Show CHICAGO GAMBLERS GIVE POLICE A MERRY CHASE men playing races on high seas by wireless telegraphy fele graphy race round lake michigan to avoid arrest chicago III august 3 gamblers intent upon playing the races and policemen determined to prevent all race track betting on the high seas furnished today on lake michigan a unique and spectacular gambling raid the police and gamblers raced around tho lako farst into michigan waters then close to the shores of illinois and then into the jurisdiction of indiana the one seeking escape and the police determined to capture them at all hazards the net results of the day lor the police ot fourteen wears marine gamblers who floated ashore at south chicago in a launch all of the others after a hot chase by the police in lum wring alre tug escaped to indiana harbor ind and made theli way ashore outside of the jurisdiction of the chicago police chief of police collins said today that he would not longer permit the operation of floating pool room city of traverse he asserted that ho would arrest all gamblers when they attempt ed to board it claiming that they were about to commit an illegal act which brought them police jurisdiction the gamblers circumvented the chief of police at the outset by causing the steamer city ot traverse to be run out into the lake into the waters of the state of louisiana where she lay all through the morning large details of police were placed on the shore guarding approaches to all of the docks from which the gamblers might make their way to the lake it expectation of the authorities ties that the betting fraternity would leave chicago on the city of traverse but instead of this a small excursion steamer named the eagle had been chartered and the gamblers walking past the police embarked and started for tho city of traverse which was rolling around in mid lake the police were powerless to intercept the excursionists aa they called themselves and with deep chagrin watched them sail away to place their money on tho races the announced pro gramme of the managers of the floating pool room was that all passengers would be landed at the foot of street in syi chicago where the calumet fyer empties into lake michigan collana balked in his attempt to prevent the sailing of the gamblers on the eagle transferred his to street and posted tem along the shore in such a that it would havo been practically impossible for any man from the city of traverse or the eale to set foot on shore and escapa arrest late in the day the eagle steamed into the harbor at south chicago load ed with men who were anxious to reach the shore As soon as the boat was well inside the first bridge it was swung behind it with escape to the lake cut off by the bridge and no possible chance of a safe landing on shore the case of the gamblers for a almo looked desperate the eagle circled around and around in the harbor tooting its whistle in frantic fashion for the bridge tender to turn the bridge and allow it to steam back into the lake the police stood on tho shore and laughed feeling confident that t was only a question of time before the passengers of the eagle would be in their power A small insignificant mud scow happened along at this critical moment however and blew its whistle as a signal for the bridge and tho eagle planting its bow squarely in the stern of the mud scow crowded it closely as it passed through the bridge and then mado a run for the open lake and freedom As soon as the police discovered tho approach of the mud scow and realized that the bridge must open they made a rush tor the alre tug yosemite and by the time the eagle was entering jhc thc waters of the lako tho tug was tearing after it loaded down with policemen li cemen the eagle however steadily drew away frota the tug and after A run ot ten minutes the police gave up the chase the eagle landed at indiana harbor its passengers nang to chicago by train batore the arrival of tho eagle at south chicago a small launch named panther tame in bearing a number 0 gamblers from the city of traverse and several fishermen all the passengers of the panther were lined up on th pier and compelled fo stand in a heavy rain while the policemen weed ed out the fishermen from the ex fourteen men who could not prove that they had been fishing were loaded into the patrol wagon and carried to the police station the gamblers who returned to chicago this declared that even though taft police had arrested all the passengers ot the eagle they would have found it impossible to prove a case against them as the wireless apparatus refused to work throughout the day and not a message wag received and not a bet was made |