New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-05
" GIGS" ON CITY BALLOTS.
FOUND IN POLICY RAID.
Aldermens Official Envelopes Used
for Distributing Slips.

An alleged policy headquarters. where the draw
ings were printed on the blank side of Republican
primary ballots of the XIIth Assembly District OF
last election and delivered in official envelopes Of
the Aldemen's chamber. was raided last evening
by county detectives. The establishment was on a
second floor fat in the rear tenement at No PCS
Monroe-st
According to County Detective Reardon. who
with Detectives Rappold and Mullen. made the
raid slips found on the ballots containing the
drawings. The detectives are also sure from their
knowledge Of the place. that the slips were deliv-
cred to the branches in the Aldermen's envelopes.
large number of which were found in the station
cry confscated in the rooms
The fat had four rooms which were well fur
nished. When the county detectives appeared
about twenty men in the place The invaders
made known their identity and. despite the fact
that they had no warrants. the men they said they
wanted submitted arrest without causing any
trouble. The prisoners taken were William Hum
phreys' Of No 81 Jackson-st. alleged runner;
Charles Orion. the alleged proprietor and manager
Of No. SO Grand-st' William c. Hall of No. 46
Rdge-st. and Rocco Spello Of No. 81 Jackson-st
Inc other men in the rooms were permitted to go.
The raid was made by the county detectives
without the knowledge of the police Of the De-
lancey-st station. in which precinct the alleged
policy shop is. To prevent the Delancey-st men
from having any connection with the affair Rear
don. as soon as the raid accomplished. called
a patrol wagon from the Madison-st station in
the adjoining precinct
When the patrol wagon arrived the four prison
ers were ordered into it, with the paraphernaIia
captured. Then Detective Reardon had the wagon
go to the Ezabeth-st station. where the prisoners
were locked up for the night. This para
phernalia consisted OF a blackboard on which were
written according TO the detectives the figures OF
the morning and afternoon drawing Of the lucky
policy numbers. There were four manifold books
such as are used in the policy business--A sum
cient quantity of the envelopes bearing In the
corner the inscription of the Chamber Of the Board
Of Aldermen obtained to satisfy the detectives
that they were used exclusively in the shop for
the purpose Of inclosng the policy drawings They
were undoubtedly the gent inc aldermen's sta
tonery. Besides the blank primary ballots a
number were taken which had been printed the
list Of numbers which the detectives saw had TO do
with policy drawings. A batch of eighteen
licenses for public carts was found in one OF the
rooms Of the nat
As County Detective Reardon pointed ont the
presence Of the municipal envelopes and the bal
lots in the alleged policy shop indicated that some
one was backing the place who was either A
politician OF some influence and perquisites or
else some one with strong political pull" Rear
aon said he suspected certain person, but re-
fused emphatically 10 tell that persons name or
rank He said ne believed known as Billy
Kent who is interested in the policy business had
something TO do with this place The raid Rear
don said, was made under District Attorney
Jeromes orders complaints having reached the
District Attorneys Office about the place Reardon
would not say why the raiders were so careful to
Keen the Delancey-st. police from having share
in it. Captain George r. Holahan is captain of
the precinct. Hall. of the prisoners according
70 Reardon. is under suspended sentence.