The sun., 1902-05-23
JAKE CLETE DEAD.
ue Made q Niiiioa In Polite, - Aner~ ard
lie Mrni IlTeAe.

Jacob Chute. who was anown about town
a. TIN. man who irt roiu,,d the gam" ~
lottery policy into New York. lice dead al
his home IN brooklyn. Jake CUTE a. he
was called. Wa worth million dolIaiS :
/ in ise+. lie made mos, of It IN All oni's'
at 2i2 Broadway. where he established head
! quarters while hacking the policy gam"
which was played throughout the city
But most II This fortune ho lost In IN"
! gambling hourss of other men, where u"
/ was In the habit of playing faro after cio>ln
/ his own establishment for th. day.
He was born In New York II years ago.
When he was 10 wears old he enlisted IN IN"
United States Army and went 10 Mexico.
| He was with Gen. scott ~ thurubuHc"
and was present when th" American nag
was hoist"d over Chapulter"c. After IN"
war he remained for Will" In th" cry ~
Mexico. There he got employment with
a banking house which was engaged IN
promoting "a lottery. After short stay
In Mexico he came hack to New York and
engaged IN business with Jacob Siip~y
and Benjamin Wood They op'nei lot
terry policy plant on the Bow"ry Al that
time tho game was conducted op"iily.
Finally jlute made a deal bv which h"
was to hacN the game IN IN" downtown
section of the city aud he Opened policy
shops In the lower wards, agreeing not '"
60 into th" district controlled bN Ship~"N
Some years afterward chute opened head
quarters ~ ~? Broadway Here he cm-
piovei fifty clerks Who checked on IA"
numbers sclected hy players IN various
parts ~ the civ. and mad" ny list known
a. the winning slip Scouts and mes
srngcrs wcr" employed m the various
shops about town AMI hag- ui money yer"
brought daily 10 Clui"'S l"adpuart"r-
4 wear after opening h- wa- r"pu''i 4" l'
worth over n million Then u wac maj
hn began playing faro m the establish
ncnts along Ann street Ih"t" w"f'
several oi them there. and lI'" Away
plavSi tho limit In each II thca. ""
was IN the habit of betiIns floo uu III" Turn
of a carI and then -har The turn. Of -Nip
n few time~ and finally would play heavily
when 'hn dealer got down to IN" last two
cards that remained IN The dealing box
Ia this wav he -II',,-Ni'd m brcaking ~"
faro tanks on Ann street AMI two or tht""
uptown Rut he finally lost heavily ON
horse betting, and IN -" faro "-'dh-
iShment- of IN" renicrloiu
About this time Anthony Coms'ock'S
agents got after ,lu'" and his establish
m.rt was raided The fir~t raid oo-t ,'ut"
Consd-rahl. money After thai when
over Cum-'D~k made 'ait ON iltr"'~
policy shops IN. agents ui 'hc -"ci"fN iuuud
u difhcIlt 10 get "A CpnNICt ION. lot 'lu'" had
many friends Driven from Broadway.
lie WAS comp~lled 90 discharg" fnanN II
the Clerks whom he had employed m 'h"
dAvs vhen II was not considered wrong
10 play policy But he had ""u-lt"Iahi"
money left and oT-ned pls'~ On Park
row Here he was visited hv o.d-'ir'"
sporting men. who had lost ih"ir fortunes,
and chute was kept busy catering 10 their
wants lie was noted for hI- charity and
/, WIS said that he never refused 80 Civ"
money 90 a brok"n-dowu gambler " -t'ur'
one ~ his intimate friends said Yesterday
,ha, Cuta had dis' rihu'"i ~ least s2n 80
IN charity and that nu-i of tins went to
sporting men who had h'--u prosperous
~ the a,ye when gambling was ro' looked
upnn with di-favor hv New Workers -
~ la'e wears b. spent mot - h!s tim"
IN = Park row poolrooin. Wn"re b" mad"
small vagcrs on IN" Ta's'- Then when
the races wer. over he Was seen on ~"
stree, With his brother James. u" hro' er-
attracted much attention ~ they walked
arm IN arm along Park row 80 IN" hTir"
entrance on their wav 80 thor home iu
BROOKLYN
Jake Chute numbered among his friends
many men Of prominence Throughout the
country and was intimately acquainted
with rnanv Washington politicians His
funeral will be held On SATURDAY. and m"
in'.rmer, will 10 IN Calvary -" ,'"rv