The San Francisco call., 1906-04-11
District Attorney Pulls Off
Another Raid With sue
cess, Taking Crap Players
at 1+51a Powell Street
GAUNTLET is THROWN
DOWN TO THE POLICE
Public Prosecutor Says He
Gave Department List Of
Games and That 1t Has
Failed to Take Action

District Attorney Langdon bagged
twenty-five crap players and visitors
last night and thereby threw down the
gauntlet 10 the Police Department. After
his souabble with the Commissioners
three weeks ago the District Attorney
gave the department a list of places
where he. declared Illegal gambling was
in progress. Then he waited. No raids
were made. Last night he descended on
the gamblers once more himself and he
declares he viii keep up the work until
every gaming den in the city is closed if
he can accomplish that end.
Shortly before IL o'clock Langdon, As
sistant Harrison and Secretary Al Nc
Cabe, accompanied by Detective Freel and
Patroimen Jack Steiner and T. OCon-
nell, alighted suddenly from street car
and hurriedly entered through a door at
1851 Powell street bearing the sign. ''P
Ambrose, manufacturers agent" Along
q short passage way they went and into
g room containing desk and a telephone
and Agent Ambrose's stock, consisting of
a few bottles of fluid beef" They de-
manded admission at a door beyond bear
ing the legend billiards" and were met
by man who asked them to show a
warrant This the District Attorney did
and the raiders pushed into the room.
In the apartment were twenty-three
men, half q dozen of whom were nerv-
ously playing billiards on two tables
which bore chalk-marked crap Iayouts
The rest were watching the erratie
punching Of the balls and seemed agi-
tsted- There was no money or dice Sn
sight, but on a chair lay some aprons and
paper slips that had been covers for $40
rolls
You don't seem to be marking your
points" said Secretary McCabe jokingly
TO one Of the players.
''The fat falow has made ten, but he
forgot to string en- was the reply, and
several of the throng laughed.
Two patrol wagons took the twenty
three 10 the City Prison. None had tried
TO escape, though the room was lined with
doors, because they did not think the Dis
trict Attorney had any direct evidence
They did not know that a man in that Of
fcials employ had been watching them
all the evening and was then in the room
At the prison he pointed out T. T. Barry
and his brother Michael as the proprie-
tors and seven others as bankers and
players. The others said their names were
Thomas Wilson, Charles Ross. John
Saunders. Frank Lawrence, Louis Solo
mon. Herbert Bernard and Louis Cohn.
How many of these are real no one, at
tempted TO guess. This lot was charged
under ordinance 1851 with dealing and
playing. the others with being visitors
When the raiders arrived the man on
the inside saw the bankers throw all the
money, markers and the dice into a side
room. All this evidence was recovered
afterward. There was s1S41-S5 in cash. A
policeman was left in charge of the dia-
grained BILLIARD tables. II the gamblers do
not plead quality the tables will be hauled
10 court as evidence.
It is said Ned Lannigan is the hacker
of the place. which has been known as
the Solano Club. A rumor that he had
been ''pinched' with the rest proved un-
true. All the prisoners were released on
$50 bail each. The visitors gave their
names as Archibald Warner, Edward Hol-
brook, Harry Levison. Joseph Harris, Jo-
seph Marks, Dave Morris, William Rob
erts. Thomas Brown. Charles Meron,
Fred King, George Reanto, John Ander-
son, Jasper Drake, Lee Smith, Fred Ed
wards and William Hart.