The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-07
WHAT DID HIT THE GAMESf
ALL THE Park ROW ROULETTE
WUgELs A-sPIN AGAIN YESTERDAY.
Panic That stopped Them on Friday Night
uneIplaincd- Police Have a Notion That
rI.han potter Is Not out Of Town at All
Rad IIabt District As Uproarious rs Ever.

Panic That stopped Them on Friday Night
ue1plaincd-P Police Have a Notion Ihat
Ei.hop Potter Is Not out OF Town AZ All
Red Light district As Upro'rion' rs Ever
The something" that struck the downtown
rambling houses on Friday night causing
,hem 10 turn their patrons out OF doors In such
n hurry that some men we're even unable TO
cash ia their chips, was not eApiaiheu yesteIoaS'
ETao,Iy. "a the something" was at the time.
n lacked vitality, for yesterday nearly every
A. ~ the places that closed 30 suddenly on
vr,dav night was wide open and all were doing
h,sI,oss The poolrooms were open as usual
80 iSera Was no difficulty in getting into any
- iham' There was the usual ncavy saturday
sftarnoon play, and come OF Tie rooms We're
a. ornTdei that 1t was with the greatest ditll-
cT,Ity That a man could make his way 20 the
cards containing the entries ~ looked ps II
rity ON Friday night lad been "A false alarm
in beating around for some explanation the
sr,Tta declared that the something was either
he result o! the crusade against wee IN the RED
iiynt" district. which 1t Is expected Bishop
p"'ter Will take mp after he has presented ms
memorial 70 the Mayor accusing Inspector ross
ami ant lierlihy of the Eldrldge street station,
oI Iu,J.puce to u clergyman OF his diocese, or
the result Of an individual cnort on me part 81
H.alLrI Croker 70 make tho police do their iull
dIty In the matter OF these violators oil the
law
A,tsr OF the-' downtown gdtnbllng rooms.
The greater D. I Oi tn business OF those south
Of the Post ONlCs I- done IN the day time, al
though there are frequently enough players
Ia mike il worth while to keep the pluc"s open
hail the night, There are a great many, pl
those places In the Wall street district, but
most 81 them ar" simply InneNrs Of uptown
he sumo timo that the downtown places close
Ior the day. There are a couple OF rooms on
four IN Nassau street. ON Park row from
The B-idg, to Chatham square, there are more
Gambling rooms thauin all tn" rest Of the down
e.4.F .N-t~frf FtIT tAUAfIGr Ihp-n uTp known
A. Gvt..out places. which means that the
standlsd chipu~od Is valued lt five cents. kou-
l"'tp l. the principal gam played IN the Park
downtown AT night. Soma Of them never
close Al all sao' on such occasions as Friday
Sai p,.. Iax tf,,a"rf N 2 II ne Of '@ ane oyt6e! %q niacSa,
for The most part " are one floor above
N" street n"d'-'rsuo can sometimes heal
II was these rIacos that were oyertaken
BY panic on FRIDAY light
was in a place lust beyond the Brooklyn
Bridge said a man to rHE Sun reporter, and
] can tell you We got action for q few minutes;
] Went IN al 7 o'clock and had Just finished
playing when the trouble came. The place
was crowded, but only two games were going,
There was a big double-erder roulette table
and a crap game. All that could get around
looking on. The place was simply going ahead
with business, "a it always does. | was up
BY the roulette table. and, declare, | don't
turning got their orders. But all Of a sudden
one Of the men put the ball IN the little cup
at II TOP OF ne w Mh otba ana d., s'i ~ ia tssn a H. so,d.
Games closed and at the same. time he
hauled a covering out from under the table
a man In his shirtsleeves Jumped clean over
the table and began to help the first man to
cash In the chips OF the play ers. Say. YOU
never saw such quick action in, your life |
thought it was a raid, because the first thing
the nun In his shirtsleeves did was To take
aI the money out OF the drawer, and put il in
hi. p,pLat Altar Fhaf ha g1ahnI In phira
from his pocket The chips were scarcely
counted. but a man got no chance 10 kick,
showing people toward the door and calling
All out, while some. others began turning
out the gas In loss than a minute the place
was half dark. all but three lights having been
turned out. and those turned very low The
crap game came to a stop Just as suddenly
and all those who were play ing 1t were hustled
into the hallway leading TO the street In double
quick. time In less time than it has taken
to tell this the room was empty, and there
was absolutely nothing doing
4 reporter saw representatives OF the various
a~nti-vice societies and asked them II they could
any explanation Of the sudden closing
Not one Of them could. A prominent
Of the Society for the Prevention Of
Il do not know what caused the closing ND
on Friday night, but | do know that
never in my recollection have there been so
many complaints received by our society from
men who have been stripped of all they had in
g tmbling rooms in this city. We have had case
after case Of late, and In every one of them the
man who has complained has lost thousands
OF dollars. Ny own personal opinion is that
the gambIing game l. killing Itself. The gam
hlerS are certainly making hay while the sun
Neither DR.. Paddock Of the Pro-CathedraI.
nor any of the other clergymen who are in
with Bishop Potter in the enielvor TO
present 10 the Mayor evidence enough Of Ger
tain conditions TO warrant that Official
I'm Furnishing the police officers who in
suited Or Paddock. had anything to
say about the memorial to the Mayor
None OF them could explain the
Something which hit the downtown amber
on Friday night. one nf them said that il GER
wasn't any complaint from tho Episcopal
church. as the ministers of that Church in this
diocese were too busy working for The puriiCa-
ton OF the rcd light" district 10 bother about
IN" gamblers on Park row. Bishop Potter IS
expected back IN town tomorrow. pr. Pad :
Dock, who was with him for q time and returned
the other dIr. declined 10 say where tho Bi~hOp I
wa save to r,lare that he was visiting tho
IS OF his dloc"-". II t., said that the police 2
b'l"ve that Bishop Potter is in town and l.
collecting IA" evidence that he will present to
b." NlVor
. If the Bishop is looking for evidence Of moral
In the red light" district, he ought
10 hay" no dim 'ultv IN 'iudinyit Atrip through
fhaf quarter on Friday night and again yc,ter-
~ afternoon showed 1t to be in its normal con-
mon. The streets we're crowded with women
Nno OPENLY solicited passing mon on the
NJ the house next door to the Living Water
Mission, in Chrvstie street near DelanCey, halfa
fOZeA women stood calling To meu who Uassad