Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-10
Three Wagon Loads From
Notorious Joints Hauled
to the Court House.
ARREST IS PLAYERS
Keepers Fined 500 and In
mates $50-Sheriff Prom
ises to Clean City.

winch Sherlu AlIlllSSH SCalIou SSSIei-
10y afternoon. and which was referred
to in last evenings Argus, was con-
tinued until three of the most motor
ious places in the city were cleaned
out, bag and baggage. These places
are as follows:
The Purls saloon, 221 Twentieth street
Keeper, I ". Billburg; number of
arrests made. six; raidIng party led by
sheriff KittiIsen with two deputies;
outfit conf seated. two crap tables, two
roulette wheels. one IIondiSe table, one
faro table. three poker tnbIes, and ali
the parapbcrnalIa such cards, dice
md uolSer chips which go with the diff
ferent outfits.
Jake schaum's place over the Dta-
rnond saloon in the Rooster building Mt
1915 Second avenue Keeper, Jake
schaun, number of arrests made, six;
raidiny party led by Deputy Sheriff
Miller and two deputiesy outfit con-
ascated, one crap table, two roulette
wheels. one faro table, several poker
tables, AID other .paraphernnlia.
The Old Ozark. IIO Eighteenth street
Keeper, j. ID. Brynntj number of ar
rests made. three; raIding party led by
Deputy Sheriff Brooks and one deputy;
cuslt conGscated, two crap tables, two
poker tables, ana two roulette wheels
and the other parnphernnlia.
1t is estimated that in all nearly
$4,000 worth OF gambling parRpher-
MALTA was taken in the raid and is now
piled u in the court yard at the coun-
~ jail awaiting an order from the
court Ss-Ach viii allow the sheriff to
bum il Nearly $4,000 poker chips and
several bushels of playing cards are
iHcludlyli the haul. The stuff was
taken from the gambling rooms imme-
diately after the raid had been made.
Three wagon loads Of it were hauled
TO the Jail and piled up.
sheriff Conducts Prosecution.
The gamblers who were arrested in
the raid were taken to the sheriT's
Office and given immediate trial before
Police Magistrate c. J. Smith and JUS
tice P. II. Wells. In the absence Of
States Attorney L. NJ Magil, the
sheriff. conducted the prosecution him
self and the prisoners plead guilty one
after another. The three keepers of
the resorts were each fined 800 and
costs on the charge of conducting Il
gambling house, and the others, u in
number, were charged with vagrancy
and assessed $50 and costs each. All
the fines were promptly paid, and the
gamblers were given their liberty with
a warning to seek another occupation
in the future.
Inmates Fined as Migrants.
Those who were fined on the vagran-
cy charge were the following: Dick,
Kennedy, Elias Ellsworth, Frank AL
len, F. w. Washburn and H. G. Mer-
rift, all of whom were arrested at the
Park saloon; L. a. Jones and William
Ballingdon, who We're arrested at Bry-
ants place on Eighteenth street. and
Thomas Patrick, Pat Robinson. GEORGE
Harting, Ernest Waller and Elmer
Ellsworth, all of whom were picked
up in Schaum's place.
Sheriff Kittelsen stated to an Argus
representative that his course in the
future depends largely on the action
taken by the gamblers. If they return
to their illegitimate business he will
continue to raid them. He said in this
connection:
Third Conviction PenItentinry.
''Will your paper tolerate gambling
in this city? No more viii
L. AS long as the Argus
continues to expose these joints. I will
be found ready to raid them. will 90
further, too, and enforce the law which
says that third conviction on the
charge of gambling is sufficient to give
the culprit term in the penitentiarv
The owners of the buildings in which
the gambling rooms were run are not
to escape, either. It is the duty of the
states attorney to prosecute them
and I will want to know the reason if
this is not done"
Consideration in FRATERNITY
There was CONSERVATION in tba
ranks Of the gambling fraternity when
the raid was inaugurated by the sber.
iff, and naturally so, for several Of
the "infuentials" had openly boosted
that things were fixed" for the navt
two years; that they did not care what
was done or said outside of official
circles. There is no stronger proof
that they felt secure than In the big
investment that was made in fitting
out their quarters. They were here to
stay, so they thought The sheriff
did not succeed in landing all Of the
gamblers in his roundup, however
several Of the more prominent having
been overlooked. A number who did
not happen to be in the rooms when
they Were entered by the officers went
into hiding until night came on, and
then they consulted the railroad time
tables.
"Ff<ers' in Council.
The 'hxers" got their heads togeth-