New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-19
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Man Breaks Leg in Leap from
Window as Police Enter.
TWO RAIDS AT MIDNIGHT
Detectives Enter Tenderloin
Houses and Surprise Scores
of Late Patrons.

The police war against gambling houses
IN this city was started with renewed vigor
Yesterday when Deputy Police Commission
or Dougherty and his men swooped down
on an alleged gambling house in West 18th
street in the afternoon. Just before mid
night detectives descended upon two more
places in the Tenderloin. The night raids
were made on two brownstone houses. one
in West 43d street ana the other In West
18th street. Three men were made prison
ers in each house charged with being com
mon gamblers. Gambling para phernalia Of
all kinds were found, according to the po-
lice A large crowd watched the raiders at
work.
Another raid was made at l:30 o'clock
this morning on place in Broadway. be
tween 45th and 18th streets Two arrests
were made
Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty
made his first raid yesterday afternoon on
an alleged poolroom and gambling house
In West 18th street. near broadway.
Thirteen men were arrested. three on war
rants issued by Chief Magistrate McAdoo.
The sleuths said the house. four story
brownstone, was occupied by the Winham
Club the ground floor being fitted up with
dice tables and other gambling parapher-
MALTA and the second with telephones and
racing charts.
The prisoners were taken in patrol
wagons to the West 9th street station.
The three arrested on warrants were locked
I'D an dthe ten others. who were charged
with being common gamblers. were paied
out. One thousand poker chips, six tele-
phones, twenty packs OF cards. roulette
wheel, a racing chart standard and G3 III
silver were confiscated and will be used
as evidence.
The men arrested on warrants described
themselves as Harry Walters. thirty-two
years old. a clerk. Of No. All 46th street
Brooklyn: Charles Clark. thirty years Old
real estate dealer. OF No. Is West oith
street. and James Pendergast. thirty-iiye
years old. janitor, of No. 40 West 2sth
street Walters was arrested on a "John
Banker warrant, Clark on John Pro-
prietor" warrant and Pendergast on a
John Doorman" warrant.
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty accom-
panied the stool pigeon 10 waiting taxi
cab and ordered the chauffeur 10 drive
rapidly away. The informant wore light
left the buldingand a crowd OF two thou
sand persons surged about the taxicao'
vainly trying 10 get a glimpse OF him.
The men, who were charged with oeihs
common gamblers. described themselves as
Charles 8. Thomas. thirty years old,
cook. No Zl West 6lst street: Joe Jones,
thirty-two years old. a clerk, No. II West
$50 street: Thomas Dunn. twenty-seven
wears old. a conductor No 594 West 8st
street: William Brennan. thirty-eight years
old a clerk No. i5S West 46th street:
Robert Morresey, forty-two years old.
clerk. No. SIS Second avenue; James
Fenton, thirty-four years old. clerk.
No 2ll West 30ti street; Solomon Ander-
son. thirty fourth years old, Spectator,
No as Manhattan avenue: William Burns,
forty-two years old. clerk, No. 2n West
2lst street: Charles McLaren, twenty-four
years old, clerk, No. POI East 18th street,
and Charles Jones, forty-two years old,
real estate dealer, No. $50 West s3d street.
These men were released in $500 bail each.
furnished by Conrad Alheidt, Of No. d5
West sd street.
Reilly and Jones had little difficulty IN
opening the outer vestibule door, as the
inner one was opened d! u uOOfiNau, VIII
was seized The lieutenants kicked In
sliding door and blew their whistles. The
detectives rushed into the rooms. Mor7
than sixty men were gathered about tables
and. the detectives say, several dice games
were going on. The men found in the house
were lined up and held to await the arrival
of the stool pigeon.
The lieUtenants hurried UP the stairway
TO the second floor and found a man using
a telephone and gathering racing results.
He was taken into custody and the wires
were cut.
When the detectives burst into the room
q man who described himself as Frank
Jones' thirty-six years old. a salesman,
living az No. 68lS New Utrecht avenue,
Brooklyn. ran TO a rear window OF the
ground floor and leaped to the courtyard.
suffering a fracture of the right leg. He
was attended by DR.. Warheim, Of Flower
Hospital, and removed there.
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