Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-02
JEROME HOT after GAMBLERS
The Raiding Was Commenced
About Midnight.

A Few of the Big Joints Were Entered
By Means of Ladders, Axes and
Sledges Frank Farrell Said to Be
Interested in One of the Places Raid
ed-Jerome Refused to Talk After
the Work Of the Night Was Fin
ished.
New York, Dec 2.-District Attorney
Jeromes sensational raids on alleged
gambling resorts, begun about mid
night last night, were continued until
4:30 this morning and numerous small
places were raided. The attacks on the
latter, however, We're almost over
looked in the public interest which
centered i'll the assaults on the man
sions occupied by Richard A. Garfield
and William Burbridge, which were en-
tered by means of ladders, axes and
sledges. The police allege that Frank
Farrell is interested in BurbIidges
place. Great quantities OF costly ''eyi-
dence" We're carted away from those
places by the police, but arrests were
few. District Attorney jerome was
f.acconpanTed by Police Inspector
Brooks and aided by Detective Joseph
/ Jacobs of the Citizens union, who had
visited the places as a gentleman OF
leisure and gained the evidence on
which the raids were made.
Up to last night a general impression
prevailed that Canfield's, when is in
the heart Of the fashionable uptown
district, only a few doors from Fifth
avenue and near two celebrated res
taurants, was a Gibraltar which could
not be taken, and d similar belief
| prevailed in regard to Burbridge's S
place which was especially protected
by steel doors. This place is in y cross
street uptown. only half block from
Fifth avenue, and few steps from a
Icelebrated hotel
After BUrbridge's flle raiders visited
Ludlam's place, otherwise known az
the Savoy club. They got one nlan
there. colored subordinate employed
about the place. Jerome, Captain
Piper. Inspector Brooks, several as
sistants to the district attorney and
numerous detectives were busy in
Ludlam's place until after 4 o'clock
this morning. They blew open d safe
in their hunt for evidence.
Earlier I'm the night fIle district at-.
tornoy made many raids in the down
town Italian quarter Of alleged disor-
deriy houses. These were .sprelirai-
naries'' as it were to the two big
events Canfields and Burbridge's
District Attorney Jerome declined
absolutely to make any sort of state
nent after his nights work
Captain Lantry of the East 51st
street station in whose precinct the
Garfield place has been for wears, de-
clared to the reporters and others as
sembled thatN he had never expected
to live to see such an event as the
raiding of Canfield's
The raids were expected in every
place visited. In Canfield's the owner
declared nothing had been doing for
weeks. 10 all appearances that was
true for "hours'' at least.
It was much the same in Bur-
bridges and Ludlam's. although Ja-
cobs. the detective, last night declared
he had played in every place But
that the raids were to be made seem
ed to have reached the men interested,
for every place was prepared as if in
advance. At Burbridge's they even
left the great steel door ajar, and it
was not until the policemen had
mounted ladders and done some
smashing that this fact became
known to them. Then they went in
to the house in the usual way.
Garfield was not arrested. He
was. held at his house for identifica-
tion by detective who claimed to
have gambled in the house, but the
detective said Garfield was not the
man who had dealt faro for him. La
ter the detective said e. w. Bucklin
was the man, and Bucklin was arrest
ed: He is reputed to be Canfeld's
manager.