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man whether he has a aeambling game in my room
or not-'
"Come up with me and ask the man to open Il
hurting your hotel l will write denial Of th
!. whole story, and give your hotel j boost"
! II tell yon, hare no right to 60 to guest
4 room and ask him such questions"
''Do you know there is a statute that provides
u penalty for renting rooms to be used for gamblin
II don't know that my rooms are used for sue
.'Dont you know Of the provisions that impos
lno roome are used for such purposesr
'.Well, there is, and Il you will conc up to thz
room with me I'll show You what it is used for. "
~ have no more right there than you have
| III Eou knew there was game there would
YOU DREAK.1T ur!'
"Ive got nothing to do with it. A man doc
what be likes when he rents my rooms. hare n
power to break it up."
''Wouldn't you stop murder going On in on
jiof yeal roomsr'
i .'Then you would let one fellow finish anothe
i ~ am not morally bound to stop nurler Q
g. anything else A man can do as hc d-n pleases;
I ''Are you ready to tell me who occupies tn
\ rooms"
H. ~ don't know who occupies it."
I Don't you know the names of your guests!'
4 .s'Not half Of them."
\ '+And you haven't the remoeest idea "no AFe'
+ there or what he does!'
] II don't know anything about it."
Snow, look here, Nj Strong, do you want 7, mt
i to represent you as declining to afford any salts
Fraction as to the existence Of this game OF faro anc
al refusing to satisfy yourself whether not it
these;" .,,a ,o,so. :,
t.5ou do you will get yourself into trouble"
..once more, 1 ask you. will you go up there
mo. won't I will consider the matter and
| you come here this evening and will then show
The reporter declined the invitation tor obvious
reasons.
*tTHE WORST OF YOU FELLOWS IS,
continued Mr. Jack Strong {who in personal char
acteristies is not dssmiaT to the Jack Strong who
did for me eo9d old n9e1os IN pa'ia Goppe,ne.u,,
thing about enterprise. II there is game here 1t
is matter for the police. and not for reporters:
ySn Ssxs md
ind out things in which the public have
10 interest Let The ~ corrupt police
and break it up, then it becomes matter Of news,
but yon can't publish it until they d. now you
mind ID thai" tad.s+no u,o, +h;. ~ ,a .,atrnso nb,se
of the journalistic duty, and wondering how much
salary he would get II his functions depended upon
such stimulus IS police researches would afford.
the reporter strayed away to the
HOTEL FRANKFURT.
Bu 1nping boldly At the door OF Room 81, he asked
the darky who opened it few inches If Mr. JEFF
Haukins were within
No, Mr. Hankins was not; but Mr.. Knight was
there and he would call him.
Mr: knight came to the door, after prodigious
aR x r Rn
NO, my dear fellow. and don't know you.
Where's Hankinss"
ttGone out"
land when will my old friend uankins re-
turnr'
..0h! he'll be here to~n night some time"
..Nn .,s shs :; ems Ems 1epenno"s'
''And when will the game be open, for in-
stances'
Down in the Office sturdy Teutou proudly ad-
mitted himself to be the proprietor. :
How about thus game Of faro upstairs in 27r'
+tHaukins'," !"
''Who said there was game therer'
NE ~ knght 1 n Just 5 Informed me there was one
and that # M Toq1d b open st
room is occupied by =. j. Long, OF New York" :"
showing the name on the register.
Didn't yon know there wasa faro game there:''
No; didn't know anything about it, and off
The proprietor's son stood by during the CONVEX
aion f on his part also
rhen another TRIBUNE reporter called earlier In /
he day and asked for Hankins room, that same
roy referred him to ''Room 27." |
The reporter then called on
sUPT. HICKEY,
md had the subjoined conversation with him:
:. Do ron know that there is . faro game running
n Room 81, St James Hotelr'
IL have hcard OF it."
Have you ever pulled the p1ayers,'
Men went there once to pull it, and broke it |
How long ago was that:''
- Two or three weeks ago. The otaceru were
here last night agau.'
Was anybody playins?'
There was big game in the afternoon, up-
erstand;"
We'll, the clerks must have some way OF no.
flying the people In TINT room, and when the men
ct there they find nothing.''
- Has the proprietor been notified to close up
:. Yes; buthe was very sulky to the men. and
I'D them it WIS none OF their business"
What What instructions have you men regarding this
They are instructed to pull them the moment |
ley catch them playing" +"
They hare not been caught ret !n
NO. me men went there, as told you, and |
le supposltlon was that the game was broken M |
have talked with the Mayor and City Attorney
1out
GAMBLING IN HOTELS,
ID mere seems @ TO- be doubt whethe. we hare the
We would in public gaming house,"
.HBut this st. James game is public; any one !
rade men have been invited to so there.
'Well, ap waiting for the opinion Of the Law
On the point The matter has been
.'Are there any other hotel games ="
~ was informed there were, and sent de-
etives to all Of them, but they learned only that
i
aeh other into their rooms to play poker, etc. |
link it is carrying the thing too ar to Interfere
l1h them. doubt ii we can do it,
- Are Jou aware that there il came in Room |
audolph street!'
THAT Is THE FIRST HAVK HEARD or TT.
must hare been started within day o. two"
DO you know anything about the rame in |
rown's Building, No. l36 Madison street 81
Yes but the officers report to me that that has !
zen broken up."
''Thcre is no playing In the old room on the ,
rd moor but as understand 1t done up- stairs
here George Holt formerly lived with Ills family.
- How about No. II Monroe strect!''
'Thcre has been nothing done there for some
me-: That house WIS pulled two or three weeks
- There is nothing going on in the gambling
ON proper, but Mead runs little game up
Mrs"
1.-The officers have been all over thst huilf1ins,-
the wash1ooms, kitchen, ETC. and found moth
'*They are too shnrp for the officers, because ]
told by reliable man that tha1 game. run, it is
Id. by Johnny Corcoran, has never been broken I
-! don't believe that. The officers 90 there | J
gularly, and can see nothing. II any game Is J
ayed there or elsewhere in the gambling -houscs |
il done by STEALTH and doesn't last long at {
ne. because the detectives are around all day and
, to O'Clock. and drop in when they aro not ex-
Eucted 10 visit them."
ut fs true that the men visit them pretty often
It they only look into tho Rambiing-room proper,