New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-22
LOCAL MISCELLANY!
low RESORTS.
KENO GAMES AND PANEL HOUSES STILL IN
OPERATION.

LOW RESORTS. -
KENO GAMES AND PANEL HOUSES STILL IN
OPERATION.
The recent Police raid lad so little effect on
the keno gamblers at the on the south side Of East
aooston-st, near Broadway, that within a week the
game IN full OPERATION again. and scores Of young
have undergone the skinning process This
fsstahBsSmegt boasts OF the patronage of couple OF
cAptaos % police Last night the game was IN luii
operation The crystal Rooms" on the west side OF
tho Bowery between Grand and Broomests, were open
3a evening and the gamblers seem to care as little iof
police OF magistera interference as though they were
engaged in perfectly legitimate business Complaints
OF robbery by the keno house card operation at this place
are frequently made hut they end where they peglh'
A gambler known as Jew Nose mas had Keno game
an fun blast for time in the rooms overs cigar STORE
the north side Of Canalst, few doors west OF inc
Bowery. He had his game in fun operation last night
ale too has been frequently complained Of by pnckeu
pigeons" but seems 10 defy punishment Al NO ~
West Houston-st. old gambling house, keno game
o. sin going on, and is well patronized These 1oOnS
also open last night.
The panelhouses have also recovered from the spsni
OF virtue" in the police force. No. lm Mercers'' Is
doing thriving business and the decoy girls paraoe VIC
streets without molestaon No l25 Em-st' one vi 'no
notorious in the city, is open nightly, "hhe NJ
woosterst doing its nefsrous business ID Doiu sye'
regardless Of police interference as 'nouh" PO''
amen did not exist in the city.
THE CONCERT sALOONS-wHAT THEY ARE
The Police have been making raids, Tor some
fine past dens and concert saloons OF CHAT
hamt and many Of them have been broken mp and the
Inmates sent to Island But is to be hoped that
the authorities do not to rest from their work
without going from his headquarters Superintendent
Kelso can walk into many Of such places They prom
inenty situated and advertised with attractive transpar
eneles There is difficulty in finding them. The difficult
fy is 10 them Such places as the Orpheum the
Belvdere and Gunthers Concert Saloon in the Bowery
Motif IA Corda no RaVplp
Eureka, Dew Drop Inn, Broadway Garden, and many
Others must he well known to the police. The proprie
tore Of these saloons all employ waiter girls One adj
vertises that he has 20 Of the prettest waiter girls
IN New-York." Another has Illuminated transpar-
Cncy over his entrance informing the public that 20
beautiful Circassian ladies" 10 be found below.
There are certainly number Of dressed IN Cir
cassan costume but they speak the English language
with undsniable American accent Every waiter girl in
any OF these establishments is common prostitute
The plying OF their Infamous vocation the only reason
for their being there. They receive wages from the
proprietors They nothing but the wages of sin II
Is said that Of them even pay small sum every
night for the privilege Of holding the position.
As soon as customer walks in, perhaps attracted by
the music, and only intending vile away few minutes
take glass OF ale and then leave these painted harpes
pounce upon him. laugh and Joke with him. fondle him
he win submit 10 their caresses and use all their arts to
lead him into temptation They ask him to stand them
drink" Their tumblers filled with water his with
and. while he is losing his head his tempters remain
eOber, insure his capture. They don't get drunk til
after shutngup time, and then they 10 their own
fayore scenes hold their orgies In the OF these
concertsaoons there are Invariably private
apartments where the real business of these concert
saloon baguios is carried Any visitor who Will pay
for a bottle of bad wine at exorbitant prices
ran have the entr6e to them. DO
you think selling lager-beer would pay my rent
let alone the band and other expenses e. asked prOpr
etOr OF OF these saloons the other night Certainly
not Beer selling with him is merely the cloak for keep
Ing house of prostitution. He makes money by selling
wine 10 the victims, and by taking handsome percent
age Of the gotten gains OF the wretehed women VINO
do his bidding
But neither the inquty the profits of the prOprie
tor stops here Many drunken man, rendered stupid
Ivy the dOctOred stuff put before him, awakes in the
morning to find that every dollar he had III the
world has been distracted from his pockets
the night before in Of these Saloons
The proprietor takes large share, the officer the
beat. hAs -liaa OF tho plumber
lnot small one If the victim makes complaint to him),
aud the girls get small resduum. Perhaps the next
day penniless dupe will speak TO the officer and ask
min To recover his money, The first thing the officer
does to tell him TO make formal charge against the
proprietor the girls, and then go down TO tue
.hombs and prosecute. The officer knows that not
one man in a thousand will DO so fer fear Of the
villain therefore escapes aud keeps his plumber.
saloons then combine several OF the worst
features vicious life They drinking places, often
gambling Places houses Of PROSTITUTION, and panel
houses all in No other low resorts are so open
The women themselves imprudently Haunting them;
selves Just inside the dOOrways. and by gesture ana
voice endeavoTng to attract the passerby to enter tell
plainly enough the character OF the house There Is no
possible for the nOn-ntererence or the authOl
ties; long they permit these places to Keep
they heavily and regularly bribed to connive at
Them.