Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-10
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10 1906 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH

up and kicked in the door.
| There was a big hub hub and
long pow WOW. BtIT THE CASE
NEVER CAME INTO THE POLICE
| COURT.
Zip Sing closed up the place ON tn
hint and then the matter was takei
into the Chinese Masonic lodge. Near
| ly all OF the male members OF III,
salt Lake colony are members OF tht
| lodge and II IL here that their trouble.
were adjusted.
PAID THIRTY DOLLARS.
The matter was settled by Yin Sins
| paying $50. At this point the evidenc,
secured by the News" became cloud
ed Whether this $50 was paid I,
Chin chin. the Chinese joss. the pro
lection FUND.- or the home for INDECENT
Fan Tan boosters deponent sayeth not
All mat was forthcoming was hin
pay tlity dolla.'
AS before stated this gossip o,
Chinatown was told by four different
Cinnamon. An effort was made to geI
these Cinnamon together but It proved
futile. They fatty refused to accom-
pany a white man around Chinatown
and do the Introducing act. so great
was their expressed fear Of Chin Chin.
and his friends the police.
ZIP sing was seen and questioned
closely regadring the story that the
Chinese were paying for protection to
the police.
In the presence Of witnesses he stat
ed both yesterday morning and after
noon that he had paid $40 TO Defective
Lallay,. who Is known among the gam
ping fraternity, white, black and yell
low, as the middle man"
CAN'T STOP LITTLE ONES"
A member of the city council ("Ameri-
cam Republican,, in conversation with
man who was for long time in
terested IN a gambling house In this
city, tried very hard to make a plaus-
ible defense for Honest George
Sheets with reference to conditions
which are known to obtain in Salt
Lake at the present time.
The councilman declared that Sheets
had closed up the gambling houses,
but admitted that perhaps there were
some poker games going on. He said,
however, that while Sheets was able to
stop gambling In the big houses" he
was unable TO get into the poker
games, and for that reason could not
stop them. At this statement, the
gambler came back with question
that was a poser for the councilman,
and 1t is also a puzzler for Chief
Sheets The question was put In this
way:
"You say that Sheets stopped gam
bling In the big houses, but that he Is
unable to get into the places where
poker is played. II he was able TO get
into the big houses why can't he get
into the smaller ones?"
THE BUSY MIDDLE MAN.
That games are going on all the time
and are being protected there can be no
doubt The games are run by white
men. colored men and Cinnamon. How
much protection" money does the
middle man" collect per week or per
month? An incident OF recent occur
renee throws some light on the ques-
ton. 1t is related that a certain gam
bier wanted to start a poker game or
two. He asked the middle man" II
arrangements could be made, and Of
fered TO come through with % per
cent OF the earnings per week.
No percentage goes" the middle
man" Is reported to have replied. If
you want to do business come In with
$25 cash a week" The gambler -did
not start his game.
of the price for protection" But the
price seems TO be cheaper for the poor
Mongolians who say they pay SO to
Detective Lalley." Chinese interpre-
tiers Who have been in every joint on
Plum alley that many make payments
to the middle man. The name of the
Chinaman who gave the Information is
withheld for the reason that IL his
identity were divulged the protected"
Chinaman would make 1t decidedly UNI
comfortable for him. He stated that
the Cinnamon above referred TO admitted
TO him that they paid 80 much per
week, or month. TO the middle man"
GAMBLING JOINTS.
Following Is list OF some of the
night. 1t is furnished to the police who
pass It blindly by all the time:
Zip Sing. 10 Commercial avenue, lot
terry; All Woo, 10 same street, Fan Tan;
No. 10 Plum alley there is a poker
game In the front room and lottery
game In one of the rear rooms. No. IL
Plum alley, poker; No. 51ia, Fan Tan
and poker and Fantan in the basement;
No. 0, Fan Tan; No. 40. lottery, and No.
81, Fan Tan and lottery.
Zip Sing freely admits that he gave
the big boss OF the detectives, mot
George Sheets" $40 How much does
he collect from the other "Chinks?"
Former Mayor Chin Chin probably
pays nothing for his privileges. He is
to the Imlddle man" in point
Ing out the places where his fellow
are making little easy
money, and who are tardy in Kicking
In" with the price OF protection.
Chin Chin il said TO be occupying
The position among the Cinnamon as
that accredited to Bruce Johnson
among the colored gamblers. Mayor
Chin and Zip Sing were bitter enemies.
ZIP Sing gave up $40, so he says, to
Mite I.alley" for protection, but
Mayor" Chin saw to II that Zip Sings
place, at 5ils Plum alley was raided. |
Arrests were made but there was no
Zip Sing was able to |
square matters by the payment of $50 |
IN the order TO which he belongs. How |
much Of the $50 the middle man" got
% not known.