The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-04
POLICE CHASED
: THE GAM BLERS
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Lively Time on Lake Michigan, Near
Chicago.
FOURTEEN MEN ARRESTED
FLOATING POOL ROOM TO BE
CLOSED DOWN.

n HICAGO. Aug. 3.-GambIers intent
II upon playing the races and police
men determined to prevent all
race track betting on the high seas
furnished today on Lake Michigan
unique and spectacular gambling raid.
The police and gamblers raced around
the lake. first into Michigan waters,
then close to the shores of Illinois, and
then into the jurisdiction of Indiana.
the one seeking escape and the police
determined to capture them at all
hazards. The net results of the day
for the police were the capture OF four
teen weary marine gamblers, who
1Oated ashore at South Chicago i'm
launch. All of the others. after hot
chase by the police i'm a numbering fire
tug. escaped TO Indiana Harbor. In
diana. and made their way ashore out
side of the Jurisdiction Of the Chicago
police.
Chief Collins Aroused.
Chief Of Police Collins said today that
he would no longer permit the opera
tion Of the floating pool room City of
Traverse He asserted that he would
arrest all the gamblers when they at
tempted to board il. claiming that they
were about to commit an illegal act
risdiction. The gamblers circumvented
the chief of police at the outset by
causing the steamer City of Traverse
to he run out into the lake into the
waters OF the state Of Indiana where
she lay all through the morning. Large
details Of police were placed on the
shore guarding approaches to all of
the docks from which the gamblers
might make their way to the lake. II
no "T-ectatiOn Of the authorities
NnaA hot ,TN II
Chicago on the City Of Traverse. but
instead of this a small excursion
steamer. named The Eagle had been
chartered. ana the gamblers. walking
past the police. embarked and started
Tor the city of Traverse. which was
rolling around in mid-iake. The police
were pOwerless to intercept the "cxcur-
SiOniStS.' they called themselves
and with deep cha grin watched them
sail away to place their money on the
Programme of Gamblers.
managers Of the floating pool room
was that all passengers would be
landed at the foot Of Ninety-second
street IN South Chicago. where tie
calumet river einpties into Lake Mich
tSaD- Chief Rollins baked in lis ri
tempt to Prevent the sailing Of the
gamblers Ou The E,a gle. transfer II MS,
forces to Ninety-second street and
posted them along the Shore in such
4 manner that Il would have been
practically impossible for any nam
from the city OF Traverse OF. The ale
10 set foot on shore and escape arrest
Late in the day the Eagle steamed
into the harbOr at South Chicago. load
ed with 200 men who were anxious to
reach the shore. As soon as the boat
was well inside of the first bridge il
was swung behind il. With escape to
the lake cut off by the bridge and no
possible chance of a safe landing on
shore. the case of the gamblers for a
time looked desperate. The Eagle cir
Sled around and around i'm the harbOr
footing its whistle i'm frantic fashion
for the bridgstender to turn the bridge
and allow II to steam back into the
lake. The police stood on the shore
and laughed. feeling confident that il
was only question of time before the
passengers of the Eagle would be in
their power. A small. insignificant mud
scow happened along at this critical
moment. however, and blew its whistle
as a signal for the bridge to open
The bridge-tender was cOmDelIed TO
swing the bridge. and the Eagle plant
ing its bow squarely in the stern of
the mud scow. crowded il closely as
It passed through the bridge and then
made a run for the open lake and free
dom.
Police Made a Rush.
rs As soon as the police discovered the.
approach of the mud ScOw and realized
that The bridge must open. they made
a rush for the fire tug Yosemite and
by the time the Eagle was entering
the waters OF the lake the tug was
tearing after it, loaded down with po-
licemeu.
The Eagle. however. steadily drew
away from the tug and after run
OF ten minutes the police gave up the
chase The Eagle landed at Indiana
Hareor. its passengers returning to
Chicago by train
Before the arrival of the Eagle at
South Chicago a small launch named
the Panther came in. bea ring Il num-
Der Of gamblers from the city of Ira
verse and several fishermen. All the
passengers of the Panther were lined
up on the pier and compelled to stand
IN heavy rain while the police weeded
out the fishermen from the excursion
ISIS Fourteen men who could not
prove that they had been fishing were
loaded into the patrol wagon and car
ried TO the police station.
The gamblers who returned to Chi
cage this evening declared that even
though the police had arrested all the
passengers OF the Eagle. they would
nave found u impossible to prove case
against them, as the wireless appara-
tus refused 10 work throughout the dav
and not a message was received and
net a bet was made