The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-01

fxf n..srtips a single place there
sspbins house in the me el nS, o. %oa M"
=. crooked games are nor u'a ~.
'.e s william Travers jerome who
ir01 me best part Of the past two
irolsa ~, NJ. ~ studying, investigating
Z y - me gambling industry VIII
nnOlaD or rejection 10 the hundred
y ~ ls,nc In and around the city
90 n.y. ,helr good money pass into
,..s,ome drawers Of faro ana F0ui''''
..,, that not single gambling
sa..I. me city Of New York where
'ils'' -. = rely upon an honest deal
sn YIN when these facts are remem'
-. york city is the greatest
~ nv nv, In the world, Monte Carlo
w ' ssroooan resorts not excepted.
n w ssl,jdual sums have been lost In
a lliI luul ~ fbe New York places that
llsa ouy md eight times the bank
- q .ld he won ut Monte Carlo or
A INT cOliu w
y ~, sxnepse Of maintaining the
n iial n g.mblIng houses IN this city,
Il ages. Losses they may suffer, ag-
scnsssn1 night. OF $4,000 a week, or
~ w ysar That stupendous sum
#a!W .,3n In before the proprletors
= A.Nstq The proprietor or each
III Xxx niaces is enormously ron
W. olsees are supported by men of
y w .pn al wealth Poor men or
y p oslS. means are not wanted as
n M man who goes in one of
sr,,- ~ 70 lose $50 $50 or $40 for the
1s si-innIng much larger sum IS not
n 49, nv any OF these ten places.
Who pays his losses with q cheek
- That man does not unit nm
n \. H. amount Of ready cash hr may
4 KIN. Rim. He gives full sWiAs TO
n '~bllnr fever. keeps only an APPROX
e. ,,eoont OF bis losses. and only rehtlh.F
. y SE done when the polite mnnager
!. N total Of the sum ne owes the
~
-, stohes are told of poker games
4, wssIssIppi steamboats, In the old
IVA !, immense poker games in Wash
Il Rooks have been written Of losses
g,,nlngs at Monte Carlo. Bpt as a
J, !, Main fact at no time and at ms
"A h,ve such stupendous sums been
4 IN the principal houses in this
Ihese are
Bhn r. Burbndge's In West Thirty
NJ Keir's IN West Forty drst street.
n, DalJs IN West Twenty-fourth
ncbsnstein's in West Thlrty-hrst
K,nney's in West Thirty-eighth
taalun's in West Fortieth street.
I&lng Diapers In West Twenty eighth
Belts In West Thirty fourth street.
MAC are scores Of other places, some
HI ssa where play ls high but the Hbov
M ID Ten are those which the rich men Of
M tU iyedUent-careful Ghrcwd bust
nsn, who have heaped up large for
"a ~ their sagaclty and superiority over
"a, business men. Yet these same men
"a so1ld not eGperd 500 In their regular
lsH without knowing absolutely and
N
*}lE the cause Of the expenditure, and
Eonld not have dealings with anuthe"
aAs msn unless assured OF his integ-
liye passed tens OF thousand over
i reen cloth in 3 night without ever
sdlnr they were swindled. They relied
% the fairy land fiction that GER
w professional gamblers are honest
2 ite the big losers in the gambling
~ ci New York;
si cones John W. Gates. the shrewd-
Business man probably In the country,
rin who made August Belmont look
mall boy In the science Of inance,
na J. Plerpont Morgan and other
N wall street worried to death
~ $1,000 In one sitting In Canneid's.
" Gates get square. fair deal2
HsAlt Attorney Jerome thinks not.
a Pays faro. Garfield has the two
VII brace faro dealers in the world
aosse Mr.. Jerome says; men who
y saept that they can fool shrcwd
sssolsl gamblers, mon who DO not
io' $40 or $50 night. ont demand
receive percentage Il the victim 5
y Y percentage IS not known, INT the
u percentage which n steerer receives
yea cent Of what the victim he brin9s
AoOse losses, The house is content
4 i per cent
Y percentage IN Itself shows What
ne player has. Every gambling
N the city rom Candeld's dowr
~ neerers' Their headquarters Is
'SaEay and Tort5 third street. II .
e''s honestly run no gambling house