Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-16
WHEN THE CATS
AWAY, MICE PLAY
Gamblers Thought They Would
Be Safe in Starting Games
With Bruner Sick.
DEPUTIES ON THE JOB
Two Joints Are Raided and Seven
Men and Wagon Load of Par
aphernalia Taken.

With Sheriff O. L. Bruner sick in
bed and helpless. the gamblers, not
realizing the permanency of the
order he had posted in his
Office relative TO gambling, thought
they had golden opportunity to start
up things again and Saturday night
were going in full blast at the Dia-
mond and the Turf saloons. About mid
night they were reminded of the fact
that the sherin's deputies were on the
job when the officers raided both
places.
Seven men and $4,000 worth of gam
bling paraphernaIia was the result of
the haul. The men who are old tim
ers at the game, Mike O'Rourke, H.
Johnson, w Terkins. Francis Arbeck-
er, Frank Aud, F. Garland and ]. L.
Benson were escorted to the county
Jail. Magistrate Smith was called and
the men were given a hearing The
seven men pleaded guilty TO charges
of vagrancy and were assessed So and
costs apiece and upon payment of the
fines were dismissed. John K Scott
appeared in behalf of the gamblers.
THOUGHT TT WAS SAFE.
The Saturday before Sheriff Bruner
was taken sick he made a visit TO the
various places around town and in ev-
cry case the proprietors began TO get
nervous as soon as he entered Bru-
ner went into one place and sat down in
the saloon Immediately one of the
Iieutenants of the proprietor came up
and whispered few words 10 his chief
and both glanced at the sheriff. When
taken sick. Os was uneasy and suspect
ed that something was mp and told his
deputies 10 keep a sharp lookout and
to visit the different places as he
thought everything was not right Sat
urday night about midnight W. ". Kit
tilsen John Miller and William Gabel
went TO the Turf. run by Titus and
Schaum and pinched the place. Five
men We're hauled in together with a
crap table, poker table. Klondike table,
about two thousand poker chips, cards,
dice etc. Kittilsen then sent for rein
forcements and together with
Deputies George Siemon and
Jake Wiggers, went to the Dia-
mond. run by Perl Calvin, get
ting two men and a poker table, crap
table. roulette wheel and table, klon-
dixie table, poker chips, dice, etc.
GOING FULL BLAST.
It is alleged that a crap game has
been going on in the Diamond for
about two weeks, but the tables, etc,
were not set up until Friday. The
paraphernalia which filed a good-s1zed
wagon was loaded up and taken TO the
jail. where it will be destroyed upon
order of the court.
1t is thought that these tables are
the same ones that were taken in the
raids a year ago under the direction
of the Law and Order league. as in one
of them was a receipt from a Daven-
port storage house. At the time they
were taken from the Turf by Consta-
BILE Schmidt, the tables were replev-
iued
IMPORTATION FILED.
Today papers were made out Charg-
ing the proprietors of the places raid
ed with keeping gaming houses infor-
nation being filed through the states
attorneys office. The men are Fred
G.. Titus and Philip Schaum of the Turf
and Perl Calvin of the Diamond. II is
the intention Of the sherifs Office to
prosecute these men to the full extent