Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-03-01
COPS MAKE RAID
ON CRAP GAME;
EIGHT ARRESTED
Six Youths Released in S10O
Bail on Charge of Gambling
for Hearing Tomorrow Night
in Recorders Court.

Six young men, alleged crap shoot
ers, were marched to the police sta
ton following a raid on an alleged
Joint" over a carpenter shop In
Sherman street shortly before 1
o'clock last night. Dice, "divvy'
box, cards and long table just suited
for crap shooting, were confiscated
by Detective Sergeants Huff and
Long and Patrolmen Gutowski and
Hartmann who made the raid.
The six were released in 800 bail
each on a charge of gambling and
when they were arraigned before Re-
corder Pickersgill this morning a
hearing was fixed for $50 O'Clock to-
morrow night. Hans Peterson, twen-
ty-eight years old, of 274 Davidson
avenue and William Pollino, thirty
two, of 297 Smith street, who are al
legged to have rented the place from
the owner, Carl Lund, of 224 Sheri-
dan street, and are alleged to have
gained "rake-off from the alleged
gaming, were released for a hearing
tomorrow night.
The six young men arrested In the
raid are as follows: David Thomas,
twenty-one, of 1913 Sherman street;
Philip Owens, seventeen, of 22l
Sherman street; William Larson,
twenty-one, of 1872 Sherman street;
Peter Jensen, twenty, of 231 Sheri-
dan street; William Thomas, nine
teen, of 1873 Sherman street, and
Thomas Owens, nineteen, of 22l
Sherman street.
Organized Social Club.
Mr.. Peterson, one of the alleged
proprietors of the place, this morning
declared that he and Pollino had or
ganized a social club about two
weeks ago and were going to call II
the Raritan Field Club. He said thai
pinochle was the main game Of
chance played, as in many Other
clubs about the city. He admitted
that some of the members indulgec
in shooting crap, but declared thai
no big games had ever been held. Ht
said that, the club was not thoroughly
lorganized before the police inter
fered
Chief OF Police Burke received
complaints from neighbors about The
place, which was cozily equipped witt
electric lights and other conven'
fences on the second floor of Mr.
Lund's carpenter shop IN Sherman
street. 1t is declared that the owner
had no idea that gambling would be
done In the building when he rented
the floor.
Great care was manifested by the
sleuths and policemen in approach
ing the place and each went there
separately. Detective Sergeant John
Longs avoirdupois, 1t is declared in.
terfered seriously with his squeezing
between two fences. However, the
quartet met just outside the club
rooms. They crept up the outside
stairway, and having learned the
countersign of the organization, gave
| the required number of raps on the
/ door, which Immediately opened Il
them, and they rushed in. They de
clare big crap game had Just beer
finished, and all except the six young
men had left the building They
however, confiscated deck of cards
pair of dice and box with slit II
the top, which it was said, was uset
/ to slice the pot" or in other words
furnish a depository for the rake
offs for the two renting the place
| Stretching across the room was a ia
Bile, with smooth top, Just suitable
| for big crap game. The police con
fscated all the paraphernalia ant
brought 1t to headquarters. The ia
Bile was so large, however, that the,
could not bring 1t with them.