The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-01
SHUT DOWN NOW.
No More Faro and Crap
Games Running.
POLICE AWAKE SUDDENLY.
Gamblers Compelled to Take a
Holiday.
WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF 1T ALL
May Be Buckley Gould Not Fulfill His
Contract, and Perhaps 1t
Is a Bluff.
POLICE AWAKE SUDDENLY.
WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF 1T ALL

Faro-dealers and crap-shooters suffered
last night from ennui.
Dick Creighton pressed his back against
a wall at Suffer and Kearny streets and
yawned YEARLY. Jack TyrreU strolIed
along the Market-aud-kearny-s prom
enade with his hands behind him and deep
disgust written on his handsome features.
"Cap" White moved restlessly along The
sidewalk in front of 13 Third street, and
muttersd Things which, if they could have
been overheard, would have caused listen
erS to tremble.
ALI the faro and crap games were
closed, and the keepers were taking az en-
creed holiday. Tie police had been
seized with another "spasm," the sports
said, and had ordered all the games closed
because The CALL had on Thursday
morning published the fact that the keep
ers of faro and crap games had made deal
with Chris Buckley by which they were
TO be allowed to violate the law in consid-
Grafton of certain sum of money paid to
the boss.
Sergeant Hanna at the Southern police
station was quite indignant when asked if
there were any games running last night.
he said that if any man attempted To play
faro or crap in the territory in which he
guarded the public morals he would pull"
him In a jtny, and the sergeant didn't
care if it should be his own brother.
mo. sir, he said. ~ defy any man to
show me a game running on the south of
Market street. There are no games. L
have men stationed in the rooms where
faro and crap have been PLAYED, and
know that there is no gam bling going on"
The sergeant also SAID hat he had made
himself unpopular by being so strict about
gambling, but he could not heln il. So
long a he shnuId cnn troll tha dnSIinipS nf
the south of Market street district thera
never should be any gambling. He would
BE- every bit as strict as he had been in the
past. And That is doubtless true.
The games were all IN full blast Thurs
day night, and the gamblers were confident
that they would be let alone as per agree
meet with Chris Buckley, who had under
taken TO stand between them and the
police, the price named being 10 the neigh
borhood of $500 month.
So sweeping had been the bargain and
so open the violations of the law which
resulted from il that some peorle had come
to the conclusion that Buckley had lost
some of his timidity aud, thrown off his
cloak OF secrecy. But as soon as the story
of the Matchmaking of the gamblers was
given publicity by THE CALL a sudden
halt was made, and faro-Dlaying stopped.
In all the places named 10 Thursdays
issue policemen were stationed last nigh,
and the hahitues were allowed 10 play
nothing but poker. AT IL Grant avenue,
where Brzoleri Brothers mad a big crap
! game, two poker games were running. A
| tall policeman looked on and seemed 10
| like his Job;
A man in he hall was asked where the
crap game was and said, There is crap
game in town. They have all been smut
| down by the police. Ii you don't plav
poker you can't have any fun tonight"
| But two mel down on the street found
| means of betting without having re-
course to the aluribg draw" One of
them said that the games had been shut
down because Chris Buckley could not
fulfill bis end of the contract. He had
promised to keep the police off when he
| pocketed the stipend paid by the gamblers,
but when exposure came it was found
that he had no control over the pIlce.
The other man said that this Was non
sense. The general supervision of gamb-
ling. ne declared, had no further signif-
canoe than that the Police Department
was making temporary bluff.
Before the facts were published the de-
partmert did not know that any gaub-
ling was being done in San Fran CISCO and
therefore 1t did not put stop to it, but as
soon as newspaper enlightened tho
authorities as to the true state of affairs.
why, of course, the law-breaking was
stopped. This man predi (ed that the
games would be open again within a week
He said that Buckley would keep mis-
word Just as soon as the quslms of the pub
lie had been quoted by the announcement
of the fact that the games had been
closed. The police could not afford to let
things 60 on as they had been going lust
after so much nOtoriety had been given
the matter. but within a short time people
would forget anu then gambling would be
resumed. The aforementioned man per
sisted in maintaining that the crusade OH
faro and crap was because Chris Buckley
had no authority to grant immunity from
police interference, and the controversy
resulted in a wager being laid.
So there is diversity OF opinion on this
point, but the more prevalent belief is
that last nights stoppagc of proceedings is
but another spasmodc effort for effect on
the part Of the police, and that Tyrrells
and Creightons and Whites of the green
cloth will snon be at 1t again.