New-York tribune., 1871-08-23
KENO STILL THRIVING.

TIE GAMBLERS NOT AFRAID OF THE P0llcE-
ARr THE POLICE AFRAID OF TIE GAM
BLERS
"Big Candy" the convict, having been com
PEELED TO leave the premises No 10 FCurthst, foruery
occupied by him as keno establishment mas Seiec'c"
No 700 Broadway good place for long an" pIo'I
ous RIM Of busncss and expects to open Keno g'uo
there in a day or two. His rooms III FOurthS| "'i'
small and rather shabby, hut the new rooms are " y,
we'll fitted M and properly prepared for rich SCI OF
adult customers.
The large residence No &c Fourths was rented about
n month ago by a Yorkville gambler, ana "a Keno e'nc
yas started there the patrons being principally young
men and lads few days ago, however the people re-
siding I'm the vicinity made an outcry against the
existence of a gambling den among them, and the
gamblers decided to stop the game there ana
go elsewhere TIE proprietor OF ms eStaPs1I,,. W. We
Tuud sitting on hls doorstep ON Monday nIgnl Dt"lh3
Ills fate IN conversation he dropped the infoIna'm4n ION
that the building had cost nm fgst o C ntg ior Ht
lie said that some time in the Fall when the ousl
grew hrisker as the weather became cooler he lehdt
TO open the same house, furnish u in good style ana
wait for Il change in luck. Yesterday ne mad eNdcny
changed his mnd for carts were called, the furniture
carried away and the late gambllng-hOuse Is 10" eAE
About a week AGO W j. sharkey, gamble opened q
faro banS at the southeast corner OF Flghthst. and
sixih-ave. The rooms arc Immediately over a liquor
men VINO thus have two vices Within easy reach.
"Bg Murray the Bond Smasher stl keeps his lonse on
EightI,t. near Broadway, in fun operation and If his
associates are 10 believed dces police interference
Murray keeps his roulette, rouge-etnoir, and faro all
going every night, but admission TO he rooms Is some
what difficult Murray games are now patTol ~ ChI
bv ADULTS and these generally of woit0do class OF
people. .. r., a. a.
Capt Burns, the officer lately transferred to the
Fifteenth Precinct in which the gamDng-housea anONe
alluded 10 are situated that there no gambling
he dares not disturb nor can any ne opened
i'm the precinct without being visited ana broken up ny
him Wnen confronted with the case OF " Big Murray
can't Burns sald that the place was so closely guarded
and the rooms difficult of access Ia strangers that ne
could neither get himself nor get his ON ers M ana
that until he could do Of these he could not deter
mine the character of the place and therefore c0ud ho
scizs it, some doubts having been expressed as 10
whether Murray really had keno game or not, capt
Burns said that IL he mad il certainly kept ON the
third noor and admission TO 1t was even more dcut 10
| obtain to the other games mentioned .
Furthermore Capt Burns says ills his lnentlon 10 put
an absolute end gambling in his precinct and claims
the of having worried the gamblers out OF No 70
Fourt-st. This he did various VIss TO 81 q thtT
tools but each occasion the men He'd, CARRYING WIN
| Them the indictments their trade Capt. Burns speaks
yery earnestly of his intention TO drive the gamblers
ON the precinct but last night they were pdyinR ~
usual, aud will be tonight unless an oihcia revolution
takes place.