| Show FUNNY RAID Suspected Club Visited and Gamblers Found to Be In Innocently Employed WARNED BY SIMPLE DEVICE Some of ef Patrons cre So S Fins hw nr That Tic Held Upside Doun On Saturday Chief of or Defectives Ed E Janney Janne secured from County Attorney Hanson larn a search warrant wart permitting the tO to lawfully enter the to prem premo premises of ot the tho Occidental at ot cast enst First South street treet The Th purpose iva to raid tho place upstairs In the hope of at finding a bunch ot or gamblers practising ting their nefarious trade The Tho war warrant ar rant was wa placed In the tho hands a of at De Do Dick Shannon and he with n number of trusty trust officers ocel descended upon tho Iho place confident of a I big haul press ress notices and promotion nut But It I seemed they reckoned without their host hopt and met with wih sorrowful disappointment When the tle officers headed by bo the tho finally got ot to the tho upstairs rooms thy they found everything quiet and serene Several S veral men were play playIng Ing In pool while others were gazing In Intently and books at magazines papers Aa Al to gambling n why thero was noth nothing ing ng doing of course cour c cIT IT WAS SO SIMPLE The officers did eld not know and POI per perhaps haps hap dont cont know yet et that thoy tho ob erd long before betor they thoy began to climb the above the saloon Tho club proprietors havo a plo 1110 little contrivance for tor the pur purpose purpose pose of who climbs those stairs Mn 11 hut but tho Iho did not know It I and therefore wondered why It I took the tho doorkeeper so 5 long to turn tur the key I y In II the tho lock locI midway on the stairs be tWel the round ground floor foor tho But bless hess their Innocent hearts henrt It they thc will w hut but rend read this little HUle they shall know Tere rere tey li Is a I door halt half up the This door Is kept locked locke nil ni the time At tho top lap lauding landing ot the there Is n a large lane and well pol polished I hell mirror facing the and re reflecting 10 a I full view of o not only the ful alra but even oon the In front of ot the Facing 1 tho mirror on 01 tho second floor flor are the tho club cub rooms roms HOW IT WORKS I 1 1 I Now N w when tho visitor ascends the stairs and bumps up against st tho door I halt way up it buizer buzzes buze and nt halt I the tho buzz ot of the tho buzzer a n lookout In n tho club rooms peels peaks through a n small ral tho I tho sets get a ino outha hola mirror at the head hea ot the stairs said line unI said mirror throws a a ro r lne n ot of the stairs ground floor sidewalk In front of ot the saloon The Th lookout knows who Is coming Whether the visitor Is a n club member In good standing a butter buter In Inor what happened or a OP This la Is 01 Saturday ly night to Dick Shannon and an his assistants Were the officers officer admitted Certain Certainly ly h Why should sho they be kept out Thoy The had ha a search warrant When hon tho officers arrived In the tho club rooms there thoro were oro a n number of men meu present Some playing pool others were about the weather and ad some were reading De Detective Shannon strolled over to 10 a ta table table ble at which seated scaled three or four mon men Intently lt Interested sted In articles In magazine One member ot at tho club cub did not even look up I ho he was so taken lakon of ot the account up with an In Illustrated doings Ul of It the Pacific fleet leet under Ulder com command mand of ot Fighting Bob I ans STO WRECKS FLET Great storm stor ivo e hail oh remark remarked ed cd Shannon to tho th reader Storm What storm the club member I know WO had had a I storm Well It must havo 10 beon be on a bad ono on 0 Vei tho detective I It turned the ships down The Tho club member discovered ho hI hII had been heen reading upside quickly rests reversed made tho th magazine No ar arrests |
