The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-03
TIGER IS UNCACEO
NEW YORK'S MAYOR HAS NOT
STOPPED ANTICS ON THE
GREEN
ONLY POOL ROOMS CLOSED
Notorious Houses Apparently Run
ming Without the Slightest
Fear of Interference
by Police.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK. April 2.-Ante-e1ection
promises by Mayor Low to shut up the
gamblers have been forgotten. Sports
in position to know declare that practi-
cally as many houses or CLUBS" are
open as were doing business under the
rule of Tammany. The pool rooms alone
are closed, and it is not so certain that
all of them are out Of business.
The police captains have received no
special orders from Commissioner Par
fridge of what he expects from them in
regard to stopping gambling altogether.
When the commissioner is asked why he
does not instruct his captains, his usual
answer is:
''They know the law as well as I do.
don't think a captain should be told what
laws he should enforce"
Those who are usually well informed on
police affairs say that under these cir
cumstances most of the captains have de-
cided to take the chances. "A black
mail schedule is still said to be in force
though no one believes that a corruption
fund is going to Mulberry street.
Commissioner Partridges position in the
matter is thus expressed by q man who
S close to him:
He is giving his subordinates plenty OF
rope. If they care to hang themselves,
let 'em. He has already sized up certain
fool him, and they think they have sue
ceeded, but they are mistaken.
Col. Partridge has got to find the men
he can trust To do that he has to try
to make everyone believe that he is be-
ing trusted. So far. I think. there is only
one man in whom he has entire conf
dence. He is going slow. but when he
hits he will be sure that he is hitting the
right person"
In response to a question as to whether
he would close Richard Canfeld's gamb-
ling house at East Forty fourth street,
District Attorney Jerome said yesterday
that he would if someone would give him
81, 600 with which to get evidence.
Asked If the police could not break into
the Garfield house on "chiefs warrant
he said that they might, indeed, but he did
not know what good it would do unless
they were to do it just as gambling was
going on. While an entrance might he
secured on a chiefs warrant, unless evil
dence was secured in advance or a game
was going on al the time, the house might
| be full of gambling paraphernalia, Mr..
Jerome said and it could not be touched
because it is not against the law to lwu
gambling paraphernalia except under GER
tain circumstances which DO not apply to
a place like Canfield's.
IF I should spend 81 600 i'll getting evil
I L
attorney, who would pay it? Do you
think the comptroller would stand for
bill of $3.50 lost at roulette? He would
say that the city is not spending money
that way.
'It is the smaller class Of gambling
houses and pool rooms which are a men
ace to the city, because they are fire.
Quented by persons who feel the loss OF
the money they part with in that way,
whereas the loss Of ST. 900 to a young man
worth $4,000 600 would hardly affect him"
do you expect to ask Reginald Van
derbilt if it is true that he played high
recently at Canfeld's?" Mr.. Jerome was
asked.
How could I get him here?" he re-
piled. "He would not come"
"HOw about a summons"
1T is not likely that he would obey it,
by the advice of good counsel"
Mr. Jerome, however, thinks that the
police force will be reganerated in a year
and a half to such a state that gambling
will be much less prevalent than it il
now"