The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-23
THE TIGERS" MANYLAIRS.
Over Three Hundred Gambling Houses Running in New York
-Canheld Had Wealthiest Patrons

Three hundred gambling houses in full blast in Greater
New York at the present time. While statistics the
subject can be obtained for obvious reasons conservative
estimate to tina there 5000 professional gamblers the
city that those whose living depends upon for gam
bling houses such cooks dooreepers and ookou number
another ooo that their patrons in the neghborhood of 49,
600 daily and the of money lost each year the players
oo6 "o by the gamblers amounts roughly speaking to $4,000
OF course every has heard Of Canfelds East Forty
fourth street. door Delmonicos AS District Attorney
jerome expressed it, gambling places New York run all the
way from stus played Kitchen table the East side,
to Canhelds In fact, Canfedsthat is the outside thereof
has become of the towns show places ., ..,...
But there several other which press Cane hard
in respect general popularity although there doubt that
he presdes the luxurious gambling house and
mands the wealthiest patronage
Ranking gorgeousness probably status
ofts patrons Frank Farrels place, 80 West Thirty
third street. many doors from the WadorAsoria This
opened generally understood with the hope of attracting
from Canhed of the latter most remunerave clients but
this scheme has not been altogether owing to Mr. Can
fields attractive personality,
Mr. Farrell who generally referred "the pool
king has another gambling house 81 West Thirty third
and Davy Johnson pesdes very well known establish
ment West Thirynnh street Then there is Ldms at 1A1
West Foreh street; Honest John" Kely in West Fory-fs
street; Days large place in fynnh street, Shang Drapers
in West Twent-eghh street Lchteustein's Victoria Club in
West IhryseCond street and as District Attorney Jerome smil
ngly remarked several in Schitbergers precinct among
which may be mentioned Jolly and Wecotts which the
propetors and the police captain had slight misunderstanding
recently These the main resorts and while the hundreds of
others well patronized they do belong the big fry
1t be asked how the district attorney whose authority
the foregoing figures given arrived the estimate of 800
gambling houses the city There statistics
the subject and the best informed gamblers could give
figures The only statistics known be in existence those
furnished by the police captains police headquarters.
The district attorney Add IS per to these reports
and you would still be wrong but that is the way In the
Tenderon the police reports probably within 80 per of
the actual number In other parts of the city the reports
probably frequently within so per of the total" @
In this connection gambler authority for the that
there about fifteen gambling houses and twenty-five pool
rooms in he Tenderlon Curously enough
know of single gambling house in Brooklyn. Brooklyn de-
ectve whose word canb depended he heard of
such thing Brooklyn although he admits that there divers
pool rooms There Of gambling houses in East New
York which sometimes referred the Tenderlon of
Brooklyn and there be doubt that both gambling houses
and pool numerous in Long Island City.
Fhe district attorney admits that there far gambling
HOUSES formerly but he conditions better than they
twenty years ago. and that the proportion of the
population is by great then. 1t cannot be
denied however, that the number of habues steadily increases
round numbers each year.-Brookyn Eagle.