Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-15
GEORGE WOLLETT
SUFFERS THE MOST
TWO DRAY LOADS TAKEN FROM
HIS PLACE-SIx LOADS ARE
CONFISCATED IN ALL-WILL BE
LEGALLY DESTROYED.

over $4,000 was conf1scated today by
Sheriff Jackson and Deputy Garvin.
The raid was carried out under search
warrants secured by County Attorney
Seneca Cornell from Judge M. A..
Roberts.
The gambling plunder filed six
large dray loads.
This is said to be only about one
third Of the devices of the Ottumwa
gambling houses, which until the
grand jury got busy, were flying high
in the city.
house where it has been stored in a
cludes crap tables, some of them ten
to twelve feet in length, farobank lay
outs, roulette tables. card, chuck-luck
and stud poker tables.
Houses Raded.
The houses raided are:
Griffin &, O'Brien, corner Gree nand
Main streets. t
The Derby, operated by Cloyd and
McMannus, up stairs over 312 East
Main street.
The Ottumwa, Floyd & Scharnweb-
Der, 316 East Main street.
The LaClede, George Wollett, 334
East Main street.
Some Got Wind of Move.
Some of the gamblers had got wind
Of the operations and had succeeded
in getting away with some OF their ar,
ticles of plunder George Wollett
was one of the unfortunate ones. His
gambling house alone furnished two
large dray loads for the sheriff. Some
of the articles are of immense size and
two of the crap tables will make a
dray load.
WoIIett's Goods.
Following is a list Of the goods
taken from Wollett's place:
One roulette table.
| Two large crap tables.
| One stud poker table.
One chuck-luck table.
| One faro bank layout.
| Two card tables.
Hundreds of dice, cards and poker
chips.
The Other Places.
| From the Derby was taken large
crap table, poker tables, faro and 9th
er paraphernalia.
| From the La Clede was taken /;
large slot machine, one of the fancy
kind. A half dollar was the smalles
amount that could be played on the
machine, and the venturesome may
play at $40 clip if they so desire.
At the Ottumwa were taken cral
4 70 Gov fo1> 4.
er articles.
The place of Griffen and O'Brien
who secured a non-suit in the distric
court on account of lack of prosecu
ting evidence. was the most fortuna ate
Somehow they got the hunch and tn.
house was almost cleaned out of gam
bling devices when the officers callet
there. Only few small tables wer,
secured.
Valuable Affairs.
Several of the faro bank outfit
were valuable affairs. Someone wh'
claims to know. says that the innc
cent looking little tables cost owe
| S10O apiece.
The stuff was taken to the cour
house After being stored temporaril
in the rear Of the stairway on tn
lower floor, it was taken to a rea
room on the third floor.
Much Excitement
The greatest excitement prevails a
the court house, where large nun
Der OF people called to see the plum
der. Many jocular remarks wer
passed. Seneca Cornell was asked j
the county was going into the CANT
ling business Others said, What
shame this valuable furniture must b
destroyed
| According to law the entire layou
must be DESTROYED by the sheriff.
Gambling Cases Monday.
/ The officers are still active this af
ernoon and 1t is intimated that seve,
al other places will be raided befor
night. as after dark every piece c
gambling furniture will be secretl
taken from the city.
Several more Of the gambling case
will come UP for hearing Monday af
ernoon. The gambling outfits will b
FUSED as evidence against them