The sun., 1903-10-06
JEROME RAIDS PHIL DAILY, JR.
myDDLETON'S PULLED, TOO, AND
SOME CHOPPING DONE.


n.,y Arrested and His Place Opened on His
Order--Only Faro Boxes Found There
Roulette Frames Seized At Middle
4, ton,s-Wslsh and Burfeind In Plan.
District Attorney Jerome at midnight
raided Phil DAILY, Jr.,s, gambling house
at 1O7 West Forty-ffth street. No axes
or sledge hammers were used. DAILY was
arrested in Burns's restaurant and went
"a his house with the officers and ordered
the doorkeeper to open up. Two other
men. who were recorded on the blotter
q, the West Forty y-seventh street station
"a the Doe brothers, John and Richard,
were captured in the place. One is said to
he Zeiss, Dalys manager, and the other
a roulette wheel keeper
The warrants for the raid we're issued by
Justice Wyatt at his home, 20 East Thirtieth
street, and were not drawn up until 9;3O
o'clock. The evidence against the house
WAS obtained by Plain Clothes Policeman
Harry Fritcham Of Inspector Walsh's
staff.
with the District Attorney and assisting
in the raid were Inspector Walsh and sew
oral of his detectives, Assistant District
Attorneys Lord and Corrigan and Capt.
Handy and squad Of his policemen in
plain clothes.
Detective Fritchan, who got the evidence,
says he met DAILY in Sixth avenue restau-
rant several nights ago and was invited
to try his luck.
The place is a fve-story brownstone
front house and is handsomely furnished.
The walls are panelled with mahogany
and the ceilings are done in white and gold.
The raid lacked the sensational features
that have characterized other raids made
by Jerome No axes, sledge hammers and
ladders were called into play. The door
was quickly opened on Daly's order.
A search Of the house was made by the
District Attorney and the police and up
to 1 o'clock this morning they had only
succeeded in finding three faro case boxes.
The search failed to disclose any roulette
wheels.
The main gambling room Of the house
is ON the first floor. 1t is built into one
story extension. The rear windows on the
second floor open onto the roof Of this ex-
tension and Mr.. Jerome found leading
from this roof a bridge made of steps which
led to a livery stable which faced on Sixth
avenue. The bridge connects with an ele-
vator in the rear Of the stable.
District Attorney Jerome and the police
went over the entire house. sounding the
walls, but found no gambling implements
hidden.
Fritcham and friend, also said to be q
policeman. for several weeks past have
been spending the evenings In and around
uptown restaurants. They always wore
evening clothes and had money to spend.
Friedman says they were approached by
DAILY on Saturday night in Sixth avenue
restaurant and taken to the house. Daily
then left after turning them over to his
manager, Ze;ss, and telling the police
men to enjoy themselves.
Friedman says he and his friend played
roulette and lost. He also says that DAILY
told them they need not be in fear OF raid,
as they would get out easily.
Simultaneous with the raid on Days
was another made by Capt, Burfeind Of the
Tenderloin on the gambling house of
George Middleton at SO West Twenty
ninth street. The evidence for this raid
was also secured by Policeman Fritcham
and his friend. Who the friend" is Jer-
ONE would not say. Only Fritcham's
name appears in the affldavits.
The two, according to Fritcham. were
approached by stranger and taken to
Middetons, where roulette wheel was
rigged up for them. The detective says
he lost there, also.
The house run by Middleton is over q
cafe. Capt Burfeind and a squad of his
policemen went into the place through the
cafe and broke open a door leading to the
upper floor.
After considerable searching the police
found 1000 chips and two roulette frames
hidden between the ceiling OF the fourth
floor and the roof. They chopped their
way through and got them.
At a late hour the captain and his mtn
had not left the house and no prisoners
we're sent to the Tenderloin station. 1t
was said at the at at ion that the captain sus-
pected that the place had been tipped
off,"
The evidence Of the raid was presented
10 District Attorney Jerome yesterday
afternoon. This was taken before Justice
Wyatt at his home last night and he issued
the warrants.
Armed with these, Mr.. jerome and his
assistants. Lord and Corrigan, spent the
remainder of the evening until midnight
at the City Club, where they were joined
by Inspector Walsh. All proceeded to
Forty-second street and Sixth avenue,
where they met Capt. Handy and the police
men in citizens clothes, and started out to
raid