The evening world., 1910-12-20
FLYNN A RAIDER
BYGAyN0R ORDER,
IS POLICE RUM0R
Descent on Three Big Gam
bling Places Without Knowl-
II edge of Driscoll.
WARRANTS KEPT SECRET
mot Even Court Clerk Saw
WritS Made Out by Magis-
trate McAdoo's Hand.
KEPT SECRET

While Deputy Police Commissioners
Hymn. who made thorough raids on
ithree big gambling Establishments yes.
IPrday, would not admit to-day that
l4iayor Gaynor mad ordered that he su.
tverscde Deputy Commissioner Driscoll
tlnd his rigit-hand-man Lieut.. Edward
III. Cody. as Chief raider % the depart
Hent, this was the general impression
ullowed to prevail in rank and file.
IL commissioner Flynn had nothing to
-. about the raids, gut his secretary.
Mr.. I'M. discussed them and said shat
they had been prepared on a plaza of
secrecy unique In the department. Ii Is
somewhat Significant thai while Flynn
was ralding tine three Oig resorts
Deputy Commissioner Uriscoi, was deep.
Nv inyes tigat.ng the power house dis
as.er and DrisrOll's raiding right
bower Lieut.. Cody, was ON d junket
IN Florida.
Flynn Go. the Evidence.
Speaking of the raids, Commissioner
Fyynn's secretary said to-day:
MIR. Flynn got the evidence person
ally and made the raids personally. All
tsree were made simultaneously. No
ono in the department except Mr..
Flynn, Lieutenant Collins and myself
knew, when tine raids were projected.
"Forty-nvc men We're assigned to Mr..
flynn, but only those In charge oil
them knew just v-Iat their errand
was. one squad met at Broadway and
Fiftieth street, In command OF Lieut.
McMullen: another squad. under Acting
capt. Bourke. an experienced raider
met ut the West Shore ferry, n the
third squad. under Lieut.. Collins, me
at Fourteenth street and sixth avenue.
The work Of gathering evidence
under the direction % Mr.. Flynn Ia.
been going on several days. Note wa:
made OF tie weakest points, and whe'
we were ready Mr. Flynn went Il
Chief Magistrate Mc-Adoo and aske,
him TO make out the warrants by hi,
own hand.
Warrants Not Seen In Court.
mo clerk saw these warrants or ha,
anything 70 do with making them out
They passed no court. This was tn
first time IN New York that warrant
have been made out in that way. The,
were all John Doe warrants. givinI
detailed descriptions OF the men wan,
ed. They charge common gambling
hut a|ddiion.l charges VIII he made o
conducting gambling establishments.
The places raidcd were three of IN,
biggest In New York. At Dan tn
Dude :, Forty-third street near Seventh
avenue, an cirOrt was made to dcstro,
the evidence. Hut we got Il. Photo
graphs worc taken OF the Interior. W
did not Photograph any persons In tn
place"
Asked Il any moro raids were planne,
for the immediate future, Mr.. lIill sat,
Deputy Commissioner Flynn was no
likely to give out Information OF tina
character.
The Flynn raids We're douhly sens
,l,ual. IN view Of the pr!scoll crusad
AGAINST gambling and It's sudden cessa
ton. It viii ne recalled that a commit
tee OF rcspr. prnprlctors called upo
Mayor Gavnog and complained that the
were being dscr.mlnatcd against. The
declared that Lieut.. Cody was pullin
certain wires taut and allowing other
/, run slack. In fact. they charge tina
cody had his thumb on the gamhlin
situation. Drlsaoll defended Cody vehs
%r1rntly, hut while the sensation was ST
., white boat cody ,un Dec. lO got to
nv. leave OF absence ana went I
.'f f
Florida.
rrrco men arrested in tic Flyu
r.,IGs We're trra.gYod IN Jefferson Maj
lrt court tp-d1y and heid in 500 In
crch for Iprt.Cr examination ID
,rargcs Of uc,uG pmmon gamblers. IT.
rfsoucra are iloWas Jefferson, thirt!
,znt Yea. Uld, of No. -. West Tart!
nrs, stfe4t. William Vincent, fifty-or
y years Or " 40. Zii ninth avenue, an
Harry McDiaWau, tw"ntv-one years oil
80. u GInseyoprt street They W
TiVe a hca-ing ON Thursday.
Y--fcrspn Is charged with being
lat Of "Iighthousa,' and MCGOWAN
ortendcr. Niacert, the detectives a
iFgcd, WAS actively employed in one
IT, gambling houses.
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