The morning call., 1894-11-29
BUCKLEY PROTECTS THEM.
Operated by a Syndicate With
Chris as Patron.
WHENCE COMES HIS AUTHORITY ?
A Number of Big Banks and other
Gaming Establishments Running
With Police Consent.

the crap dice make music to the listen
ing ear.
The man with flaming eye who peers
through an aprature 10 the door and re-
CARDS with suspicion all corners who are
not known to HIM will join the good peo-
pie of San Francisco to-day in giving
thanks for the blessings OF the year. for his
task has been made easy. rs may now
nod and doze in blissful disregard Of the
character and discretion of his visitors,
because itno longer makes any difference
whether the game which he formerly
guarded with IN firing yigilance is reported
TO the police or not.
Everything is. "Wide OPEN" That is
what gamblers say when there is no legal
interference with their games. They will
tell you that "wide-open" town is the
best, most prosperous and altogether the
most advantageous place in which to live
and have ones being. They will tell you
that San Francisco has been marred in the
past by prudery and the susceptibility of
the police to the Influences of popular
opinion, which caused them to make spo-
radio raids upon the tiger in his lair, but
they will also assure you that such ill-ad-
vsed interference with the legitimate oc-
cupation of the gentlemen of the green
cloth is thing Of the past. Renceforth
the city will enjoy the liberty and license
OF the days of yore.
Most interesting of all, the crap-shooters
and box-manipulators could tell the pub
lie, If they would. that the immunity from
arrest which has been granted the pro
fession" comes from Christopher A. Buck
ley.
hn hn Aad fho
city four years ago to avoid prosecution on
charges of felony, is now a mediator
through whom the faro-players may make
their peace with the police.
There has always been more or less
gambling in San Francisco, but there has
also always been pretense on the part of
the police of closing up the games. Now
1t is certain that the faro banks are run
ming with perfect regularity under the
guardianship of Buckley.
They opened up short time before the
election. Two things happened about
that time, almost simultaneously. The
public was in the thrOes OF doubt as to
whether the Republican boss would whip
the Democratic boss in the contest for
offices, when. very much TO the surprise of
everybody, it became generally known
1t made its appearance with the sanction
Of the bosses, and straightway the gam
bling games opened their doors. Ever
since they have been fiourshing.
1t is learned from indisputable sources
that Buckley IS the power which grants
The gamblers permission to DO business.
OF course he gives them this valuable priv
ilege for nothing. Ever since Chris was
1ifFl Ii ho,- hnh h., INoo
for nothing. He has never held a salaried
office nor conducted a paying business.
BE has been doing things for politicians
and never had time to do anything for
himself except to amass a fortune by
works of Charity. Just now he is be-
friendiDg the gam lers, from soda to hook
and they are blessing the name of Buck
ley at every turn out of the box Various
estimates are made of the amount the con-
solidated gamblers of San Francisco would
be willing to pay boss or ihe friend of a
boss for the privilege of running games
without fear Of the law. Big Jim, the
Chinatown chief of gamblers, has been
known TO pay as much as $4,000 month
for the franchise for the Chinese quarter.
The privilege for the rest Of the city
should on that scale be exceedingly costly,
but the gamblers say that they have a
whole lot the best of this bargain. One of
them said, when asked how much was
being paid: 81 don't know the exact sum
but 1t is certainly considerably more than
$1,000 though 1 don't think it would reach
$1,000 a N onth."
1t mas been ascertained that the games
are being conducted by syndicate. which
makes its arrangements with the authori-
ties for all the establishments. The capital
Is furnished by the syndicate, which is
known by the firm name of Kennedy &
Harvey, and some choice spirits have been
chosen TO preside over the tables at the
various retreats. At 767 Market street. in
rooms over large harness and saddlery
store, Dick Creighton presdes over the
extensive crap game OF Messrs. Kennedy
Harvey. Surely every body remembe
Dick Creighton of jury bribing fame.
Well. since Dick returned to the city he
has had something Of a rocky road TO
travel, and he has never had such an easy
billet as he has now. listening to the roll
Of the dice and the invocation Come
seven, come eleven"
Joe Harvey is himself running big crap
game on Ellis street. between Powell and
Mason.
Brizzoleri Brothers have another at II
Grant avenue. where the genial Jack Tyr
rell. who was very active worker on the
Republican side of the house in the recent
campaign, has charge and looks after the
receipts.
OF course Captain Whites faro game is
in operation. He is almost irrepressible
even when the police are disposed to inter
fere. When he is routed out of one place
he reopens at another. and so goes on from
year to year. Now there is no secrecy as
10 where he is at work. Any night crowd
Of eager players may be found gathered
about the layout of the captain at 13 Third
street.
jim Carroll, whose place on Market
street WAS robbed last winter, seems to be
ont of luck. He is one man whom it is
d 'ffcult TO fix with the police 1t is said
that Buckley promised TO give him carte
blanche to conduct faro game in the city
and county of San Francisco contrary to
the law. but ttV. for some reason the boss
was unable TO deliver the goods" Car.
roll opened recently al 112 Grant avenue,