Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-01-12
SEVEN ARRESTED IN DOWNTOWN RAID Deputy District Attorney Leads Officers Into Sup
 posed Poker Game. ON E PAYS A FINE Officer Says Lights Were Put Out
 Parham Got an Ad-
 vance Tip.
ONE PAYS A FINE

l Acting on information furnished
 him to the effect that gambl ng
 hall was being conducted on the sec
 ond floor of the building occupied by
 the White Way Pool Room on West
 Second avenue, Deputy District At
 torney T. G. Parham, accompanied
 by Deputy Constables D. w. Stew
 art, John King, w. D. Higihbotham
 and John Minor, ralded the building
 last might about II o'clock and as a
 result s. c. "Coxey'' Cross paid
 fine of $1O and costs and information
 was filed against six others.
 They are "Blondy", Estes, J. J.
 Preston, Charley Green, Bud" Boy cite, Skinny" Levey and Arthur Young. The information will charge gam ng and warrants will be issue Monday morning by Magistrate J. A
 Frazier. Cross accompanied the of
 ficers to Magistrate Frazier's office,
 entered plea of guilty and paid his. fine, which, with the costs, amounted
 to $4075.
 Deputy Constable John King, one of the officers in the raid, said las
 night that Al Kasselberg, proprietor of the White Way Pool Room, threw the switch that, turned o'yi, the lights in tle rooms upstairs and it IS un- derstood that some action may be taken against Kasselberg.
 Deputy District Attorney Parham
 is said to have been informed that the upper flcor of the building was full of gambling paraphernalia. He
 obta ned a burning order from Ma3is- trate J. A. Frazier and sumnoning the deputy constables went to the tpool room, to get~t t~to"-elie.'stairs that reached the second floor. When the
 second floor was reached the place
 was in darkness and while one of the officers stood guard another secured
 flashlight. A poker table stood ln | the center of a small room and chips 1 were found in several corners but no cards were to be seen. The officers ! were positive that a poker game mad been gong on, however, as one of them entered the second floor of the aa-
 jo ming building and saw the players
 through crevice nthe well.
 None of the alleged players could
 escape except by the officers. One
 or two gave pseudo names but 1hey
 were recognized and their correct
 names filed in the informatioIs. Several of the men were caught in
 the most Mdicrous positions in the | attempts to escape the eyes of the officers. One man stood behind a
 screen door, feeling secure until the
 small electric light was flashed upon ! him. The smut ca the door which
 was transferred to his face and his l appearance when Ee showed up at | the Mag stra,e's office was more like ! that of a coal heaver. Another at.
 tempted to hide by lying alongside of | the skylight in the center of She room. No crap table was found in the room but it is understood that the | officers have received information to 1 the effect that craps game has been
 run and that small boys have become | habi;ues of the place. This was en-
 phat cally denied hy "Coxey" Cross and ne also denied there was game
 in progress Maen the lights flashed a signal bua he entered a plea of guilty. | paid the fine and costs and was given receipt.