New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-25
BIG CROWD SEES RAID.
,JERONE'.S DETECTIVES MAKE
DASH IN CHATHAM SQUARE.
POLICY MEN JUMP OVER FAMILY Al
SUPPER TO ESCAPE FROM EAST
SIDE HEADQUARTERS.

Detectives of District Attorney Jerome stali
made spectacular raid early last evening at
No. % Chatham Square. and gathered in two
men said to be policy dealers. and palrol
wagon load of policy paraphernalia, before
thousand or more persons who gathered in the
omen space where New Bowery, Chatham square
and the Bowery converge"
The prisoners are Richard Sampson, or NO. ~
Farnharr West New-York. \. J., ana
lanes Wallace of No. . Boomfeld-st, Hobo
ken. They were locked up in the Oak-st. ponce
station where Captain Vredenburgh less than
three weeks ago offered $500 reward TO any one
who would discover disordcrly house or a
policy shop in his precinct. Since then Mr.
Jerome ana his detectives have made raids on
three Cf the latter places. Five men they capt
urad st No 3 Rocsevelt-st. are now awaiting
the pleasure OF the grand jury. and three caught
at No 2l2 Broadway have been held for trial
IN magistrates court
Cantsin Vroderbursh he'd nothing to say last
night.
The raid was made without premeditatioh OF
warrants Detectives Hammond. Reardoh' bii-
Ion and Mcclellan went for stroll through the
East Side looking for policy shops each man
going in : different direction. Each found
,la-,. Re believed to be a policy shop. ana wflie
looking over the ground a man he beiieNed
10 be a runner for policy headquarters ledNe
the place. Each followed his man ana iii"'A
to their surprise they met outside the 'haF
ham Square place into which their quarry haa
gene.
They saw the four men they bad followed
,e.rs the Mace and three go in. Ham
rond and Reardon went to the side door IN
Chatham Square and saw the last two men WHO
ar-sred go upstairs. Just at that moment Some
one recognized the detectives. and Hammond
heard n "buzzer' IN the saloon on the ground
floor give a warning signal. With the others ne
rushed upstairs find himself confronted os
three doors all heavily barred. Dillon remained
on the sidewalk long enough TO oiow "hlste
for police assistance. Nehstedt ana Hayes Oh
Captain Vredenburghs command. on post near
nv hurried around and gave assistance
CAUGHT AT KITCHEN STOVE
In the mean time Reardon and Hammond had
kicked in one of the doors and found them
selves in a long room with half dozen men
in IT. The men were near the windows. and
long table separated them from the detectives.
The men made dash for the fire escape with
+ba d4tectives after them. Mcclellan in the lead
Mcclellan caught one of the men and received
blow on the forehead either with a ring or some
other instrument. that made a cut an inch long
and raised lump. He dazed and let go his
I prisoner.
on the floor above lives Dennis Dunn, his wife
and six young children. hammond anu iNeoi uoii
ran up the stairs and caught the two locked up
in the Oak-st station. in Mrs. Dunns kitchen
They had jumped in through the open window.
scrambled across the table at which the children
were seated at supper and were stuff1ng papers
in a stove Mrs. Dunn badly scared. All
but these two made their way TO the top story,
| and opening the windows of the Hip Tong Song
Association got through to the rear, where they
| escaped over the roof of he adjoining tenement
| houses.
After searching the premises the detectives
! decided that the raid one of the most i'm
J portant they had made. Policy slips, a
different policy stations nearly filed the patrol
| wagon A still more valuable find, the detec-
! .ives believe were seven manifold books, which
| showed or purported to show, the business done
| at as many shops in the afternoon.
! Hammond said that the place was the head
| quarters of the policy dealers of the lower East
| eide that II is run by the AT Adams OF the
! East Side and Billy Kent and Jimmy 6ah-
! non samson and Wallace, Hammond thinh7'
are their head men. 1t was Sampson VINO WAS
irving to burn the manifold books When tNe"'
| don colared him in Mrs Dunns kitchen. wal
| ,ace had a number of slips in his pocket
| natectives Allen and Reilly, OF captain re
| denhursh's staff accompanied the county ue
tanti,ras while they were making their search Oh
| the building Allen said that they had never
| suspected the place.