The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-03
LET ALLTHE GAMBLERS co.
nLAGIsTRATE MOTT SAYS POLICE HAD
NO DIRECT EVIDENCIl

F-orced-Honest John KeIly,s Friends
Say Corbett-shnrkey Decision Caused tho
Raid-Pollce Say Gambling Must Stop.
IL is A GOOD many years since the nol;co ~
this city have shown so much activity aonInst
the birb-olass gamblers Of the TenderloIn and
adjoining precincts az they did early vester-
dov Morning when they swooped down ON tbo
establishments OF Honest John Kelly NJ 1a1
West Eorty- frat street. OF Eole Pearsnll NJ q
West Twenty-eighth street, and Of Georye
Clarke at lo4 West Forty-third street. arrest
ing twenty-six sleek. frock- coated. silk -batted
indiyiduals. including 'MessrE. penraalI and
Clarke. but not the sllppery Honest .Jobn
The raids were highly successful ones. from
the police point of view; at least. that IN what
the police thought early yesterday morning
when they marched their prisoners 10 the sta-
ton house and captured about a ton OF gam
bling paraphArnalia. A little later In. the dny
hoveyer. when a police Magistrate discharoed
all hands bacanso M evidences ~ actn., go
Sinm s ,oy.Suso,t ~ ,hov mee5 Sos N am
of INDIGNATION and protested that reform MAG.
i%stratos were putting obstacles in the way Of
Tha re,d. ~ o,asso,s .NS poau cr,n
minor importance compared to that at Honest
has SOsI ru meii nis q ye nUl Sos' club bo nIsn nohI iSts SSnh
ence. 1t has been the resort of the fashion
| able gamblers OF tho city. taking the place Of
John Days former establishment in Twenty
ninth street. The house is beautifully fur
| nished ani tho opportunjtiea for heavv plav
LEI ,aIi..i.o5 H.. nea,s pay
mefo uh,imi'eu' ,iohes' Sonhs mousse was
t tre resort Oh gamblers from all over the o0un-
,,sro month ION ago a man a, VINO .ho ,nnmatoa that
heinO ratdad would bave heen laugbad ~ Mt
t us,tE v rs'a y m %oa,I ana RoV' s SSen is thsn J , a. n ns'
fair in WHICH Mr.. Kelly has been conspicuous
has been in the public eye. One Corbett
fought one sharkey. and Honest John was the
man to say which was the better man. Before
he could decide there was a foul. and Mr.,
Kelly awarded the light to sharkey. 30 far 1t
was all right. The ring" around the puGi-
| lists had no complnints To make onIv the
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public was to suner. Then Honest John
t6erres0 was i a wall ill., not O. from the public Tsfi 1H which,
recognized the fairness of the ruling, but
frg g1o th9 ",E teSis, who ara credited, and MT
without cause. with enjoying a pull. were very
much aEErieyed with Honest John for what he
and they have Stunned him In public, Then
az Of 4 sudden the Chief Of Police gets a sPasm
| houses in the city Keiiy's lie the first to fail.
| Had KelIy's been the only place raided. II
| OF people in the city today who are foolish
| enonGh 10 think that IL is very si9nigcanf de.
fR!5s ths 0 % sbs sw otb raids yssts I5GT t 9n0 o end Z Of
prevailed that II Honest John Kelly hadn't
tSblishment Womb he r1nnin9 as nsna, fn'dey
Chief Devery. Tim Sulliyan's chum. ordered
sent eleven aeS IL and a ronndsman to- the he
other squad OF ddt etecti Sea't to the he0 West sf For ag-
seventh street police station. Kelly,s and
| PearsaIl's places are In Capt. Prices precinct.
The first place us raid d was KeilSi's. Detec-
Cub Theirs we're ere aXes In tbe partV' and 9TTrS
ordered the men to use them. It saved the
When the door feli in the whole crowd rushed
Up to the second floor, where they found a num-
number OF faro tables. roulette Wheels dice.
gambling. it.Rad stopped before the police not
Intrusion. one man crying out: JAIN
give me . chance to, cash in. I'm $4,000
sa AaG!n That n his ' Rite was II ii is uHstair sh and sdH thsti
though, neither did the other man get a chance
to cash in his chips. All hands were taken to
with the loot. A few minutes later. the ,pris-
ettoeether. Pearsali7s place had been eie sTrl
door broker open with an axe. Th Prison
ers offered no resistance, and after they had
bling paraphernalia was gathered up and
taken to the station house.
Chief Devery arrived at the station house
while the first batch of prisoners were entering
the station and stayed until all Of the men had
been bailed out.
You're a peach" hi said to Capt. Price
when;he saw. the gambling paraphernalia and
the axes.
Its the only way to do Ii, Chief" respond-
cd Price.
All this was before the Chief learned that
Honest John was not arrested ard that the
game was not in progress when the police got
In.
Capt. Thomas didn't make his raid on
Clarke's establishment until $50 O'Clock.
Capt. Thomas rang the door bell and demand.
ed: Admission. ID was refused. so one of his
detectiyes broke open the door with an axe
There were . number Of men in the place and
window. -Four were caught. however one OF
them being Clarke, who was In bed asleep In
an upper room.
When the prisoners and all of the gambling
paraphernalia CAPTURED we're brought to the
West Fifty fourth Stree. Police Court later In
the morning Capts. Price and Thomas ex-
planned the situation to Magistrate Mott.
placer he asked OF Capt. Price.