, 1864-06-18
OUR GAMBLING HELLS.
4 Voice from one Of the Lest---d Clerk ls
Ruined and Mysteriensly Missing,

day or two since prominent representative oi
the gambling snterni.y in this city, assaulted in
The pnble streets 1 member of the press. and
attempted decd Of violence thst nearly cost the
asEailant bis own eowardly life. It was the SEC
ond instance of the kind within that tWenty.four
hours an attempt to stiae the voice Of the public
monitors by the gag Law In the hands Of blsckleca
1t matters not that the sheet In question makes
Its daily teachings far more pernicious to the NJ.
uona1 lie. and to the spirit of loyalty, than tue
blaekest hreashlngs Of the gamblers den, but this
their Chief prophet Of evil and dictator oi dlabol
ism Its ofense was that 1t disturbed .sman tran,
on 9e great ss%er Of gambling which
gnmpss. A shocking enough to the public, of the
Sleek and deadly as cobrns they snn themselves
background, and to the passers BY aim to put on
the airs Of Count D'Orsay and bis brethren.
Wou1d you know how they liver The city police
you Blasted regulations, the ecathed and 6ilehted
Lives Of sons, brothers and fathers strew their
path, IS bones whten along the desert path OF tie
The veins that have yielded tie repast Of blood
waste the treasures Of tho best hearts In the CON-
WITH misslon 80 deadly, with a vocation com.
pared to nhich that Of the tEigand IL honest and
the corsa1r but mtld-maunered mariner, It Is
rnona'roua that these men believe they can put
immunity from censure and exposure. From the
cavernous depths Of ruin Into which they hurj
their stripped and drained Victims as spideIs free
their webs from the husks OF dies, CONES back d
fresh voice Of warning. On the very dsy when the
gambler 1Tuss laid violent hands On member Of
the press, freshly -alalu victim Of the Infamous
John E. Weston, aged a8 years, for some Years
conddeniial clerk ia the Wholesale liquor store
Of Lesnder, Read, iNo: 10 Dearborn street. O.:
plessins add Iese, good bnstness qua1lti:s and ez
R!oyer and circle Of most respectable friends.
HoT deceptive were the Appearances that prom
isso MN ea5cef 35 f Of usefulness and honor, how
from the following letter received b. his room.
mate, on Wednesday:
CHICAGO. June 18th.
an about S10o1o'n debt, and dare not tel Mr.
Read. You take all my th1pgs When nv body
Is found have 1t inferred here in Chicago. III
s had taken Ken your advice al would have been well.
will 60 SO far IN the Lake it will neyer be recover
ed. God bless yoo, D.
JonS E. WESTON.
is scarcely believed BY his frien Is that the m
fortunate young man has committed the suicide to
which be refers; bnt that q deed Of self.mu.le1,
which has blasted lin forever, has beet accout.
plished, bis sd fatc shows. Ho began only short
time st1cAto Try the gaming taple. He lost fifteen
hundred dollars Of his own money. Such was the
confidence he snioyed. that he found no difficulty
~ obtaining further sums from his employer and
LIE AsGAoe. IL ouEspEI1te dL1eMpL 70 retrieve, be
stesdily loet, until his laet stake was himself dc
tiyes in Philadelphia
This se tie gamblers work. Young men, Rad
It Heedft. And for the pnblic, let 1t z,iae such
an outcry against these hArpies, that all tue ms
chnery OF our police and ou1 courts shall be CON
strained into go vigorous dealing with this evil
Of the community that 1t shall hlench away as
wolves wheu the wolf hnnt Ia abroad, Let them
have 70 peace in Chicago, no aale humanity in
luxurious dens on our chief public Thorough
The Instance Of poor WESTON IL one 81 many.