Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-07

louise. which batH men visited, could not
Distinguish ehe from the other oyer ~. .he
way, Il no. IL, the biggest game ~ ~
yogIe execution as to Eddy Klein's cool |
ness. used 70 run his game. This, the
coolest In New York, Is also the hand
soonest. His name Is Peter De Lacy, and
i have seen him under all circumstances,
In every sort OF place, at all times, ana
have never seen his face move mil.
Ilonth part Of an inch With emotion OF
any sort.
On both sides OF Ann street, on PARK
place. on Nassau street and on Park row,
Gambling houses still flourish LAS am
told mind you.) The greatest down
town game OF all, however, Is at Bar
CLAW, in which combination concern Old
Dancer, who died very rich a short time
since, was the principal partner. Inc
play here ranges very high, and those who
20 there are technically known as thigh
rollers.n II you may believe the dealer,
they are all colonies, Judges, counselors
or senator's. The chips OF this house
range from 40 cents TO So each, and there
Is practically no 'limitn Some time
ago there was the perennial scare
among the gamblers, aud every man-lack
of them moved over to Jersey, except the
dealers at No 8. 1t is u house Of great
influence, and more than one close cleo
ton In New York city has been decided
by the "pull" which It's owners have with
the politicians. At the time Of the Jersey
scare game was set up in one OF the
back rooms of Cortlandt street hotel,
but the ordinary guests of the house soon
took fright at the constant stream OF
queer-looking visitors going up to
the parlors, and the proprietor was
compelled TO forego his unlawful gains.
/ The night games are all up town, and
these, OF course, are OF the aristocracy
OF the order. Play, in all of them except
\ those in the Bowery, is for high stakes,
and at each splendid supper, attended
by negro walters, is laid for 10 O'Clock to
midnight. The sideboards:of these pala-
tial establishments, too, are admirably
4 furnished, all sorts OF wines and liquors,
except champagne, being dispensed free
and ad libitum. Cigars must be paid for.
The celebrated SIS Is unquestionably the
best known OF the Broadway houses.
John Morrissey and his great rival, John
G. Heenan, had interests in this house at
different times. II is exceeding exclusive,
and the stranger will find 1t impossible 10
get within its doors. No. 57S Broad
way, opposite the Metropolitan hotel, was
long fourishing establishment, as was
also GIG. In the by-streets off Broadway,
notably Twenty-third and Thirty sixth,
there are q number of houses still dealing,
but the vigilance OF Superintendent Muir
ray, who Is evidently in dead earnest, has
had the effect Of decreasing their gains
very largely by keeping out of them all
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entertain the faintest idea of suspicion
Very possibly the arrest in Canada of q
young man who stole $50 900 a few weeks
ago, and was brought back 10 New York
but yesterday, will have the effect of
making these houses still more exclusive.
II is proved that a large proportion of
this stolen money was "blown inn at the
faro table, and the proprietors of the
place where he lost IL are under arrest.
To conclude; do not believe there Is
an honest gambler in New York who will
not tell you two things. First, Faro
playing will lead man to commit crime
sooner and surer than any other form of
vice. Drinking, as curse, Is but child
to 1t. Second, The only way to beat faro
is to stay away from it, The mere fact
that you on one side of the table have to
do the guessing, while the dealer acts
simply as an automaton, Is potent enough
to insure your downfall in the end.
Faro Is like the three daughters OF the
horse leech. 1t continually cries, "Give
| give, givep And when at last you are
"broke," when you have no more to give,
when you have found yourself growing
shabbler and shabbier day by day, when
you are beset with debts and duns, and
awake to the startling consciousness that
all the time you have been playing you
have been negleeting not only yourself
but your family-why, then, you may go
to the dealer and whisper, abashed, in his
ear. He will say in cheerful voice,
"Why, certainly" and slide you "quar-
teri to go home with.
KRNwARD pHIIp