New-York tribune., 1912-01-10
RAID 70 CHINESE
GAMBLING RESORTS
Aided by Masked Japanese, Who
Acts as Informer, Detectives
Take 66 Prisoners to
Station.
BOXES OF MONEY SEIZED
Action of Police Due to Recent
Murders in War Of Tong So
cieties-First Move Made
as Bell Rings to An
nounce Winners.


nounce Winners.
Masked TO the roots Of his straight,
black hair. and his hat drawn over his
head. a japanese stool pigeon" picked
ont C6 men in twenty Chinatown gam
bling places yesterday afternoon. The
men caught in the places passed before
him i'm a lire ard as John Dealer" o.
"Iohn Fantan." o. John Policy" passed
lY the spy nodded his head or lifted
his hands cIasped together IN the loose
sceyes Of his coat.
Il was not only the most spectacula.
raid the quarter has known in years,
but YES the biggest. with the exception
Of t.e one following the Elsie Sigei
murder. Commissioner Waldo had set
out to &C. o.lDlish the task that the late
Captain Calvin began some years ago
to "clcan up the district" Inspector
John DAILY and Captain Frank A. Tier
ney Of the Elizabeth street station,
were in :~arled.ate charge lo' the raid.
The murder OF LUag Yu and Chong
Pong ciag in Mock Ducks Chu Lux
Club. at No u Pell street last Vice.,
was what brought about the raid, al
though tre Commissioner had been
tsir&inG about such q move for a Ions
tine. He had Inspector DAILY in for Il
conference at Headquarters day before
yesterday As consequence the in
specto- Ea4d mp one hundred uniformed
men and ten detectives. besides his per-
soral staf. in the abandoned Eld-idGe
street station about / O'Clock Yesterday
afternoon. He divided the men into
SQUADS Of from two to six men. ard
handed over the @21 warrants issued by
Chief Magistrate McAdco. Each squad
leader had description of the place he
was TO raid.
Five O'clock was selected as the hour,
for this is when the policy gong rings
the time that the winning slips are
ready. The inspector let it be known
that he was going to take his men down
to the Equitable Building fire in lower
broadway. so when they marched to
Pei! street. the narrow streets Of China
town presented their usual appearance.
Joined By Man with Mask.
The Map with the Mask, as the Jap
anese stool pigeon is picturesquely
known, Joined the Inspector here at Pell
street. He is Albert NJ. Nishimoto,
Boston mission worker, and lives at Mo-
2G Bowery. He has been collecting evil
dence for month. Yesterday he wore
the loose clothes of a Chinese and over
his face hung a black silk mask. a de-
tectiye walked on each side Of him.
The japanese stopped in front Of a
small door. The Inspector gave the word
and six men drove their crowbars and
axes into the door. and it broke from
its hinges. There was a blind alley be-
yond with a steel barred door at the end
Of it. The axemen smashed this in only
10 find another docr. This down, the
police entered a little smoke-hung room
where twenty Cinnamon sat huddled
around a fan tan board. The Man with
the Mack pointed out the men TO be ar
rested. and three policemen were left TO
guard them. =.
Meantime other policemen were at
work in other places. Gambling house
after gambling house was raided in the
same fashion, and loonkers-o outside the
police lines thought the Hip Sings and
the on Leong Tongs had gone mad
again. Chinese poured out of their little
cubbies and literally flooded the streets
until the policemen drove them back
again. More uniformed men we're soon
summoned from the Oak and Elizabeth
street stations. The police were every
where. Lieutenant Detectives Underhill
Hsrrigan. Kelly. Eagan and Gleason do
Ing big part of the directing.
Fifty Men in One Place.
Before o'clock six places in Doyers
street, seven IN Mott street and five in
Pell street had been raided, and the
rsidlng still continued. At Mock Duck s
place fifty men were found. No. II Mott
street is said to be run by Tom Lee. the
leader OF the On Leongs. Many Of the
places raided were in a row, one gam
bling house after another, and all sorts
OF games were going on, American as
well as Chinese.
In all, up to 10 o'clock. twenty places
bad been raided During the raids the
police drew lines around the surround
ing blocks so that none Of the men who
were wanted could escape.
A novel placard was found in Mock
Ducks club. Rudely translated by the
masked Japanese. II read:
Those who please 10 gamble ,ay Soun
your money and watch the game close II
may be gained, may be lost For credit
the cashier VIII be held responsible. Any
be confscated: Counterfeit bills win be
conhscated without notice Dollars and
pills limit at $50 On any bad move, every
CANDLES must keep away from the table
When the covers are opened and the blit-
tons are counted the game Is done. Thus
With the others In the street.
After the raid Chinatown looked as IL
Western cyclone had whirled through
the three streets. Broken glass and
splintered wood were everywhere. The
prisoners we're hurried to the Elizabeth
street station. where their friends be-
gan 70 flock In numbers with quilts and
baskets Of weird and curious dainties.
Some OF the visitors were the white
wives OF the prisoners.
Three heavy boxes OF money were
taken TO the police station from No. "a
Pell street The police say that thou
sands Of dollars will be taken from the
houses, as well as a large quantity OF
opium and pipes.