The Arlington Advocate, 16 September 1905
| POLICE COURT |
| "Nipping in the bud" as a cure
for social evils is the ideal way,
according to Chief Urquhart. For
about a week watch was kept on
what was being done at 47 Mass.
avenue and at the expiration of
the first week of operations (to
be exact at 1.05 o'clock last
Sunday morning), the chief and
officer Duffy forced an entrance
and arrived at the room sought,
in season to capture seventeen
packs of cards, two sets of dice,
and a handful of money before
those present had a chance to
secrete or throw out the window
plentiful evidence of gaming at
all the tables in the room, which
contained twenty-four young men.
No attempt was made by any of them
to escape and they were booked as
follows: [24 names and addresses,
including Michael J. Roach, 9
Lewis avenue, Arlington].
The room raided is on the second floor of the building and was fitted up as a club room, with tables, pictures, chairs, cook stove, lamps, etc., etc., and following the authority of the law against gambling, the entire outfit was removed to the police station. Here bail officer Green of Cambridge provided for the temporary release of the prisoners, and on their appearance in the Third District Court on Monday morning, a continuance to Sept. 15 was secured by lawyer Morris J. Lynch who had been engaged to defend them. |
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