New-York tribune., 1871-12-16

sAashy" appearance Of the oung, about the entrance
TO the rambling rooms. den kept BY John Pendleson
nS one is patronized in large desree by salesmen and
ferks, sometimes mere lads, In downtown stores Who
se az Gaming nfn fg% den one Of those
pre- most demoraizing because they allure youths Dy tne
Of the merchants beneath and others In the same build
ing. thi. gsme ought to R suppressed: r,. ?, &.
sheating game but is patronized by downtown business
men, l.,
faro game kept by stephen Fields II is situated over
pnc OF the nnnerons clothing stores OF the vicinity and
suspect the existence Of the game. The checks in Prn
.p of the Twenty-Five cent denomnatio5 Tne
business OF the house is done with young clerks ana sae
and few manage to win from game that Is no'ori
No in Fu,,onst. over an eating saloon, Is kept by
Michael Holly The game is faro OF course UNFAIR pu
torshnc Merchants patronze the place. ana play one
No I.9 Fulton-st. appropriately located over anor
store. isa game at which many merchants PAY pdr eS:
class. Complaint was made against 1t last week anu II
to have been broken mp but the gamblers ercaS nmS
The design failed Entrance has since been very closely
No ISL Fultons over the cigar store of John r. Sur
brug kept hy Charles Reid and ia one OF the very
sn known s4 to win in s hoe and stories are crc
lated OF robbeTes Of large amounts committed through
'nS No. Hnns 81 WAS formerly owned by Doc Appehy
Butt Stokes and Gus Able but a few weeks ago Appeny
than this Appleby j. a western man. without con-
g,mhns mcn rcports are current of mpudent robbcrcs
committed BY him at the faro table OF No. Ann't The
r.u,ns arc over the truss establishment of Marsh.
No. lOi Ndssansi. room No T. over the hat store OF
rou;an. /, winding game. colorcd guardian keeps
The wicket inh admits numerous printers VIII" spend
!her money here. Tnc game is poorly patronized now
No. Ans. cheap eating house. Is kept by one
EUTt OF evil fame among gamblers. In this house some
,cry heavy have been played and stories OF
who l1Nc been reduced in few hours from ati-
tn. ~ snYa -
Merchant "An~c infatuatiOn for faro Will not permit
rm :" 3trt The gaming table are tne pi,ycrs r. ana
matter 10 satisfy himself may Sc" many d0wnt9wh mer-
'hnts generally considered OF iIrepr"acahs charIc,nt @
by whose especial business i Is to admit none
properly introduced This is probably of the most
lalou,ly caritd Of the downtown games and 1t docs
HEM Tar chccss used are from Is cents sSocent
rI. ck', however. being the iayorite denomination.
hy stewart d Magan, 1t is one of the cheap
r'mce and the play Is usually ior r,atni.r sli,al.
wHning IA permitted - simply an announcement 10
tnid paycrs to hazard their money more freely Young
rlc wh"Sc gr,y hair and general bearing indicate the
possession of common sense are to be seen there
No n Arn.st is kept hy a desperate fellow named
Brockwc aud Is game similar IN svey reslfrt 10 % M
above mentioned Ii is kept IN the front room o 'o
No, IL Ani., is kept hy Charles Delaney His rooms
are fasnCd III somewhat better style than %ny of hc
others on Anu-~ save No s. They are on The second
slory and the lOungers AID players always 10 be 1od
there are well dressed and apparently well provided
with money. The six people whom THE TRiBuNE re-
porter foun at the table in this room were waiting iHr
the dealer to commence the play, ao toy'I efA %
With the piles of bone checks which they hel In heir
hands The checks in this h"uSe range nom 20 cents to
g., The game is sil1ply swiDde.
No sIclay-st is the liquor store of J. Iude-
WIG and j. kcpt by two wealthy aud prominent gam
lcrs named Pctree and Danccy IL is what Is called
far game and piOft ssOna gamblers sometimes rk the
T' @ ney r arc e'eps roed a. 0ief the ot snc
The stakes are very high and the wealthiest
yar % an aenSspce @ Very quiet and little known
ll: its evil effect Oh the neighboiho0d Is well known
Tie place under political protection while Tlmnany
existed there hope now that the police will re-
1rse to be longer prevented from breaking up this dan
No. 2i Cocntlcs-sp, entered from Of the lowest
drinking in Sew-York, is kept by Richard Pierce.
ONE of the ordinary devices for robbery. On Monday
romng TgBrNE reporter visited this place, and. from
The Gon,e was Conducted almost exclusively for boat.
,ncn "You know Dick, don't your said this person.
the" the westhsT don't bust t him. We did did good run Of
r6ristmas aud the ioats came down rushing No such
]urk this Winter There's coo boats laying up the river
and they average three hands apiece. II they could
come down we'd have the hand. i'll here. Eighteen
hundred Of 'cm would soon run the game up again.
mark the garrulous gamester hung his head as though
deep ia the calculations Of how much additional cash
,neht have been added TO the bank If ice had not inter
posed The checks in this house the 1ocent chips,
"s 3 e S1 ho he es nas In few
No. 40 Brosdst. over drinking saloon, In appear
SV FranR Erhardt The faro room the story
"a Large bleak dreary apartment furnished with few
common long wooden bench, and the faro-tabe
itself 1t was visited Monday, Dec H. but 10 was evil
Gently suffering lack Of patronage, and was prob
ly affected by the absence from the city OF the boat
men whose money in part maintained H. In personal
appearance the managers OF the and their victims
were alike desperate looking fellows. -
No 92 vcscy-st., formerly kept by Alfred West, has
lately been closed .
All OF the above houses In the First Second and
Third Precincts and cannot but bo known to Capts tI
1nau HeIden Speght, who command there, for they
had in existence for nearly ten months, when they
were reported to headquarters