The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-08-17
Detroit correspondenee Of the National Police Gasee
More about the Gambling Der Of Detroit.
DErRoIr, July 20, 1858.
SPORTING ITEMS.

the late number OF your Invaluable journ
al, the Detroit Correspondents structure
on gambling in the City Of the Straits. ]
trust and hope that "Bayonet" will continue
to Bayonet the gambling fraternity, unit
not vestige Of the rascals remain. The
Detroit police, with hut few exceptions
instead Of making descents upon, and
breaking up these soul-dcstroying dens o.
lnfamy and crime, resort 10 these hell
holes, mingling with and forming part OF
the helish crew, to ravaee and devour.- :
Repeatedly have they been applied TO-
but being interested in its continuance by
brlbcs and promises of portions of their
robberies, give little satisfaction by way OF
eradicating this grim monster from our
mTidst. Our worthy policeman, Ara w.
| opraguc, ana lud' ftisotio o~I ~r.;ahs nc
ficer, undertook the Hercnlean task, but
gave it up in despair. As well might We
contend against 'he rushing torrent, rs with
this remoselcss tiger
A well-known gambler Of this city, who
has an institution of the kind TO blast and
GEAR the BODY and SOUL has, within few
years, feeced victims to the tune Of Mt
least one hundred thousand dollars. Jus.
tice, although sometimes tardy in its course,
seems to have ovcrtaken him at last, and
he is now fast disgorging his i'll gotten
wealth. Scarcely relic remains to him
OF his vast plumber.
This man kept faro hell, soliciting Gus
tom only Of tho business portion Of the
community. With sumptuous suppers and
sparkling liquids, Gudicious means of in
vitation,) he soon met with r,pid SUCCESS,
scattering defalcation, flight, and death in
every direction. An agent Of some mer
camille house cast, patron, soon met with
and filed a pauper's grave.
The destroyer revelled in luxury and
splcndor. Great God where arc thy
thunderbolts and where thy wrath9 that
the wicked thus revel and flourish. and
pcrpNtuate crimes so fearful and frightful.
Another gambler opened game of faro.
with the usual quantity of ropcrs and cap
pers, and, in the course of few months
transferred forty thousand dollars to his
own Golfers, obtained mostly from business
men, who were thus reduced to bankrupt
cy and ruin.
There are now in this goodly city mum.
Der Of these shells" located rs follows:
One on Jefferson avenue, few doors
east Of the Theatre. The game hero is
small, but .he proprietor was once deal
cr of tie first magnitude, and held his
thousands in bank. BY Industry and e
deity TO the interest Of his customers, he
hopes to regain his former influence.
A door or two from tho above place,
there is another Of these places which is
nos regularly open, but only when chance
has thrown into the hands Of the proprietor
the means to open as "snap." These
"snaps' are not preferred by regular bet
ters, not being so much on the square as
the regular game. This place is mostly
frcquented by a class Of gamblers called |
gucrillas.
On tho opposite side Of the street, and
but few doors below the Fircmen's Hall,
there is room kept by two old and noto-
rious sporters, ono Of whom has been quite
of late years, as well on the out,
as on the inside, and has accumulated from
Just nothing, property estimated at fifty
thousand dollars. His residence in tho
city is one Of the most beautiful and tasty
this place can produce. The man himself
IS very popular among the fraternity, and
g worshipped by the novicos Of the pro-
ession. The wonder il, that he should
DIN IN business with such an unpleasant
md unpopular man ms a partner. The
business done here would be large, If the
popular partner would kick the ether out
IT the concern, and carry on the business
m his own account.
A few steps further down the street. we
ome to the Club room, another pest
lonse, and gambling dem, which still con-
inucs to grind out the vitals of its victims
his is not faro SHELL" but place of
csort to be plundercd in another shape
)f the proprietor much might be said;
nilicc it for the present, to say that he is
hard nut.
MAJOR -, an expert in exile, re-
emily hanished from Chicago, is fitting ND
n extensive shell" near the Michigan Cen.
al Railroad depot, with view 90 amuse
nc boys. The Major, short time since,
tired with competency, presuming his
gotten wealth sufficed, but high life and
lily companions soon caused him to open
gain. The Major, Notwithstanding his
verses, is always in good spirits, with |
rong hopes of recuperating. ,,
A few steps below the Bddle House we /,
'me to an establishment in Republican :
all, the main capital of which is believed !
be gas. These rooms are very o;rv. :,
I'd the proprietor well calculated for the [
lsiness. The game dealt is very private; =
me arc admitted but those who purchase :
stack of reds at the door-s5O. Largo =,
inning have been made at this place. :,
le principal establishment in the faro :,
le is in Shelby street, a short distance -
I'm the avenue. Hero, upon the land :" -
ught with the blood Of his victims. the = =
'ky PROPRIETOR has erected choice build g :,
rs, whose internal arrangements present ~ ~
spectacle Of a fairy palace. Aladdin, ~ ~
tn his wonderful amp, did not surround y y
nself with wealth and enjoyment mare -
peditiously than has the lucky dealer - -
10 owns these premises. In the decora. - -
n of his apartments he has had under ,' ,'
'tribution the highest skill Of the arti- =" W
!, and all that refined taste and elegance =.
, bring to make his rooms attractive.- ny
'ney is in his pockets, and he throws il !,