The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-20
POLICE DETERMINED
TO STOP GAMBLING
Raid Is Made Upon Club, Up
stairs at 234 South Main
Street.
ELEVEN MEN CAUGHT
IN OFFICERS DRAG-NET
All Taken to the Station and
Later Released on
Bonds.

Determined that professional gam.
bling shall stop i'll Salt Lake City, the
police early this Sunday morning
made A raid upon 'club'' which had
been fourishing on South Main street.
Ten players and n man whom the po-
lice said was the gamekeeper, but who
insisted that he was president of the
"cmb,' were arrested.
The raid was conducted in person by
George A. Sheets, chief of detectives,
assisted by Detectives Goldlng and Will
SON No trouble was encountered in
gaining admission TO the place, which
was located over 254 South Main street.
All the detectives had TO do was to
rap upon the door and 1T swung open
to admit whom the proprietors thought
were prospective players,
All of the men arrested were taken
10 police headquarters, where they gave
bonds for their appearance in police
court. Howard Thurston, whose real
name is said by the police to be Harvey,
provided the bail, Thurston is the So
called president of the "club." which
is known as the National Protective
legion and has charter from the
state.
After Professionals.
The raid was conducted primarily to
clear Salt Lake City of g number of
professional gamblers who have drifted
hither because of the race meeting.
Complaints have been coming into the
police department. ever since the
'ponics'' began to run at the fair
grounds that gambling was being con-
Quoted more or less openly in Salt Lake
City. 1t was determined that the mat
ter had gone so far that 1T must be
stopped Accordingly it was decided to
make u raid.
Chief Sheets and Detectives Goldiug
and Wilson had no difficulty whatever
in gaining entrance TO the gaming
house. They merely knocked at the
door and it was opened for them
When they rushed into the house
they found the ten players and a game
keeper seated around table playing
''stud" poker. Checks in different
sized stacks wcro strewn over the
table. When the chief and his detee-
tives declared the house under arrest,
they met with a laughing acquiescence
from the players. Shortly, the place
was dark and the PLAYERS were led to
the police station. There they gave
follows:
Names and Occupations.
j. Adrian, 62, teamster; Morris Mil
| lel. 20, tdllori 1dTEJ .DdnlelS- At, ma
cblnist Harry Cox. 22. clerk; Henry
Pollack, 81, clerk; Il. Olson, %, mer
chant; Frank Wilson, 23, clerk; Jack
Wilson, 20, clerk: George JensoD, %.
machinist; Howard Thurston, alias
Harvey, who said that he was pro
prietor Of the club.
Thurston, alias Harvey, has been
known around Salt Lake City for sew
eral years as a professional gambler.
All of the players and Harvey were
loud in their protests against the raid
upon their ''club, - as they insisted
upon calling it. They declared that in
asmuch as they had charter from
the state they were entitled to play
poker for money. In fact, they were
emphatic in asserting that their or
ganization was for social and bcnevo-
lent purposes. They laid particular
stress upon the fact that playing poker
was social diversion
Nevertheless, Chief Sheets insisted
that they should accom"any him and
his detectives to the police station.