Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-28
NEW YORK GAMBLERS
LOOKING FOR A HARVEST FROM cEE-
TENNIAL VISITORS.
The Leading Spirits in the Brotherhood
OF the Green Cloth" and Their
cunningly-Guarded pens
fcorreapondence Of the Richmond nlspatca-
Copyright by Batchcllcr & Co., 1881


With the arrival OF the half million or
more visitors who are expected here
within the next few days will come a
swsrm of confidence-men, crooks. and
gamblers from all parts OF the country
10 reinforce the home contingent.
Centennial week will be their harvest
time. unless, indeed, their plans arc
spoiled bv the cloverness OF lnspec-
tor Byrnes and his detectives. one
hundred of the especial corps, un-
der the immediate command OF byrnes,
assisted by second hundred OF ward
detectives in citizens clothes, Will IN
few DAYS begin to watch the ferries, the
railroads. and every avenue oil ingresS
TO the city for suspicious persons, whom
under the special law passed by the state
/ LEGISLATURE for this occasion, they ara
empowered to arrest at discretion, Ot
course there will he numerous arrests.
the purpose in view being to keep all
such characters in limbo until the cele-
/ bration is practically over.
One of the best known men IN the fra
ternity estimates that there are at the
present time about thousand gambling
/ houses in the city, probably one third OF
which are openly known as such. There
are 100 pool-rooms, with expenses OF
about $1,000 per day 40 faro banks,
run at about tho same outlay; and 90
pol1cv-shops, conducted at an expense OF
/ all the way from 800 to 500 per day.
/ Some of these pay rs high as $500 per
week for protection" and they con-
slider it only fair that they should be per-
/ mitted TO pluck the fat game That Cen
tennial week will bring into their pre-
serves.
One of the oldest and most expe-
rienced detectives at headquarters,
speaking OF the leading gamblers who
NAV be heord from during the coming
festivities, said
Although the gamblers have been
driven away from the city Mt different
times they always contrlve to ina then
way back again and to reopen their dena
at the old places. The principal gamblers
in New York at the present moment are
Phil. DAILY, Al. Adams, Mike Murray,
Peter DeLacy, Charley Davis, and James
Pilkinton. Murray has two houses con
stantly going-Sos. IL and j. ----
street. The real game Is kept at No.
| 10, and visitors who want to play ano
who are properly youched for, or come
in known COMPANY, have to 90 in at No
10, ascend the stairs. pass through the
scuttle over the roof, and down INTO the
parlors of No. 13. whore they find one
of the finest layout that has been seen
since the palmy days of the Long Branch
crowd, when Morrissey's clubhouse YVES
all the rage among the lovers OF the
green cloth.
"Shang' Draper, enc Of the most no
torious among the craft, has his games
at Nos. 102 -- street and % -- street
Charley Davis runs a noted game on
| Broadway, and few doors distant Is the
layout of another well-known gambler
One of the most noted of all is at SIS
-. On the TOP door Of this building
is game which has given the police nc
end of trouble. 1t seemingly Geties the
law, and the place cannot be raidcd, as
the owner Of the game is more than tue
match of the detectives IN cunning
He guards the place by every posi-.
| BILE means, and none can secure
admission except through a previously
arranged introduction. The visitor mus
I give the password. This word is changed
with unfailing regularity, like the coun
tersign of an army outpost This game
which is the largest IN the city, has beer
established since 1860. and fortunes have
been frequently made and lost there
On every occasion when a raid has beer
ATTEMPTED the signal has been given ant
the officers have rushed in only TO tinC
empty rooms, deserted halls. and, posi-
bly,, few innocent looking domestic.
clearing away the dc6ris OF wine
lunch, but not single sign OF a gam
bling implement
Peter DeLacy, who runs the games
on -- street and --- Is another
adrOit gambler who has given the police
many a stern chase. Ills place is vel
patronized by Out-of-town people, whC
are piloted thitber by cunning roper
in On Fulton street Is game con
Quoted by man named Kane. Thu
place was established by John Morris
scy. Phil. DAILY, whose costly adyen
ture with the badgers who tried t,
blackmail and rob him last year is still
fresh in the minds of newspaper readers
keeps ut No. -- west Twenty-flftl
street. His place is favorite resort 0
sporting-men, who follow the turf D,
day.
"One of the peculiarities Of New Yorl
gambling is seen at No. 49, Sixth avenue
This place is Kindergarten. where
according to the police, chips ar
bought and rouge et-noir IS played b,
boys
"Only one Of the number given is
negro, that at 49, Sixth avenue.
"There are about a dozen incorpo
rated clubs at which poker is played
and as there is no law to reach this tn
police are powerless to prevent it. BE
sides. so long as the men behave lia
gentlemen and make no disturbance an,
deal fair there is no pretext under whicl
they can be molested No doubt faro
roulette, and baccarat are also played a
these clubs. Since Willie Deutsch's IN
nous win at baccarat in Paris severa
NChlo uLO thc Hul4lS i4h9 btJl tiNAtt[hlli'
IN popularity here and may now be fair
~ said TO rank with faro and roulette
although faro has had a long lead.
eyes, nearly all of the houses on tn
list | have given you have bee
raided-some Of them more than once
and some a dozen times; but thes
gamblers are a slippery crowd to corner
They give bail. they are held to avail
the action of the grand jury, and tb
indictments are pigeon-holed. Then
when the whole trouble has blown over
We meet the sleek, bediamonded sharper
on the streets, smiling at us, becaus
they have been allowed to escape pun
ishment. In a little while we have t
so through the same farce again.
"When Marcus Cicero Stanley wa
alive he was a powerful friend of til
gamblers. He was their master, toe
and it was a curious thing to see tha
old man. who was gradually growin
blind, sitting in the little room in tn
rear of the cafe OF q prominent hott
and sending out his ENJOYS TO the diffe
rent games. with his orders to do thu
| and sO He vas ealdOm diaohavad