The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-13
OHIO CLUB VISITED EARLY IN THE, NIGHT BY MEN ARMED
 WITH WINCHESTER RIFLES.
HENRY FOWLER AND AIkENS
Gambling Tools From the Ohio Club Taken, Covered With Oil. and Publicly Burned at the En-
 trance to Cedar Street.

Henry Fowler constable of Noun tain Valley township, armed with burning orders, and heading a band estimated at fifteen countrymen. con ducted gambling house raid early last night when with Winchester rifles in their hands they went up in the Ohio Club and devastated that institution of all the gambling para phernalia they could secure, amid the highest tension of excitement
 The fact that John Aiken and two or three other members of the Aiken family. were with the raiders. was taken as the cue that serious trouble might result from the breach opened last night. There had been time when John Aiken was interested in a gambling house in the city, and re- gently he has not been in business.
 No interference with the raiders was encountered in the club rooms From statement made by mem Der of the club when Constable Fow- Ter reached the head of the stairs, and Manager w. & Jacobs showed Fowler put six shooter in Jacobs stomach and ordered him to submit to arrest and not make any trouble.
 City Detective Laughlin came along after some of the things had been taken 10 the paved street and oiled preparatory to burning them. He told the raiders they could not burn anything on the paving.
 John Aiken showed up with Min. chester rife about that time. and ask cd Laughlin who he was. Laughlin replied: Uncle Johnny, you know ms, and nothing is going to be burn ed on this paved street"
 ~After some little controversy over the subject the raiders started with their goods to Happy Hollow. and later took them up at the entrance to Cedar street. near the junction, where they were oiled and burned.
 Through the fact tthsssa; that the gambling paraphe-nalia had to be moved twice, some of it was said to have been re- covered. and not destroyed.
 The furry of excitement that fol- lowed the announcement that the countrymen, headed by Fowler and the Aikens. had raided the Ohio Club, caused the other gambling houses to make a hurTy-up closing exhibition. The doubt as to how far the raid would extend and what results would follow made the situation look ex- tremely bad for awhile,
 According to the statement of man in the club at the time there were first two of the raiders to ap- pear. and they slipped in the club en- trance and up the stairs without be- ing observed Later two more came along. About this time they had at tracted attention, and then some more appeared. Jacobs ran to the head or the stairs. where he was covered With weapon There was furry of ex- citement among all the occupants of the club The employees realized, they said. that either a raid was on or the place was being robbed, and they went immediately into the cash draw CTS for the money. There was no money lost in the raid
 It is stated that John Aiken did nos enter the club room, but stood across tic street, and with some others re- mained there until the stuff was be- ing brought down, when he LOOK charge Of 1t, and pr0baDly Woulu nave burned 1t there at the door of the club. but for the fact that Detective Laughlin interposed objection, on ac- count of the paving that would De damaged, and the further fact that hrraing orders call for the stuff to be burned in some public square or place apart from where injury to prop efty might result. After this phase oi tie case was discussed the raiders agreed to removal of the property off the pavement
 Henry Fowler. who conducted the raid, was candidate for sheTin Ill the last democratic county primary and made an exceptionally strong race. He was third, but his vote was