New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-21
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
cAuurtRs NOT EASILY SURPRISED.

GAMBLERS NOT EASILY SURfhloED'
nAFFIgp EFFORTS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PIKE
vENrroS OF CRIME-TREAcHERY EXISTING
SOMEWHERE.
d. j. Whitney, of the Society for the prevention
nj Crime and some other officers of the society," con-
template making general descent upon the gamDi-
ing houses of this city. being determined to break
them up The date Of the attempt and the situation
of the places which it is determined to VISIT
are kept secret The officers have not De-
come discouraged by their failure on lase
Saturday night, when they had arranged 10
visit number of places in company Win uetacn
ments of police from different precincts uhuer
the command of Superintendent Walling whlch
they found deserted. 1t was plain that some one
had furnished information to the proprietos OF 'nc
contemplated descent. Mr.. Walling said yester-
1--WE were badly sold out on last SATURDAY. night
and 1t is certain that the gam oilers had Ieceyeu III
formation of coming know jnst WHO tne pct net
son was that informed the gamblers. IL was nov nov
done by any of the police nor by any member OF We
society but by person whom we nad use4 10 up
tain admiitance to the different places lie Llus'
have made a large sum of money by his treacheTy.
OF course we cannot compete IN amount Win 'ho
gamblers, who would not ieel $o,VOV. ooo.s %
Speaking of the difficulty of obtaining access 70
the gambling houses Mr. Whitney SAID: rev OF
these places keep rouette tables now days. most
of them play faro. The layout is made OF tnree
pieces united by hinges and as all descents are
undertaken by first forcing IN the doors, IL Is an
easy matter double IN the DOHu ulup AZ ~
meath trap-door secIcted IN some part Oh
the ROOM sweep out of sight the other
evidences of gambling. and by the ihne
Inc officers reach the room there is nothing to De
seen cxcept a number of men sitting around slnok-
Ing or reading There is establishment uptown
fitted up with a roulette table, which is so ar
ranged that the legs can be drawn underneath IL III
an instant the wheel slipped ont, aud the ta6ie
lmbed up into q small compass hi: may az De
sccomuljshed in an incredibly short space OF time
Mike Murray's house in Twenty-eighth-st is
fitted IND i'm the rear with iron bars, Ike prison. so
as 10 defy the efforts at breaking or 10 delay the
officers long enough TO get their implements out OF
sighi Thus It Will be seen that the only ehectual
way TO surprse them is TO get in their presence
without their knowledge. Then we have TO run
the chances of treachery the part OF the person
we use to get admission to the place."
''Why didn't you place your warrants t0r Iast
Saturday night In the hands Of Inspector Dllks, III
whose district She houses were situatedF
ave have very good reasons for not entrnstIng
such matters to the care of Inspector Dilks. we
have been singularly unfortunate whenever he mas
bern mt in charge OF raids, IN finding that the
gamblers have invariably been forewarned or the
arrival of the police, and all such descents nave
come TO naurht We were unfortunate last Satur-
day night, but we cannot always expect to be sue
cessful."
BENJAMIN Daniels having been indicted by the
Grand Jury on the complaint Of Mr.. Whitney Tor
kepping a Gambling house at No. 522 SiXth-aVe,
Yesterday gave bail at the Dislct-Attorneys
office TO appear when called for. William Camp
bell. of No. 237 West Forty-fourth-st' became MS
bOnQsman.