The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02
U CROOKS GONE TO CHICAGO.
They Know a Soft Spot When They See 1t,
and They've Struck 1t Rich.

u ncy We StTuCA ~ NC
That article in THE Sun this morning rela-
tive to the condition OF affairs in Chicago"
said one Of the most prominent bookmakers
and gamblers in the country yesterday. was
a ~startler for the general public. but some Of
she facts it contained have been known to gam
blers for a long while. I never knew until I
read HI Sun this morning why more about
the goings-on there had not got into tho pa
pers. That Associated Press. or whatever you
call 1t. must nave a lead pipe cinch. I'd like
to be in on q gambling game that is as good a
snap as that. It's better than running a brace
roulette wheel. 1t must be about a. hundred
TO ono shot for those who are in.
But while that institution may be a good
thing for the SPORTING men in.ChicaGo. lisa
mighty bad thing for men who lay big bets on
elections. for instance. and then rely for re-
turns on Associated Press despatches. l had
an experience like that in the last election and
| know OF three or four others who had similar
experiences. ! bet a good deal of money on
the last election on Congress and the Senate
and on tho result III this state. ] kept watch
ing the Associated Press returns: they were all
over, and about 10 o'clock | thought I'd better
get in out Of the wet. as ! had more money up
tihan bet9esn $685. 81 1858 a nd s isSsse1 the IN other her
found had Just thrown away that much
mSn Who Ana had d done as s"f S HsS met several 9TH
But to return to Chicago. Sporting men have
since Garter HARRISON was first elected. There
has never been anything like it. not even in
the Old days in Saratoga; when Col Mitchell
across the. street. And the best Of Il is the
err Harrison is Mayor The better It is Tor the
boys. seldom has there been a more brilliant
galaxy OF sports than are now in Chicago.
"ThAY went there from AyefVWhOr0 hip MI
little ones. good and bad. The word was
passed Ss!onf lat .um%sT and instead o. 60.
down on CHICAGO INA snsy'ye AZ, been nsEtHe
be, but it len in It with Chicago, People hero
do other things besides gamble. In fact. in
smn}I tTm b to t asm p%%fpula nSf : 0mnnrstiysIy
rlays. The women are as crazy as the men
and YOU know a gamblers profits are only lin
rates for protection don't cut any ice, so long as
you get the business. But the rates are not 50
mpHGL difTsrsnt from What hey arc II New
from here and have modified them to suit the
exigencies OF the ease, They have succeeded
body in the profession OF any account is there
or has a representative there. The racehorse
Is, there. aud so are NIFTY others ! could name
They've al, got the stun. too. which is more to
the point. Vow and then somebody asks where
Su-and-So IL ANA the answer il: oh, hos with
the rest Of the push in. Chicago
But there's one d Disadvantage among all these
advantages. There are so banned many crooks
| there that respectablc sporting men don't like
it so much MS they might. 4 decent gambler
don't like to get mixed up with such an outfit.
but there's no helu for it out there. The
powers that he are very democratic and they
treat all alike. 50 long as they put up. The
badger game, too. In working full time out
there. they tell me, but nobody gets pulled. or,
II he does. he's admitted to hail and that
settles it. The case is a dead one. It's in this
kind of thing that Chicago laws over New York
Easy as rammany il, 1t never would stand for
badgers. IL they could catch them.
There's one thing about this Chicago game.
however. that | don't understand. No matter
how much Of a row tho church folks and Others
may raise about the condition OF things there.
no matter how much talk there is % iHvcstiCa-
They Just keep light on with the same old
methods at the same old stand. and. somehow.
they always seem to come out on top. I'm not
the Harrison end OF it. He's rot . cinch."