Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-13
HOW BOYS ARE RUINED.
Clubs Organized for Gambling PuF
p0Ses-Ghe Police are POWerIess.

"There is more gambling going on In this city
now than ever before" said q police of1ciaI to a
STAR reporter 'but the police are poweriess to act
because the places In which 1t Is practised are
legalized, and under the decision OF the courts
such places cannot be raided SO long as only
members OF the gambling clubs are permitted to
take part In the games. The gambling done now
Is ten times worse than formerly. 1t is true thar
there are no such games as faro banks and keno-1n
progress, but then the gambling Is principally car
req on among boys II Is not an Unusual THING
iSe,r SoTs rom ro S Us LOT ass TO save
visit q certain room where they gamble away their
earnings, and when short will sell what jeweIrv
are gone they will sell articles belonging 10 tnsir
parents, such as pieces OF sllverware or tewsIrv
u, In Tact, anything they can easily dispose 81
Dy the parents OF some OF these boys They make
their complaints 70 Us. and we go out to inyesti.
gate; We call At It, the rooms where the gambling
club OF a license TO engage IN any gambling Games
they please. First the charter Is produced and
then appears on the rolis and in many Cases ne ,S
either q charter member or an OfYicer or the cluh
In other words, he shows his license TO gamble as
much as he pleaseS. But the courts saw M is all
legal, and that settles IL with US"
ORGANIZED TO KvADR THE Law.
''The testimony given In club cases tried In the
courts" continued the oficer, "shows conclusiyelv
that some OF the clubs are organized for nothing
but TO evade the law. Persons become members
Initiation fee without ever having read the CON.
stitution or any part OF IL, and In some instances
II has been shown that intoxicated persons were
taken into the club-r0om, where they became MEM
bers by simply signing their names and then lost an
their money At the poker table. such persons are
members, and their own signatures are produced
70 prove IL What We want now IL Q law to break
Up these clubs where boys assemble and lose an
the money they earn and what they can some
THE NUxBER OF CLUBS
The records in the recorders ONCE shows that
during this year there have been nfteen clubs or
gained, their objects being for the cult
Walton OF literature and art and the pro-
motion OF social Intercourse or for liter.
airy purposes and mutual improvement
Literary purposes and mutual improvement,
SAID the oHcer, commenting on the state OF affairs
means ~ MANY Instances better acquaintance
WITH tne cards and how TO manipulate them.
speaking OF these clubs reminds me OF raid we
once made. The members OF the club accOrdin0
70 tne Act OF Incorporation, we thought would
pers or books and possibly smoking cigars, but We
had Information 70 the contrary and when game
OF poker was In fuil blast we went TO the house.
whose duty it was 70 admit only member Of the
club We asked him 70 unlock the door but he
refused We grabbed him. and In the struggle for
which connected with the cluD-foo5' and he rSvs
ana the CARDS and chips on the A'r ra6l:
doing 80 sons Of them M fen to the Ss' no On
and gave the game away. When we arrived
in the room the members had before them 3 num.
Der o. books aud we're looking at some pretty pic-
social intercourse. Many such raids nave BEEN
made. but All with the same result"
clarence 4 Ewes. superintendent Of the c,nc,p.
nass dl.sncs q ths United states secret service,
osed % II - Last nighk