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State PoliceRaids Hit SixYigo PlacesManor House, Boat Club, Pine Ranch and Three Diners Raided; Equipment is SeizedMV.'Vi•v*.TH]ttnbaBBY A POlme:giiThetod;M'W• ; State .police officers last night swooped down on three ‘so-called clubs and three diners in or near Terre Haute, confiscated gambling equipment and arrested an assortment of characters for eitlier operating or possessing gambling equipment* Places visited included the Manor House, Fort Harrison Boat and Saddle Club, Pine Ranch, Batchelor’s. Truck Stop and - two Harmon’s Diners, one on Lafayette Avenue and one on Wabash Avenue..;- 'v ‘• '‘The : raids , were - staged , on .'all places simultaneously* abouj. 10 o'clock by a squad jrf. 39 state officers in charge of Lieut..-Richard Raub; Men ’were , drawn, for . the duty' from Ibe Putnamville,: Jasper . and Indianapolis state policeposts.w '•! C-H :; :+•.THOSE ARRESTED were taken lo the Vigo County Jafl and released on their own recognizance by Deputy -'Sheriff : Jim-.Elliott Sheriff ^ John .Trienveller is In California. ; J .r;-Al the Manor House, 1349 Margaret Avenue, officers arrested Joe Traum iorV possession and confiscated- two' roulette tables/ a dice table'and six slot machines. Traum gave his-age as 49 and. address as Woodridge Park, R. R. 5. ' - .Traum'has a long police record, dating; back to prohibition days, and. only recent]^ became involved :asx a: gambling dub . partner in the cleanup, at Miami, Fla. :■;;: V-+v^+ ^+.V* ■- *CLAUDE A. WEAT1IERBEE, 430 South Twenty-first Street; was. arrested at the Ft Harrison Boat and Saddle Club Jand charged 'with pos-scssion - ■ Others . arrested at v the same place were Jack I. Selby. 35,644 Wdnut StreeL;and ;Reba,LoisKane^i 620% . South Sixth Street, b oth vcha rge d wit lL'oper a ting gambling devices; and licky: Shannon, 42,r-R;' R.: 7,: dub manager;£’••;;;j JamesvHairnon,/;owrier^of the Hannon diners,vivas not found but a .-summons was;, left. for r hirri’ to appear Vin City Court next Tues-dayl: Four, slot machines were taken from Ithe; diner fat:: 1462^Lafayette Avehuevan’d;three fromthe diner at/273l£Wab ash^Avexnie.At: therWabash ;Aven(le533ress,, pqlicesr-T^ed^Cliftoh’i Harmon. • :36, ^1474Tippecanoe^Street; -brother of ; the owner of the places. : *vvcv*v- -; •t*4- .'I -/-V.v. v-TV^-’rV *TWO ^ SLOT; MACHJLNES were taken from-Bat(*elor‘s Truck Stop,1512 Lafayette. •Avenue, and .Rich-ard/Gu£^ was ^rrrested:’Giith lives at 1516 Lafayette-5 The, rald-vdn .Pme; Ranch v Club, 4025'^Maple .''Avenue/-brought-the arrest of Ernest Kelley,; 2003 North 'Ninth-Street, listed’/ as -proporietor w%_ of/Die/placedPolice ; confiscated gen seven’-slot Siachines;, one ^roulette, witl one large and one small dice table.•v- Cash taken in-the raids included _ S220.75S atVPinejRanch; $157.75 at* ; \* tie^Boat !Club . andl?.$24.82;. at, the beeManor HousedCJoe..Traum. would counot'.ujdo(*ronef:cash^awer in a ‘ roulette table ^hut^police .took the table ..and; late last . night bad not Sec broken open the. drawer. v . • -• tnGiMBY• V —GfabcdayMolSuuchadneies ical I C as c Cor sail exp condenhisLAIsen
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Terre Haute Star
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Sat, Mar 31, 1951
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