Arizona republican., 1894-12-21
A NEW TWIST. The Moral Mission of Two Texas Tourists. They Engage to Put
 Down Gambling. A Temporary LuIl Produced in
 One Establishment.
Rules Regulating the Game of Craps In this City Underwent Slight
 Revision Last Night.

Two Evangelists from Texas did more yesterday in the brief space of three or four hours to put down gambling in Phoenix than has been accomplished by all the prayers of all God-fesring per sons in the community within a score of years. So successful was the crusade that all games of hazard were totally suspended at the Reception all after noon and were resumed in the evening with fear and trembling that the re- formation might be renewed.
 The reformers were L. A. Warner and J. J. Jones, who registered at the Com mercial hotel yesterday morning and wrote after their names, Dallas, Tex. !"
 Local sportingmen are inclined to be- lieve that the address is not genuine, for they say What good and moral t hing can come out of Texas?"
 Immediately after breakfast these godlv visitors entered upon their mis- sion which seemed to be more particu- larly directed against the sinful game of craps
 The work of reformation began at the Reception. At noon they had broken the game and temporarily impoverished it's proprietors, winning $1200. The evangelists went away to lunch and the keepers of the late crap table, thinking they had gone for good, reorganized the game with capital stock fully paid up, of $500. The reformers, however, re- turned to see if the game had "come +r opd fpdipr if hroc+ ro with diH3 culty, put the finishing stroke on it and carried of the capital.
 They interfered with no other game but their influence was so somber and depressing that the wheel stopped still and the faro table was covered up out of respect for the memory of the late lamented crap game. They were all resuscitated last night but a general uneasiness prevailed on account of a distressing uncertainty concerning the movements of the gentlemen from Texas. The uneasiness spread to the other gam bling houses and there was a unanimity of opinion that something was wrong with the territorial laws which made so much fuss about train and stage robbers and permitted Texas | fever or any other bad thing that had hitherto wandered outside the con- fines of the Lone Star state.
 A rumor was circulated that the re- 1 formers went out with the evening train. At first it was believed too good to be true. It was confirmed later and there was a return in a small degree of public confidence, though there had been a painful and unfortu- nate contraction of the circulating me- dium in Phoenix.
 One of the proprietors of the dis. mantled game was interviewed last night. He took his loss philosophi- cally.
 "How did they do ?" he repeated. "Well we don't quite know. We don't know in fact who the operators were. If there was anything wrong about it, it was so carefully concealed that it was out of sight. It was 'out of sight any how. A gold mine is no where compared with it.
 The men came in yesterday morning. One of them was about forty, heavy set, with mustache and side whiskers. The other was young, smooth faced and dressed in gray clothes. They naturally impressed one at first glance as being smooth and "up to snuff" Actual contact and business relations with the gentlemen this morning failed to wholly obliterate that impression"
 "You say everything seemed regular :; had they no system ?" was asked.
 Perfectly regular" was the reply, land there was do apparent system One of the men stood at one end of the table and bet gold with bewildering recklessness. The other stood at the other end and expressed his confidence with the demonetized white metal that certain numbers would turn up. They threw the dice in a sort of haphazard way but were almost invariably "right."
 "Is there no limit on crap games?
 "There has never been any here, but I believe tonight there are some slight restrictions on that form oi amusement"
 It was learned last night that the strangers had broken a game at Tucson winning $2, 300, had made heavy win. nings at Fl Paso and had carried $3 ,000 out of San Antonio. It was also reported that they had laid Prescott waste.
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