New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02

Policy playing came to a StandStlI last night
in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Jersey City for
the first time since the game has been played
in those places, and thousands of policy shops
were compelled to suspend business. BY one
of the most successful raids ever planned the
headquarters of the policy dealers where the
official lists are printed every day, was broken
into and the form and press seized. The type
in the form set up when 1t was seized, and
the numbers of the morning drawings captured.
Had the raid been made half an hour later
the raiders would have surprised the printer at
work setting up the evening drawings.
The raids were made by five county detectives,
Charles P. Blaney. counsel TO Captain F. Norton
Goddard's Anti-Policy Society, and three OF the
socety's detectives. and three Central Office
men. The printing establishment of the policy
ring. No 26 Church-st. within a stones
throw of the Church-st. police station, was the
last of three places which a raid was made.
Allan H. Dakin. who for several years has
printed the official list of the policy numbers
which distributed to the thousands of shops
throughout the city. was arrested in his shop.
He admitted that he was the proprietor but
denied that he conducted an nlegitimate busi-
ness.
SALOON VISITED FIRST.
Before raiding the printing shop the detec-
tiyes swooped down the saloon at No 81
Dey-st. and arrested James Conlin, the pro-
prietor, a charge of selling policy slips al the
bar. A raid also made the barber and
cigar shop at No ia West-st. and prisoner
taken there The detectives then went TO the
printing shop.
Five prisoners were taken and brought to the
Church-st. station where Justice julius Mayer.
of the Court of Special Sessions, conducted open
court. Deputy Assistant District Attorney
Thorn went to the station and looked after the
arraignments
Never before have such results been attained
in the fight that has been waged against policy
playing. BY the raid the printing establish
ment the game was completely disorganized all
over the city, Brooklyn and Jersey City, and in
thousands of shops the evening drawings were
not received. This is the first and only instance
of the kind in the history of the city.
The numbers are drawn twice a day at some
point in the city, and then transmitted by
telephone 10 a runner" who takes them over
the telephone by a code. The runner then
turns the numbers over to Dakin, who sets them
up in type the third floor of No. 26 Church
st. The printed lists given to another run
ner' from headquarters, who distributes them
TO hundreds OF other runners" in the employ
of the dealers. In this manner every dealer gets
a copy of the official list. Then they make rub
ber stamp prints from the official list, which
are given to the players. Now that the plant
of the game has been seized, il Is thought that
II has been broken up. for time at least.
JUSTICE MAYER GIVES WARRANTS.
For the last two months Charles p. Blaney
and Detectives Mcfarland. Bingham and His-
gins. of Captain Norton's society, have been
getting evidence against Dakin's shop, where
they suspected that the official lists were print
ed. While investigating in the neighborhood
they found that slips being sold by James
Conlin in his saloon at Dey and Church SITS.
They applied to Justice Mayer, in Special Ses-
sions, yesterday for warrants for the arrest
of John Doe No. ] and John Doe No. . and
for a search warrant authorizing them to break
into the shop at No. 26 Chutch-st. Coun-
ty Detectives Hammond, Dillon. Mcclellan.
Brennan and Secord assigned TO assist
them in serving the warrants, and also Central
Office Detectives Jackson, Braun and DoOlady.
Nine of the detectives first visited COnlin's sa-
loon, where they arrested the proprietor on
charge of violating Section .344A of the Penal
Code in selling policy slips. Conlin said he lived
at No 1SS Baltic-st, Brooklyn. They also ar
rested Harry Wittenberg, charging him with
writing, selling and running" the slips. Mean
time the barber shop at No ia West-st. had
been visited and Joe Doe No. 2. George W. VIII