The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-08
Burst Into NaTaganSett
Club; Find Roulette
and Faro.
WINS'S SON IN CRUSADE
80 Women and Men Give Fake
Names Gambling Evil
dence Rescued.

York. burst into the Narragansett Clrn
here at I2i5 this morning and were c"r.
Quoting a highly suoceusful raid among
roulette wheels. n faro bank and startled
men and women in evening clothes whea
the police interfered The lHader Of
the raiders. Constable John q. Cro-s. and
one OF his party. GeorR. l.. Cutting Of
Worcester. were arrested In the confu-
sion colored walters Of the club carried
some % the evidence Of gambling Out %
! sight The rest was hurried away IN
automobiles
The action Of Chief of Police Jame- n.
Caswell WAS ia opposition 90 an order
given by Assistant Attorney General
Harry Gross. who directed the Chief
| t. GO G. the assistance 81 Constable Gross
and ihe raidinR party. Constable Crus'
r..rna inetl on guard over gambling ins'-u-
ments in the club rooms from - rs o'clock
this morning until nearly III. despite
efforts to o,lst him that gambling machines
might be taken away. Finally Chief Cas-
well got a warrant for Cros-'s arrest on a
| chnrg. Of assault and arrested him. A. tbs
two left the building the gamblers began
q remove the evidence II gambling and
within fifteen minutes the roomS were 80
bare as a dance hail hoor
! with Constable Gross. WINS and ~.
ting were Constabls~ Tenant and NaIrI'l
Brown. The-- five men met ~ Waco
arld about II O'clock last night and went
| 4. l.
They got ont of the machine in from -
the Casino. nearly across the street from
the clnbroom-. and waited until I2p7
O'Clock before making the raid
Constable Tenant and Mr.. wins W.:
through the outside door % IN" buildn,
first and overpowered the guard ~ IT,
entrance The three other raiders vert
on mp stairs They broke down small
door aud found themselves IN a fnvc-
where twenty walters were hlIstling about.
The raiders pushed through one 81 twH
door which opened from the foyer and
| found themselves IN we'll furnished
room Ia which were about thirty PERSONS.
some OF them women
For "a second the presence ~ the raiders
was not noticed Thres roul-tts wheels
were in opei alton. faro layout WAS being
used and around hazard board were
mos, uf the women The raiders noted
the gambling going on and then Con-
sta Die eros. announced himself lmme-
dtately some Of IT." women tainted and
others became hystsriclI There was
no fighting among the men. The raiders
recognized several women
! Constable Cross announced that he
81. Il Ill nj
allow them to depart. The club folks
| filed ont. giving names mostly No.
titious In some cases Mr. Cross or MIR.
! WINS knew the real names
After all had filed out except the walters
Constable Cross. armed with a revolver.
took possession with his men For about
an hour nothing dsvelopsi, but = httls
after 1 o clock Chief OF Police Ca-wel
entered the room Presently DR. W y
| Arnold vice president Of the club, AMI
7. J. McKenna president. came in "
| Arnold said he would have the whole
raiding Tarty arrested.
| Chief Caswell ask 81 the constable " hs
had a warrant 10 raid the plac" and Con-
stable Cross said that he had not
Then Constable John ! Cullen. acting
under orders. made an attempt 90 arrest
Mr. WINS MIR cutting - said n hAv"
| jumped between Gross and Cullen AMI
struck Cullen on the head nth a revolver.
| Mr WINS was not arrested
| warrant for MIR Cuttings arrest was
sworn out within few minutes and was
served by Constable Patrick Quinn. jr.
He was charged with assault and with
carrying n concealed weapon
About this time. while the four rs-
naming raiders we're IN the room. Fret
Olnsy. an attorney. entered ana asket
Constable Cross to Civ. him a receipt for
| the money Cross hal found M the drawers
about the room This the constabl"
! refused 10 do Mr. Olney went out and
was gone bOut an hour. Constable Gross
asked the others Of his party to get
assistance IN some way ~ that they could
confscate the gambling apparatus
but on.. 81 the walters stole ons ~ th"
three roulette wheels while Mr.. Cross
was busy chasing another man. Presently
another waiter went away with a second
| ro,iL.te wheel The remaining wheel
Mr. cross placed behind him for safe
keeping
Constable cross having been left alone
/ for a minute called out tho window for
some one To get an express wagon o.
take away the stun he had found. This
man. however. notified Assistant Attor-
ney- General Harry y Cross and was tol'
over the telephon" Ia instruct Chief Ca.
we'll To- assist Constable Cross To foros
an entrance II necessary into the estab-
! Ii-hnent and =eizs the goods that might
be found there.
The night passed. Constable Cros.
stood guard in the room until almost
noon. when along came Constable Quinn
and made him n prisoner. After his de-
| parture three automobiles were at ths
door Of Nhe placs in no time and inside o.
half an hour every trace Of gambling had
-. 10000 Tropn aioha Whnnm tilr.