Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-23
WlLMlNoTONlANS
CAUGHT IN CHESTER
RAID YESTERDAY
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Exactly at 40 o'clock, two big
State police officers. with guns drawn,
rushed the doors on East Sixth street.
They were followed by County De-
tective O'Toole. Detective Edward II.
Bryant and so of his subordlnates.
although trouble was anticipated
they were met with no resistance SO
complete was tho surprise that but
one man attempted to escape. several
detectives had been planted" during
the earlier part OF the afternoon. and
the proprietors were tho first TO be
taken into custody.
Two big moving vans were backed
up To the building and the prisoners.
s5 at time. were marched down.
stairs and removed TO the Office of
Magistrate Berry Each was granted
an immediate hearing, and the 1ss ar
raigned paid 1880 each. representing
lines and costs.
When the doors on East sixth street
were broken down and the building
entered. over $4,000 In cash, the de-
tectives claim. was laying upon a
large table In the room. One of the
leaders In the raid declared they MISS
ed n bag OF $4,000 In 500 notes by
the narrow margin of 10 minutes. A
safe In the room. which the leaders
are said To have refused TO open, was
seized. This was opened later by at
torneys of the accused and found to
contain approximately $1,000.
The<rooms on the third floor, ac-
corsiinR 10 MIR. Bryant. who today In
formed Every Evening of tho raid.
were an up-to-date gambling resort.
The rooms were partitioned of and
each partition contained windows
where men We're stationed to receive
bets, he said Another window was
fitted up with cashier and two dice
tables were in progress and over
81, 900 was found between the two
games he added.
In conjunction with the many mod
ern improvements, the place was
equipped with danger signals.
Klaxon horn and an electric bell with
red light signals. Mr.. Bryant said
Three money slot machines were con-
fiscatcd. Four telephones, one with
direct wire to the race track were
found. according to the raid leader,
as we'll as thousands OF blank checks
and other printed forms used in the
gambling trade.
Not since the race riots of 1917 has
Chester provided at one stroke
cleanup OF the proportions of yester-
day afternoons raid. Many of the
gamblers arrested were weli-known
wilmington and Philadelphia men.
The majority of those arrested. how
ever, gave ficticious names Several
who figured in the recent raid on the
Wheel Pump Hotel, at Chestnut Hill.
near Philadelphia, were also listed yes
terday afternoon.
The Paddock" according to Mr..
Bryant. is a syndicate. and Chester
possesses the rights to operate from
noon 90 sundown, after which another
syndicate house is in operation.
There are many men from VIII
mington who patronize these gam
bling resorts and i'm the raid yesterday
about thirty gave their addresses as
Wilmington" said Detective Bryant.
Although in almost every instance a
fcticious name was used by the pris-
oner, the following names of men re-
siding I'm Wilmington. were given: s.
Pappas, w. T. McCleary. James JUL
ian. J. II. Wells, George Buffers. jos
eph Scraun. III. Post. Harry Tomsor
u. Adams, ]. Kelly. Tony F'arano, W.
s. I.nkins. A. Ford. r. Burns. X.
Watson. c. Grant. A. NJ. Macken-
zie. II. Percival. George pappas. J. w.
Doughorty. n. ]. Sullivan. J. Carr. IL.
Kelly, Thomas Barr. ]. MCGOWAN. J.
II. Foster.