Show A BIG RAID we ve notice by the san sn francisco ate alta of the oth hist that the po lico lice on the night of the ath made a big raid on the gambling dens of the bay city ity the arrests and captures cip tures of layouts lay jay outs were numerous y in kearney street the den was t entered and ten inmates were ar ry r if P y rested at morton street the pro proctor pr ictor dealer and eight visitors with the lay out oue were captured v and placed under arrest they were surprised while engaged in their disreputable game in montgomery street th they v captured bathy athy B dexter and welbey the proprietors and four others together with the gambling tools but force had to be used in order to jeffett an ent entrance rance into this den jh the next place upon which the f officers made a descent was in bush street where five of the profession f were arrested and their tools cap aured in post street four and in pine street nine arrests were made and all their material captured at the rooms in third street the gamblers refused when ordered to ly ily i open the doors but barricaded barricades barrica ded them however a few blows with the battering rams which the officers carried with them for the pur pose demolished the barrica desand entrance was easily effected the game thirty one in number cap aured and the layout lay out secured another raid was made on cole mans game in stevenson street and ind twenty four arrests were made there other places were raided and the game captured pv P v as those mose arrested were composed of in men en of all ranks and callings the broker the confidential clerk the check guerilla etc the police stations the alia alta tells us were largely invested with seriocomic features the prisoners were divided off so as to enable the officers to properly book them it was exceedingly comical to see several y of odthe the sergeants remind the of the names they had bad assumed for the names given were invariably fictitious most of the prisoners deposited the necessary bail till but a few unlucky stragglers were left behind the bars to ruo rue their rashness n sin in attempting such a thing as fighting the tiger between and was deposited as bail money the amount of bail varied for visitors it was 40 for dealers at somo some of the rooms sledge bambers were used to break open the doors to gain an entrance the officers charged with the above bu business diness stood not agn ceremony nor on the order of sledgehammer ing in |