Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-10-05
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
Correspondence Crawford Avalanche.

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am were still to keep up that designa-
tion they would at the present time
make themselves amenable to the law
of libel. The fact is, that to all in
tents and purposes, the metropolis at
present is kind of an Arcadia Gam
bling is a thing of the past. All 1.-THE !
gilded dcns which lead to destruction
to use Bro. Talmage's phraseology, are
closed. The whrr of the little ivory
ball rs it rolls along the cells of the
cavity in the roulette table is heard no
more; the bewitching click, click, of
the chips, the glitter Of the layout Oh
the faro table, and the wonders Of the
dice board, are things of the past, and
the accomplished gentlemen who ma
nipulated them are without employ
ment. Nor must it be supposed that
the play is stopped only in the small
and middle class gambling houses
The edict covers every establishment,
even TO the four or five swell "club
houses" where a man has got to be a
gentleman and has to be introduced
before he is admitted, are closed These
rich and elegant uptown establish
ments are visited by detectives twice a
day, at irregular hours, to make sure
that play is not resumed. \ special
policeman is stationed in front of the
door Of each and every resort, and be
sides, the policeman on patrol is bound
to enter every supposed g ,mbling house
on his beat each time he passes it
Capt. Williams is of course not doing
this on his own account. lie is SIM
ply obeying the orders of his superiors.
So far as he himself is concerned, Give
and let live" is his motto, and it must
pain his gentle disposition sincerely TO
be forced to violate the latter part Cf
his rule of conduct
But how long is this going to last?
Some say until the elections are over,
while others maintain that as soon as
the local nominations are made all will
be well again for the devotees of the
green cloth. The crusade arose in this
way: Mr.. McKeon, the present dis
trict attorney, is an old man, and in
some respects bit of n crank. Strange
to shy, although he is an lriShlnan, he
il not fond OF horserncing, and thus
when the pious hypociite1 who lleecC
their neighbors in Wall street, and who
would never refu q straight tip
Oh the race track, began to complain
that the law forbidding horse racing
ok was being constantly violated, an'
". that men and women were being de
on moralized. Mr. McKeon shut his eye
-. To the existence of the d ms of mfam
ITO whose tinsel leads men on TO worS
ha crimes against themselves and thei
* families, and went for the pool sellers
no Such dens as McGlory's, Owney q,
ror oplegans, the Aliens, the resorts c
nd the most abandoned women and place
-, where human life is held in lower est
icv nation than that of a pet animal, wei
II allowed to keep open, and even to al
nm nounce and openly advertise addition
10. al attractions for the unwary. Ne'
.ha he went for the policy dealers, an
on finally for all gamblers. Now, Mr.. NJ
roe Keon's efforts in this respect wei
.os praiseworthy in the extreme. 4
o.+ Young -Tscheng the Emperor of Ch
la ma. said in his famous edict again
his gambling in 174O, gambling, this di
sembIed spoliation, must ever be
heinous crime, for it ever drags a vi
tim in its wake" but the fact that NJ
a'e McKeon ignored the prevalence al
) III spread of other, and certainly wor
ing crimes, seems to point to the fact tn
eo' he had a special bone to pick. Ne
;; came his quarrel with the police, who
lor he recklessly charged with aiding al
'tit- abetting the gamblers by giving the
ie!' notice whenever any movement again
; III them was contemplated by the polc
but IIo uos unohla to prove This charo
hge but he clinched the accusation by e
IKE ploying the private detective force
DE pinkerton's office on one of his raiC
e Is This of course engendered IL very b
tei! feeling among the police departloel
PIE. which anybody possessed OF parts
anu of tact would have avoided. Mr..
luh Keon made some additional very W
Du'o statements but when he was call
up upon to make good what he had 81
'iie he was not there.
iI'hs Pinkerton's men, on the other han
p now claim that the members and he,
u W of the police force having been sn'
'h"'' bed through them, now use ev
means to thwart them in the acco
plishment of their legitimate work
.,;oo For three years the Coney Island 10
ey Club has employed PinISerton's IL
during its race meetings TO prev
State thieves from gaining access to
1. grounds. Robert Pinkerton bimsel
always at the gate, and n thief wo
W have to be smart indeed TO escape
vigilant eye For three seasons ev,
"' thing went we'll until two weeks n
when Lucky Baldwin, the Cali
n dis mia millionaire who had come to