The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-24
aODSPGqH'S CRUSADE.
He Names a Number Of Open
Gambling Dens in Hud-
son County.
coNsTABLEs TO CLOSE THEM
Ineffectiveness Of Raids Guards
to Be Stationed at
Each Spot.

During q lull in the proceedings in the
sessions Court this morning Judge Huds-
peth said the Court had been informed
and believed that there were several
places in this county where pool selling
and gambling are carried on ofanly. One
place is in North Bergen on the river
road. Pools are sold on horse races and
all sorts of gambling is carried on. A
beat is run from New York to this mod
ern Monte Carlo carrying over the scum
and refuse of the New York slunis. and
there they carry on their nefarfous busi-
ness
The The Prosecutor ana the Sheriff have
esylng evil and raids have been organized. !.
put IN some lnconlprehensible way the
gamblers receive timely notice. When the
gone away and no evidence of pool sell
lng or gambling can be found It has all
disappeared The Court has determined
tnat this place must be closed if it takes
an the power of the county to do it,
Ihe Sheriff has informed the Court
s,3:g Juq3ge Hudspeth continued, shat pool
Seilng on horse races and other forms
q gambling are carried on continuously
at the Mansfield house or hotel in Gut
tenpurg and several attempts have been
made TO raid the place. but in the same
incomprehensible way warning is given
OF the contemplated raid and when the
officers reach there the gamblers and
The Court desired the Prosecutor to have
officers stationed at this place to see that
the law is not further violated
subsequently Mayor John Zeller of Gut
tenburg informed Judge Hudspetn that
the Mansfield House is not in Gutten-
burg but in North Bergen and the cor
rection was made.
Continuing, the judge said that only
the day before yesterday the Court was
informed that a pool room was running
in full blast in the city of [Hoboken. An
Uyac fha,.a I.t.% ,,1 ~,
gamblers had received warning and sus-
pended business temporarily. There are
three pool rooms in Jersey City where
informed that they have direct connec-
ton with the Western Union Telegraph
Company. The, Court does not know
or not. but notice is given for the future
that all the power the Court can invoke
will he. used to suppress these places and
keep them suppressed.
Judge Hudspeth quoted a law which
authorizes the presiding judges of the
Oyer and Terminer and the Court of Gen
expenses of. closing these places The
Board of Freeholders pays the bill on
the certificate of the Judge. No criticism
was intended on the Prosecutors office.
Judge Hudspeth said; he only read the
law to shcw that there was ample au-
tthority for defraying the expense of clos
Ing these places. There seems to be no
way of suppressing these gambling heHs
except by placing officers on duty at them
and the Court requested the Prosecutor
to have officers stationed at each place.
The judge suggested that the Prosecu-
tor send two constables to the River
Walk establishment, two to the Mansfield
House, two to Hoboken and as many as
might be deemed necessary to Jersey
City.
Judge Hudspeth then addressed himself
to policy playing. He said that the Court
was constantly receiving anonymous let
ters giving the location of places where
policy is played and the names of the
hackers and runners. 'If" he said 'sthe
writer's of these letters will appear and
make affidavit against these people the
Court will issue bench warrants and see
that they are arrested. If these CON-
plainants desire to see the law sustained
and this nefarious business extirpated
they should come here and make formal
complaint under oath. Judge Kenny and
i will remain here to receive them and
when the policy players are apprehended
the bail will be fixed high enough to
make it sure that they will remain in
jail
The Judge directed the constables to
remain1in court so that they could be as
signed to duty at the pool rooms. and
said that they would be held to the stnict-
est accountability for the faithful per-
formance of their duty.
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