The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-03
George Ledyvith's Meadow Street Place
Raided Last Night.

| POLICE CATCH POL1Cx an EN-.
George Led,ytth,s Meadow Street PIac,
Raided Last Night.
A police raid on the cigar store al
No. II Meadow street last night kept by
| George f. Ledwith resulted in the. ar
rest of the proprietor on the charge Of
| keeping a policy shop and Of Petel
McGough and John Lally, both charged
with frequenting a policy shop AL
the paraphernaia of the business was
found and Captain Brewer thinks thai
the evidence is strong enough to convict
beyond a doubt. This place was raided
by Law and Order league detectives
about two weeks ago and within the
past few days Captain Brewer has been
on a still hunt and became convinced
that Ledwith was again at the busi-
ness. Accordingly last evening about
7:15 he detailed Sergeant Gibson and
Patrolmen Winchell, Dorman, Grant
and Dargan to raid the place. The Of
ficers dressed in citizens clothes went
to the place, which from the outside
and in the front room bore every ap-
pearance of being nothing more than
an ordinary cigar store The police en-
tered the front door and found no one
in the front room Of the shop. A door
evidently opening into rear room was
shut and on trying it they found 1t to
be locked The policemen burst the
door open and found in the rear room
Ledwith and the other two men.
AS the officers entered the rear room
Patrolman Dorman stood guard at the
door so that no one could escape and
there being no rear door or windows
the occupants of the room were caught
like rats in a trap ~.
Patrolmen Grant and Dargan seized
Ledwith and hustled him out of the
place before he had time to communi-
cate with the other two men with him.
They hustled him up to police head
quarters, where he was locked up.
McGough and Laly were kept at the
shop while the officers searched it.
While the search was going on two wo-
men entered the place. There had been
no excitement and the only thing about
the shop to startle them was the fact
that strangers were in possession. Dor
man stood at the front door and as
they entered and hesitated A minute,
seeing stranger there, he asked If
there was anything that he could do
for them. yes" said one of them, I'VE
want to see the slips"
What was your play?" asked Dor
man.
II left it at home. You know we
have to be careful, but they never can
stop it,"
The women then went to the door
leading into the rear room and knocked
at it. Winchell was inside and opening
the door let the women in. He was sur
this said: 1--WE are all right,
we want to see the slips of the plays
for this forenoon and this afternoon"
Sergeant Gibson then informed them
that the place was in the hands of the
police and the women at that nearly
collapsed. They We're middle-aged wo-
men, we'll dressed. Winchell then took
them to the city attorneys office as
witnesses. They refused to tell their
names, but gave their addresses.
Sergeant Gibson and Dorman took
McGough and Lally to police headquar-
ters. When Ledwith was searched by
Grant and Dargan at headquarters a
bundle of policy slips was found upon
mis- person, as We're also several slips
with numbers written on, evidently
plays which his customers had handed
n last evening on the mornings draw
ngs. He had about $100 in money.
Slips of plays We're also found in the
pockets of the other two. In all about
thirty slips of plays were found.
AS he was leaving the rear room of
he shop Winchell noticed an envelope
IN the floor. He picked it up and found
hat it contained thirty cents in money
carefully wrapped up in piece of
and wrapped around with
'ubber band. With the money was a
lip of paper on which were written
hese combinations of numbers: A. M,
-10-25, 5 cents 1-55-39, cents; p. M,
-10-25, 10 cents; 15S-34, 10 cents These |
we're evidently plays which had just |
'een handed in and dropped when the |
,olice surprised the party. Ledwith |
vas released under bonds of 5000 and |
1cGough and Lally were released un-
er bonds of $100 each, the bonds be-
ng furnished by Herman e. Smith.