New-York tribune., 1902-06-07
BAT MAsTERSON ARRESTED
ur AND THREE OTHER MEN CHARGED
WITH BIG GAMBLING OPERATIONS

he AND THREE OTHER MEN tf'Ah"'
WITH BIG GAMBLING OPERATIONS.
wu,,a=, p. Masterson. better known through
r,,t fine West as BAT" Masterson and three
other men were arrested last evening by central
ONCE detectives and taken to Police Headquar-
ters The charge against Masterson and the
other prisoners is having in their possession
gambling paraphernalia-
To the police Masterson said he was book
maker forty-eight years old, and that he hVeo
sr Chicago The other prisoners described them
selves as James C Sullivan. thirty-eight years
old horseman, of the Pacific Coast; j. f.
sanders. thirty-nine years Old bookInaker. of
Denver Col and Leopold Frank, thirty-two
years old. gambler of Chicago.
The story of the arrest. told by Detective
Sergeant Hughes, private secretary to Captain
Titus Of the Detective Bureau, has peculiar
features Captain Titus received information a
few days ago that gang Of Western gamblers
had established headquarters in this city. ano
had q crooked game" in operation TITUS d
once assigned Detective Sergeants Gargan.
Tinker and Collins to the case They worheo
for three or four days. and found that the men
they were after were !n the habit Of frequent
ing the best hotels in this city. where II was
said they made plans for carrying on their
work.
Sergeant Hughes said that the detectives had
been following the who were made prison
ers Late yesterday afternoon. in Fffth-aVe"
near q prominent hotel. the four men. he SAID
were Just about to enter a cab Inc oe-
fectives also took a cab and followed the
one in which the prisoners rode away. The
pursuit led up Fifth-ave. TO Central PARK ana
linen TO the West Side. where the men left their
cab ana went into the house at No Iof west
sixty-ninth-st The detectives followed into the
house Hughes said they found that the four
men had apartments there. that they were run
ming q gambling game and that they found
faro layout and quantity of marked cards
The men were arrested without any resistance
The faro layout and the alleged marked cards
were taken TO Headquarters
Nasterson and Sullivan, who is morse
trainer of Oregon, were locked up at mead
quarters until p m, when they were palieo
out by Magistrate Mayo in SIVoe each Inc
bonds were signed by John Bittner. of No -Io
East Eighteenth-st. George Considine ana
Tom O'Rourke went 10 headquarters with
Bit1ner who was ORourl1e's partner UP 10 two
years ago.
The two other prisoners were locked up Tor
the night. sanderss photograph. the police
saw. is No 1883 in the Rogues' Gallery. and he
was arrested in October. 1900. by Policeman
Saver of the West Sixty-eighth-st station, on
charge of swindling.
Mas.ersou was seen last night at the Delevan
House He said he had come here over two
weeks ago with ''Parson' Davies, for the pur-
pose of sailing to England with him. He was
unable however, he said. to get berth, not
having secured one in advance With Davies
kA and himself Sullivan had come here from Hot
" Springs. Ark.
Masterson said that yesterday he and Sullivan
were in Colurn bus-ave when Sullivan had gone
into q saloon Nasterson said he climbed
bootblacks stand TO have his shoes shined. Four
plain clothes policemen, he declared. pounced
upon him as Sullivan came out of the saloon.
The policemen arrested him also. He said Sui
livan was struck in the face by the policemen.
Half an hour later the two other men were
brought in. and the trip made to Police
Headquarters.
A UTAH MAN THE COMPLAINANT
Masterson said the complainant in the case
J. A Snow, of Utah Snow was pointed ont
TO him, and Mastersou says he asked him:
What have you got against me. What die
sou have ME arrested for?"
You" Masterson says Snow replied, why.
don't know you. ] never you before in my
life"
Masterson declared that he knew nothing
whatever about the place in Sixty-ninth-st
that he had never been near the place men
toned by the police. and that he had had aoso-
iutely no connection with any gambling game OF
any sort since he had been in town. Master
son declared that, so far he knew, Sanders
ard Frank were gamblers, and perfectly square
ones
At the house at No 1o7 West Sixty-ninth-st
Two women appeared at the door in answer 70 d
reporters summons
us MI Masterson in?' they were asked.
Not Just now was the reply.
When will he be in?
I'VE cannot say
The house at No. 107. the police of the West
Eixtv-eightt-st. station say, is known 20 them
only as respectable boarding house, patronized
by actors and actresses.
ssT3at" Mastersoy slTst became famous the
CITY Marshal of Dodge City. Kan. early in the
eighties He IS said 10 have issued ultima
r,lra 10 the effect that ali gambling in the town
was 10 be conducted absolutely honest
and fair tasis. One Of his strongest opponents
was Luke Short, ard in several fights that fol-
lowed his election. Sasterson first got his repu-
tafion as dead shot
In 1887 he went TO Denver, where he became
q United States Marshal He sent to Grip
Die Greek during the trouble in the mining camp
ne az one time rar The Palace, q big variety
theatre in Denver. He is a great lover OF the
rueilistic sport He official at the fight
between Sullivan and CoTbett. and at the fight
letween FftZsimmons and Corber.
He is a shorr, thickset man, with small
closely cropped black moustache. black hair,
slightly gray and weighs about 165 pounds
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