The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-26
GAMING PLACES
RA|OEO BY POLICE
Score of Men Seated About Poker
Tables Arrested by
Detectives.
CARDS AND CHIPS ARE SEIZED
Players and Spectators Locked
Up for Night. While Others
Give Bond.

Three alleged gambling resorts Were
successfully raided last night by De-
tectives Gentry, Smith and Bolton. act
ing mon orders from Chief Of Police
Werner. The owners ana players, all
white, with the exception of the ne
gro porteIs. We're arrested, and those
who were unable to furnish BOND Tor
their appearance in Police Court this
morning were locked up at the Second
Police station.
The detectives visited the rooms OF *
W. Leigh, ia East Broad street. hrs''
and when they entered nearly ao"e"
men. most of them paying POKER
while the others were mercy spec
tators were found seatex; about big,
round, aIze-covered table. All We're
Immediately paced under arrest. bu-
shells OF carus and CHIPS were con-
fscated, as well as the pot, contain
ing about SIG.
'I'he second place raided was the
Flag and Eagle Social Club, 81 Norm
Fifth Street. where about ten men were
foun&, and. like the others. they also
were seated about Ii big, round table.
The third place entered was the
Manhattan Ciup. il2 East Broad Street
Chris E.venson, proprietor of the place,
,, and who has before been arrested FOR
the same offense, was arrested Tor
maintaining the resort. as We'll as the
pla! ers.
Charge Interference.
The officers had no trouble in enter
ing any OF the alleged poker rooms
AT Leigh's place. c. a. Graves Is sa!d
to have become angry and cursed Cen
try. Aside from the charge Of unlaw-
full gaming, the charge OF being dis
orderly and interfering with an Of
ficer was made against him.
Richmond has been comparatively
free from gambling resorts for long
while, and when the officers descended
upon the players last night all en-
countered the surprise Of lifetime
At Leigh's place the following men
were found and placed under arrest:
]. W. Ryan, of Baltimore; J. L. Gle
ments. of Norfolk: T. r. Adler. Of
Portsmouth; ]. W. Arnold. OF 712 West
Cary Street: J. f. Thorpe. Of s11 West
Main Street; NJ. p billiard. Of 24oo
Chaffin street; S w. Ogden. of Lynch
burg; George knapman, Of 7l2 East
Marshall street. and Jordan Jones.
colored porter. of 90: East Clay
Street Several of this number were
unable to furnish bail
Social Club Victim.
The Flag and Eagle Club was In
corporated by the State Corporation
Commission last year, and in its CHAR
, ter the following are named as offi-
GERS: J. ". Butler, president; Thomas
! Drummond, ice-presiIent. and w. A.
Phelps. secretary -treasurer. All three
| were arrested and Immediately fur
| AZ he a &c
were A. T. Trout. W. Broadnax. John
Hall, o. R. McCarley. G. r. Richard
son and William Green. the colored
porter All were bailed.
Persons found at the Manhattan
Club gave their names as follows: 1.
Perry, J. f Cobean. J. E. Tooney. NJ.
b. Thomas, F. Greene and J. B. Gard
ner.
The Flag and Eagle Club was more
deliberately equipped than LeiEh's
place The three rooms, the centres of
, which were occupied by the big. rouna
| tables, were we'll furnished.
Following the raids. Major Werner
said that he had Learned of the exis-
| tence of these clubs and had immedi-
ately given orders to suppress them.
Il do not intend to permit gamblers
to infest Richmond" he said.
1t IS understood that other resorts
4, are under police observation, and their
owners and patrons are likely to be
arrested and carried into court