The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29
THE QUAKER CITY As A GAMBLING HE'LL.

Return Of the Gambling Fraternity 60 Phila.
delpbia-The Gilded Palaces in Full Blast
Dangerous Man to Society.
[From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph,
July 27.]
Since the departure Of Mr. Gibbons from the
Quarter Sessions, the gamblers, who had been
cleared away from the city by reason of the
issuing Of bench warrants for their arrest and the
capture of the paraphernala of their establish
ments, have returned, and now walk our streets
by day with perfect impunity, while at night they
ply their business with the same effrontery that
was so apparent few months since. prone
nader along Chestnut street can readily pick out
the gentleman of the cards and roulette from the
crowd which infests the vicinity Of Ninth and
Chestnut streets, and towards midnight he can as
denominations are the greatest, and to which par
ticular attention should be paid by our police
authorities. But few months since, by the
promptness Of o city official, the gamblers were
driven from Philadelphia ana their places OF re-
sort closed, and our citizens experienced great
relief thereat. t.I g., t.er h .ef
There is no reason why the same state Of affairs
should not be in existence still. These pests of
society should be torn out every night, and finally
the gambler would give Philadelphia wide
berth. Many OF the professionals have feaped
harvest at the watering. places, while others
have picked up considerable money from tourists
who have made use of our city as stopping
place. Only yesterday a Louisvillian. who was
| on his way TO Niagara, stopped gentleman on
the street and wanted enough money advanced
on his watch to enable him to return to his native
| city, from which he mad been absent only o, few
days, no wing really intended to be away for
month His tale was similar to that which is
| daily related at the Central. He had met gen.
| tleman of elegant address, with whom he soon
| became intimate. With him he had been induced
| to take stroll along Chestnut street, and after
having imbibed pretty heavily of the ardent, had
gone into one Of the second story gilded palaces,
| out of which he had come with not enough money
to pay his board bill at the Continental. In addi
| we noticed the other day q fellow with barrel
stave on his knee at one Of our prominent places
| Of amusement, playing three-card monte, endea-
voring to get some Of the crowd in his vicinity
| to venture o small sum. While sitting at the Blue
| Bell Station, on the Baltimore Railroad, on
| Wednesday last, waiting for the train, we were
| accosted by fellow, with basket on arm, with
| the remark, in broad Irish accent, "Any ground
nuts, sir ~ Noticing that he had cloth covered
| corner, and there behed, instead Of the nuts, q
small roulette board. We afterwards learned that
| this fellow has for years been engaged in this
business, and that he finds ready customers among
| our Market street merchants Although for years
| daily seen on our prominent thoroughfares with
his basket he has never yet known the inside of
| cell. He ia an Italian by BIRTH but makes his
| brogue suit the assembly and the occasion. To-
| day he 10 German and tomorrow an Irishman,
| quite fortune He can accommodate you with
roulette, cards the "little JOKER" and always
has with him an individual whose at either
ia sufficient nducement for stranger to try his
hand. He is one of the dangerous men In Phia-
delphia and should be arrested, his conviction,
by reason Of the material found on him, would be
o certainty.