The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-18
MBRIDEN pQoL-RooM RAID
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with the crowd, and no more than pass ing notice was taken of them.
 Not long after MT. Prince with three men, appeared at the door where the guard, Wales Hayes. was stationed. Hayes recognized MT. Prince as league officer and at once slammed the door shut and locked it with a spring lock. The detectives then burst in the door and ran upstairs.
 Tn the meantime the racket below stairs had been heard in the rooms above. and the crowd there, scentlng danger, bolted for the doors to get out. There were two doors to the room, ana as the crowd turned to run out these doors they found at each door man with a pointed revolver confronting them and barring egress. These two men were the two detectives who had entered unquestioned little while De- fore. and at the first note of warning from below each had jumped to aoor and whipped out his gun.
 When they were confronted with the reyolvers and saw that escape was ln- possible the men in the room wilted and quietly awaited developments. The league men took the names of the men in the place and found among the number some New Haven men who are quite we'll known. Warrants were served on Wales Hayes and John Mar shall and they were placed under ar- rest At the first alarm David Hayes the proprietor who was behind the par in the saloon, bolted from the place, and had not yet been arrested last evening.
 The detectives at once began strip ping the place of gambling parapher- nalia which they found there. They confiscated a telegraph instrument, roulette wheel, a sweat board, race rec ords. score cards, race slips and bulle- tins. and in a side room, the door ot which they broke in, they found policy slips and evidence which indicated that policy playing was being conducted III the place as well as pool playing. In all they confiscated about $50 pounds Of paraphernalia which was shipped to New Haven by express.
 Among the articles confiscated were the books of the place, in which were entries showing that business had been done at the place for five years,
 Wales Hayes and John Marshall were brought to New Haven, reaching here at 5 o'clock Hayes was released under s2. 900 bonds furnished by Lewis Oster- weis, Marshall was held for $1,0oo bonds and had not secured bondsman at 10 o'clock last night He was locked ,lp at the jail, but expected to get bonds before morning.
 lust what will be done in the cases of the men found in the place has not been decided. If any action is taken
 their cases will be disposed of in the local court of Meriden, only the prln- cipals being taken to the superior court.
 The New Haven men who were touho in the place will probably, at least be summoned at witness against the prln- cipals.
 The raid caused some noise and con fusion When the detectives entered the place not policeman was in sight,
 but after they had gone in and some noise had been made a policeman ap- peared on the scene and inquired what l the disturbance was all about. He was informed of what the league men were doing and had no more to say. About 9 o'clock last evening another arrest was made in connection with the case Joseph Telling, of No. 122 state street, this city, was arrested by the detectives on the charge of having been, until within the past few days cashier at the pool room. It is alleged that he was cashier there until about ten days
 ago. He was arrested last night at his l home here on a bench warrant. The superior court had adjourned for the
 day before he was arrested and there was no one in court to take bonds. He was therefore kept in the custody or | league detectives over night and Will
 secure a bondsman this morning. i It is probable that the men arrested will be put to trial at the present term of the criminal side of the superior court.