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RAID ON A SWEEP PROMOTER.
" ARCn-MEDIUM'S" CONSULTA-
TION.
Delcctiies Gleeson and Bruckner on Situidiy l.iideel the Champion Hotel, in Geitrude-stteet, FiLuoy, well known m con- nection willi the series of consultations for- mel ly known as Boland's sw cops, and more recently earned on uudei the auspices of "Areli Medium " It bad been known for a long time th it a hrge sweep wies bcuig pie paicd in eoiuicetion with the Ne»»market Handicap, and acting under mstmctions from the Crown Law depat tment, Gleeson and Bincl.nei took assumeel names, mid wore successful ni obtaining tickets m the venture On fcaturdav, anncel with a wai rant for thean est ot all poisons Liking port in the sweep, Detectives Gleeson, Bruckner. Carter, anil Cook went to the hotel, anil ancsted Mi. John A. Boland, son of the nropnetor, on Hie charge of being the ke_oper of a common gaining house. 51r Boland was taken to the Fitz- roy watchhouso, and immediately bailed out, to nppi a' before the» local Bench on Monday Mr. Boland, sen , wus tit the time ot Hie arrest of ins son ill in lux! Among the articles seized were 10,000 mai bles and a set of stamps for printing tlie nimes of the horse», as well as other I paraphernalia of a "consultation."