The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-14
Sleuths Get Into Several Places
in Sunday Hunt and Take
Fifty to Jail.
MANY LEAP OUT WINDOWS:
PROPRIETORS IN DRAGNET
Resorts Police ignored, Chief Is
Angry-"We'lI Kill Gam
bling Prosecutor Says.
Especial to the Evening start

lcpeoihl TO the Evening start
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 14.-Acting
under orders from Governor Fort and
Supreme Court Justice Trenchard, Dis
trict Attorney Goldenberg and County
Detective Baitzel led a posse of TWEEN
ty-fve special detectives sent here
from Newark, and cleaned put three
Of the principal negro gambling dives
of the resort at 2 o'clock yesterday
morning.
More than fifty men, including one
proprietor and. half a score of man
ayers and dealers, were taken to head
Quarters and put In cells.
The raids were made over the heads
Of the Atlantic City police, who knew
nothing oven of the intention of the
county prosecutor to start his crusade.
Gums, knives and police clubs were
used In fights incident to arrests. In
the place run by Smith, Dykes and
Offer, in Surf place, thirty men were
caught. and two-score managed to get
away by diving through windows.
Thirteen men were caught in the
establishment of Bud Griffin, at ITO
Kentucky avenue, and Griffin himself
was captured as he attempted to
escape.
The third place raided was that re-
puted to be run by Mike Green and
Tom" Cole, leaders of the negro vote
in the Second ward, at Baltic avenue
and Matters alley.
Orders had been issued by Prosecu-
tor Goldenberg that no bail was to be
accepted for any okthose arrested until
today, on the ground that Sunday bail
bonds are not legal. But active poll
ticians, routed out of their beds after
midnight, managed to AXE up bonds
and secure the release of virtually all
Of the gamblers.
I'VE aim simply to make gambling a
lost art In Atlantic City" declared the
prosecutor today. I'VE had evidence
enough TO have raided q score of negro
gambling houses, but It was my idea
not to put the county to too much
expense"
Lack Evidence Against Rich Gamblers.
Asked why gambling houses run for
the benefit Of wealthy white visitors
were not included in the raid, the dis
trict attorney said:
I'VE have worked for five weeks to
ret evidence that would warrant us in
making descent On places where big
games are played. My men have been
unable to get into any of the suspected
houses, and IL they are running games
at an, # IL virtually impossible to OBJ
tain evidence that would warrant
raids.
II would like to add" continued the
district-attorney, that any accusations
made that the raids were dictated by
any political fight are entirely wrong.
Myself and the men engaged are sim
ply following out the orders of Gov
ernor Fort that gambling Of every kind
must be broker up in Atlantic City"
Both the police and. politicians are
furious over being ignored In the raids
which puts the gambling element out
of the coming political fight,
There never was a time when l
would not have made these raids If re-
quested by the prosecutor or any citi-
gen." declared Chief of Police Wood
ruff today.
Probe May he Sensational.
Many of the men arrested were out
spoken in their denunciation OF those
whom they said had promised them
"protection.' and the hearings which
start today may bring out sensational
disclosures.
Industrious political leaders who
worked to head off the proposed revolt
OF Sunday liquor dealers against the
order to close yesterday whipped the
saloon-keepers into line in time to prac-
ticaliy halt the sale of Sunday liquor
in the resort.
Visitors who expected the resort
might be "wet" because Of, the alleged
war between small saloon-keepers and
hotel men were disappointed at mid
night, when boardwalk cafes closed
doors and turned out lights.
Officers patroled the town all day in
plain clothes and tried side doors. Small
a-aloon-keepers had threatened to keep
open. but the wiser counse of the
Royal Arch, which represents $50 of the
22o licenses In the city. prevailed.
Small b~arkeepers make no secret that
they will vigorously oppose a clause to
the excise act giving proprietors of
hotels having a certain numberof rooms
the privilege to serve alcoholic drinks
with meals. They declare that such
lAHislation would result in wiping out
thu small liquor dealers altogether.