The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-11-11
From the New York SUM-
A New York Gambling He'll,

n UOW VI 6dulDAlhO A4OAAG
The twenty-sixth-stree gambling-house
has organized a campaign for the winter
on an original and comprehensive system,
after the Baden Baden school. The house
is but few doors west of Broadway, and not
far from the aristOcratic st. James Hotel.
1t is a fve-story brown stone front, and is
occupied by a score of the card fraternity.
Women elegantly dressed, lutter in and
out its doors. During the early evening
the futter of silks and laces and the SHIN
mer of jewels grow most brilliant. These
women are what are termed by gamblers
elegant cappers. They inveigle many
wealthy victims into this gambling Gen.
One-half the number of men at this
house are young and handsome men,
dressed in the richest of clothes. They
pretend to represent sGions of Fifth Ave-
nue. and other ariStocratic neighborhOods.
These young men have engaged day board
for the winter in uptown fashionable
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in each. The oldest
of the crew are men who have travelled
extensively. Five Of them have been u
ners for New York, Philadelphia, Boston
and Cincinnati wholesale houses. They
have a more extended circle of acquain-
tanccS than any other class of men on the
continent. They know thousands of coun-
try merchants who visit New York to pur-
chase goods, aud the piles of each. These
have day board at the hotels, and, like
their companions, are agents of this gamb-
ing house.
A square of faro, keno, roulette, monte,
or rouge ct noir is not played at this
house. Gamblers not interested in the.
game are not allowed there. The a%sSoci-
alton is a combination gambling ring.
Their runners obtain access to all circles
of society. How they effect that it is not
necessary to explain; but they manage it
to perfection, They are at all the grand
receptions, and their lady companions are
from among the families Of the millionaire.
II the young lady has Il brother who COM
mands ready money, she is ~fayorite with
the young men. Their system for maxi
ing Appropriateness is so perfect that they
become the best known men in the city.
They lounge in the p%arIors Of their re-
s~pnctive boarding houses after dinner, and
miugle with the boardcrs. They are ask
cd out with rich men, aud ask rich GENTLE
men ont with them. Then, as if BY acct
dent, as they converse on New York life,
gambling bells are spoken of. just a look
into some of the most elegant ones some
night is suggested and agreed upon. They
GO to the Twenty-SiXth street house, of
course. The stranger is not asked to play.
He sees a half-dozcn fine appearing men
at the table toying with ivory chips. 9th
ers occupy magnificent settees and chairs.
| Luxury surrounds the apartments, and in
stead of a "hel!," as the new visitor has
imagined, he finds an abode of elegance.
lie is offered Il scat near the table. lie
looks on and sees men accommodating stack
after stack of white, blue, red and black
chips and changing them in for money. He
is irrcsistably drawn to the table. If he
plays, he loses as long as he lays his men
ey down. Those whom he sees playing
and winning are members OF the fraterni-
ty. The money they win is passed in
again, and so the game runs on.
Those who operate with country mer-
chants accompany them when they pur-
chase goods, win their favor, and are ia
ken with them to their brilliant gambling
hells. Not an honest card is turned. A
number of the associates of this house may
be seen on the corners of Twenty-sixth
street and Broadway during the sunny
afternoons. They are the dealers and older
cappers. They wear diamonds and a pro-
fusion of jewelry. They occupy seats near
the windows at the Hoffman and st James,
and crowd respectable people off the walks.
The young men who intrude snake-like
into higher society are never seen in
company with gamblers; but at Central
Park, the theaters, and frst-class balls,
they may always be found.