Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-20
THE JURY CALLS THEM.
True Bills Found Against the Reserve
Township Gamblers.
NOT ONE OF THEM GOT AWAY.
4 Quiet Layout Said to Exist on the South
side Of the City.
CAPPERS WHO APPROACH THE SPORTS

Gamblers have to move again. Yesterday
true bills were found against 13 of the sports
at the Reserve township 'Monte Carlo. u
But the game has been started again and is
now fourishing on the Southside.
A few years ago. it looked as if Pitts.
burg had thrown open her arms and, with
all the solicitous beckoning of Monte
| Carlo croupier who politely points you to a
seat at the gaming table, was welcoming the
outside world to come on and daily with the
| capricious Goddess in all manner of forms.
Sermons were preached on the subject, COM
munications of protest were sent the press,
the officials were censured for allowing
gambling to exist under their very eyes,
and the peaceable public made distin ctive
and decisive ''holler" At some time OF
other revolutions in all phases of life must
| come. The revolution in the gambling
privileges came with new city administra-
tlon. The pool rooms were closed, the
poker dens raided, the swell faro banks
were notified to close up At first the
owners thought it was only temporary
sweeping up, and everything would
be running wide open as soon as
the public clamor quieted itself.
Not So At every move made by pro-
prietors to resume business they would be
raided and fined as also would the habitues.
Either Went Out or Went Broke
Then it became apparent that the authori-
ties meant just what they said, and the
warnings of the police finally were needed
quite religiously by the sporty boys. Many
of the latter, like the Arab, gathered up
big stack of ''blues" and his green cloth
and silently stole away. Some went East
and some went West and some went broke
before thev got out of town. However,
about the old haunts of the gang there was
far-away look in their ewes when they
caught sight Of each other. The expression
mutely said: 'There are only few of us
left, and we're dying off fast
Nothing In the gambling line was to be
had in the two cities with any degree of
satisfaction. In every dark corner there
lurked an officer, and when an occasional
short card game or a gathering of loyal ex-
ponents of ''draw," the chips confscated in
the raid were usually found to be muffied.
1t got to be so tedious to the gentlemen
who were wont to speculate about circular
Central station after having contributed
"tenner" to the city's rake-off, sad shake
of the hand plainly told they were inwardly
muttering "No use, no use."
Founding OF the Great Monte Carlo.
Time wore on about its business lust as it
always has, and gambling was a word
scarcely heard IN this progressive city.
People who are identified with sporting
fad NIL 81,
and cunning. No matter what reverses
and vicissitudes they meet with in their
daily walks of life, the good and true sport
bobs up, broke or flush, singing philosoph-
ically, What is the use of repining?
Some of the cold has beens" got together
last summer and concocted a scheme
by which they could outwit the city
officials at least, and stand the
county officers off for short season. Just
long enough to crop out good, big bank
roll. This they did. The new rendezvous
was not as palatisl perhaps as 1918" in New
York, but the layout was there just as bag
and active. 1t was situated in Reserve
township, just over the Allegheny City's
line, on East street. All the talent from
both cities frequented the two resorts,
where faro and roulette could be played to
ones hearts content. A number of poker
proverbial green bay tree.
Names of the Unlucky Thirteen.
This state of affairs went on until District
Attorney Burleigh took measures to have
the violation of law cease. He instructed
County Detective Beltzhoover to arrest the |
which he did, end now comes !
the sequel to the whole affair True bills |
were found against 13 people who were in
strumental in sending the nefariors yoca- |
ton along.
The names of the indicted persons are:
Edward Cappes, Daniel Einstein, Frank !
Freyvogle, P Gleason, William Foley,
Robert Hart, Frank Kettlemyer, David |
Leech, Faldy Leasure, William Mcclure
and William Robbins for keeping |
4 gambling house, including Thomas
Benin and Mrs. Young for rent
ing houses for gambling purposes.
Right in the face of this comes the state
nent from well-known sporting man that
there is gambling galore going on over on
,he Southside of Pittsburg No later than
asst Saturday, he said, well-known s'cap-
Der" of Hebrew blood approached him and |
.sked if he cared to engage in fly with the
iser. The sport knew the fellow very well
and knew he meant business.
Supposed to Be in Beltzhooyer.
ne, Ho"efet, ulu not Ieel Ike going over
o play the bank, but asked the steer"
where he could find the place should he
want to come over some time in the future.
His friend would not tell him definitely,
,ut said it Was on the Southside, and that
le would take, him there if wanted to
% over The representative said there was
10 number over the door, and that it was
luite distance on the Birmingham line of
ars.
He said everything went, meaning any
anne from faro to craps was open to all
omers who were SAFE 1t is thought this
lace is down Beltzhoover borough.
A DISPATCH reporter went over to the
Blue Lion" in Reserve township last night,
ut not a chick of chip nor a chick of'a
oiu was heard. Persons over there say that
is as pure as snow, and the
laces which once knew the gay and festive
amblers ROW know them no more.
An Awful Sentence Imposed.
The case of Martin vs. Drews, on trial in