The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-21
The CRUSADE
ON GAMBLING 1 |: /. IN
Two Thrilling Incidents in This
City Were the Moving Causes
Of the Raids.
.DE ! AND MURDER
One Following Close After the
Other Aroused the Public
and the Police.
DEFALCATI0N AND MURDER

Two thrilling incidents In the early
on the gambling places
3 It was about that time that a trusted
young employe OF we'll known business
house down town went wrong. His en-
ployer. who had the utmost confidence in
him, was at home sick. The young man
had charge of the finances OF the concern
and tho bank book.
He had been leading a pretty wild life.
and the temptation was too strong. While
the proprietor was sick at home. the
young fellow went to the bad, by reason
OF raised checks and gambling, and when
the inevitable discovery came, he acknow-
lodged that he had lost the money he
had taken at the gaming table.
All this came out at the trial. The
gamblers became frightened and "hauled
in their signs The amount of the de-
fulcation was made UP by the gamblers,
but the young man went over the hill for
q year.
The second incident was the killing
OF man, after n row in a gambling
place. somewhere near the corner Of
Seventh and Broad Streets.
a AROUSED THE PUBLIC.
These two cases aroused tho public.
Efforts had been made by them at inter-
walls to get access to the suspected places
and to "gct something on the men boz
lieved to be engaged in tho gambling
business. The efforts were fruitless.
Tho two Incidents referred to, how
ever started the Chief into strenuous nc
tivity. lie consulted the Commemorative
%tn,, y,lo yyao
which It was believed would result In
clearing the city Of gamblers.
The Chief called his captains together
in secret conference lato ono afternoon,
and teh campaign was set on foot 1t was
arranged that on that very night,
swoop was to be made on the suspected
places Trusted mon from each district
were detailed, and at a given time they
wero to run down upon tho various
places.
No ono knew OF this plan up to that
very moment. The chief and the cap.
tain cautioned the men. From outward
appearances 1t looked like a winner.
Promptly as planned tho men went out
the campaign of determination. The
men In the First and Third Districts
caught some Of the game, but IN the
Second, like old Mother Hubbard's cup
board, everything was bare,
suspected houses NcIe NAeteSt' oeS ~
not single case was yestlge OF gam
bling paraphernalin found. All was
dark and bare, 1t was a water maui III
tho Second,
The First and Third District officers
reported eleven houses. each one or
which was broken up
The Second District gamblers nan
"caught on" when the case of the young
embezzler and the murder case came
out, and had closed UP shops, after NOV
Ing their stuff away,
GOT EVIDENCE.
All this caused public talk and COM
ment, and In the midst Of Il, Policeman
Wyatt said he could find the parapher-
MALTA, and get EVIDENCE sufficient TO con-
Wet the gamblers
The chief gave him plenty Of leo way
and instructions, lie got contributions
from prominent citizens to help work up
The evidence. lie secured the assistance
Of one or two young men, around town,
who had been in the gambling places,
when they were IN full blast, and he got
a long list OF witnesses.
Then the warrants against the ganlp7
lers were drawn up in tho chiefs office,
and were sworn to by Mr., Wyatt.
The list of witnesses, which included
the names Of plumber of prominent
| citizens, was kept back,
| The warrants were served, and IN each
case the man arrested was given to un-
| yderstand that the warrant was backed
} Testimony could