.
Dennis, 3d. Henry Walker, 81, and
David Williams, As years of age. The
cash capital Of the party amounted to
about $50, and those who had the nee
| essary furnished bail and were allowed
to depart. John Sweeney was one OF
the fortunate ones and his capital
proved ample to effect the liberation Of
Peter Johnson. Henry Walker, the
proprietor of the shop, was also adj
mitted to bail.
The balance of the party languished
in their cells during the night. They
will be arraigned this morning.