Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-13
CAMS COME BACK;
SHERIFF IN RAID
Turf Has Layout All Ready for
Operation When Inter
rupted by Officers.
TOOLS ARE CONFISCATED
Bruner Reminds Fraternity That His
Former Orders Must BE Re-
spected TO Letter.

Saturday night at $3.50 Sheriff o.
L Bruner and Deputies George Sic
mon and Walter Kittilsen made a
raid of the gambling joints OF the
city which confirmed information
which the sheriff had received TO the
effect that the fraternity had return
ed to the city and was ready to re
sumo operations again. II will be
remembered that two months ago
Sheriff Bruner ordered the gentry TO
pack up and get out, as there was
to be no more public or tool gam
bling in Rock Island. That he meant
what he said then was shown by the
manner in which he has since kept
his eyes on the situation. Sheriff
Bruner watched them so closely that
he knew within half an hour as to
when they planned to start up
again.
FINDS TOOLS AT TURF.
At $50 the sheriff and his sub
ordinates left the New Harper,
where they had met under orders
from the former, and they proceeded
to the Turf saloon on Eighteenth
street between First and Second ave
nues. In a back room about 20 men
ed in and said: Hello, boys, l want
TO go upstairs" Philip Schaum, who
has an interest in the bar, thereupon
stepped forward and produced keys
and led the way for the <hree Of
ficers. The second floor, where the
gambling was carried on before, was
apparently all fixed TO resume oper-
ations. 1t was brilliantly lighted.
the middle of the floor fairly glow
ing a welcome. A crap table was
all ready for work and piled up on
1t were 1000 chips. a poker table
with a kitty" was also ready for
business and in the room were the
parts of faro. poker, roulette and .
craps tables and everything that goes .
to make up a first class gambling es-
tablishment
CONFISCATES PARAPHERNALIA-
The sheriff at once declared the .
stuff confscated and placed Deputy
Kittilsen in charge OF il with or
ders to have an express wagon haul
II away to the jail, where it is now
Schaum said, sarcastically: Take
the pictures off the wall and the car
pets if you want them" to which
Sheriff Bruner replied: Now, Pete,
you don't seem TO appreciate being
well treated. / gave you orders to
get out and stay out. I am going
to take just the gambling parapher-
MALTA. The rest of Il probably be- 4
longs TO you. ! don't want it.
From the Turf Sheriff Bruner and
Deputy Siemon hurried to the rooms
over the Diamond saloon, 1915 Sec
ond avenue To all appearances /,
there was nothing doing there and /,
little time was wasted after it was
learned for a fact that the rooms !
contained nothing but card table. 4
WAITING FOR THE WORD. i
At the A w. Billburg saloon on
street between Second and s
Third avenues, Sheriff Bruner en- ,
countered about a dozen gamblers
who were standing around the bar. {
apparently awaiting the word to start
their game BiIlburg was out and
his partner, H. E. Mcbride, took the
sheriff TO the rooms upon the latter's
request. All the way up the stairs
Mcbride assured Sheriff Bruner that
there was nothing doing and that he
tust got back from Chicago
the rooms were nicely
lighted up. and although there were
no gambling tools in evidence the :
sheriff was suspicious and he gave
some positive orders to Mcbride be
fore continuing on his way. AT the