The sun., 1908-05-13
CLICK CLICK IN CHINATOWN
ri Cow on MAYBE FAN TAM
ANYHOW, IT'S RAIDED

And Seven Poetry Loving Celestials Are
Torn From Nett street by the Police
start OF Campaign TO stop Chinese
Gambling, No Inspector Russell Says
Inspector John H. Russell stood repose-
fully in his residence at the House OF De-
tention, Mulberry street, this city. and the
more he stood the deeper red his mustache
became and the more thoughtful his brow
Il am determined he said at last to
Detective Reynolds Of his san, TO wipe
out gambling in Chinatown. Gambling
has a moral side because 1t is a civic ques-
ton, and as Bull Mccarthy has fttingly
remarked, all civic questions have moral
sides p. ID. OIL mean Q. Z. D.
Whatever Detective Reynolds lacked in
numbers Gs an audience he made up in
enthusiasm. and with a huzza calculated
to hold even the HOUSE Of Detention for a
while he noby volunteered to 60 to the
front alone and unaided and even, II the
contingency should arise, to eat chop suey
in the CAUSE.
Inspector Russell would not have 1t so,
however, and gently put the soft pedal on
his plain clothes mans zeal.
Il will not have you make a raid alone
he exclaimed earnestly. you shall take
a couple Of the sleuths from the precinct
house with you. Let me see According
10 my latest revised list there are ten
gambling places in Pell street, eight In
Mott and ak In Doyers. Eeney meeny
nniny mo, catch yellow man by the toe
it's Mott street. Well, suppose you try
20 Mott.
Pausng only to salute his chief Detective
Reynolds darted down TO the Elizabeth
street police station. There he picked up
also Detectives Rooney and Zimmerman
and the trio set out with an air more killing
than the Three Musketeers, Down on
Mott street they found Lieut. Maher on
patrol and on the strength Of his uniform
he was invited along too.
With bated breath the four men crept
through the dsrkened hallway and came
10 a stop before a closed door. Through
the door came click after click and an occu-
sional voice speaking now from the heights
Of exultauon and then again from the
ditch of despair. The four policemen
listened with beating hearts ill the voice
had twice run through the scale Of human
emotion and then with a mighty shout
the quartet burst open the door and stag
gered through the smoke filed apartment
Now Hughie Sing, having had streak
Of hick. had retired from the game, and
sitting on pedestal in the corner was
reciting with effect:
Breathesithere Chlnk with soul 50 dead
Who never TO himself hath said
This Is my own, my native game
At this point he perceived the brave
policeman nearly overcome by the noIious
fumes and finished the quatrain:
Then shame on these Invaders. sHANs
Whereat Louis Lee and Hoy Yung forgot
the perturbation at the interruption and
Joined in denouncing the intruders. who
hung their heads abashed When they had
partIy recovered from the smoke and EN-
baTTassment the raiders took Hughie Sing,
Louis Lee and Hoy Iung with four other
Cinnamon who, though unknown 10 fame
also sat in, up 10 the station house.
HuRhie Sing, with a mournful air, con-
veyed the wicker basket half filled with red
and white spotted dominoes, counters and
buttons. Detective Reynolds carried the
$3.50 which had been changing hands 30
many times Louis Lee carried in either
hand a pedestal or high chair, and Hoy
Yung transported the two stools. Lieut..
Maher bore the small, high dealers table,
and the four obscure Cinnamon lugRed at
the corners Of the big lOx4 table covered
with we'll worn mating.
As for the three detectives, each carried
~. ioft hand in hiq hOaOm
Behind the desk sat Lieut.. Teddy Schnei-
der, nigh distracted. Said he;
"They we're playing fantana-er-fantan
Maybe il was pi gov, though But, any
way, the evidence clearly shows they were
playing button, button. who's got the but
ION and dominoes. Chinese gamble when
they play even the most innocent games