Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-11
Detective Burns to Make
Further Charges in
Gambling and'C Concrete
Boardwalk Cases.
SENSATIONS EXPECTED
SOON IN ATLANTIC CITY
Pr~oprietors Believed to Be In
cluded in Batch Handed Up
by May Term Jury-AIIeged
Officials Gave Protection.

ATLANTIC CITY, July 11.-Indict-
ments against a of gambling
resort proprietors in this city are un-
derstood to ave been found by the
May term grand jury as the result
of evidence presented to 1t yesterday
sby Burns operatives, who conducted
q secret investigation into the gamb-
In hat investigation, so those
familiar with the de yelopments say,
evidence was gathered against vir-
tually every gambling proprietor of
note in the city, as well as against
negro resorts, where the patrons were
confined to the class known as
.'pikers.' This evidence was laid
before the grand jury after William
]. Burns, under whose direction the
investigation was made, had outlined
to that body what he expected to
show by the testimony of his opera
tives.
The grand jury will reassemble
next Wednesday, and then it is un-
derstood the indictments said to have
been found will be handed down.
Two weeks from yesterday the
grand jury will again reconvene and
hear evidence regarding the famous
concrete boardwalk a the ex-
posture of which was followed by the
arrest of councilman, the resig-
nations of four others and the turn
ing OF the spotlights upon the amaz-
ing extent of political and other forms
of graft that had 1ourished in the
resort. This hearing will cover not
only the boardwalk" case. but the
results of other Investigations into
graft made by the Burns men.
Will Expose All Grating.
Detective Burns said in an inter-
view that he would attend the coming
session, and declared that a thorough
exposition of graft would be the out
come. He intimated broadly that this
would include instances that nave not
yet been made public as a result of
his Investigations.
The Burns operatives had done
their work thoroughly. A year z
they spent several months in the city.
posing as business men on a holi-
day." or sports, ana getting into ia
miliar touch with the various gam
bling resorts Their object was to
actually gamble in such a way as to
be b to furnish evidence that
would stand a legal test. In order to
do this they made all of their wagers
with travellers checks" These
checks We're, of course, returned
through the banks after they had
been cashed, and, being easy of ider
tification, furnished the proof thev
wanted. Evidence of this character
was obtained in every instance.
So thoroughly and systematically
were the Burns plans carried out
that in several instances the opera
tives made wagers directly with the
gambling resort proprietors.
says Arrests win Follow.
No official announcement was forth
coming after the grand jury had con
cluded the taking of evidence yester.
day. That will be made next
Wednesday. AS soon as the indict-
ments have been returned arrests
will follow. The ensuing trials are
expected to turn the light upon the
political conditions which have per-
mitted gambling to flourish in this
city and visitors to be mulcted oil
enormous sums annually by crooked
games. The names of the gambling
house proprietors involved In the in
vestigation will not be made known
until the grand jury makes its re-
port.
Burns will leave here TODAY. He
will return in about ten DAYS in or
der to be here a day Or two in ad-
vance of the assembling of the grand
jury. The most important confer
ence yesterday was with Governor
Wilson. who was here to attend the
corner-stone laying OF the new Y. M.
c. A. building and to talk to the Ma
tional Building Associations conven-
ton.
The gambling investigation was
undertaken to rid the city of an in
tolerable situation which existed be-
cause of politicals protection given
the gamblers.
Burns Makes Statement.
when 1 RETURN said Burns. "the
boardwalk case will be taken up, and
we will more than likely expose other
cases of grating
The gambling situation is pretty
well cleaned up and the workNof the
grand jury will complete what has
beer done. AS a matter of fact.
gambling has been run out of At
lantic City, which is now the best
protected summer resort in the world.
You can imagine what conditions
were here prior to the investigation
when a man placed here by the city
to prevent gambling and protect the
public was in reality protecting the
gamblers. Well. he isn't here this
yea
1T is all nonsense to talk about
Kuehnle being in control here as the
result of the election" continued
Burns. alluding to the result of the
commission government election. THE
people OF Atlantic City are going to
make the new officials administer
their offices for tho benefit Of the
atty"