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.


10y afternoon, and which was referred
to in last evenings Argus, was con-
( tfnued until three of the most motor
! ious places in the city were cleaned
out, bag and baggage. These places
are as follows:
The Parls saloon, 22I Twentieth street
Keeper, ". BiIIburg; number of
nrreata made. six; rniding party led by
sheriff KIttiIsen with two deputies;
OUTFIT conG4cnted. two crap tables two
roulette wheels. ono lSlondike table one
faro table. three poker tabies, and all
the pnraphernalIa such cards, dice
md uoJ<er chips which go with the Diff
ferent outfits.
Jake schaum's place over the Din-
rnond saloon In the Rooster building Mt
1915 Second avenue Keeper, jake
Schnum; number of arrests made, six;
raidin- purty led by Deputy Sheriff
Miller and two deputiesy outfit con-
fiscated, one crap table, two roulette
wheels. one faro table, several poker
tahics, AID other paraphernalia.
The Old Ozark. II0 Eighteenth street
Keeper, j. d. Bryant, number of ar
rests made. three; raiding party led by
Deputy Sheriff Brooks and one deputy;
outfit condScatcd, two crap tables, two
poker tables, and two roulette wheels
ard The other pnraphernniia.
It is estimated that in all nearly
s1G60O worth of gambling parapher-
malta was taken in the raid and is now
piled Us in the court yard at the coun-
ty jail awaiting an order from the
court S,-Ach viii allow the sheriff to
bum IL, Nearly 5000 poker chips and
several bushels of playing cards are
includ, Yin 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.
sheriR Conducts Prosecution.
The gamblers who were arrested in
the raid were taken to the sheriR'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. Magill, the
sheriff conducted the prosecution him
self and the prisoners plead guilty one
after another. The three keepers of
the resorts were each fined 500 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 II. G. NIer-
rift, all of whom were arrested at the
Park saloon; L. a. Jones and William
BaIlingdon, who were 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 E'enitentiary.
''Win your paper tolerate gambling
in this city? no more viii
/. As long as the Argrs
continues to expose these joints. I will
be found ready to raid them. I will 90
further, too, and enforce the law which
says that a 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. 1t is the duty of the
states attorney to prosecute them.
and I will want to know the reason if
this is not done"
CONSERVATION In Fraternity.
There was CONSERVATION in the
ranks Of the gambling fraternity when
the raid was inaugurated by the sber.
iff, and naturally so, for several Of
the 'inf1uentials" had openly boosted
that things were fixed" for the next
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 |
hen they consulted the railroad time
.ables
"Fizers'' IN Council.
The "hxers" got their heads togeth- /