The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-13
An Invasion Of Paris Gambling House.

Paris correspondent OF the London DdtY
Nelcs, III description of a descent by deteci-
ives upon a private gambling house, says:
| No one s.irs, at least in the sense of trying
10 get out of the house. for they have felt by
instinct that escape is impossible. few gen
tlemen, in the impulse of fright, have rushed
INTO ne'ghboring chambers, and a showily-
s.ttred lady has fllen overs foot-stool III
making tart over the hearth rug; but the
major " have merely risen to their legs, and
stand like II group OF waXworns, with eyes
| staring and features bltnched. There are four
ladies' present and about twenty men, most of
hem in evening dress. and congre gated around
/ table at VIII ch baccarat was being played.
Ine gentleman. w..O wlS de ding has a large
ne tp of gold and bank notes before him, and
he has brought his two hands down on it
with Il natural gesture of protection. He is a
"entlcinan-hke looking person, with swarthy
C 'npieXon ana IL foreign accent; but he makes
Ii" difficulty of surrendering his heap of mon Y
/" the couple OF detectives. who intimate
Ia him so to do. and indeed he does not ap-
l'ear 10 understand that he has been guilty of
au indictahle otfense. Several If the 0 her
9 ntlenen are in il similar case. AMI seem to
r. 9nt the intrusion of the police as an un.
t,tiithlc entry into a private house. They
Re Guileless travellers from Southern and
E,>fern Europe. who have ialren Their hostess
quite ~ sertenr. or very young Freuchmen
tl-r. are two who do not look eighteen who
have been thinking complacently that they
were eujoyinS themselves III highly tashloca-
ole society. Su. some halt dozen OF the
mall. gamblers, and the -four ladies' who are
whimptrin9 ''Oh, mon Dieu y are evidently
much less innocent There is especially one
bearded gentleman. with a geranlum in his
coat. VII" 1. uItie too well known to NJ
Claude, and puts on a very sicky smile as the
latter mods him u recognition. As for the
Countess, she is handsome, vivacious wo-
man. rather past thirty, and very splendidly
arIayed in blue silk and with jewelry.
With trembling lips and u ia grown ca
d.verous, she affects to be indignant at this
lnvtSl N OF her prlvacv, and mutters broken
threats of compl lining to the Russian ambas-
sador but this bit OF acting is not very sue
cesstul, and on I'll ding no one disposed to
listen to her, she collapses on a mauve satin
sofl and cries. Meanwhile the six agents, pa
per and pencil III hand, are going round col
iecting names, and when this tormallty has
been completed NJ. Claude makes painful
statement: Il am very sorry, ladies and gen.
tlemen. bu you will all have to come to the
prefecture. Those of you who have satistac-
tory references will be liberated at once-so
the sooner start the better. At this there
Is another outburst of circumstances, espe-
tidilt from tuc lauleS. WHO are not likely
to have satisfactory references, but the
gent emen who feel secure of their
own integrity content themselves with
a more formal protest Then comes
the moment for drafting out the
company in pairs First, the ladies are
'nntioned out. They are allowed to fetch
their cloaks being escorted the whlle-and
they descend Il 8 staircase two by two when
they reach the street door they will find cabs
waiting for them, and will be driven to the
prefecture in the custody Of the policeman in
uniform. The same fate awaits the gentl- men
whom NJ. Claude suspects to be sharperS, but
the others are allowed to walk out quietly,
each with one detective accompanying him,
and when they get out OF doors other cabs
will be hailed to convey them to the Rue de
Jer lsalem. 1t should be mentioned that all
the stakes found on the table have been col
lected in handkerchief and shoveled into
NJ. Claude's pocket. and the whole process of
invading the house and conveying IL way the
delinquents has required little more than half
An hour