Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-27
Deputy Sheriffs Descend on Sec
ond Avenue Rooms and
Make Raid.
CATCH THREE IN THE ACT
Two Wagon Loads of Paraphernalia
and $500 in Cash Taken to Coun-
ty Building.

Charles H. Butcher, and John Linzey
engaged in dealing at various gam
bling games, while there were num-
Der of others in the room.
The deputies found that they had
raided a gambling house with equip
ment of the finest kind and most COM
plete which had been placed there at
cost estimated at between $500 and
$4,000. The invaders saw on the gam
bling tables considerable over $500,
and of this they confiscated as evil
dence two sacks of silver, containing
, $515. Some paper money and checks
that were on the table were quickly
! picked up by those behind the tables.
Made Raid Complete.
The place was entered by Deputy
Sheriffs Reynolds, Baker. Reno Nc
CullOm, and Larson, and Immediately
Sheriff Heider, States Attorney ]. K.
Scott and his assistant F. II. Kelly
were notified and went to the place
to direct the removal of the gambling
outfit. States Attorney Scott. armed
with a huge revolver, remained in the
rooms until the last piece of the equip
ment was removed Sheriff Heider
and his deputies Immediately proceed
ed to take the tables and larger pieces
of the layout apart, and express wag
onS were called to remove the confiS
Gated goods to the county Jail build
ing. Two roulette tables, a cray table.
a klondike table. a big fair ground
dice wheel, bird cage game. a large
quantity of dice. and over bushel of
poker chips were included. The tab
les were of the most expensive makes,
particularly the roulette games and
| the dice wheel
| The Three Prisoners.
| Before the work of removing the
| tables was commenced, two of the
| prisoners. Charles H. Butcher and
John LinZey were taken to the county
Jail. but the third, William H. Cation,
| remained at the place until the Off
| GERS left. He protested and pleaded
with the states attorney not to break
up the equipment, at least not before
morning He indicated that there was a
| misunderstanding, and that he could
| bring in a man who had given him as
surance that he would be given protec-
ton in the operation of the house. He
asserted that he was the victim of a
| double cross, and seemed to be certain
| at first that he would be protected by
the officials When it was seen that the
| officers were firm, and were continuing
| to demOlish the outfit, Cation express
ed himself freely about an individual
whom he intimated had assured him
protection which the gamblers them
selves had not been able to secure.
The report had been made to the
sheriff's Office and the states attorney
that this place had recently opened on
a big scale, to supplement those places
which had been in operation here at
various times in the last year. Plans
were quietly made for the raid, and in
its successful outcome last evening
Sheriff Heider gathered in a larger and
more valuable assortment of gambling
devices than has ever before been con-
fiscated by the officers here. 1t was
almost midnight when the last table
had been loaded onto the express wa
gon, and the officers left the place
Justice d. R. McFarlane had been
called to the turkeys Office at the
county Jail, and complaints were at
once made out by States Attorney |
Scott, charging the three men with |
conducting gaming house. All three |
pleaded not guilty, and Mr.. Cation |
asked continuance to consult an at |
torney and to clear up "'the misunder- |
standing Finally it was agreed that |
the hearing should be set for Saturday |
afternoon at O'Clock, States Attorney |
Scott informing the defendants that on |
account of their plea of not guilty in |
the face of the fact that they were |
caught at the game, he should present |
the matter either to the county court |
or the grand jury, and it would be
well for them to prepare to give bond |
to answer further charges.
The Question of Bonds.
Then the question of the amount of
the bond came up, and finally Justice
McFarlane fixed the bond at $500,
though States Attorney Scott had sug
gested $500. G. Albert Johnson, JUS
tice of the peace, who was present,
agreed to sign Mr.. Cations bond, but
argued that the amount should be re-
duced to the amount of the maximum
fine, 5000. The states attorney replied
however, that if the case was contin-
ued, he proposed to prove that the of
Tense committed last night was not
the first offense, at least as to Mr.
Cation, and in case of a second of
Tense, the penalty might be a Jail SEN
tence. He consented, however, to al
low the bond to be fixed at $500, pro-
vided two sureties signed with the de
PENDANTS. 1t was then suggested by
the. defendants that they would turn
over to Mr.. Johnson $500 of the
amount taken from the tables. if he
would sign the other two bonds as
well as that of Mr.. Cation. But Sheriff
Heider interviewed, and explained that