The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-20
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nov OPERATING.
This is the Stat ement Of Police
Regarding Whole CITY The
Chiefs Declaration.

For the first time In many months;
| gambling, In all it's phases. has stopped;
50 far as this city goes. There is not now.
within the knowledge of the police, one;
Rambling house in Richmond which has
open doors, and according. TO the evi-.
! dence in Police Court esterday its4Would
seem that thisfhas been the state of at
fairs for some two OF three weeks. Some
dozen or SO men were fined $50 each in;
the Police Court yesterday. as proprietors
of gambling houses and two cases, those
of Samuel Rlount and &; his partner
who were accused e Of conducting
4 gambling house "a First and 8 Broad
-!veie continued uni til next Thursday, the
sourt not caring to render a decision in
lsthese cases. - s /. y.
+: Here are the persons who were ar
raigned with the disposition. of cases.
Whites: Samuel Blount and partner
First and Broad Streets, poker room; opin-
ion served until next THURSDAY -.
Edward Hicks, East Broad Street,
pGker-room, $50. - IS
Ike Walport, mbling-room, $50. e
! Blacks: Moses Robinson, rearNo:s 124 w.
Broad Street skin. 3, $50 SIS @ 3 tE5
Z Buff Laws, West q Broad Street
tf.tskin, - $50 .ss,..
Brown and Hansbu No. 3s25 North
i Seventeenth Street, gaming for drinks, $50
Charlie White, No. 523 North Seven
| tcenth, craps. $50.
Henry Smith, No. $50 North Seven
tenth. worked for Charlie White.
Prosser5 Taylor, Seventeenth and Grace
Streets, skin, - $780,
In connection with yesterdays fines, It is
interesting to note that there came no
case which would permit of a test of the
| Supreme Court decision a. to the $50 limit
on poker-playing and the question of
gambling. It was also shown that there
| is not, and has not been within the last
week or so, a;single: case where a gamb-
ling-house proprietor has conducted his
| place and therefore. Richmond is
! clearer of this evil than for many months
| past. In other words, gambling has
stopped fiat and the police have orders
to Immediately stop any sort of Gamb-
| ling:
! There came up several interesting ques-
lions in the consideration of the gamb-
ling cases yesterday The court held that
| no one has a right to allow gaming of
any sort, even for drinks. in saloons; that
poker-rooms must be wiped out of exis-
tence and that the straight gambling
places are on the list with the poker
rooms. In one case yesterday, he fined sa-
loon-proprietors $50 for allowing card :
playing for drinks: in two or three cases
he fined poker-room owners and IN the
other ca ses the charge was straight gam
ing.
Chief Howard said yesterday that he
intended to push the gambling crusade
to a finish, and that this city would be
rid OF every gambling resort within
short while.
'I will hold the, captains Of the three
districts personally responsible for any
gambling resorts that may be found IN
their Districts" he said. and in this
way believe that the gambling places
will be wiped out.
"The police have always carried In
structions to break up gambling and they
have done everything to that end in the
regular conduct Of their duties. Now
there will be extra ordinary efforts made
to suppress the evil /"