Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-20
GIVE US TIME"
SAYS HILTON.
This With Reference to Stopping
Rambling in Salt Lake,
CAM BE DONE In A DAY.
"Bni . win he stopped and stopped
for Good" Says the chief Did the
Gamblers Play Last Night

was the roulette wheel In operation
last night in dive on Commercial
street or did some members Of the
sporting fraternity merely play a lit
Tie Joke on the police and are now
CONFUSED with joy over the result?
SUCH are the quiries OF the police, but
they ma no answer. They are in a
quandary.
Last evening II became nolsed about
that a little game was In full blast In
former gambling joint on the street
mentioned Detective Sheets, Ser
geant Brown and Officers Bush. VIII
Hams and Furster concluded to make
an Investigation.
All The gambling houses were ablaze
with electric lights. The lights have
been lefi burning every night since the
closing up order was issued, and
watch'nan left In charge OF the places.
THIS was done for two reasons. First,
the gamblers hoped that the games
would soon be running again. and, Sec
ond, i was deemed necessary to guard
the property there.
the first place the officers visited was
tbe sheep Ranch Looking over the
lfansom they beheld the lights burning
brightly, chairs piled upon top Of Ia
bles, the gambling devices covered over
and negro sleeping soundly on one
OF the tables saving gourds," as a
Southerner would say.
The next place was the Green Light,
where the game was supposed to be In
progress. After the officers had been
watching for some time, they noticed
people going In and coming out, and
Sergeant Brown said that he distinctly
heard the click Of chips that pass In
the night.
BE mat as Il may, when the door was
opened, 10. all was as calm and serene
as summers morn. The roulette
wheel was under cover, and chairs
were piled on top OF tables as they were
at the Sheep Ranch, and three or
four representatives OF the sporting
clement were lounging about enjoying
their cigars--but with merry little
tWlnkle IN their eyes"
The police win not deny that the "tl-
ger was being bucked," and yet they
are not prepared to admit that IL was.
It Is possible that the gamblers were
playing a joke on them, and II IL also
possible that the roulette was brought
out and given few whirls to prevent
rust AT any rate the police don't
know,
III Is not an easy thing to stop gam
bling In this city In two weeks said
Detective Sheets this morning.
we can't watch every gambler In
the town day and night and all the
time. and II liz possible for dealer 10
get some man who has money and take
him 20 place where game can be
played for a while. There Is an ele-
ment In this city we have not been able
70 handle for some time, owing TO the
jail being quarantined hut that dlffi-
Guilty VIII soon be swept away and then
we can say TO some OF these people,
We WIN give you an hour to get out of
town
Chief Hilton says that he Is doing all
In his power 20 enforce the recent or
der, but realizes that II is impossible TO
entirely eliminate gambling from the
city In dav.
Give us time" says Chief Hilton
"and we viii stop the gambling and
stop II for good"
In relation TO the card playing in
saloons 'for the drinks" and the ten
cent rate as fine for the violation OF
the law, Chief Hilton feels that It IS
a farce, and he has decided to make
no more arrests until II Is seen what
action the county authorities take In
the cases now In their hands.