PM Daily! December 23, 1940

PM Daily, December 23, 1940, Vol. 1, No. 135 p. 32

Ermine-Wrapped Patron Caught in Gambling Den…

A gold-lame evening bag shields her face as one of the 50 carriage-trade gamblers ducks out of 18 E. 68th St., after raiders early yesterday interrupted their $5 to $1000-a-chip roulette game. Cops sent the customers home but confiscated the equipment and held five men as operators, in cluding George Herrick, 45, described by detectives as successor to Arnold Rothstein.”

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PM Daily, December 23, 1940, Vol. 1, No. 135 pp. 16 -17

Plain-Clothes Men Raid $1000-a-Chip Society Gambling Spot

1. In prowl cars and patrol wagons…
2. To break in, cops stuck a nightstick…
3. On the ground floor inside, police found…
4. Cold turkey, cheesecake and drinks were served…
5. A marble, carpeted staircase led upstairs…
6. This is one of three tables…
7. Inspector Michael Murphy…
8. Patrons were not arrested, but most of them tried to hide from newsmen…

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