Evening journal., 1902-01-29

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Time after time / could see men who !
were active in selling policy running
around to different places and they
seemed to be very busy. This was
particularly so i'm the Western and
Eastern sergeants districts. and could
hear remarks from people that policy
playing was going on and that put me
on tho alert I was told in q Market
street office that policy was being
played and different other people told
me the same thing Mr. Coke. who has
store ont Fourth street. told me that
policy was being played and he added
that the colored man who worked for
him played policy every day, and that
he never had any money az the last of
the week, because he gathered it every
day and played policy. I asked him
where IL was played, and he said that
70 was being played at a house on the
lsoutherly side Of Lord street, just west
of Pine street. between Lombard and
Pine a one-story brick building. l
came into the Office here and told the
chief what | had learned and told him
to look into the matter. and that there
J lwerc great many rumOrs about pol
licy being played, or words to that cf-
fleet. The next day after had told him
| this. ! went down on Pine street and as
! / went down on the east side OF Pine
street from Seventh. l looked i'm at the
inace where / was told the game was
Iplayed and I saw colored men going
lin and ont. Either that day or the fol-
| lowing day ] reported IL again to the
chief and told him that 10 would have
] 10. Ea HH.H int N.s
| had no complaint about those things,
or words TO that effect A few days
afterwards ] called his attention TO 70
again, as / had heard of nothing being
done and he told me that nothing had
been done. ] went down q few days
latter that and again observed just
what had observed in Lord street on
my first visit. the playing of policy.
lagain reported it TO the chief and di-
lrocted him TO look into it and break IL
lup. but he did not seem to take hold Of
il and ! was surprised that he did not
lshow more earnestness and YigOr. That
was the fore part of March. 1t went on
with me speaking occasionally to him
about it. and during that time articles
lwere published and editorials were
written and printed I'm our papers.
srOke to him about that but IL did not
seem TO make any impression and
could not get anything done. ! con
\ fcmed with Mr. Clarkson about It, as
II was anxious that something should
lbc done told him what [ had told
the chief and that I could get nothing
ldone. On March 23. if I mistake not,
! George Black was appointed a state
detective ] said 10 George Black.
Captain cannot set anything done
in the policy business. ] wish you
would take it up. You are under no
. lrestraint You are in control of mo-
body but the attorney general ! said
fthat You can suppress II. and ! want
TO sec it, done. He said he would.
, That was. ! think, tho 25th of March.
d On the following Saturday after his ap-
pointment which was one week. nc
, had warrants cut for ] think seven OF
. leight persons, -four of whom he arrest
r ed convicted them with tho evidence
} ne got and sent them TO jail They
( were fined $500 and costs and that
] seemed TO break il up TO a great extent
Mr.. Pyle also said that he had asked
Chief Massey for reports on gambling
land about the house No 7l1 Mark
u aAi NNitf VII AAAA NArAAN va AAkA "a At AN
{ spoke TO him in reference TO this place
and asked him If he had report on IT,
, Massey brought out report Of tn,
D date of February a. This was The
4 first time that Mr.. Pyle had seen th;
y lrerort.
fuckers Scheme Failed
Sergeant James r. Tucker testified
that nc was on the Western distric
! and that reports had come to him from
his officers about policy playing I
made a report to this effect on Febru
arv o. He talked to Chief Masse.
E labout IL afterwards and the chief salt
THAT IL would be better to get some
y body to play policy so they could g
J. on the stand and testify. He said ther
q was a reserve fund and anyon
o doing this would be recompenseC
II Trucker and his officers tried to get pee
Is pie to play and succeeded in gettin
llsome. but the policy men refused q
- let them play. Officer McGillon rt
m ported that a man named Smith wa
writing policy at NO lllO irene
Ie lsfreet. and Tucker made this repor
ie The chief told him that If he could 81
1.-The evidence he could make the arrest
1. land fix the warrants afterwards II
ne also reported to Chief Massey that O.
81 Ulcers shields and Pierce had rcporte
.e 10 him That a man named Jones ws
Relocated at No 107 Walnut street an
r alexander Scribner was collecting Oh
y lplavs on a bicycle Scrihner was afte
or wards arrested. Tucker testified furth'
IN THAT he had made reports about Ii
n violation Of the screen law and abol
- fights on the street for which ne n
10 lceived warrants He said Che Office
n talked oyer the matter and had e.
m lpressed surprise that warrants we
y not issued. Sergeant Tucker said th
-. me did not know that policy men We
- timed but he knew that after the pla