Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-22
ADVERTISEMENT MENTOR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
GAMBLING AND THE POLICE.

The Board Of City Trustees yesterday re-
pealed the ordinance which was passed June
5, 1882, which provided that 40 person should
visit or become an inmate or contribute to
the support Of any plaza or room where any
game of faro, monte, roulette, lansquenet,
rouge.et-noir, rondo, or any banking game
played with cards, dice or any device for
money. checks, credit or other representation
Of value was played, carried on. maintained
or conducted. This ordinance was passed at
the request of the Chief of Police, he having
been petiticned and urged TO suppress gam.
bling By 3 large number Of citizens. It was
understood that the Chief of Police had given
his word that gambling should be stopped.
For a time, whsn little effort was made,
gambling ceased. Presently, however, these
gRma-houses resumed their business unmo.
Tested, and the law has ever since been dead
letter. Last winter the Grand Jury reported
that it was morally convinced that tribute
was sxacsed upon the gamblers to subsidies
the police force, and that in one case they
traced the money paid for some sort of police
protection through various hands to a given
place. which appeared to be " vanishing
poiut." Ia fact il is well known that essess-
ments have been constantly levied upon men
conducting gambling games, TO secure immu-
nifty from police interference, and apparently
with success. Is may here be stated IS
matter OF history that prior to the
passage Of the ordinance, when only the
State Law was IN forcs, the polics could not
enter gamblip g-rooms TO take visitors. After
the passage of the ordinance the conductors
Of gamep, TO protect their visitors, were CON-
PEELED TO close their doors and put guards at
the wiokets. and this was done for time, but
cartain of the gambling fraternity, claiming
to have the power, compelled or induced the
others to nlaks contributions, which had
ceased with the putting Of guards at the
doors. The contributions were made, the
proceeds went TO the vanishing point as
before. and was effective, the doors having
sincs remained opened and the game goes on
and visitors are upmoiested. The reason for
the repeal of the ordinance was, it is under
stood, that the isw has not only proven in
effective, but has enabled tribute to be levisd
to purchase the silencing of the law. It will
now dawa upon the petitioners for the passage
of the Ksrcher ordinance that il was exactly
what certain Of those engaged in carrying on
gambling h5usss desired.
POLICE CoURT.-Judge Henry had quite q
lengthy calendar in his Court yesterday
morning, but disposed of it in short order.
Cfs.s4s Taylor, an Indian. who says he
works OF rancho near Antelope Station,
and admits that ne came to town few days
since, got drunk and committed theft, was
Sentenced to pay SO or be imprisoned in the
County Jail as many days. John Moran
aRd George Morgan, two young and healthy
looking able bodied men, stood up In the
dock and plead guilty to vagraney, and were
sentenced TO ten days each in the city prison.
The case Of John Moran, on the same charge,
was continued until today. Tommy Saw
talle, well-dressed, good looking young man,
charged gith being drunk. admitted that he
had been slightly inebriated, had taken
several mixed drinks sc picHic, had used
Language slightly mixed, and had mixed him
self up il row with officer Frszee. He
smiled when the Judge fined him So. Look
iag ~. he said, " How much il the sum total,
Judge ?" "Seven dollars and s half"
'Yours ia minute, Judge" he took his
fine go graciously, and leuidsted the same in
s manner 90 urbaDe that not OILY the
audience but thu counsel and Court smiled.
J. Myerhgffsr plead guilty TO being vagrans
and patty larceny thief. He said that ne
had been cut Of the County Jail hut q few
DAYS. having Just flashed q long term IN that
public institution, and begged the Judge to
temper his judgment with mercy, as he had
s family residing Ia Stockton who were
wholly dependent upon him ter support.
The Judge evidently thought the family
better eff without him, and cent him back to
tho County Jail for 40 days. Msby Farley,
young eOurtessn, was fined SO for enticing
q couple of young boot-blacks into her den Of
vice on Second street.
SOME WISD.-The following information
regarding high winds, ETC., occurring in the
United States during the month of March
was forwarded by General Hazsn, the Chief
Signal Officer Of the Army, Washington, D.
c., TO Sergeant Barwick, in which he says
the total velocity of the wind on Mount
Washington, N. h. for the entire month was
81. 500 miles, bsing the largest monthly
velocity eres occurring at that station; the
highest hourly velocity was $50 miles, while
the highest hourly velocity on Pixies Peak,
Colorado, vas only 76 miles, although the
latter mountain is more than as high again as
the former, or, Ia other words, Mount
Washington is only little over 6. 600 feet,
while Pixies Peak is over IA 600 feet. Ihs
storm that occurred in California during the
latter part Of March, which was also the end
of the winters drought, resulted in giving q
severe wind-storm OF Cape Mendocino the
hurricsns began on the 25h and continued
with great violence until the 2Ssh. a wind
velocity Of &C miles per hour was recorded at
5:95 P NJ OF the 18th when the thermometer
was blown away. the wind attained an esti-
mated velocity Of 100 miles per hour. Dur
ing luil in the storm the instrument was
replaced, but w8s again blown away on the
Goth The velocity at this time was probably
not Less than 125 miles per hour. During an
abatement IA the storm on the morning OF
the 29sh, the thermometer was again replaced,
but at 1:l5 P. NJ il was broken, after record
ing 76 miles. Ga this date the storm reached
its maximum violence at about $40 P. N
when the velocity of the wind was estimated
at 100 miles per hour.
A RAID ON TRAMPs. = The neighboring
village of Washington has no police force, but
very lively Constable For sometime pas.
the ciGzsns Of that place hsve bsen suffering
severely from the nightly visits Of tramps
They were no doubt heightened loafers, who
were estisEnisg alter she bon-tea citizens Of
San Francisco, who do business in that city
but sleep in Oakland. These happy. ge-lucky,
never-vork fellows, would beg for ''victuals
and drink in Sacramento during the day and
cross over to Washington to spsRd their
evenings. They would go into barn and
make bed by cutting open bale of hay.
This lively Constable referred TO secured the
services Of few citizens on Friday night
LIST, snd surrounded 3 camp of these fellows,
surprised and took nine of them prisoners.
They had an immediate hearing before the
Justics Of the Peace, who sentenced each Of
them TO respectable term IN the chain
gang. They were sent to Woodland on Sat
urday. When they were taken off of the
train at Woodland the people OF that village
thought picnic train had arrived.
PAVILION AucTIoN.-To-day at IL A. n,
Sher5urn & Smith, auciioneerE. will sell fol-
Sacramento county. by order of the Board
of Supervisors. and in front of the Court.
houss door, lois ard s, ia the block
bounded by Sixth, Seventh, l. and N
-stessts, with improvements thereon, being
f5e Rticaitural Pavilion property. Also
tbs nesth 20 feet Of che west three-qnarse.s
of lot 2. il the block bounded By l and J,
Sixth snd Seventh streets. Ths latter Is q
vacant lot on street directly opposite she
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