The evening world., 1903-12-07
Captured in a Raid on Alleged
Policy Shop, It Was Found
that He Had a Fortune in His
Pockets.
MONEY SAID TO BELONG
TO BAcKER OF GAMES.
Young Man, However, Insisted
that It Is His Own and that
He Had Been Saving His
Wages for Years..

Joseph Dodis, q twenty-year-old
clgarmaixer. OF Nc. IS Forsyth street.
one of the prisoners taken rs Capt, r.
Norton Goddard's Anti Policy Society
agents In the raid on the cigar store at
No. SO East Fourth street on Saturday
afternoon, had in his possession at the
time of his arrest $4,000 in cash.. M
money was In bank rotes. come as large
as $1,000, and was tucked ava In his
pockets.
As soon as the money was found on
Dodls. the agent who made me raid
notified Detective Sergeant Maher. Of
Police Headquarters. and asked what
should be lone with It. Maher told them
that they had no right to take the, money
away from Dodis. so the youthful pri-
soneT was allowed TO turn IL over to a
friend who had accompanied him Il the
station house.
The money is believed 20 be the bank
roll OF the hacker OF the string OF east
side policy shops of which the two
ratded on Saturday afternoon were q
part. The explanation OF a humble
cigarmaker like Dodis being trusted
with 90 large an amount OF money IN
found in the fact that Dodis Is really
a cigarmaker and at the time of the
raid RAJ busy at his bench In the rear
of the East Foartnh. street cigar store.
Believed He Was Safe.
No one supposed that he would be ar
rested. and when the agents forced their
way into the store the actual holders of
the money. believing II was In danger.
quickly passed 1t to Dodls. who secreted
y about his person and then went on
with his work.
But Dodis was arrested. ani the con-
sternation of the policy men was great
when he. with the other prisoners. was
searched. II was a relief to them when
Detective Maher said that the money
could not be confiscated. and allowed a
stranger to take It from Dodis. The
stranger lost TO time in disappearing
when he got the money IN his posses
sion.
When Dodis was questioned about the
money he said that 1t was his own. saw
inss.
How did you ever ave $4,000 out of
your pay AZ a clgarmaker?" asked De-
tective Maher.
I've been working since I was a boy
answered Dodis, n~ervously, land I've
saved almost every cent I have earned"
why didn't you put the o in a
bank ?" asked the detective.
I'm afraid OF banks" was the an
swer.
Sticks TO His story
Maher asked the youth II It wasn't a
fact that the money belonged to the
policy men. He answered that he didn't
know anything about policy. I'M moth
ing more could be got from him.
This money" said Detective Maher
to-day. Undoubtedly represented the
policy bank-roll. When we took 1t from
the boy 1t made d pie a foot high. and
/ don't see yet how he managed to get
1t all slowed away in his pockets. It
sounds like an improbable story. but
| saw h money. helped to count II and
know it In true"
Dodis was one OF the policy men
. .Se ssff i9ess ~ Maf Aesis coass t GGsns efte IN
loon because the a~nti-policy agents
had exceeded their authority IN arrest
Ing fifty people on warrants for four.
tween Justice Wyatt, Of Special ses-
sions, and Magistrate Cornell. who is
sitting In jefferson Market. before the
poiicv cases could be disposed of, q
One warrant was issued for Kate NC
Kiniey' the reputed proprietor OF the
place at Fourteenth street and First
avenue. by Justice Wyatt and that
three warrants, for John Doe" DARK
and Light Doe had been issueo
BY Magistrate Pool in the Yorkv1lle
Court. on these warrants nifty per.
sons were arrested. most or them as
witnesses. and locked up.
Justice Wyatt IL Angry.
on sunday Magistrate Cornell refused
even 10 near the cases, so the prisoners
and witnesses were all locked up again.
This morning Justice Wyatt became
angry over the arrests that had been
made and refused to hear n OF the
Eases. For an hour the prisoners, and
witnesses wandered about the corridors
81 the Criminal Courts Building. the
agents at their wits -ends n 70 90
with them, Finally 1Ssuc cs wyatt
in,e rest ne sent to Magistrate Cornell
n,itn a reouest that he hear them.
NiaEistrate Cornell discharged all OF the
-,vit5esses nut refused to hear the other
cases, so they were taken up 10 York
NYonia hear them later in the afternoon.
Among the prisoners was eleven-year-
ola Harry nraser, the boy who was ar
Tested ~ the raid on the First avenue
Mace, His mother. who Is said to be
a policy mend and who, the police aiieSe:
children and herself OF clothing to
SCI money TO play the game, was in
Court TO ckim the child. who has been
in charse OF the Gerry Society since
SaturdaS. Mrs. Drasser Is a hard
faced woman, and her acquaintance
caught in the raid is cited as proof by
the police Of their assertion that she Il
q confirmed player herself.