Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-21
TWENTY-FIVE MEN,
CAUGHT in GAMBLING
RAID, ARE RELEASED
ATTORNEY Rrother of State SEN
ator Salus Was Locked Up
After Argument With
Patrol Sergeant
PLAN FURTHER HEARING

TWentv4hve men. caught ,playing crap
and poker In a Tenderloin gambling house
which was raided by the police at ,
oc.ock this morning. were released ON
copies o. the charge signed by Mng'strate
Maxwell Stevenson little more than an
hoar after they were arrested. When
hrraiened later for n hearing by Mag
istrate Collins they were Informed the
evidence against them was not sufficient
10 hold them for court
The prisoners were held In $500 hail for
q further hearing tomorrow. aud were NE
LEVIED. to sign their own bail bonds. The
evidence against them WAS In the form
OF testimony from policemen who rartiri-
pated In the raid on the Aruhoit Club, lli
North Sth street. and q little pile ut cards
and dice which were condscaicd
An incident which followed The void is
causing several policemen Of ih" 'lth and
Winter streets station to trcm =" Wi'h
fear for their Jobs 1t was I'm tho arrest
OF Herbert Salus. an attorney and brother
o. State Senator Samuel w. Salus,
power In Organization circles Salus was
locked in cell accused Of interfering
with an officer and was later released ON
n COPY of the charge. lie did not appear
at the hearing with the Other prisoners
Most OF the men arrested anv" ad-
dresses In the Tcnderloin. When the
hearing was Begun IN the station house
today. the room was crowded TO tho
that 500 persons were present. and most
OF them were described as ,pical repre-
sentAtlves of the uciEhhurEu'd included
IN the precincts OF tn" police district
Lieutenant Dinlockcr in command of
the district. led tho raid himself With
him were District Detectives Martin and
Barren ana a squad OF policemen. They
encountered little resistance when they
entered the fourth hoOr Of tho buildiug
nj the northeast corner Of S;h and Apple
,t4l,F ltf1f 1.t. nH
its quarters.
1t IS SAID however. that several mon
escaped.
The prisoners were put in cells II took
only n few moments 'or the raid news to
spread Then the Teudcrloin influence
got to work pulling wires In the effort
TO nulify the work of The police.
Herbert Salus was notified and he ap-
piled for copies Of the charge, aud the
men were released, to appear later he
fore Magistrate Collins
Lieutenant Dintockcr asked to have tho
mon held for court, but Magistrate col
Inns said there was insufficient oridonrn.
There was no evidence TO show, he .u 81.
who was proprietor of the alleged gam
bling house, ami none of the prisoners
were willing to divulre this secret lu
order to give tn. pp .ce - hours to iuycs-
tigate he held the prisoners for a further
hearing @oncr2uw.
The arrest of Herbert Salus came after
a run-u with Patrol Sergeant Trcston.
Treston said that he ordered Sglus tu
leave the station house and that Salus
refused.
Magistrate stevenson, when asked later
today whether he had signed copies of
the charge. replied:
II don't know. I'll have go took ii up"
He said any one had right to obtain
a copy of the cha '-cs hut later admitted
that he could rDNc refused to issue them
Il ~ ar $40 Narn1