Kansas City daily journal., 1896-11-17
FLOURISHED MANY YEARS.
GAMBLING INDUSTRY IN KANSAS
CITY Is NO NEW THING.
Responsibility for Its Existence Rests
With the Men Who Have Been
Police Commi<sionerS-In-
terestinG Figures.

| If the statements made by the incoming
prosecuting attorney, Frank NJ. Lowe, who
was nominated at the dictation of the
/ Shannons, one of whom was for a number
of years an assistant of Ed Findley, the
| boss gambler, are true, he will succeed in
| doing something that has never been done
! in Kansas City by any other Democratic
| official. 1t has already been announced that
I Ed Findley. who has fourshed under the
I administrations of ex-Prosecuting Attor-
! neys Wallace, Woodson, Withers and
| Brown, is to be driven out of the business.
| For some reason unexplained these men
while holding the office of prosecuting at
torney did not suppress Findley. AS pre-
| viously stated, the Shannons expect TO take
charge of the gambling industry of the city
/ when Findiey is suppressed.
| There are many persons in Kansas City
! VINO are of the opinion that gambling will
! continue, Notwithstanding the assertions of
| Mr.. Lowe and the newspapers that sup
| ported the gang county ticket. They say
: that as long there is big ''yaller dog
| vote in Missouri the same kind of state al
! mlrlstrationS that have been in vogue fOr
/ many years viii continue. The element
| that persists in voting the Democratic tick
ct. no matter what its platform or who are
| It's candidates, is responsible for the exist
ence Of gambling in Kansas City and
! 81. Louis, in which the police departments
/ are under the control Of police commits
| s!oners appointed by the governor At
! tempts have been made 70 secure local gov
| er'nment of police in this city, but owing 10
| the perSistenCy of the Democrats who I've
| upon farms and in country towns IN voting
| the Democratic ticket, these attempts have
| been futile.
! In order to shift the responsibility from
where it properly belongs for the exist
| ence of gambling in Kansas City. two of
| fcials have been attacked through the
| columns of the gang organs one the Re
| publican prosecuting attorney and the
! other the Democratic chief of police Mr.
! Jamiscn, who holds the first named office
| says he has always prosecuted gambling
| cases brought into the criminal court upon
appeals from the police and justice courts
| and is ready at any tine to prosecute any
| gambler in Kansas City or Jackson county
| If persons having knowledge of gambling
| will file informations. Chief Irwin says he
| found gambling in full blast when he took
| the office and has dore more to suppress it
| than was ever done before in the same
| length of time. 80 far as Ed Findley is
| concerned, said he, II inherited him as
a gambler. l didn't make him gambler
| The records of my Office will show that be
fore l came into power Ffndley and the
other gamblers had the town. Since then
1 have driven them into out-of-the-way
places. l don't believe it possible to COM
pletely suppress gambling in this city or
any other city, but it can be reduced to
! a minimum"
1t is time that Ed Findley and every
other gambling house proprietor were
either driven out of Kansas City or COM
PEELED to retire from business. They have
had things pretty much their own way for
| many years. During all the time that they
have done business" there has been Il
| board of commissioners running the police
department The commissioners since 1890
have been Frank F. Rozzelle, Thomas R.
Morrow. Bernard Corrigan, Wiley o. Cox.
NJ. A. Fyke, George NJ. Shelley and Frank
G. johnson.
Chief Irwin has prepared the following
comparative statement, showing the ar
rests of gamblers made from May l. 1893
to January !, 1895, a part of his predeces-
sors term, and from May 4, 1885, to October
26, 1896 all Of his. own term except the past
twenty-one days.
ARRESTS IN 1893.
May 13, Sam Burton; eight players.
May Is, Joe Green six players.
May Is, j. H. Kellog; seven players; eO5
Baltimore avenue.
May 26, C. T. Cole; seven players; No. 9
East Tenth street.
May 81, j. H. Sargent; three players;
$50 Main street.
July 15. ]. H. Sargent; ten players: $50
Main street.
August IS, T. White; twenty-five players:
No. East Third street.
December 27, C. oldham; seven players;
so Main street.
December 27. W. Baughman; eleven play
ers; IS West Missouri avenue.
December q. ]. K. Krim; four players;
northwest corner Twelfth and Walnut.
Nh,r pnly nj,
Seventeenth and Drip streets.
Total raids, II; total arrests. 100.
ARRESTS IN 1894.
June %, B. McRay; eight players No .
district.
July H. C. Oldham, thirty-seven players;
so Main street.
July II, b. Baughman; fifty-six players;
1S West Missouri avenue.
July q, n. Mcdonald; eight players; 723
Independence avenue.
September 3, f. HELEN, fourteen play
ers: Seventeenth, between Drip and Jar
Doe streets.
September 9, Charley Hang; sixteen play
ers; 2l3 West Fifth street Chinese laun-
dry)
Total raids, g. total arrests. 145.
ARRESTS IN 1895
May Il, ]. X. Krim; nineteen players;
500 Wall street.
May IA. C. Morton; six players; West
Twelfth street
May 10, C. Whiting; eleven players; 1903
East Eighteenth street
May 10, ]. Fields nine players; 70i East
! Twelfth street.
May &C. c. Dolan; seven players; 525 Nc
Gee street.
June . L. A Quigley: twelve players;
Clifton house.
July /. G. Baughman; five players; Ills
West Ninth street.
July L, W. H. Hill; two players; 17l5
West Ninth street.
July 49, Dick Stone; thirteen players: $50
Grand avenue.
July 10, l.. NJ. Bliler; ten players; s05 Bal
timOre avenue.
July %. II. Hutchison; ten players; 4Oi
Broadway.
August 10, c. Morton; five players;
West Twelfth street.
July 81, George Meyers; six players: Sew
enteenth and Grand avenue.
August 81. T. Hawkins; ten players; PIG
Washington street
August 81, Japes Francis; five players;
2l24ia Broadway.
October % c. Baughman; nine players:
alley between Main and Delaware. Mis-
souri, avenue and Fifth.
October 81, A l. Bean; six players; 13
East Eighth street.
November .. A. L. Rean; thirteen play
ers; 10 East Eighth street
November ;, James Lorraine; five players;
. West Tenth street.
Total raids, 10; total arrests. 1872
ARRESTS IN 1896.
January .. John Johnson.
January 9, Fred Watson; six players:
Twelfth and Grand.
January .. Sandy Edwards; five players: