The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-16
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As mi THF slor MACHINES MUST GO
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ia Tho red wheel and the policy shops al
further proven TO be out Of luck by U
riot that city Marshal Baugh yesterda
served notice on the proprietors or repre-
sintativcs OF all the policy games In tn
city to shut up shop: they have been run
Ming unmolestcd for some tirne--since tn
Grand Jury WENT aftcr them some month
sgo--and the shock was snvere enough
prevent drawings yesterday afternoon an
last night. However. tickets were beinI
sold last night for drawing Of the blu
wheel to take place today at 1880. Wher
1t Is TO be drawn can't be told, but a re
porter was assured that It would be drawn
to which Is added, maybe for 1t prob
ably won't be now. Agents for the othe
wheels could not be found.
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District Judge Green OF Bexar count.
shut UP the policy shops Of San Antonio
Better reasons for closing them may no
be given than those contained In his charg
to the grand Jury. which shows that b
knew exactly what he was talking of: th
charge was as follows.
There have been established In our
city certain lotteries, commonly called
lolicy shoTs. These concerns do not
establish themselves AT some one place
and walt for patrons or players to come
10 them, but they have filled every
quarter OF town with stations and send
througout the city solicitors, canvas
sers or writer's These agents 20 into
the homes and business places seeking
and securing The earnings OF domestics
and laborers TO their schems. These
stations, as established, are in many
places, but always in the quarters
where wagc-eariiers are found. Their
acheme is not presented alone to per-
sons supposed to have reached the age
OF discretion, but they solicit ana iu-
d,ice the children to play at their game.
Worse than this, they employ cndldran
as solicitors
II tell you that the servants and the
employees who work for limited weekly
compensation lose their entire pay due
them on Saturday nights in this lottery
and have to ask for assistance from
TIER employers to secure necessary
food and clothing needed by than and
those dependent upon them.
ut has tendency to encourage and
tempts many to unlawfully take what
y does not belong to them that they
may get more ito put into the game.
! and TO corrupt and start upon n GRIM
ir,al cancer young girls and boys--first
petty thefts, and then the penitentiary
Eoon follows. IL this thing Is not
stopped court devoted entirely to
dispose of the business that will come
before It,"
In Houston there have been three wheel!
rrnning and the agents for them arc with
out number. SOME OF them are stationar!
and others peripatettc;; those located ar,
Ia saloons. In lottery offices and in cigat
stores; but by far the greater nunnbe
travel about The number OF people WIFI
play this form OF lottery arc legion ang
all the agents have been making soot
money. And by no means are the Negro
&alnlns the only persons who play II. 70
men who are well known In business cir
cies play 'giee," Saddles" and ether such
things. The game Catches all colors, az
and both sexes; the business man. the
gambler. the bootblack. clerks. inborerl
and Chinese washermer.
Along with the order of the chief I,
close policy shops was a sm,lar prohibi.
boIy esiict Issued against slot machines, I
revival iu which species Of gambling ha:
nccnrreii in this City consequent
upon the introduction of some new ant
very handsome machines. that are very or.
and costly. Those machine!
which stand upright nI.on the floor ant
foim very prtibty piece Of furniture. ar,
very expensiyIeA their cost being from 500