The evening world., 1894-09-25
MONTE CARLO BOATS,
Shell Game Workers Infest tb.
East 23d Street Ferry.
Patrons Of the Maspeth Night Race,
Their Especial Prey.
Protesting, Respectable Pnssenys,.
Abused and Insulted.

Passengers who travel between ,,,-
city and Brooklyn by way Of the forr-
running between East Twenty third strs.,
and Broadway, Brooklyn. are bittsr,'
complaining of the lawessness whit
Is observed on board the ferry-boat, |
usually after dark.
1t Is claimed that gamblers have t,u
sway and work the unwary passenyor,.
freely with the ancient but entic,n-
shell game. The harvest, IL is a,,eo,s
has been abundantly satisfactory IN th.
gamblers since the Maspeth races have
been running, and no end of Suckers.
have fallen into their net.
Last Saturday night, when sever.,
passengers denounced the practjce -,
big row was nearly precipitated. II
Is said that as many as three she'll
games were being operated in tho
cabins of one of the ferry-boats. and
the gamblers received bets anvwharo
from 10 cents to $780, and. of course onIv
the cappers and the gamblers were tho
winners.
When the deckhands were appealed
to they declined to interfere. but ON
the contrary, stood about and watched
the fleeing.
one or the men who was a witness
to, the dsgraceful proceedings SATURDAY.
night. Harris Barnord, a match i'm
porter. of 23l Pearl street, termed tho
operations as positively an outrage and
an insult to respectable law-ablding
citizens.
L am loath to believe" said he To an
Evening World" reporter to-day u,..
the employees of the Ferry Comnanv
are in the pay of the gamblers, But 4
fairs was true. - a.
IT came back from Maspeth to this
city last Saturday night about Ii 20
o'clock. There was a big crowd OF peo.
sengers from the races. We had no
sooner left the Broadway dock in Brook NJ
Ign when the. gamblers flashed out their
boards one thea Sgarf fnees They laid ne
usual odds that man could not pick
out the shell covering the pea.
saw many OF the victims drawn on
py the caPpers, for there were two or
three or them to each game. stood
up on one of the seats in the cabin
and shouted to the men who were being
drawn into the game to avoid the
swindlers and look out for their pocket
This aroused the gamblers to anger.
and several of the cappers surrounded
me. was commanded to hold nv
tongue or | would be thrown through
the cabin window.
other of the respectable passengers|
sympathized with my effort to bring tbe
gamblers to time, but 1t grew SO hot in
the cabin that / really was afraid OF
bodily harm.
But the gambling continued on lust
the same until we reached this CITY
Before reaching here | had appealed TO
and threatened the deckhands to stop
the shell games. but to no purpose. Even
when / declared that / would report
their conduct to the Company, they con.
tnued to watch the game and hugely
enjoyed the sport
much to persenajiy inr %Tnid in eH Som.
pany. The Evening World" can stop
the nuisance. '''p
ION leaving the beat, two men eavs
me their names and said: Cali on lis II
you need any EVIDENCE" " NO
The names of the men are z. l.. Chi.
chester, of ia East Seventy-first strset
and l.. Buelgelsen, Of l761 Lexington
avenue.
The slips Of the East Twentv-tb,rd
street ferry. which Is run by the New
York Ferry Company, are on the New
York side, In the Eighteent, Police Pre-.
cinct. or under Capt. John Gallaphers
Jurisdiction. Inspector Williams In
whose district this Is, said this morn.
ing that he had never heard Of gamblers
working the shell game IN the ferry.
boats, and that he would make an In. l
yeStiPatiOn. y