The morning times., 1895-07-22
Alexandria County Crooks and
Gamblers Are Nonp|ussed.
RESORTS CLOSED SUNDAY
Not the Remotest Chance That the
Tough Element VIII Gather in the
Joints" Again for Many Day.
The Sheriff VIII Not Let Up on
His Watch Over Suspected Places.

jackson CITY invested day ana nSnt WIN
five special constables, the gamblers all
absent from Oak Grove and ''Hades,"
the Chain Bridge gang under surveillance
OF pickets in the woods, 81 coo worth OF
gaming tables and two bushels of poker
chips shipped 10 Alexandria and the pretty
town OF Rosslyn as quiet as Swiss village
Were facts in a Sunday chapter OF life yes
terday across the Potomac.
For the first time in years law and order
were supreme from the Chain Bridge to
the Long Bridge, wbileSheriffP T almer rested
from his Sunday work in his shirt sleeves
at his home on a very cool piazza.
The Times had a talk with him there
late yesterday afternoon and after he had
visited the gambling resorts within his
jurisdiction along the river front. He
| expects to have all the evidence necessary
to make out a case against Nelson and
Foster on Wednesday next before the grand
jury.
MAKE OUT THE CASE.
The paraphernalia OF the game and their
established connection with it he considers
quite sufficient to make out the case, al
though there is besides the testimony of
himself and the deputies who made the
successful raid at Oak Grove last week
his own accord, without tips OF any kind
| from ANYBODY. One of the humorous fea-
lures of the raid was that "Old Man
| Jones' met the sheriff in the road on
| the day when the raid was made The
| old man said there was no use in trying
| to break up this thing, as he and the others
| had intended To give up the business. Much
! to the sheriff's surprise, one OF the first
men he noted in the den when he broke
| in was old man Jones sitting up in great
| shape, but he was the first to get through
| the window in equally great shape.
Another good story is credited to Zeb
Crane. He was in a quiet game OF poker
i while one of the c0nstables stood behind
him with his hand on his hip pocket The
deal was finished and the dealer, who
caught a glimpse Of the constable's badge,
| said to Crane:
''Oh you might as well throw that hand
| into the discards."
Not by a id sight" said Crane. 81
raise it q half Of collar"
The dealer quietly pointed to the con-
stable Crane turned round took the thing
in at a glance and said quietly:
Il pass; you can't play poker agin
! pistols even when you get three aces
| on the deal"
TWAS AN INDIAN SURPRISE.
The raid was as good as an Indian sur
! prise party in an Indian camp. Sheriff
! Palmer and five deputies made their way
! through the underbrush and shrubbery to
! the edge of the clearing, which was lighted
| up as clear as day. One of the poker joint
pickets was swinging in a hammock and
was putting away luXuriouSly on a fine
cigar, watching the woods and the river
| path in turns. Selling the moment when
the picket turned his head to the river
| the sheriff'S party walked out of ambush
! Il ~, Il ha CpOtippl in the Swlpr The
| latter as soon as he saw them pass scrambled
out and followed them to the door with
the intention OF getting in first. He was
soon settled and the party entered. The
| rest of the story has been told in The Times.
There is not the remotest chance that the
gambling element will congregate in the
Joints again for many long day and night.
Mr. Palmer said that there would be no let
up in his watch over the suspected places.
He had five men on duty all day at Jackson
City. all of whom were unknown to the
law-breakers. He relieved them with five
others last night, who kept watch until
there was no need for further watching
He has information that the bar at Horry's
is run without O license, and viii make a
case against this establishment.
The Times made the rounds at Rosslyn,
Oak Grove, Heath's, and Jackson City
yesterday, and up TO O'CLOCK there was
not sign of anything wrong. Heretofore
the door at Harry's at Jackson City used to
be open but hidden from public view by a
screen. Yesterday it was closed tight and
there were no loafers around or near the
premises
HUMP OF DIGNITY.
At Joe's and Mack's everything was
barred up, but there were gangs in front
of them. who had evidently been waiting
for the usual tip toget iG. There was no tip.
One of the Jackson City constables was
asked il he could pilot him aud friend
stable got himself together with a consider
able hump of dignity and said:
Gentlemen, it is my business to keep
YOU out il L kin, and I'm goin' to do it.
| You nave to ask somebody else"
These thugs are not as they used to be
with the Jackson City constabulary
Oak Grove will soon be SO absolutely de-
serted that the wild ducks will land
at the wharf where pigeons used to get off
to be plucked The picture of the jack of
diamonds has been turned to the wall;
the solitary owl who killed Cock. Robin
and when the lonesome night hawk asks
the bird of wisdom Will truthfully say:
1.-The Washington Times.
It was a long fight at long range, but the
result has been just what was visible all
along the river yesterday, SO far as con-
Germs the desecration of the Sabbath by
gambling and rum selling. The Times has
been ably assisted by Sheriff Palmer who
is winning golden opinions of men and
women on both sides of the river. The
sheriff. by the way, made his descent on
one OF the hells minutely described by The
Times as to persons, names, and games,
and two Of the ganiolers named have given
bond for trial.
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