New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-22
1UE FOLi'E .IND 7HI GAMBLERS


How RAIDS AET rLNDEG'p 1NE!rECTlyE-AN
iYPLRFItT Law.
The Police Commissioners and SupcIln-
trudruf %. vi lie they do not deny that the evil OF
,.unb'. a. .. - -r"si IHr TRHC>h has represented
,nl tn, Tor yi u,S "ond and sufficient reasons they
aye piwcl r, press T. Chct .NnOnS these are the
Directive law, and Lc uuwiuSHc>> Of the District
ATTORNEY Ia prov cute and While THIS STATE OF things
lasts j. al, "a; n.iut - hope That any action OF
t!.cits can -. upitr the "vn. TAc PROVISIONS OF
! W wLI,h Apply 10 gi'nih-, while apparently am
u" To cover ease that may arise, are
really detective that thrr" is not only
little difcuj In adins Them. hU' it is almost inpossl
llr TO secure Il : I.r conviction uJdcr them Tie Com
I,si pr To tie fact that ou OF all the gamblers
arrested within r' past 70 years, there have been con-
N.on> in only two cases. one Of uu>" convicted was
thc noted Pat lcun.. WHO for many years kept mag
ludccu, "hcn" e broadway. and the other was
TINT Of the propr'.iu's Of keno in CrOshyst.
sentenced uoIne III tho G'ru.t"UiidIy few weeks
by Justice D"ne n tn t0ut # Special Sessions.
The law under VIII, tl prcecn ro''rr ac, passed
when the Metropolitan Police force IN. distici
created. and il IA, :olloNs
Al. r,p, w'th II 5~ M.'-o.o',. lee force
~" o.. more hau - . rp STING e Their
Ia :" " So II rI " ' !"'p'Ir ro.e fore that tHere
az '"'i 'rt stu r'snt fr rTgt any hou,es
at '"nr"n "'.lns bo1'e common
% be- @ 1 r" % AZ. si' 81 "STs ss and f s%e,s
" c @ OF ' 81 Gs SAe q Or h 0 M pSf,s.
polr n ,ul"oe 10 writing "nf mhr or mtno 70 Of th
fssmas or % tcls. or lottery rorcs anil convey any
' bo, ed t[ az sr sr , 10 stsG 'sr 9
M-opo ar r"", orr t. caq'r '%cl t Pes@ :" be sor
r =. .'I rSato o. oF,a. cario ioh,e ,i. rect
Tnr CoAIis Liv" held That Tho mere prrfence OF
gaining nnr.rrn is not sum cent 10 constitute an
orcn,r unI.r Il" provision OF the Inv. Play Iuus be
r,i~c st ia" TINE of ,lnr". Or deljaNits mus, BE-
made ny p.I>,'> who have lot money in the place
PAGES sri.cd Ev,u in the latter case, il is seldom that
ned M tn,
nc,mt poca Influence to make his support at election
tunes der ''r. During the past cislh or nine years
be Ia>t 'N gaining houses seized In this
p'c;"riio,S f,r" ESTABLISHMENTS, the furniture and
f''ii2<o. vt.u'",t thh-and~ ~ dollars. while their
patrons r.,.r"d king tongrcssncn. merchants,
and pro c,,. men of the higher grades. Twenty-Six
b. game ~" bon hr"icE up N Oh" nicht by super
in"ndr't 81. Mrrv q: them RESUMED play after
IA were "@rL broken ny. "Ah captain being held re-
49,, icc,n.r!i .g.y to "hinn an entrance mo the
establishments ~" nrinhrr that must play to make
T." f'I"."iaNc Pl vents Ms being Kept as pr
~r,ol, ,rrr 81 VAN" an examination and give bui TO
Ht;Li!. ,' TIA. l. ;hr last that heard OF the
matter m i.... IA tr, either retained by
:; nisi-i t. .,:,r Whom the rrlson,rs are brought,
they l-'o, h"ird ia the oi'c Of the Distrct-At-
t.;avc-y dr.. -, matter. II 'Act almost impossible.
f"t tdr l'"icr 90 NJ -atuS hou>c and catch the
eInihrr- al rfH. lf' a"rW l. almost invariably given
D. the .uttd AZ an" street md inner doors III
TINE 10 ai"w iL' TN table To he snatched up
af scr tel. '' ga" rckt OF ctid> I" he thrown on
L." t,nc 10. Vu" r"d thrm The mere presence Of
4 uiug ii.ll front Oi party of i not
icl,r >.ii convict them Of gaining. 1t IL alt
suirtrlN ltt those Arrested slal have been
paNir: Tor bHi, ucrHI' they are certain to be
lrt>rL. Mat iUird TIE Police. IL The passage
a law me-. thr presence of certain well
known liiuIu- Icnt~ ia, priDtG fdcie evil
d. . that To- '" - 'i-'d L." ,HlhiIE purposes.
IN" section Gru.. above nakr> Il III" duIy Of the SUI
pciintcnd, a, Ponce To DESTROY. cause de-
t'Ioyrj. n inpl'urt> seized by the force
Hrdrr MS CDUJiId. bU' uutl dcci>i1n has been
led Lc ] - rI-h IT, destroy properly
k,Lcd. AID should lac DO he h.. held personally
accountable he NaUc OI III" property thus DESTROYED
There present the possession tir Property
irrk, IUi,r iCa iJuaItcr> checks the value
al tl5GU CT t.UA and Obti gaining implements worth
u much IhrS, the cole tOu 81 years, and
trvpIal hllcd win tuen The
Board Ponce has been pttIiOnru many
aston. To- icu tEis II0tl 10 The OwncIs: infucn
tia DcmOGr t. politicians including Sr;It"rs and As
Iu,sIonrrs To r~>Oic IT, but without avail. During SUI
lcTinteulcIt kr:!CGJ' iuC atttHI.s re made by
ineaHs Of wrte Of rrprNL. 10 compel by process of law
the restoration of The piopTty, bt he rdblv made
hnswcT when tie Wrts were -trN1I On nm, thht the
property had sd from MS possess ~ and WIS AZ the
{ -tOdy Of ta' Properly ChIh. I J., was merely an
asIOn. for the Property Crk II hy ~ she custodian
Ony Of sO!' "I unclaimed goods. ana
the SuprIln'oIhnt and B,ard OF Comuis-
sOners Therefore legally responsible for the safe
leeping Uf gaining articles hrzoi, because they can
IN no Tee v,I.dcrcu stolen uncaiu property.
The Police aubo. ItIts deny that Ing IL any
past ten md ray thai II the Legislature viii maze
hnch laws ~ necessary Ia utterly crash O.t the
t'l, they Viii at Ich lawr Ia h'ully executed
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