The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-17
SALOON NE n PINCHED
BYHILTON'S SLEUTHS
Police SwOOp Down on the
Card Games.
THREE WERE TAKEN IN
ONE SALOON MAN THOUGHT HE
HAD A TIP.

The inevitable has happened. The
man who is trying to get something
for nothing has been stopped in his
avocation. No more card playing goes
in the saloons and the order to this
effect, now two weeks old, was most
emphaticaIly published last night by
the arrest of three saloonmen for toler-
ating the time-honored custom of play
ing slough for the drinks. The offend
ers are G. c. Elmer of the Comstock,
Joe House of the Cullen and L. T. Har-
ris.
The raid was a quiet one, but very
effective. About 8 p. m. officer Bush
dropped into the Comstock and
sauntered over to the card table.
Il frog" exclaimed the man to the
right of the dealer
Then the house was pinched. Elmer
was taken over to police headquarters
and after being booked for permitting
gambling where liquor is sold, was
allowed TO go on his own recognizance
until Monday.
A half-hour later the other places
underwent the same experience Of
fcer Furster run into a bunch of pa
triots around a green cloth playing for
the drinks and 'tsoloed best
have been made if the news had not
Travelled around town so fast.
Ordered by Hilton.
Last nights arrests were at the in
stigation of Chief Hilton. Detective
Sheets had learned that some few of
the saloonmen We're still allowing card
games to run, but he was not selected
to make the raid. While it would have
been eminently convenient for him to
have looked over the partitions and
caught every game red-handed. there
was just a prospect that if the big
sleuth's form appeared in the front
doorway, every man in the house would
have broken the windows getting out,
which was the last thing desired by
the police So FuFster and Bush. who
are comparatively unknown in the Sa-
loon district. dOnned ordinary citizens
clothing and worked to better ad-
vantage. There is no question that
sufficient evidence is at hand. for it
is against the law TO play cards In a
saloon, either for money, for the drinks
or for pastime.
One Had Tip.
But one saloonkeeper who is on the
list WAS t. = victim of a dreadful con-
spiracy. he had been informed on re
liable authority that the mayor had
said 1t was all right. A little game
could go on, the report was. without
fear of being disturbed, so long as the
proprietor was decent about it. Just
where the proprietor got this tip is not
known. But he fell right through the
cigar case when the officer walked in
and commanded his attendance at the
police station.
VIII why, L thought it was all right
I had a tip on it"
Tip be damned" was the responce.
1.-THE house is pinched, and 1 want
you"
The officer got what he wanted.
Said Chief Hilton last night: I'VE in
formed all these places that card play
ing would have to stop. This was at
the time the gambling houses were
closed. and for a time I believe they
obeyed the order But recently it has
been reported to me that some slough
games were running, although I know
of no poker games, and the best system
of showing these fellows that the law
must be obeyed was adopted. They will
learn some time that this department is
not to be 'monkeyed' with"
The men placed under arrest were all
allowed to go without bail until court
cOnYeneS tomorrow.