Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-05
RAID GAMBLING D[N&
Sioux City Officers Capture a
Miniature Monte Carlo In
Full Operation
A WAGON FULL OF DEVICES
Some of the Protected Ones. 1t is Al
legged, Caught in the Draenet-Money
Paying Slot Machines Captured and
Found to be Full of Money, Which is
Confscated.
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1 Special to es-Republ1can.
| Sioux City, Sept. 5.-In raid on ;
! gambling house over James Kennedy:
saloon. at To6 Fourth street, shortly
after 9 o'clock this morning, the police
| captured roulette wheel, took an in
voice of dozen or more poker tables
enough to stock miniature Monte
! Carlo and arrested eight men, includ-
/ ing Sid Weir formerly proprietor of the
oxford bar, Carl Carlson, operator OF
| the wheel and John Hamlinson, farmer
| from Parker, S. ID.
James Kennedy, who is charged with
running the gambling house, came in
hot haste to the police station to help
out his friends and was arrested. The
men furnished bonds and gave the fol-
lowing names, all being fictitious eS-
cept kennedys and Hamlinsons
Frank Jones, r. Brown, John Bush, j
b. Bye, j. f. Meyers, John Martin, Sam
Jackson
Within a few hours after the raid on
the gambling house Officer McMurray
captured a big money paying slot ma
chine in the saloon of Frank Haaren.
919 Fourth street. The machine was
full of money and after the policeman
had played 1t, the men in charge told
him it belonged to j. III. Bigelow, the
Musical Puck magnate. whose opera
ton here some time ago caused the
council to pass a new anti gambling
ordinance shutting out commodity ma
chimes.
The machine was a handsome one.
1t was the New Century Puck, minus
the musical attachment-the kind Bige-
low deals in. Confirmation of the fact
that Bigelow is vitality interested in the
machine was apparent about s. o'clock,
when the magnate appeared at the sta
ton in search of Captain Ed Ander
son.
Where's Cap Anderson?' demanded
Bigelow, white with rage.
He amt down yet Detectives
Westfield and Harvey told him.
Well, by Cd, you tell him for me If
he hasn't got that machine back in the
place he took 1t from within one hour
there'll be things doing Understand? y
howled the magnate gritting his teeth
Yes, sir. I'll tell him. said West
field dutifully
Bigelow went away swearing VEN
geance and the message was deiv-
cred. For few minutes Captain An
derson was the maddest man at the po-
lice station
What do you think of that did Bige
low? 1t he waits for me to bring back
that machine. he'll wait until the town
rots down." he declared wrathfully.
And to think of the nerve of him:
after what have done for him, too"
he went on disguestedly. Why, when
he was running his machines here I'M
der the old ordinance, and was using
chips. didn't knock on him, when
complaint was made that he was run
ming money paying machines. And he
wasn't, technically speaking. Well,
he's a peach and we will see who's
telling who where to head in"
This was only an incident of a num-
Der of exciting events at the police
station this morning. The air was
fairly surcharged With excitement. For
two hours Judge Page wasn't able to1
convene court. the gamblers and their
attorneys rushing around in circles,
buttonholing the police, Chief Daven-
port and Mayor Caldwell. The latter,
with face like adamant declared the
prosecution must go on to the bitter
end.