The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-17

| were again compelled to move What
| place so convenient as Jackson City?
Across the Long Bridge they marched, and
soon the city was a city of pool rooms,
barring several saloons which had started
| up.
From then on its run of prosperity was
un0roken. The pool rooms did a flourish
ing business The policy shops establish
ed headquarters there, and people who
couId not IND money 10 buy food for wives
and children, found the wherewithaI to
buy policy slips and pool tickets. Saloons
multiplied, brawls were of daily occur
renee, and fatalities were frequent A
station was established there, and the rail-
road trains, which had formerly rushed
through the place, built platform, estab-
Hshed switches and sidngs, and stopped
to take on and let off passengers
Then came the outlaw tracks, which
gave the place more notoriety than ever
Finally the district police had to take
matters in their own hands. From their
FIRST decisive step dates the passing of
Jackson City.
The blowing open Of a safe belonging to
the Washington Ferry Company and the
stealing Of several thousand dollars fur
nished the occasion. The booty was taken
to Jackson City to be distributed Des-
mond, Dempsey, and others who had as
sisted the notorious Billy Williams in the
robbery, were harbored there. Williams
himself made the place his headquarters
and failing to secure the cooperation of
the Virginia authorities, the local detec-
tive bureau undertook a bold step A pa
troll wagon, fun of detectives, ali heavily
armed, left police headquarters in this city
shortly after midnight, while the discus
sion OF the safe robbery was at It's hight
At this end of the bridge the wagon stopp-
ed, and the officers got OUT and walked
across The notorious Gamblers place was
surrounded. Desmond was arrested but
Dempsey escaped. Satchels, with evil
dences of the guilt of the people arrested,
We're found in the place and later after
Williams had been arrested, he made a
tull confession. duplicating the rest q
Following that came a raid by Virginia
deputy sheriffs on the saloon kept by Mel
son and Foster, both noted gamblers, dur
ing which one OF the deputies was shot
and killed. Other raids were made. Can
dler was arrested and confined in Jail on
several charges, only recently securing
his release. His place was broken up and
closed. Nelson was driven out Foster
followed. Several of the old buildings
were destroyed by FIRE. until now the only
saloon in the place is kent by Joe
Thomas and, except for brickyard hands
on Saturday nigh s, his patrons are few
and long time coming
Gambler has been released from iail in
Alexandria. and inhabits the upper part
of his place. The lights no longer burn
in the bar and gambling rooms down
stairs, and the sounds Of revery which
once came from within are hushed The
platform erected by the railroad is not
used, even the slowest trains going
through without stopping. The sun beats
down on the one deserted street, which is
thickly covered with dust in dry weather
and mud in wet Thomas saloon, Cand-
ler's almost deserted house. one feed
store, a stable. and an untenanted old
brick house comprise the city. The gam
blers saw cooler and pleasanter fields for
their work further up the Potomac river
and they, too, deserted. Saturday nights
the negro brickmakers make merry, but
II is tame and quiet compared to the rev.
els of the olden days