Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-02
COPS DISGUISE IN
GAMBLING RAIDS
Chief schafer Has Hard Run
Through willows After One Of
Offenders.

six. negroes made UP q group in
. secluded place near the ice houses on
the river bank in the extreme east
end o. East Moline Saturday evening.
The bones were rolling, and cards
were being dealth5 while in the center
Of the group was stack OF money OF
various denominations. and frequently
The silence vas broken with Come
zaBarzFF or sfF-ajsa you Eve
A white man str0lled up. He was
dressed In old clothes, and was dirty
and rough lokiug He wore q hat Of
d5srepatabIa appearance. He looked
on. then was invited to take hand in
the same He did, and the fun was
resumed.
Shortly afterward another white
man stumbled onto the group. he
was attired somewhat like the first
SIS he stepped mp one of the C0Icred
men rolled has eyes upward. and with
3 smile said TO the new arrival You
aiu5 5 deputy sheriff IS yOu3 Shall /
deal you In r.
IN deal myself in said the new
conner. as he made = reach for the pile
81 money in the middle of the group,
at the same time flashing a star which
bore the inscription City marshal
East Moline. and revealed his identity
O. T. T. Schafer. chief Of police of East
Moline
Had a bomb been dropped onto the
scene il could not have effected
quicker scattering OF the group With
remarkable sped the negroes went
scurrying in all directions. " A
Jackson plain clothes officer Of the
police department. the FIRST Of the two
white men on the scene. made run
for one, ana il fifty had two by the
collar.
Chief Schafer took after another
who was already under high speed and
some yards away The chief drew his
gun to fire in the air to halt the negro,
but the shot seemed only To increase
the colored mans speed. The chief
gave chase.
Off through the willows went the
pursued and puTsuer. ia zig-zag
course that led through the toughest
and most difficult parts OF the low
lands to cross The Negro had a good
lead and proved a Splinter OF no mean
ability. but rhe chief kept on the trail,
and he set a few records himself n
trying to overtake his man. It was a
great race, and for about Is minutes
the coiorad man held his lead aud
whipped back and forth through the
willows and weeds
NIGE EE1@ GI&EL Oa1 ABOUT CoIGiHA-
ed that be . uId not overtake the
fleeing man, the Negro. completely eG-
hausLed from his ran, collapsed and in
an instant rhe chief was getting q. firm
grip on MS collar.
Before Magistrate B. a. Niles in po-
lice court TODAY the three Negroes ar
rested gave their names as Leo Yapp,
Mack Smith and Herbert Mont It
Has Smith who led the chief his merry
chase
All pleaded guilty to charges Of
gaming, and paid fines Of $40 and
costs. $1z.05 each.
Game in Box Car.
Later Saturday evening Officer Jack
son ran across a crap game In a box
car IN the Negro colony near Ninth
street. along the railway tracks.
There. too, he was invited into the
game He played a While, and then
made an excuse that he was going to
raise some more money. He summon
sd headquarters and Chief sshafer ap-
peaFed IN few minutes in the car
IN the meantime several Of the COL
ored men had departed 10 raise more
funds. and. only two were at play when
the raid was made. They we're shoot
ing craps In police court today tlsay
paid fines os s12.05 each. and gaze
their names as John Turner and
Charles See
Pool Hal Men Taken.
Gus Vasselion and James FassouIas,
proprietors Of the pool hall formerly