The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-31
THREE PLACES RAIDED
THIRTY-TwO MEN IN l. ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF GAMBLING.
At Armitage's Rooms Tables and Other
Paraphernalfa COnhscated-
Thirteen Negroes Caught.

The police department was kept busily
engaged last night for several hours visit
ing places known as gambling houses and
taking men charged with visiting such
places to the police station. In three places
visited the raids bore an abundance of
fruit, as there were IN all thirty-two men
slated for visiting gambling houses.
William Armitage's place, No. IS South
Senate avenue, was the first place visited.
Sergeant Warren. with a detail. of district
patrolmen, surrounded the place. Warren
assembled the stairs leading TO the upper
rooms and found the door leading into the
gambling room standing open. The officer
went in the room without any display of
formality and surprised the crowd. Fiji
teen men were seated at three round tables
covered with white muslin cloth. AT sight
of the officer 1t was suggested by one or
the players who was in a %jocular mood
that 1.-The game had better stop" Sergeant
Warren agreed with the person making
the remark. Almost instantly there was a
clatter of poker chips being emptied into a
white muslin sack. Some of the players
fortunate in the game had stacks OF chlps
when the policemen interrupted the game
and they began to make arrangements with
the house to cash in what checks they
possessed. Sergeant Warren saw that the
men he had corraled were inclined TO De
peaceable, and he returned to the front door
and whistled for the men stationed AT the
lower stairs. The players, after cashInB
i'm their checks and arranging matters satls-
factorily with the house, were marched
downstairs and into the patrol wagon wait
ing at the curb. With the large party were
also the three tables, the sack OF poker
chips and the remainder of the parapher-
MALTA taken from Armitages room.
ANOTHER CROWD.
While Turnkey Lowe was engaged in
recording the fictitious names given by
these men there came into the room "Tobe'
Howe, Charles sloan and William Her
man, a German, who gave his residence as
Chicago. Patrolman James Pope and
Bailey also accompanied the trio. The po-
licemen had entered Harry Walkers room
on East Court street, where ii was said
gambling was in progress. The three men
were seated at one of the round tables in
the room playing cards when the patrol
men entered.
ing after gambling rooms Sergeant Schroed-
er, with the aid of several patrolmen, sent
to the police station thirteen negroes taken
in a room at 429 Indiana avenue, Wnere
Lewis Harris was operating a gambling
house. The sergeant had little difficulty In
getting into this place. as IL Is on the
ground nOOr. NO LOOKOUT Was Oh "a
and when Sergeant Schroeder raped on
the door IL was opened without the inner
men asking the visitors business. Behlnd
Sergeant Schroeder walked two patrolmen.
When the door was opened the three men
walked into the dimly-lighted room. 1t
was crowded with the thirteen colored oc.
cupants. There was little evidence of
gambling, but the policemen were of opin-
lon that the men had been engaged In
shooting dice. A number of them were
searched, and when Lewis Harris was
reached the sergeant found hidden away
i'm one of his overcoat pockets a small dice
box which contained several pairs of dice.
This the policemen thought sufficient evl
dence. Harris was charged with keeping
a gambling house and the remainder with
visiting.
The men arrested in Armitage's place
were released on pond furnished by Harry
Walker. ''Tobe" Howe and the other two
men arrested with him were also taken
out by Mr.. Walker.