Police Raid on Headquarters of Numbers Banker John Diamond
- Title of event
- Police Raid on Headquarters of Numbers Banker John Diamond
- Type of event
- Numbers Arrest
- Persons involved
- Police Raid on Headquarters of Numbers Banker John Diamond Defendant Diamond, John (1882)
- Address of event
- Police Raid on Headquarters of Numbers Banker John Diamond Happened Entirely at 246, W 137th St
- Report on event
- Police Raid on Headquarters of Numbers Banker John Diamond Sole event referenced by 18 Held by Policemen After Raid on Numbers Banker
- Start date / time
- January 6, 1925
- Start (general time of day)
- Unknown
- Description
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Whole house given over to Numbers; two adding machines seized, two female stenographers arrested, with Diamond and 15 others (5 women) alleged to be numbers collectors reporting to Diamond. Police tipped off after Diamond refused to pay out on winning number after unusually large number of hits