The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-18
new COP RAIDS
BIG GAME IN
KENYON HOTEL
COnyerS Looks Like Easy
Money and Catches Five
Red Handed.
ONE POKER PLAYER
TAKES TO HIS HEELS
"PAT LYNCH" THE BANKER,
PUTS UP CASH BAIL FOR
THE BUNCH.

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:. Mayor Bransford's demand that =
= the police close gambling places ::
= i'm Salt Lake is meeting with re ::
- suits. Last night five men we're -
= arrested in the room at the Ken =
= Ion hotel occupied by the "Arso- -
= naut club" and were charged with =
:: gambling. ::
:. Four Chinese gambling houses =
= were raided Friday night, nine ar =
= rests being made in two of the =
= places. =
= Other alleged gambling resorts =
= have been visited, and while no =
:. arrests have been made in these =
= places. the games have been =
= brought to a standstill until police -
- vigilance relaXes :.
Five alleged gamblers were arrested
last night in a room on the ground
floor of the Kenyon hotel The arrests
were made by Policeman COnyers,
new cop, who f1oated into the hotel last
night looking like a come on" from
Nevada, and attracted no attention IN
til he flashed his star before the Devil
dered gaze of the men who were seated
at the card table.
The policeman succeeded in getting
four of his prisoners to police head
quarters. The fifth man. who is said
to have good reasons not to be taken
before Chief Pitt and Captain Bur
bidge. broke away from Policeman
Conyers and managed to escape by
running through a hall. The policeman
was not able to follow in pursuit, as he
had four other captives upon his hands.
who would have scattered nimbly had
he given them the opportunity.
The pOliceman's descent upon the al
legged gambling place created consider
able excitement about the hotel
The room in which the arrests were
made was occupied by what is known
as the ArgOnaut club, which. accord
ing to the police, was conducted by
/ Charles Lynch, L. NJ Freedson and
Club Foot Kelley.
Give Cash Bail.
The men who were arrested called
themselves Pat Lynch, teamster;" z.
A. GOOch, salOOnkeeper;" Pat Holden,
miner" L. MunTOe, salOonkeeper"
The man who called himself pat
Lynch" and is alleged to have been in
charge OF the gambling place, fur
nished bail for all of the prisoners. in
Guiding the mysterious John Doc
who fled. The police are confident that
{
police court today. 1t will be impossi-
/ bic for some other man to persOnate
John Doe" as Policeman COnyCrs
will be able to expose the deception.
and for that reason the $25 bail will
! probably be forfeited, although uD to
/ the present it has not been the custom
/ of Police Judge Diehl to fine the play
ers who are captured in raids upon
gambling houses.
/ The new COP met with such quick
success in getting into the alleged gam
bling place in the Kenyon hotel that
/ the police are amazed. For a long time
past, there have been rumors that
gambling was going on al the hotel,
/ but the police were unable to get evil
dence against the alleged lawbreakers.
although the Argonaut club is said %
have been upon the list supplied TO
/ Chief Pitt by Mayor Bransford
Looks Like Easy Money.
When Policeman Conyers went to the
/ hotel he wore a white hat and a rough
! suit of clothes. and looked like sim
pie youth, with bundle of money,
/ from some remote miningfsamp. There
was nothing in his makeup that suS-
gested the sleuth, and for that reason
/ ne was able to walk into the room of
the ArgOnaut club unchallenged.
When the men started to play poker,
he said, one of them told him to "sit
/ in" He refused. saying:
I'm play for fun, but l won't play
! for money, as / don't know enough
about poker to risk my money"
After that, no further attention was
paid to him. He watched every action
of the men gathered in the room, with
out being suspected. According A. his
story, Gooch, Holden, Munroe and
John Doe" seated themselves at a ia
BILE and each man bought about 50
worth of chips. The money. ne said.
was passed by MunrOe to Lynch, VINO
remained standing. Lynch, he said,
/ locked the cash in a safe.
After watching the players for
time, COnyers at last exhibited his
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