Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-05
POLICY MUST GO.
Police Are Determined to Wipe
 Out the Game.
SUCCESSFUL RAID LAST NIGHT.

This Makes the Third in the Past Two
 Weeks-Some of the Cases Settled
 By Paying Fines, Some Fined and
 Appealed, and One, the Case of John
 Fruin, Will Be Fought Out in the
 Court Monday.
 The headquarters of the old Tam4 many association, 291 Bank street, were raided last night by the police, and eleven men were arrested for main- talning the game of policy. In the city court to-day, before Judge Burpee, tEe accused, all men, seemed to have been assorted as they were charged. Those accused of keeping and those accused of assisting ill keeping a gambling house were all outside the dock, show ing that they spent the night at liberty on bail, while those who were charged with merely frequenting the alleged gambling house were In the dock, showing they passed the night in cus- tody.
 This makes the third raid during the past two weeks. It is said that others will follow. The raiding officers were Detective Cahey, Sergeants Pagan ald Blakely and Officers Noonan, J. Me- Carthy, C1affey, Mclean and S. Me- Carthy Apparently the game was in 1ull swing when the police entered, Judging by the paraphernalia that was seized. This included a dream book, which is commonly alluded to as "the dope book" a box of numbered mar Dies used in drawing the numbers (Which appear upon the policy slips. ipl1 pads, slips, note books and other Eind of books. rubber stamps and lot of other stuff peculiar to the game. The accused were John Fruin, charged with keeping gambling house; John T. Sullivan, Thomas Collins, James Kelly and Patsy Starry, charged with assist ing and keeping an alleged gambling house. and Joseph Richardson, Joseph Butler, Samuel Lafflan, Joseph Schule. Albert Leach, Andrew McClosSy. charged with frequenting the alleged gambling house. Attorney Lawlor ap- peared on behalf of most of them.
 When the case against Fruin was called Mir Lawlor stated that Ee wished the case would be adjourned to Monday for as president of the board of health he was very busy with the board of finance helping adjust hills. and it was also his clients intention to fight it out The court at first did net seem inclined to grant the request. as the accused had been arrested early in the evening and therefore had had plenty of time to prepare his defense. but Attorney Lawlor won his point in Inc G. fl1- fight will begin. This will be the first case of this kind to be fought in the courts here.
 Tn the cases of Sullivan. Collins. Kelly and Starry. demurrer was en- tered. overruled and the accused found guilty Sullivan having been there be- fore was fined S10O and costs. while the others were fined $50 An appeal in each case was taken and a bond of S10O imposed. Richardson. Butler. Laff1an. Schule. Leach and McClosky all pleaded guilty ''to frequentng" aEd were each fined S20 and costs. Scaule and McClosky are minors, being only 10 years old
 The complainant in the matter is Dl. De Ligouri. About a week ago the doctor invested S1.95 with his friend James Peluso on a gig. Peluso was q swriter' for the game. said then to be i'll the employ of Eruin. The play was successful and they won S2O0 So they claim. When they presented their slips for payment they were refused The doctor was very angry and entered q complaint. Somehow it turned cut that his friend Peluso was arrested and not Frnin. So far every raid has been successful and the police appear to be very well satisfied with the results.
 The excitement during the time of the raid last night drew hundreds of people to Grand. Bank and Canal streets. and very few knew just what was going on until it was all over. Some people thought there had been another stabbng affray. Suddenly q hack load of the Kings" emerged from the nninviting Canal street and then everybody knew the jig was up. Soon after Detective Cahey and Ser geant Blakeley came up Grand street loaded down with the things that are necessity in q successful policy shop. The excitement then subsided and the crowd dispersed.