THE GAMBLERS' TERROR
Known as the gambling gangsters' terror, Police Constable Frederick James Chase retired recently from the London Metropolitan Police Force after twenty-five years' service.
When he first went to Commercial Street Police Station, in the early days of his service, he played a big part in countering the activities of gamblers, racecourse gangs, and dope smugglers. So expert did he became in raiding gaming-houses and illegal clubs that he was "borrowed" from time to time to take part in raids all over London: During eight years of his service, he secured convictions in which the fines totalled over £6000, but still had a good word to say for his adversaries.
"They were always good sports," he said, "and when they knew they were beaten played the game." Only once did he carry firearms, and that was when, with Superintendent Budd, now also retired, they raided a gambling club where the proprietor had threatened he would "do for" the police if they worried him. Even then, they had no need to use them. Recently he has been attached to Dalston Lyne Police Station, and is now going to settle down in the country. Sergeant Chase is a Freeman of the City of London and a member of the Guild of Freemen of London.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 137, 6 December 1935, Page 10
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214THE GAMBLERS' TERROR Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 137, 6 December 1935, Page 10
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