Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-22

sabbath VISITORS TO THE RURAL REGIONS
ABOUT wAsaINGToS-THE GAMBLERS RAIDEp
By THE POLICE YESTERDAY.
The most popular game among the colored
people IN this city at present is crap"
Familiarity called Jill" Thousands of coIored
boys play the game every time they get a
chance, and many of them turn out to be
thieves and professional gamblers" A pro
fessional gambler" to them is the man who car
rIes the ''bones" or dice TO play ''crap," and is
known as the banker" He is usually a
shrewd negro who does nothing but carry
bones In his pocket, and is always on the look
out for Suckers" The sucker" as the
victim is called, is usually small boy who
either works hard for his few pennies or steals
them from his parents, expecting to win a
stake" He usually fails in his undertaking,
and
GOES HOME ''BUsTED."
During the winter months these youthful
gamblers meet around in the ALLEYS and in
shanties, where they can often elude the police.
but now that the weather is good the green
hills about the country are made their head
quarters. On Sundays there are crowds of this
class of gamblers, who meet in quiet suburban
localities and win and lose their money In
addition to crap games of ''sweat" and
,crack-a-loo" are played Sometimes an occa-
slonal game of ''ive-up" is indulged in. not
only by the colored people, but by young white
men and boys, who find pleasure in passing
away the time in that way
WHERE THE LAw-BREAKERs coSGREGATE.
On the mill-road there is a crowd of crap
shooters" every Sunday. They are young white
men mostly, from all parts of the city. There
are also several crowds who congregate Oh the
river flats. while on the commons. near the iail.
haIf-doZen crowds of coored .'crap-shooters'
can be seen almost any sunday. The police of
the eighth precinct went out yesterday and
ralded three gatherings of these gamblers The
crowd routed was on the hill, near the new re-
servolr, and numbered more than two hundred
negroes. One large negro had ''sweat-cloth'
on the ground and was backing game Not far
from where this game was in progress another
crowd was busy at game of crap" There
was still another gang who enjoyed game of
'hve-up, while some small boys were pitching
pennies.
SURPRISED BY THE POLICE
These games were in operation when Ser
geant Slattery, with Policeman Slack, Fifeld.
and others. made their appearance. The
crowd scattered and most of them escaped
Those captured were Henry Landon. Chas
Langster. and VIM. Tenney. After sending
them TO the station the officers went up Rock
creek TO Lyons bridge, where another game of
crap" was being carried on. The officers
broke up the game and pursued the PLAYERS
Three of them jumped into the creek and sue
ceeded IN swimming across to the other shore
The officers blew their whistles and the trio
were captured on the other side. They were
VIM. Coleman, JOS johnson. and John Jones'
From there the officers proceeded TO Cham
plain avenue, where another game was inter-
rupted. VIM. Taylor, Chas. jackson and VIM.
Herdman were arrested.
Near the corner of LIST and VI streets south
east Officer Lewis interrupted game and ar
rested John Rome, colored
This morning, in the Police Court. the per-
sons arrested were charged with unlawful as
sembly. 1enney, Sangster, Taylor, Jackson
and Herdman forfeited their collaterals, and
the others were fined IS each.
Landon. who was conducting the game of
"s"eat was also charged under the statutes
with setting up a gambling device. and on the
testimony of Officer Slack the prisoner was held
III SJCO bail for the action of the grand Jury.
81" The local circulation Of The EVENING
STAR is not only the largest and fullest but ii is
also the BEST, since the paper goes not alone
into the hands of the people of the District of
Columbia as body, but regularly Into dteir.
hOnaes,-into the families of all classes. and
into those of the money-spending as well as
the money-earning portion of the community.
An advertisement in its columns therefore
reaches the eye of everybody worth reaching
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