The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-10
Gamblers Were Taken Entirely
by Surprise.
EIGHT PLACED UNDER ARREST
Others Ordered 10 DIspsTss Apparatus
SsI1sd-fnnk P. Casey Assaulted
Officer Brown.

The Waterford horse pool room was
raided yesterday afternoon by order OF
Sheriff Hunter c. White and eight pris-
oners rounded up. although there were
from 100 to $50 men in the resort. ac-
cording TO the raiding party
The raid was smoothly carried out and
90 secretly arranged that no opportunity
was afforded that would allow anybody
friendly 10 the gambling element 10 Tip
them or"
Deputy Sheriff Andrew Mckenzie and
party OF ten deputy sherifrs turned the
trick securing entrance 10 the pool room
ut about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
and in addition 10 the eight prisoners
singled out from the others as employees
OF the place. secured a wagon load OF
gambling paraphernalia Including rou-
lette OUTFIT and pool room requisites.
Deputy Sheriff Paster visited the place
IN advance Of the raiding party and sue
cessfully deceived the door tender. totally
escaping suspicion.
He reached Blackstone Junction about
2 o'clock on a train that had sports from
this city. Pawtucket. Central Falls and
Woonsocket mingled with n crowd OF
about 10 sports on the way from train 10
pool room; "braced by" the oor-keeper
without question being asked.
Inside the pool room he roamed about
at Will dropped 81 on the horse Avis
ton and a dollar at roulette. He pur-
chased more chips and retained them for
evidence
Two keys hanging from a nail at
tracted his attention and he appropriated
them. later making use Of them TO lock
doors TO cut off escape OF the gamblers.
The raiding officers reached Blackstone
Juntion singly and in pairs shortly after
8 o'clock. From the station they rushed
in a body 10 st. Paul street and around
the corner 10 Canal street. better known
as The TOW path
In the party were Deputy sherirfs An
drew Mckenzie. the leader OF the band;
Charles III. Brown. Peter j. Healey,
Thomas Dyer, Andre Blanchard. Daniel
McGinn. w p. Winslow, Richard Keene.
Antonio Girardi and O. NJ. Brown. The
latter is a Woonsocket officer. McGinn is
from Pawtucket and Keene from Central
Falls. The rest Were Providence officers
who do duty at either thss Providence
county courthouse or the Sixth district
court
Frank p. Casey was standing In front
OF his saloon. but quickly disappeared as
the officers hove into view. and shortly
after the big alarm gongs in the pool
room sounded, causing a general scram-
Deputy Sheriff Paster had locked the
two doors leading into the resort from
the room hack OF Casey's saloon. When
the big gongs sounded he backed up
against the main door and. with revolver
drawn, kept the crowd from using that
door.
A rush was made for the lunch room
and from there 10 an unoccupied tene-
ment, 20 which entrance was gained by
the lunch room door.
Attempts were made TO jump out OF
mat and second-story windows and the
roofs OF the pool room. a woodshel and
q large hen coop were reached.
The sherifts corralled nearly all that
left the pool room and Paster was busy
inside keeping a gang at bay with his
revolver. The outer door was bolted on
the outside. and he fired n few shots into
the floor TO bring his brother officers TO
his aid
Deputies Mckenzie and Dyer went in
side and Paster pointed out eight men
who he had noted as employees. These
were placed under arrest and the others
ordered TO disperse
Deputy Faster went outside and at
tempted TO arrest Frank +. Casey. but
the latter resisted and Sheriff Mckenzie
told Faster not 10 arrest him as he
could be reached at any time.
A moving We gon was telephoned for
ers. with The gambling -Apparatus seized
were placed in the wagon.
Casey objected TO the backing up OF the |
team on his premises and took hold OF |
the horses heads Officer Brown ordered |
him TO let 60 OF the horses and then |
pulled him away. Casey responded with |
q right 10 Browns mouth, which loosened |
the officers teeth and cut open his lip |
so that three stitches had 10 be taken |
when the officer secured doctors ser
vices
A crowd OF bystanders closed in when
the trouble started. bu: several deputies
reached Brown in time 20 quell the dis
turbance and prevent tho latter using his
blackjack on Casey Brown stated that
ne intended TO prosecute Casey civilly
and criminaly
The wagon load OF prisoners reached
Woonsocket court house without any fur
ther trouble and were placed in a Jury
room with a guard OF Deputies McKen /
zie, Winslow. McGinn. Paster and q N /
Brown. The other officers returned homo /
The captured men when asked for their /
names gave their names and addresses
some OF which are known TO be fctitious
The Officers list submitted 10 the Twelfth
district court. with requests for warrants.
was as follows: Joseph Sullivan. i23 Cam
bridge street Boston. Mass: William c.
swenborn. Main street, woonsocket:
Louis Martin 3 Pearl street. Maiden.
Mass; Joseph Clark. Centredale: Sanford
Wallace. 122 Broadway. Auburn. ~. Y;
James Finnegan i40 Union park. Boston;
John Griffin. IS West Springfield street.
Boston; John Tulley. ~ Central street,
Central Falls.
Judge Feeley stated that he preferred
that the warrants be drawn by the at
torney generals department and they
were secured later In the evening from
Assistant Attorney General James c. Col
lins Jr.. this city.
The deputies reached woonsocket after
midnight with the warrants and the men
were arraigned at 1850 o'clock. All plead
ca net gssilty-te the various charges
against them and their cases were con-
sinued for hearing Aug ~
Tully was ordered 10 furnish bond of /
800 and the rest bonds OF $500. Christopher |
Bowel OF North smithheld and Joseph 4
J. McNee Of Woonsocket bailing out the /
entire party.
Deouty Sheriff White expressed him