[Newspaper]
Publication: The Cincinnati Post
Cincinnati, OH, United States
vol. 82, no. 58, p. 1, col. 5-8
LID LIFTS ON NEW
GAMBLING DEN
Chips, Cards and Paraphernalia Seized In Covington
Had Been Sent from Newport — "Grand
Opening" Fizzles.
Gamblers forced out of Newport, at least temporarily, will find no haven in Covington.
Ignatz Steidle, Covington safety commissioner, pledged himself Tuesday to keep them out.
As proof that he meant what he said he cited a raid made Monday night. Plans to set up a large gambling den were nipped in the bud. Police were informed Newport men were making the "arrangements.”
Steidle led the raiding party to a building formerly occupied by the Hemingray Glass Works. Second-st and Madison-av. Covington.
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One of the largest selections of gambling equipment ever taken in a raid by Covington police. Roulette wheel, two faro tables, a faro bank, crap table and thousands of chips were confiscated.
Equipment seized included a roulette wheel, two fan-tan tables, a dice table, card tables, devices for playing hazard and faro and numerous boxes of poker chips and decks of cards.
This equipment was found on the second floor of the building, in a room where windows were curtained to prevent light from showing in the street, police said.
Federal officials were asked Tuesday to test contents of 15 barrels of beer, real or near, found on the first floor of the building.
Chief Steidle said he had arrived too early to trap any gamblers. The equipment had just been set up in preparation for a "grand opening" Monday night, he said.
A man registering as George Derfus, 52, of California, O., the only one about the building, was arrested. He told police he had been engaged to haul equipment from Newport. Police will question him further.