, 1874-11-22
Information for the Police Au-
thorities..
Location Of Gaming~Houses and
Owners Of Buildings.
Testimony Taken by the Grand
.- Jury Yesterday.
Raid on Dowling's Hell Last Night
Forty Gamesters Captured.


Friday night, the Superintendent Of Police
learned. for the fret time It is presumed OF the
existence Of gnming-house at No. 14S South
Clark street, and under his direction its inmates
were arrested, aud taken to the Armory. There
are those who cay that this particular house WAS
pulled because it does not belong to particular
combination or ring Of gamblers, whose mem-
bers arc exempt from arrest or moleatation
on account Of private understanding
With the Superintendent OF Police. This,
however. canuot be true; and it is presumed
that tho reason why the Superintendent Of Po-
lice does not make raids upon the other gam
bling houses of Chicago il because he is una
ware OF their existence or whereabouts. For
his information, therefore. the following statls-
tics have been compiled by TIE TRIBUNE, and
are herewith publshed. giving the location OF
tlo prominent gambling houses, the names OF
tue propliesors, the number OF employees, and
the character Of the establishments. Furnished
with this information he will doubtless make
sweeping raid Monday night, seize all their i'm
plenaents, aod arrest all tho inmstes:
No. SO Clark street; WaIpole j. Davis; brace
house; tve persons employed
No. 81 Clark street; Smith i Crummeu; pub
lie; five persons employed
No. 12l Caik street Hnnkln8 Eros. private;
ten persons employed.
No. 19l Clark street; John Ferry; public; six
persons employed.
No. 148 C1srk street; combination; GAM
blers' game; eight pc, sons employed
No. lC6 Clark street; john LawloE: public;
five persons employed.
No. lG8 Clark street; Daniels i Langley;
brace house; six pcrsons employed.
No. ITO Clark street :; Krk Gum public; i've
persons employed.
No. l73 Watt Robbins public; nine persons
emDloyed.
No. 17G; 11cDonald Co.; faro keno, roulette,
and sweat cloth public; t1yenty-th1eo persous
employed.
house; five persurs employed,
No. $40 Clark street George Titus for negroes
only; six PERSONS employed.
No. 318 Clark streot JOINTS d Green negro
house: si1 peraona employed;
No. 5l8 State street Potter .Appleburg; public;
four persons employed
No. 119 Dearborn street; Tom Hines very pri-
vate si1 persons employed.
No. 183 East Madison sire ct; John Douing;
keno and faro, public; twelve persons employed.
No. GO East Randolph street; AughBrady; Er1-
vate five porsoue employed
No. lib Nest Madison street; Wa1pols j.
Hugh Dunn public, but no gamblers allowed TO
play; five persons employed
No. Is Ha1sted street John Bowling public
eight persons employed
No. Is Halsted street Charles Davies brace
house: five persons employed
No. n Halsted street Daniel Kellogg; public;
sir porous employ 3D..
No. 81 Halsted street Smith j. Crummcu
public nine persons employed.
No. II East Monroe s1reet George Holt;
serni-pTivate; seven persons cnpioyod-
No. LIS East Randolph rtroet Charles Wicks;
private i've persons elncloyed.
OWNERS or BUILDINGS.
Under the improved Gaming law the owners
OF houses used with their knowledge for gam
bling purposes arc Liable to criminal prosecu-
tion. In order that tho Gard Jury may have
starting point for its labors in this particular:
direction, the following list has been compiled
for their special benefit, and for them to ascar-
tain it the owners are oognizsnt OF the use their
premises are put to. Wheco tho star Ii affixed
to q nanlo it indicates thas the person pays the
wster-tax, but is not necea sariiy tho owner Of
tho building, though he may bs sub-1essor:
30 Clssk-J. l. Hatnlin.
12l Chsk-E. Morrison
l31 Clark. IL Morrison.
148 Cark-A. s. soeley.
1e6 Cark-V. H. Higgins
16s Cark-A- ". Henderson, !
TO Cark-u c. Woeler.
l73 Cl3rk-Witliam H7verty,
l70 Clark-J. r. Allen.
1873 Ciark-James Harmon
$40 Clzrk-R~ 6. Booue.
3l8 Clark-"C. G. OtiB.
51s Stato--J. Buckley.
1l9 9Dearborn-John Jones, County Commissioner.
1B3 Madison-'W. s. Shepherd.
q Readolph-'D. S. Hcdlon.
lis Randolph-Kiugsbury Eststa.
1l8 West Malison-tamea Kehoe.
IS Ha1sted-'D. Cole.
Is Halsted--A. Cropscy.
81 Halsted-M. Koib.
At IT AGAIN.
To the Editor Of The CHICAGO TT1ostne:
Sm: I noticed in this mornings ssus the ar
rest OF some OF the gamblers that frequent that
notorious gambling g-hell, No. 14S South Clark
street. aud it stated that tho police had captured
their apparatus. but TINT is all fudge, as they