The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-18
RAIDS ARE MADE
POLICE PROFIT BY THE JOURNALS
GAMBLING EXPOSE.
At Several of the Resorts Indicated
They Confscate Considerable
ParaphernaIia.
VISIT HEIER, SHEA AND RAHKE
LATER IN THE DAY SEVERAL OTHER
PLACES ARE RAIDED.
Proprietors of These Rooms Slated
at the Police station for Keeping
Gambling Devices.
HASTY CONFERENCE CALLED
MAYOR HOFFMAN ALARMED OVER
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS.
Superintendent Kruger Instructed to
"Get Busy, mt Once-Gamb1ers
Say IT Il q Blun.
Proprietors of These Rooms slated
at the Police station for Keeping
Gambling Devices.
CONFERENCE CALLED
MAYOR HOFFMAN ALARMED OVER
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS.
superintendent Kruger Instructed to
sect Busy mt Once-Gamblers
Say IT II q Bluff.

After conference with Mayor Hoffman
yesterday morning Superintendent of Police
Kruger. acting on orders. sent patrolmen
to Heier's shea's. Rahke's. Walkers, Armi-
tage's, Irons and Dan Smiths gambling re-
sorts and confiscated a number of poker
tables. roulette wheels. crap tables and
other gambling devices. among which were
several slot machines.
Three large wagon loads of gambling
paraphernalia were hauled to the police
station and deposited in the basement and
Shea. Rahke and Heller were slated at the
turkeys Office for keeping gambling de-
vices. They will be given a hearing In the
Police Court this morning and II is prob
able that Judge Whallon will order the con-
fscated property destroyed.
At Heier's place on South New Jersey
street the police secured a number of poker
tables, a crap table. about 500 poker chips.
many decks of cards and a stud poker
table out of the gambling rooms in the base
ment.
At Shea's place they secured a roulette
table, a stud poker table, crap table. poker
chips and half dozen poker tables besides
a slot machine. Gus Rahke had time to
hide most of his paraphernalia before the
a crap table. several poker tables and
table used for the faro bank.
CLEVELAND CLUB VISITED.
The Cleveland Club which is one of the
Heier-shea properties. was visited by the
police last evening after o'clock and noth--
ing was found to indicate any gambling,
but they had plenty of time In which to re-
move all evidence before the arrival of the
III, al
very indignant yesterday when made TO ap-
pear at the police station. Gus Rahke.
however. took his troubles good naturedly
and said the crap table did not amount to
very much. AN inexpensive affair."" he
said. but he could not understand why he
was made to appear at the police station
and be arrested when no gambling was de-
tected in his place.
Heller was closeted for a long time with
Superintendent Kruger in the latter's Of
fee yesterday afternoon and while IT Is not
known what took place he seemed In a bet
ter humor when he left the police station
than when seen a few hours before Sew
eral gamblers who were seen yesterday said
the police raid was bluff and they claim
that they will be doing q big business again
within a month.
At s o'clock last night the police went
through Harry Walkers gambling rooms on
Washington street and secured crap table
and several poker tables. They next went
to Irons rooms over the Kingston bar
and there they secured several tables which
they carted to the police station along
with the effects from Walkers. Armitage
Bros. came in for their share Of the police
activity, but they had removed all their
fixtures with the exception Of an old broken
down table which had long been useless
and was thrown I'm a trash heap In a cor
ner. The dilapidated table. however. was
placed in the patrol wagon and taken to
the police station, where II was deposited
in the basement along with the other con-
fiscated property. Dan Smiths place on
North Illinois street was visited by the
police and several tables were secured
there Walker. Iron, Smith and the Armi-
tage Bros. were slated at the police station
charged with keeping gambling devices and
they were all cited to appear In the Police
Court this morning.
William Armitage said last night, when
he was placed under arrest, that he had
removed all his tables and gambling effects
from his rooms yesterday morning, having
anticipated a raid by the police The old
on a trash heap and had not or could not
have been used for any purpose Most or
the gamblers property secured by the
police, with the exception Of that which
came from Shea's resort consisted OF cheap
tables and half-discarded furniture which
would have been used only on nights when
business was very rushing. They all had
plenty Of time TO remove most OF their
property from their room before the police
made the attempt 10 confiscate any Of IL.
The Cleveland Club vacated it's rooms. tenn
porarily IL is said. early yesterday morning
and IL is understood that much OF the prop
erty at Shea's and Rahke's was hidden be-
fore noon Armitage said he had removed
ali of his effects and IL is to be presumed
that the other members of the gambling
fraternity were equally shrewd. The
proprietors of the resorts do not seem TO be
in the least disheartened by the days de-
yelopments.