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Show SWALLOWED EVIDENCE Poolroom Man; Is-Near. j ; Choked on Part.ofRac-insr Part.ofRac-insr Sheet. ; ,; .'' i iSEW YORK. March 4. In his anxiety to swallow alleged incriminating evidence during; a raid In Brooklyn, Hugh Winters; the reputed proprietor f a .poolroom, nearly choked to death. His life was ( saved by the prompt action of an ambu lance surgeon. When the obstruction was removed from Winters' throat with the 1 aid of instruments it was found to be part i of a racing sheet -. Wlntern and ten other men found in the place were arrested, but released on ball. I The alleged poolroom was in the rear of a Saloon. When the raiders broke in about fifty men bolted through doors and wln- h dows before they could be halted. Winters was found -in a corner of the 1 . room coughing and choking and in con- vclsions. In his hands he held part of a torn racing card. He was purple In the (ace and frothing at the' mouth. An ambulance am-bulance was quickly summoned with the result noted. The scrap' removed from the 'prisoner's throat -was -carefully preserved i -a evidence by the police. 1 ' : |