The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15
rp.P SOCIETY FOLK In eAMBL'
ING RAID
state Troopers With Rerolrers Ter
-;uo Fashionably GOwned Women.

state lFVoPcAS
rorize Fashionably Gowned Women
rho millionaire country homes 81
IN YORK sitting austerely I'D the
New Of their carefully handicapped
nnrdons along the Nassau county
sanIevards fairly rocked recently
S;th the seismic disturbances caused
wiz ranort we'll founded indeed, that
Dy - the most fashionable gambl-
one escorts in all de luxe Nassau had
hs aided by detectives and State
Deon With revolvers and that two
llUop luz roulette rooms full of society
W. had been terrOriZed, while the
loin1 riator cashier and dOOrkeeper OF
lho Mace had been served with war
rants iai ,-+,,
oro dressed as if for golf or polo,
dor the assumption that they had
t %d.n1 out for a jolly little game some
L'bnra near Hampstead and were
%dghed late in getting home. The.
uar rolled them to the entrance and
t NV attempted the door. According
- their story, a light was flashed In
heir faces and moment later the
S Saor SWING in. Their costumes had
been a password.
inside they mingled with the
orovd about the tables, finding most
u, diners on the first floor. Then
+iaV went I'D to the second, where in
y bio long room they said they found
roulette going and so much smoke
trnn, the gambling gentry there that
rontilators had been opened to the
roof. .-. ---,,o
outside the two State troopers We're
having a different sort OF a Tune:
Their lob was TO force an entry ana
to he ready in case of emergency Tor
ANYTHING that might happen inside.
accordingly they assaulted the lat
,ired windows. The lattice looked
Ike wood but the troopers shoulders
hunted against iron bars instead OF
wood. and they Topped back into the
water puddles.
The battering had the desired
affect however. A porter came out
n Gee what the racket was about, and
tbav collared him They forced him
to get them inside, and then deter
mined to take no chances. They
threatened a number of eXqulsItely
gn,vnAd women with revOlvers. The
n1acp went wild, and there was a
dash for exits. but here it was found
Thai The blind" windows operated as
q disadvantage There was no way
nil, except from the front entrance
and he troopers had the situation
entirely in hand.
The two operatives, who had Deen
gathering evidence at the gaming
tables upstairs, then came down ana
served the proprietor, who said MS
name was Nilligan, with a warrant
and after him served the cashier and
the doorkeeper. The papers were
made out to John Superintendent,
-Tnhn Cashier" and John Doorman,
all resident somewhere in the town
of Hcmpslead,' to guard against
no.sirlp contention Of error. The
photographed operatives said 1t mao
cost them $500 to get the evidence
hut they we're certain they had all
that was necessary.
The habitues of the place were
then released, and the next two
hours was spent in removing the
gambling outfit to a large storing van
for transport to Cedarhurst pending
the hearing. Mr.. VandeWater sale
that in the seizure were three com
pletp roulette wheels mounted OF
handsomely carved tables and seVera
boxes of gray, blue and white chips
some of which he said indicated tina
verv real games were played. Th'
majority of the chips bore SlOO an'
$1,000 letterings.
The raiders went over the place
thoroughly. examining richly #orke<
heavy draperies over all the windows
on the first and second floors, the
lariced windows which had caused
the troopers a spill and the Opaque
glass which aided to concealment
The steel lattice bars were re-en
forced by second steel framework
they said. making the rooms safe al
a jail.
Through the rain the party thel
mOt0red to Cedarhurst, the van fol
lowing. and stopped at the residence
of Justice Raisig. 1t was then
o'clock in the morning but Mr.. Van
dewater had no hesitation in break,
ing up the slumbers of the court =
brief arrangement was made, Wltf
the defendants still refusing thell
names, and bail in $4,000 cash bonds
was fixed. The bonds were furnished
and the court went back to bed.