, 1875-11-21

Subsequent investigation proved that the
creates: number Of the roiicy shops we're on the
South Side. Tbs North aud West Sides ha 70,
no doubt, 1he,r full share OF these contemplate
s"iEdlsrs+ but they burroW so successfully Us
to evAde all except the most patient aud thor
ouCh search. Tho hurried Investigation OF q
newspaper reporter must, OF necessity, be su-
peff1ciaL The ro.lce- however, guided by an ex-
tena1re experiences, cou'u root out thcso vczmin,
and tho exper4ment wculd be more profitable
! than raid upon tie cheap keno games of the
city. The mon who have cna1ge Of tho
su5-aseneies live 10 constant dread OF
police interference, and their ui!s ate
as consequence, preteruatlra!ly shar}ened.
The task Of ascersaioing their whereabouts, Rs
before 1nt!mtted, was very difficult one and
that Of eace: tanning their names WAS even mors
delicste. in both cases, however, the reporter
was happiiv successful. md eubjoined il list Of
tie places Of business Of the
MORE Prominent r1rSo:RERs OF TIE rooa: :
At l26 Dearborn street, in Cobb's building,
Rooms IS and 26, ID the Office Of the chief agent
OF the Cor1neton Combination whose uaue il
Dodd- In Room Is, Of l52 Dearborn street, ono
Hunt has an office. At 2l0 South Wa.er street
ess n chiefly railroad and steamboat employees.
In Room II Of the Kentucky Blovk, at
201 Clark street, one Morgan has au
office. William Jackson negro. pauders to the
vicious tastes Of the potcY-p}ayers It hia color
10 Room ~ or the second locr OF the Pacific
streets. At 1853 Clark street there ia an agency.
presided over By one baldwin. His best CUSTOM
ets are the poor colored and German people OF
the ne;ghbornood. William Hamilton does busi-
pess on rather large scale. He runs rvo Te-y
good paving Offices, one at 393 Clara Street. and
tue other at AVS Clark street. David Hamilton
rivals his namesako. He has two well-rat OIL
ICED of6cea one at 103 Harrison street. aud the
other at 10 Fourth avenue. At 334 State street,
Charles Rlpman has al ageucy, and
a few blocks above him, at No, 5o4 State street.
players are accommodated By D. Eastman. Ali
OF these men thrive. and their prosperity is nado
BY tAe nickels they seal from tae poor.
In passing: It may be noticed ~ q somewhat
singular fact that the women who play policy a.e
all Of the class called respectable Several
agents whose denB are verv canEenieat 10 the
South Clark street AID Fourth ayenue houses Of
prostitution assured the reporter that they uoad
strive II tnev were oogod to depend upon the
of the prostitutes. In fact, it Was
said, policy playing prostitutes were ex-
ceedingly ra.e. Probably the most profitable
Office on the West Siie is that ct J. S. Dumford,
over the railroad ticket Office on the corner Of
Cana! and Madison street5. The nobby porse.s
Of Pullnan's pslace-cals paronize generously.
and he is growing fat upon tho spoits.
Tho true reason for the apparent scarcity Of ]
shors the North and Yves: Sides s that those
sections ara thoroughly canvassed IN the mAu-
ner heretofore described in this article There
arc at least 100 policy-cauyassers s.working"
chicaso at the present lime. They are worse |
than bunko tbievea- and it would be no hard job
for the detectives to hound them down, and mete
out 10 them the punishment they so richly de- |
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