The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-18
WorIey Presses Crusade to
Clean Up Gambling
in City.
NINE MORE ARRESTED
Special Squads SWoop on
PooIroonnS and Nab
Suspects.

Police switched tactics this after
noon and went out with search
warrants, determined to strike
another body blow at baseball pool
ticket selling.
In addition to the search war
rants, the police had instructions
from Chief Claude M Worley to
slate all persons found in possession
of pool tickets on charge of oper-
ating lottery.
Belief that the lottery law covers
baseball pools was the new weapon
in the hands of the police, Since
the baseball season opened Tuesday,
and the drive against pool tickets
was begun, police have been raiding
without search warrants and stating
those arrested on charges Of keeping
gambling devices, only to have
municipal judges throw the cases
out as fast as they come up.
Invoke Lottery Law
The lottery law is broader than
the gaming law and the police be-
lieVe that if they can SO much as
show that man had a pool ticket
or book Of them they can convict.
Penalty under the lottery law is
from $40 to $500 fine.
Meanwhile, nine more men had
been arrested today when police
caught them with pool tickets. Most
Of them we're arrested in a surprise
drive before breakfast.
Lieutenant Ralph Dean, Sergeant
Curtis Barge and patrolmen Ros-
coe Wilkins and Willard Hawkins
raided three places on Indiana ave-
nue. to start the early morning ma
neuvers.
Several Are Arrested
Those arrested were Mortin Payne,
40, Negro, proprietor of a poolroom
at 331 Indiana avenue, where five
pool books were found; Joe Dice, ~,
Negro, proprietor Of dry beer sa-
loon at 312 Indiana avenue, where
twenty-four books were found, and
Charles Sims, 38, proprietor of the
Speedy Bar, 245 Indiana avenue,
where sixteen books we're found.
In each place, the police reported,
the tickets we're thrown into safes
and the doors kicked shut and
locked. The police threatened to
haul away the safes and the pro-
prietors opened them, it was stated.
Saloon Man Arrested
Meanwhile, Sergeant Harley Jones
raided the saloon Of William Will
liams, 30, at 413 Massachusetts, ave-
nue., and found some torn pool books
in a stove. Williams was arrested.
Patrolmen F. G. Davis and Arthur
Low, carrying out orders to watch
for pool statesmen around factories,
arrested Robert Linday, 80, of 1920
West New York street, near the
Kingan 81 Co. plant. They said
he had five pool books with him.
Lieutenant Ed Helm, Sergeant
Joe EVerson and Patrolman Martin
OBrien said they saw William
(ReO Craven, 48, of 801 North
avenue, about to sell
customer a pool ticket in his res
taurant, SO they arrested him. The
officers said they found two other
books of tickets in the place.
PoOIrOom Man Robbed
Samuel Baldwin, 25, Of 100 West
st. Clair street, was arrested later
In his poolroom at 604 North Illi-
nois street, by Lieutenant Victor
Houston and Sergeant Frank Reilly.
TWenty-seVen books Of tickets
were conf1scated by Sergeant Frank
Reilly and squad and Lieutenant
Victor Houston when they raided
the Jacob Berkowitz poolroom at
LAG South Illinois street, Berkowitz,
IS, was the first to be charged with
operating a lottery. Police said he
threw the tickets into an open safe
when they entered, but was pre-
vented from closing the door.
Municipal Judge Paul c. Wetter
Theodore Stevens, 610
West Maryland street, arrested
because police seized
pool tickets from him without a
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