Raid on John Diamond's Numbers bank
- Title of event
- Raid on John Diamond's Numbers bank
- Type of event
- Numbers Arrest
- Persons involved
- Raid on John Diamond's Numbers bank Alleged offender Diamond, John (1882)
- Raid on John Diamond's Numbers bank Alleged offender Diamond, John (1882)
- Address of event
- Raid on John Diamond's Numbers bank Happened Primarily at 60, W 142nd St
- Report on event
- Raid on John Diamond's Numbers bank Main report referencing event Alleged Numbers banker and Dozen More Taken
- Start date / time
- July 26, 1926
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Morning)
- Description
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Numbers runners trailed to this address, which was raided by plainclothes police. Second floor apartment; front door barricaded and reinforced with five locks, forcing police to gain entrance through rear window off fire escape. Four women and nine men arrested, and two adding machines and bag packed with slips seized. Waited in apartment to arrest collectors and runners as they reported.