, 1877-05-13
Riordan's Talks with the Hotel Men,
Measures which We're Taken
Yesterday.

gamblers eLarl d Ea1ue III auo+uc1 1oou1s oH
though the officers visit the two foons they r
,na,n In irnnrance Of tho third. thouph furo
>.,..oa ,hoe. ,1r,ns+ ,,vd,r .ho3- vcv po.ea n,
phtu 1t1 ~ as re,an 'n, men%5obnnx % coTeoran Geor
Holt Kirk Gum, and JEFF Hank1ns - to II
rames in ch{caco and the fact that they oceasio,
aly receive nouce Q, an anlenoeu 1a.a anu u.s. ~
tho story that these men arc protected by son
one ~ ~o ro',sn .rro., pon - sncu % c1.ror s1''
No foosoAt'oS Fofs oo.n onn'os'
for supt Hickey has certainly shown that he is de
hcdone some aonbt whether it can be abso1ufel
s.eas ,rhn., ~. rn,,as ~ .thor ,h.r :. nrh,;c
stopped when the games arc othef tnsn puollc'
and the Law DepaEtment'has had under consider
auon the question whether the statute in relation
~ ~ ' ~ x: =. .~1s s
Iatne9 at1 Ano"a " oe iunntns' ~ "ou4u eeen
taat game "nlcn IL open 70 everybody except po
Heesnen and reporters is public, whether 1t be IN
hotel or in house which is used for sleeping puz
.,-.s sateS. "-tsI-. - 49, ~ ~ ~ a-.+s-1 ~ aS
opinion oe1o.e anytnlns can DC oone po"afo oleak
ing up two Of the games mentioned below A Il
keen policeman in the bui1dinp all the time The
-, ..a. -. ~ 4s. - a. =. ~ $500 80. -.
proprc'ols Will soon oeeome urea ol paying REM
for t1e rooms, and sell out their furniture
a faro game has been running for over two
months in
TIE ST. JAMES HOTEL,
61sr located in = room On thc second floor, but
a.n,,nd ard Il wa rnnve3 ~ NJ E1 u,es+str.
Ear IT, 1n8 mns roo, zig m TO- o.
g.. +tat tna e1e1 .oo e11 ~, Gay ,i1 Mms pa
1nr rna1 ~ apoXe I saoo 9 m99th The b9r 6l o t. the
90 rn-r <~nod tI3r ~ ~ e. Ia, ~ ou! ~ = - =:
,ro .o ha 66nderaJ = thot ~ ~ t7d ~
tnrtie Rnrdsn th,f ,at ns s a1 T.; n De
was none Of his business. The owners % Of this ,i
fellow named Nnrnhv who % he1nnos ~ r.. ~ F"st
It s heaTv eae and Thnrsdsy there ~ @ we,c % hs.
tween twenty md fh;,tT neoo}e in the 41 roos,
."bnn.isa stsy ~ aou ntaG people ~ lue Ioon
Thew aona en1ape- h;, :rd fues 5ea'y ~ eapeesea Ecu
have hcen ,nSitad e. 90 ~ th;s n1ace ba+ 1hnae %
are ~ ha, g ~ g1 ~ .n.s Race, 1dt tnose Mao
.ince n46 ~ ca t.. en- a., oo.o To- acfepL
1o r .the az s n.t. a.! 1 sodSAieu p1lEate @
shanf az mncb abor ~ tnn,n y; thoa ~ 1n III has
" ee'14'1e LUG ocl"s1 VI = thfee"cs1u monte
A1au Ano+ter ho+,, .,,,,. xr.. ,1o,+oa;,
pnoW ~ - .snTr9 NE a1'0eea rn .n1r,n ~
nvoa ~. =. ho4hA ThANhfoh1,
Cuanel " h1u1oPn stteet amo flltn avenue. Yhis
WEE mn oy JeA Hank1ns. 'Ihe limit was Small, and
nA1 patIons were nanny suckefs, Tor no upe Who
kno~s nank1ns Woald MAKE pet against his deal
IN "no are e3pet1 manip9ia1ofao OF Str'pPefs.
m.n a. one des, 9o 1n,tsa anu Sa9 Gan
.svstem he '1 nIars ~ oue ueA'' n' "h''et VIAL
7oad Inc game az NO. II is said to be-
'o"e 70 ,o.,x xro.,
but It 1s run ostensibly by George Smith, Henry
Green. and Billy Mead, who is the main man.
ms honse has really never been closed mp; any
.spriyata parlor" on he fnnrth faor dav or
night If lis troll" Is big enough. NoiSins,
however, is done in the gambling7room propcE'
larlT. '''e7 41'f ~ ~N'4' p4e'"s fcsa-
On the fourth floor Of No. 13s Madison street
aa!o IL oca1t whenever 1nefe are plagerH The pro-
p''e'cs croacH o. e9ip Fats game "sTe @ 1o1mellx n
Their main room in on the th;rd foor hut notb;oo
IL done there. 4 week or 60 an Halt eot Ai ;ntn
.amr Of seven.nn VIII frarar9 1na svt anio Ios
SSo0 Thai was The entire canraef th .1o Ios.
nun1crsst T., 1;a ss1 We aAcn III ana NO now mas
1t having been pretty clearly established that the
rr,,nr9or 9nn1 ta - ,;fes.+1 - uameo. iHIBuNE
In friendly Ein1 ~ war ~ aa ns tha i.uay
rettinr nlone Not that he bnd anr nsrtcnis ~
snnai frIr1rst IN the ms1t ~ n-t "1 p1l.SGiaE per
tiger hut he felt rather curious to know If INV Of