The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20
Wholesale Haul Of Crap Shoot
ers Is Male.
Patrol Wagon Makes Two Trips
to Get All.
ARE OLD OFFENDERS.
Familiar Faces Appear i'll Chief
EatOn's Castle.
HOldup of Canon POO!ey he
garded as Joke.

Crap shooting" is a hard thing TO
prevent as it is possible for the
Shooters" to play their game at any
place and stop it at any time
Last night the police force with the
aid of the detectives broke up one Oh
the worst gambling gangs ever organ
ICED in topeka. About 11:15 officers
Kenney. Hutton. Sauls. Palmer Eng
land, Pinkston, and Bryant surrouiiu-
ed the building at 312 Kansas avenue
and with a rush the basement was
cleaned and the patrol wagon had 10
make two trips to ACCOMMODATE lll0
crowd Thirteen men with ponce rec
ords and bad regulations were lodseu
In the city jail. All OF the eai rla1 .
with one exception. were colored men.
The gang is led by Andrew Gregg
and Andy Dupree, who have been DOING
a big business along this line IN 10
peka for a number OF years: Dupree
was not caught in the gang last night
M n Is thought to have been an &C
cident as he is the king bee OF the
whole bunch 1t is said that he was
out rushing the can" when the pase-
ment was raided.
The gamblers first made a break Ior
the rear door when the officers ao-
peared but every place they went they
would stare at big gun or mlshtS
club and they surrendered without any
further trouble. II took hair nour 10
register the visitors and this morning
broke the record for the number OF
breakfasts. . 80
The gang Is the worst combination Oh
had men ever organized in the CITY.
Take such men as Jupe JORDAN; M.
Artebridge VIII Davis and WlilaHl
Cross They are bad parties by then-
selves and have to be watched day and
night by the patrolmen. Jordan, es-
peciaIIy has a bad reputation lot
gambling and boozing but II was
thought that he had quit business until
a new administration covered sils ct ~
Monday his house was searched oy the
police and not a sign of beer or gamp-
ling could be found
The keeper, Andrew Gregg. was re.
leased on 500 bond and the rest of
the gang gave $50 bonds and were re-
The gang included Andrew Gregg
John Thomas, Henry Enox, William
Cross, ]. L. Lewis, M. Artebridge, Jupc
Jordan. William Wagner, George Tur-
ner. Edward Barker. Frank Crowder'
VIII Davis and Rufus James.
John Arnold and Mary Hampton
were arrested at the Pacific hotel last
night by a bunch of the officers who
had secured the gambling gang. Both
have a number of pages to their credit
in the book of the police judge and
they will be given a good heavy fine
and made to stand trial They were ar
rested for disorderly conduct.
I'D. Jones. w. B. Mcdonald and w.
F. Doran were all arrested for being
drunk last night. None of them have
much of a record with the police and
they were unable for the first time to
hide their BOOKING. Five dollars per is
the tune to which they will sing.
This morning an angry lady called
up the police reporter over the phone
and in accents wild told him what A
beast he was for accusing Grover
Metzger of being drunk and disorderly.
She said that he (Grover) was loved
by his neighbors and although he was
wild when a young boy he had re-
formed completely and was thinking of
taking up missionary work OF some
kind. Her story was sad and dreary at
times and then she would burst out in
anger and condemn the reporter.
An inquiry was made at the police
station this morning concerning young
Metzger. In the first place Metzger
has been arrested regularly for the
crimes of various kinds and he is still
adding to the list. He once tried to
stab a man and almost succeeded in
killing him. The state came within an
inch OF getting their hands on him but
he sneaked out of It. After the affair
was over he said he wished he had
killed the man and his brother supple
mented the wish. Another time he was
brought to the station all cut up and
bleeding. He had been fighting and the
other fellow was in worse shape than
he. This time his mother came and
J. paid his fine of $25. His trips to the
y station for being drunk are innumera-
BILE and looking back over the old rec
ords his name is found on every few
pages. He is a member of that quar-
Bud" Newer The police do not have
good word to say about him and
when asked they simply muttered-
bad man, fierce character"
The police reporter does not want to
dispute the fact that Grover intends to