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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1892
Page
5
Police may extend investigations into illicit gambling activity as officials consider deeper digs. Jim the Penman speaks on alleged Johnston additions, adding to a growing list of names under scrutiny in policy circles.
A long roster shows Thomas Parker and others arrested in a crackdown on a policy shop. Several defendants face charges for maintaining a common nuisance and gambling nuisances, while a group arrested at 415 Harrison Avenue were fined ten dollars each for being present where gaming implements were found. The notices list multiple street addresses and names involved.
Police move targets a long list of policy and gambling rooms including No 12 Norman street and No 15 Faneuil Hall square Jim the Penman is spotlighted as the writer and a Post observer recounts a scene where a gambler tries to bluff prior to a raid and the Penman denies taking plays from strangers while Johnston’s orders govern the rules.
Division 3 police raided three policy shops including Alden court Alden street Norman street and Norman street in Boston. Arrests listed. police say two thousand men engaged in policy operations citywide. The piece notes policy preys on the poor and urges overhaul and action.
A Post man reports a policy racket at No 2 Irving Street in West End with two writers, one white and one black, led by Whipple. A letter from Charles Bassett of Cambridgeport details a scam using gambling numbers 3 6 9, a false manager Whalen, and a claim of playing policy at other locations. The letter notes lost money, threats, and a similar fraud at an Alden Street joint, ending with the signature Cuantus Bassert.
A narrator recalls a once thriving rose garden by an old house and its symbolism after a poor girl from Boston gives birth at a farm. The tale follows her baptism, the search for a father named Jack, and her life among Boston and Annapolis Valley connections, ending with the rose transplanted to a new home and a prayer for the girl.
A Penman report cites Johnston as a despotic backer of many West End shops. The Penman claims Johnston gambled on public sway while avoiding cases with possible evidence. Troubling times in policy circles loom as responses are anticipated.
In Gus Hill’s clothing store at 99 Cambridge Street, a tense scene unfolds as four men confront strangers in a back room. A postman’s presence, coded references to gambling, and police involvement suggest pressure from a crackdown amid suspicions of illicit games. Nearby at 75 Cambridge Street a youth blocks entry to a back room as a passerby notes unusual light and a wary atmosphere.
Mr Crosby alias Jimmy Fitz, a Washington street money broker, ran a busy operation all day as New Orleans drawing day arrived. The New England agency at 265 Washington street was crowded with men, women and boys exchanging money for lottery paper during a half hour rush.
A group captured during a raid on alleged gambling rooms at 415 Harrison Avenue appeared in municipal court. Seven were colored men and others were well dressed. All pleaded guilty to being present where gaming implements were found and were fined $10 each, paying and departing.
The New England Conservatory has grown over ten years at Franklin square with about two thousand yearly registrations and 1100 daily attendees. Three hundred students board in the Conservatory house, annual receipts reach $250000, and despite high standards and broad influence the heavy debt from site purchase threatens its future. A $150000 fundraising drive, already over half pledged, aims to cancel floating debt and establish a permanent basis.
A long column lists residents and their World’s Fair time estimates in hours minutes and seconds. Notable entries include James A. Brown Fall River and W F Knebler 110 15 25, H S Chandler 94 35 35, Mattie W. Cumming 1800 7 2, S G Page Newton H 73 40 80, and O F Linstow 8384 hours, with many others from Roxbury Kingston Newton and a range of street addresses. The notice records 18 coupons received in response to an inquiry about the Post’s offer.
George H. Kenway of Bristol reports candle experiments with pure beeswax. He notes a 3 ounce wax draw in six hours and a five and three quarter inch diameter candle burning down the center, leaving a shell edge. Questions about air sufficiency, top taper, and whether the candle burns to the socket are raised alongside a promise to supply coupons once results are clear. CANDLE Ep details critique of Kendall candle and asserts expert construction.
A six foot bees wax candle will be lighted at 12 o’clock noon on March 11. Readers are invited to estimate its burning time with rewards of World’s Fair excursions for the three closest figures. Governor Russell and Mayor Matthews have offered estimates of 700 and 600 hours.
Yesterday morning the 7 10 train carried two executors Vas Haughton and William S Dunning of New York to Gloucester to seal Abbeys remains. They were met by Monson L Witherell brother in law at Oak Grove Cemetery where the ashes were interred in a private monument.
Wealthy collectors seek rare coins with high demand. Boston’s principal buyer, William E. Skinner, operates at 8325 Washington Street and buys over 900 coin dates and varieties. He pays five cents to hundreds of dollars per piece and mails his coin manual for ten cents.
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