The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
TO STOP SELLING,
Chief Crowley Gives an En-
phatiC Order to the New
Captains.
Police Measures to Stamp Out a
fragrant and Brazen Form of
Gambling.

Following the advice given by THE CALL
and acting upon the recent exposures of
the illegal pool-selling in this city, the
Police Department has now inaugurated
what it is to be hoped will result in most
vigorous and effective warfare upon most
fragrant and brazen gambling evil.
Chief Crowley received the following
communication from the City and County
Attorney yesterday. For the time being,
at least, it settles the question whether the
pool-selling ordinance shall be amended,
and upholds the position originally taken
by THE CALL-that the ordinance in ques-
tion is plain spoken and comprehensive
enough to prohibit all pool-selling on horse
racing except at the racettack. Mr.. Cres-
well says:
SAN FRANCISCO, August g. 1895.
p. CrowLey Esq, Chief Of Police, San Francisco--
MY DEAR SIR: have finished a consultation
with Hon. ]. T. Dare on the subjectmatter of
your communication OF July 1S, 1895. We
have carefully examined order No. 1851 of the
Board OF Supervisors, prohibiting pool-selling,
ETC., on hyrserace outside of the Enclosure Of
a racetrack in the CITY and County of San
Francisco, approved March %, 1891. Mr..
Dare is OF the opinion that the said
order could not be made more complete;
that it prohibits every species OF gambling on
horserace in this City outside of the in
closure OF racetrack, My examination of the
ordinance conVinces me that he is correct
Yours truly, HARRY L. CRESwELL,
City and County Attorney.
Upon the receipt of this communication
Chief Crowley issued the following orders
to the three police captains in whose
bailiwlcks the pool-selling rooms are run
ming wide open:
To Captains Whitman, Spilldne and Dunlepy:
Your attention is called TO order 1861 of the
Board OF Supervisors prohibiting pool-selling,
etc. on q horSerace outside the inclosure of a
racetrack in the City and County of San Fran
cisco and the manner in which it is being
violated.
The parties conducting the poolrooms
claim that they are only agents and that any
money received by them is sent TO the track,
there 20 be placed on certain horses, and
hence they are not violators OF the order.
have the written opinion of the Attorney
and Counselor for this City and County copy
inclosed) that said order could not be made
more complete; that it prohibits every species
of gambling on a horserace in this City and
County outside of the Enclosure of q racetrack
The Chief of Police directs that you
take such measures as will put IA stop to
this form of gambling and report in
writing to this Office the action taken on
this order.
H. S. HEALEY, Clerk.
"THE CALL suggests this morning that
the reorganized Police Department now
take hold of the pool-selling nuisance and
suppress it, said Chief Crowley yesterday.
II think that was a good suggestion, and
in accordance with it l have had this order
issued to the captains.
81 believe that if the cases are prose
cuted vigorously we shall be able to stop
this illegal gambling. We are going at it
in dead earnest. There has been an un-
certainty about the law heretofore. The
booksellers claimed it was inadequate to
stop their business, and a number of cases
were dismissed. Now we will go in again
and stop the nuisance altogether"