The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
NOTICE. TO QUIT.
The Cher Of Police Informs tn" Gambling
Houses THAI They Must Go ont of BusSne>s

The Ch'er OF Police Informs tn Gambling
Houses That They Must Go out of Business
Last night Chief of Police Charlie Bur
rows went on tie war path after the
gam blers and at II O'Clock he had every
gambling house i'll town closed air tlghC'
The consequence was that there were men
on every corner, cold as the night was de-
pouucing prohibition for II seems that
whenever "a mans personal liberty Is cur
tailed he blames prohibition for 1t. In adj
dition TO this they were cursng the town
and swearing by all that WAS protane aud
obscene that they were going move oft oil IL
altogether That, it appears. Is just exact
ty what Chief Burrows wants aud 1t may
be SAID without giving away the secret
that it WAS to accomplish that
very purpose that he ordered
dens shut up. 1t is laughable to hear a
lot of gam blers talk when they are mad.
They imagine they are the bone aud slnew
of the town and that If they get out OF IL
ruin will surely follow. This Is partlcu-
larly true of the tin horn variety OF the
profession who. by their brawIs and rows
aud fuses cost the city vastly more TO
keep the peace among them than they
could possibly spend even If they received
good sal6ries and earned them legitimate
lv. After the general round up Mr..
Burrows was seen by an EAGLE reporter
and lie said: Yes / have closed them aud
head of the force. IL is simply question
of the city regulating the gamblers or the
gamblers running the city. For the
past three or four weeks they have been
great annoyance to the ponce ana
have absolutely become men
ace to the peace, safety ana
Good order OF the city. They are coming
IN here III droves from every direction and
the new Corners belong to the very worst
classes OF gamblers. They are what we
call tin horns and many of them are so
mean and vicious that they would not
scrunIe to cut a mans throat for few
dollars if they got good chance"
What DO you propose to 90 TO rid the
CITY of theme
~ propose TO treat them like other
yaps' if fluid them in town and lettering
in pubIic places after tomorrow night
mean business | will not be very long
more at the head of the force, but | will
treat nv successor IN office white by not
leaving him legacy of thirty-five or forty
| thugs OF this kind to take care Of and regu
! late. 1t would be dangerous TO leave
/ them in the city with the gambling houses
/ closed, for then they would have "a
resort to housebreaking or foctpadding
| to raise the wind. The only safe way is To
/ fire them out OF town or lock them up IN
/ the city jail. am not going to show any
! Of them any mercy: 1t is war TO the knife.
! How many gambling houses aid you
| close?
Il closed two regulars and three or foul
| crap Joints They are all that have beer
running, but if / remained quiet seyera
more would be in full blast in a few days
! For some reason the gamblers all over The
country got it into their heads that the
change of administration would result II
| gambling houses running free and easy
aud wide open in Wichita, and hence they
have been pouring in on every train. A
late as this afternoon SAX or them came IL
and proceeded TO arrange TO go into basi
hess"
The chief ia hot under the collar, 70 u.s.
the slang of the day, and if he does not de
ceive his looks the tin horn gam bier tha'
j. in town Monday night will hud himself
! lodging at the cooler.