The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-10
ANTI-CAMBLINC CRUSADE.
A Law and Order Society In the Field
Against Gamblers.

The City Detectives to Be Sworn In
as Deputy Sheriffs and the Gam
bling Rooms to Be Raided by State
ohcsrs A Determined Move
Against the Gambling Rooms.
The MORNING NEWS was told last night
that law and order society has been
organized in Savannah for the purpose Of
aiding the courts in the enforcement of
the laws, the objects to which the society
will most especially devote its attention
being the suppression Of milling and the
enforcement of the Sunday closing laws.
The society is said 10 number many
prominent citizens and is rapidly growing.
The members of the society. it is said, 'are
not satisfied with the manner in which
the gamblers are now dealt with by the
courts, and it will employ officers for the
especial purpose of bringing cases against
the gamblers and prosecuting them in
the courts. BY this means they hope to
entirely suppress the gambling evil.
LOOKING FORWARD.
Another reason for the formation Of the
society, well known citizen said, is the
belief that should the present admins
tration be defeated in January the laws
against Sunday liquor selling will not be
so rigidly enforced by the incoming ad-
ministration. The society will endeavor
TO accomplish this object in another way
by bringing cases against the Sunday
liquor sellers IN the state courts and en-
ploylng counsel to prosecute them there
In this way II will see TO it that
Sunday liquor selling is not resumed next
year. Each member of the society agrees
10 contribute certain sum monthly for
the purpose for which it is organized.
Two detectives, it is said, will be en-
ployed by the society. Policeman Kava-
naugh. who has already made record in
the prosecution of viola.Ors of the Sun
day laws, has been spoken TO, aud will
probably be one OF the officers employed
by the society. Who the other will be has
not yet been decided, but the name of De-
tective Bossell has been suggested. Such
societies exist in other places, the MORN
ING NEWS informant said and he saw no
reason why one should not work TO ad-
vantage in Savannah.
MAY NOT SUIT THEM ALL.
II the information is correct the advent
of the society is likely to cause something
of a sensation. The authorities may not
relish the evident reflection upon their
ability to maintain order and enforce the
law, and if the policy of the society should
run counter to the administration there
would very likely be some bitterness of
feeling aroused.
In this connection another interesting
piece of legal information came 10 light
yesterday. Detectives Bossell and Kav-
anaugh reported at Sheriff Romans office
yesterday morning for the purpose of be-
ing sworn in as deputy sneriffs, their OBJ
ject in desiring to be appointed state
officers being to secure authority to raid
the gambling houses and arrest parties
found in them. Sheriff Roman was
not in his office, however,
1t is understood that Detectives Hanley,
Bossell and Kavanaugh will be sworn in
as state and county officers to-day. De-
tective Bossell said last night that the
city detectives will make it their bust
ness hereafter to break up the gambling
houses. All classes of gambling rooms,
he said, from the negro policy shops in
the lanes. to the heightened gam bling
rooms will be raided.