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The Smith Policy Case
William "Policy Bill" Smith surrendered to the Mayor and was admitted to $300 bail after the raid on his place at 14 South Eighth Street.
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'Policy Bill' Did Not Come
Chief Matlack expected "Policy Bill" Smith to surrender and post bail after the raid on 14 South Eighth Street, but Smith failed to appear and the case went to the grand jury.
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The Policy Raid
Mayor Bradshaw sent the paraphernalia from the raid on "Bill" Smith's policy den at 14 South Eighth Street to the grand jury; Smith remained at large, believed to be in Philadelphia arranging bail with backer Oscar Stein.
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A Favorite Row Drawn After a Year's Rest — Mayor Bradshaw's Raid
A January 1886 report of a policy-game raid by Chief of Police Matlack and Mayor Bradshaw on a house at 14 South Eighth Street run by William "Policy Bill" Smith, in which the winning row was the old familiar 4-11-44.