Show 27 GAMBLERS CAUGHT liN iN RAiD Federal Judge Draws Drains Evidence Evidence Evi Evi- dence o of 0 Gaming Gaining From Front FrontU Unwilling U Witnesses Oct 3 The 3 The police made mado C CHICAGO further efforts toda today to find the public gambling evidence of ot which federal Jud Judge e Landis was drawing in detail from witnesses In his hiR court and ond a n spectacular raid on a west westside westside si side e hotel resulted In twenty seven sevenpersons sevenpersons pcr persons on ono one of oC them a n woman being captured capture The police poUce burst through a locked td door and found an excited group roup money In hands Just hearing tho the announcement of a race at Louis Louls- ville I JJ o. o Judge o Landis meanwhile was extracting extracting extracting ex ex- further details of the tho system of ot disseminating and utilizing race racetrack track Information in hundreds of or saloons sa saloons saloons sa- sa loons here and to correspondents in a n score of other cities cHieM Occasionally he would woul break hrak in on a s itne and adroitly adroit adroit- ly Induce hum him to reveal r that other forms formA of gambling poker joker craps all and r baseball pools were ere flourishing In tho the back rooms of at hundreds of or saloons and cigar r stores The Tho confessions of oC two former employees employees em em- of ot the Sportsmens Sportsmen's club which resulted In yesterdays yesterday's s raid were made mado public tonight and contained assertions assertions assertions asser asser- that the salo sale of ot life 10 memberships memberships memberships member member- ships to saloon keepers and amI gamblers amblers at a membership was a n well systematized ara- ara systematized and developed branch of the clubs club's oJ organization denied responsibility responsibility Mayor Thompson any for tho the club which had been organized org by James Jame T Pugh Thompson's Thompsons Thompsons Thompson's Thomp Thomp- sons son's financial backer Cr and whIr which h has haR been active o in the support of ot tho the I mayor maYo I |