The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-30
TTT porICy AND RECOKDER EVANS.

rnF POLICE AND REC0RpEs EVANS
Hection 5 ~oSeet No. u OF the~ssEs =
the Lea elattSb Of 1870 provides, ma
Any bu rinta3 dent OF Police. eoSne'
J tfiS rs = the Metropolitan Pqlice, ln1hl
Me Upohtan nolice District, Or anypo
lice officer in any parish OF this State ,whe
shall knowingly permit the inlrac'ion
, Of this law. or Who kaO,ginaly dttoios 4
/, GAMBLING HOUSE TO Of OPENED, on q bunh'
In. gavae IA be ,plGvsd, tSssss'
mediatelv dismissed from his office ana
from he police force, and tits hereol
made TIE duty Of the Metropolitan Police
board to try any officer accused ~ s"cN
! delinquency, without delay, and on on
eiction impose the penalty proridcd W
this section.
Act No. 80, of the same session, pro-
vides that the acts passed during that
session shall have precedence and al.
thority over any provisions that may be
contained In the Revised Statutes. Act
No. II, from which Sec. 8 above quoted
Is taken, il then the last effusion Of the
legislative will on the subject Of gam
bling. Observe Its language: Any
Superintendent Of Police or other police
officer who k%nopinglv ailo,cs q gambling
house to be opened, or a banking game 70
be played, shdu be Immediately dismissed
from his office and from Mepotice force
and II IL made the duty Of the Metro
politan Police Board to enforce this
penalty. s
In tho light OF this plain statute let
us review the action Of the Police Board
on the strange trial to which the Supet-
intendent OF Police was subjected the
other day. i ID r. 80 84 il1
Three Witnesses swore that they had
been fleeced by the bunko gamblers at
"a vt. Charles street during this month
Of January. Mr.. Il. Bartel, Of Vermont,
was swindled out OF $1O5, and on com
plant TO Superintendent (D Loan, the
bunko man was forced to disgorge t25.
Mr.. Ruttkay, Of Iowa, was defrauded
out OF $3O0, and Superintendent Loan
forced the bunko man to restore $150.
Mr.. Steadman, of San Francisco. was
swindled out of 1900, his breastpin and
his watch, and there must have been
some peculiar hardship about this case.
for, through tho interpretation of Mr..
Loan, Mr.. Steadman recovered every
hing back. From the Affidavit OF Mr.
Garrett, Of Marshall, Texas, we learn
that no was tricked out OF $1l75 at No.
10 st. Charles street, on the 12th of jan
uary. These are the known cases that
were y brought directly home to the
knowledge OF the Chief OF Police.
Has he, then, knowingly allowed
gambling houses to DO opened? It
seems he has. Has he tried to stop it2
1t appears he has not. He says he put
policemen at Nos. "a and ID. But how
long did he Keep them there2 What
citizen eve saw a policeman stationed
at either place? What arrest has Super.
lntendent Loan made or CAUSED to be
made? Not one. He was very indig-
nant! at tho robbery that was perpe-
trated on Bartel. Rtttkay and Stead
man, and acted the indignant man so
we'll that he really made these unso-
p~histicated gentlemen believe that he
felt what he only affected. Had he
really been indignant, he would have
arrested somebody or shut up the
bunkot dens. But Mr.. Loatl was not
indignant. MI. johnson and Mr., Duffy
were his witnesses In this mock trial be-
fore the Honorable Police Board. Both
OF these witnesses were asked II they
kept bunko houses, and both refused 4
answer, because their answers would
criminate Thorn. Mr.. VIM. johnson, the1
man who restored the money TO three
81 the victims, and Mr.. Loans witness
Informs US that no mnn can possibly
win ut bunko; that the chances always
20 against the player" The evidence
was conclusive that gambling
the worst possible description
was carried on at Nos. "a land
10 st. Charles street, to the knowledge
II Superintendent Loan that he made.
'r caused to be made, not a single
arrest of the guilty parties, and made
10 effort whatever TO close up either No.
4, or No. 10, where bunko Is carried on.
aor has he aver shut, or, attempted TO
hut, anyof the many gambling houses
hat infest this city. And vet, wonderful
o relate, In the face Of this evi-
|ence, and this plain statute, the Police !
commissioners those eminent lovers OF .
lstice and honestly acquitted Superin- !
endent Loan. The statute says, the
Metropolitan Police Board shall dis
barge from office and from the police |!
Drce, any superintendent Of police, or J.
olice officer, ,cho kno,cingly allo,vs a d
ambhng house to be opened, (mnrk the \
1ngudge, a GAMBLING HOUSE no BE OPEN 9
d. on a banking game to be played" =
he proof was positivethat Superintend- !
Mt Loan knew Nos. "a and ~ were kept r
pen as gambling houses, but that he
ernitted gambling Of the worst kind to s.
0 on there by taking no steps to close s
lem. And the Metropolitan Police i
acquit him +! la has,i g,I Sd oa3 RI
Superintendent Loan published a card D
) the public on Friday morning, in IA
hich he calls on MI. r. G. Garrett, Of !
.arshail, Texas, who was swindled out =
$l175 by bunko, to repel the infa- fe
charge" that the matter had &
nan crunrrnnico1 IN hic 0N9aa .-l RI