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How the Fifteen Raiders Seized New York Gambling Halls
A Collier’s Weekly style expose details the Committee of Fifteen led by Judge Jerome and John McCullagh’s detectives, aided by well-connected patrons, conducting nighttime raids on Tenderloin gambling houses. It reveals police complicity, staged inspections, and bribe practices as they uncover a system protecting vice.
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Collier’s Weekly
New York
Committee of Fifteen
Bishop Fe
Tammany
Parole Club
Dey Street
Holahan
Board of Public Improvements
John McCullagh
Jerome
McCullagh
Fifteen
Tenderloin
Thirtieth Street
Judge Jerome
Gilsey Club
Fleet
Wilkes Booth
Clarke's
Forty-third Street
Clarke
Victoria Club
Hotel Imperial
China
Parkhurst
Wall Street
Broad Street
Fulton Street
Pinkerton
Pennsylvania Club
Fourteenth Street
Barlow
Frank Barlow
Gang of Five
Legion of Honor
Helena
Mont
Frank
York
Mullan
Green House
Seattle
Alaska
Pennsylvania
Larry
Cully
Barlow's
Wall-street
Broad-street
New Street
Vice, Crime and Police Co
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C. J. Reid
Gajum
Odonbulak