Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24
'DEAD-L|NE AGAINST
GAMBLERS FORMED
Most Notorious viii Not Even
se Allowed In City, rem-
nest Asserts
PLA,M.CLOT,AES MEN LOOSE

Rnovn gamblers win not even be
,,,oved TO stand on the street corners
=, philadelphia in the future. accord
,.r n A "deadline" principle estab-
,,sbed today by Assistant Director Of
prh,;c Safety Tempest and Superin-
tepdent Mills. ,,,
The police department Is determined
chat the men driven from the outlying
sections by the recent series OF raids
cannot come to this city ana resume
onsrations. Most of the men caught In
tbe Chestnut Hill and Chester, raids
oro gamblers from this city and most
f afe ,hon, ore well known to the police.
" order TO prevent their coming back
30 town a special squad Of sixty plain
sIotbes men has been turned loose in
tbe city with no other duty than to
watch for gamblers and not only pre-
can't them reopening their dives, but
m stop them from congregating in
groups anywhere.
All these men will be watched and
ony attempt to gather in groups will
no signal for raid. In the cases
of some of the more notorious they
Gill not even be allowed to come into
the city. :, ,.
Assistant Director Tempest said yes
terday: :,
Proof that we have driven out he
real gambling fraternity is shown in the
list Of names of those arrested ut Chest
nut Hill and at Chester.
"When Mayor Moore first decided to
get rid of these human leeches, certain
nersons tried to make him change lis
nlans. saving the attempt would be use
loss How well we have succeeded Is
shown by recent results.
"Some gambling in chartered clubs
and the like may be going on, but when
We are furnished with sufficient proof
one NAV feel assured that we will put
A check upon it.
Conditions among the professional
gamblers Of Philadelphia ia today are such
that many of the old timers have either
closed up shop for good or else packed
their belongings and gone elsewhere:
Many of the younger gamblers Kept
kidding themselves that things were
going 70 loosen up this fall on account
NJ t6e election campaign. If they still
think such is the case, j am sure they
will have n sad awakening the first
time they try anything.
"Mayor Moore has decided that the
lid is down to stay down and we are
going to see that his orders are carried
OUT"
Police Chief Suspended
An echo of the Wheel Pump Hotel
raid sounded yesterday when Chief Of
Police James A. G. Bysher, of Spring
field Township, was suspended. Charges
of dereliction of duty and incompetency
we're lodged against him by the Town.
ship Commissioners. 1t is alleged that.
living as close as he did to the old
hostelry. it would have been impos-
sible for such large gatherings of gam
blers to assemble without his knowl-
edge. Harry Eustace was made act
ing chief, pending investigation of the
charges.
. Assisting District Attorney wan
Roden, of Delaware County. one of
three men in the secret conference
which planned the big Chester raid,
was asked why Magistrate Berry was
so lenient in the matter of fines. and
why he did not hold the gamblers for
court as Magistrate Lenhardt did in
Norristown. He said:
Montgomery County may want to
rope in the poor devils, the common
gamblers, together with the leaders and
operators of the houses, but here in
this county we are after the big fish
and are getting them. We let the small
suckers 20 with fine as chastise-
ment, but the big ones we hold"
Continuing their assault upon the
supposedly impregnable gambling
houses of the city, county detectives
late yesterday afternoon raided the es-
tablishment of Thomas j. Tucker"
Welsh, at Seventh and Potter streets. |
No patrons were found inside. but suffi
Client evidence had been secured ahead
Of time for Magistrate Thomas G. |
Berry to hold the proprietor under $500
bail for a further hearing before Squire
F.. F. Williamson in Media at II
0 clock this morning
Two slot machines, crap table and
other gambling paraphernalia were con-
hscated. Warrants have been issued |
for the proprietors of five other widely
known casinos of the city. Mondays
coup, when 191 were arrested at "The