The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-09
COPS VIGILANCE
GETS GAMBLERS
Police Slip by Cicchini
Lookout When Lights
Go Out in Storm.
FIND SCORE AT TABLES

Friday nights rain may have been
worth a million dollars out in the
county, but it was a different story
with twenty-four men who sat around
the pool tables in the pool-room Of
James Cicchini at the corner Of Eli
zabeth street and Rowland avenue.
The storm brought to these men a
little temporary expense bill of some
$875 for bond money to keep them
from spending the rest of that rainy
night in jail.
1t was one of the neatest. "jobs"
the officers on Lieut.. Charles Rocks
detective squad have ever pulled off,
and it took a tremendous amount of
patience under most adverse condi-
tions to complete it.
At about eight o'clock Friday even
ing when the storm was beginning to
reach its height, Detective Perry
Tusler, Walter Chase and Frank Nc
Cluskey were observing things in
general in the vicinity of Rowland
avenue and Elizabeth street. They
noticed several persons enter the pool
rom of James Cicchini in the base
ment of the building occupied by the
Sullivan Drug store. "Must be some
thing on" opined Tusler. The opin-
ion became unanimous when the de-
tectives noticed Jacob Cicchini stand
ing near the doorway offering all of
the appearance of lookout"
Lights: 60 opt-Police Go In.
By this time the storm had reached
its height and the lightning was play
ing with the lightning systems in the
city. The detectives thought that they
might profit by hanging around bit
without arousing any suspicious. A
half hour. passed and then another
half hour, and no opportunity seemed
to PRESENT itself to the police to rush
the place without any danger of the
gang in the poolroom getting tipped
off," Then after an hour and fifteen
minutes of waiting the lights went
out. Everything was dark. The three
detectives saw their chance and quiet
ly slipped into the Cicchini poolroom
in the darkness. When the lights
flashed on moment later there was
a sudden scuffle "a shout-and then
silence. The detectives had grabbed
the crowd - twenty-four of them
some dice loafing on, the tables and
hands down. Before most of them
knew what had happened the wagon
had been called and an hour later
twenty-four men were lined up in the
police Office giving Desk Sergeant
Frank Schneeberger information about
themselves. The detectives waited
fully an hour before the police patrol
made the place. Sergeant Scheeber-
ger within ZEN minutes received five
calls for the wagon-one on the
Ripinski case, two for DRINKS, and
two for Investigations. And the de-
tectives had to wait their turn.
All Are Released on Bonds.
The men gave their. names as fol-
lows: Albert Anderson, 769 Park
street; George Blagoeff, 500 Rowland
avenue; John McKoisky, 621 Newell
street; Frank Donelly, $40 Durkee
avenue; James Mohr, 81 Deming
street; Harry Bradford, 481 S. Newell
street; Raymond Williams, AL Newell
street; Ted Newman, $50 Engle street;
Dave Ellsworth, IT'S Lyman avenue;
John Porter, 154 Wisconsin street;
Ray Ham, 164 Wisconsin street; Jas.
Harris, G6 Superio street; Joe Fonte,
670 Elm street; Louis Miller, 598 Ed
ward street; Alex Weskonis, coz Fleet
street; Nels Jensen; George Thomas,
$50 Newell street; Promo Fanini, 1916
Market street; Fed Krieger, $50
Newell street; Otto Schaefer, so3
Charles street; Jacob Cicchini, GIG
Pearl street, charged with being the
lookout, and James Cicchini, proprie-
tor the pool-room:
All but Jacob and James Cicchini
were released on bonds of $25 each.
James Cicchiri offered to pay bonds
for ten of the men who couldn't do it
themselves, in addition to paying his
own bond Of $3.50. Jacob Cicchini
was released on bonds of $50, all pend
ing their appearance in court.
The whole gang pleaded not guilty
before Judge Slater sthis morning and
their cases were continued to Monday,
July Is, at ore o'clock.