The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-12
MONTE CARLOS STRIPPED.
Hanly Lands in Earnest on French
Lick and West Baden

| The plan formulated by Governor
Hanly to close the French Lick AID
West Baden resorts for good, or a.
least during his adminlstl alon, seem.
to have been very comprehensive ana
10 have been carried out succe,sfui y
thus Tar by the Atrorney-Csenerai anu
his deputy, and unless there are so.he
most unusual rulings in the locaI
courts into which the two hotel com
panies, the gambling equipments anu
the men who were found operating
and visiting the resorts have been
brought, the two hotel companies vii,
ne forced to suspend gambling or
business.
The gambling equipments, though
costly will go the way of all gambling
material seized by the State goes. IL
will be destroyed, and the men found
operating and visiting the place Will
serve time behind the bars of the
Orange county Jail.
The raid on two resorts Tuesday
was complete surprise. Attorney
General Miller came to PaolI Monday
night, arriving there at o clock.
Complying with the Indiana law,
which requires that all such raids be
conducted by officers of the county
in which the place is situated, he or
gained his force during the night.
At IL o'clock Tuesday morning the
party proceeded against the two re-
sorts simultaneously 1t was shown
that the men operating them were
taken by surprise from the tact that
they were hurrying the money into
sacks and putting it into their safes
and one man was seen taking two
large sacks of money down a big
stairway.
Acting under the personal direc. ion
of Attorney General Miller and Dep
uty Attorney General Hadley, the of
tcers who raided the casinos at
French Lick and West Baden, remov-
ed all the gambling devices and the
Tparaphenalia, costing $4,000, will be
taken to Paoli to be used as exhibits
in the suit that the state has brought
for the appointment of receivers and
the vacation of the charters of the
hotel companies. When this purpose
is served a bonfire will consume the
gambling outfits.
A diligent search of the two hotels
for gambling devices that may rot
have been in the casinos when the
raids were made was undertaken, but
nothing was found to justify the sus
picion that other rooms besides the
casinos were used regularly for gamb-
ling purposes.
From the casino at the French
Lick Hotel there were taken ninete en-
5, 25 and so cent slot machines of ex-
travagant designs, four roulette
tables, the famous French Lick Book
makers Club wheel, two poker tables,
two Klondike tables, one faro table,
complete outfit for making books on
horse racing, and bushels of chips.
cards, dice, membership cards and
other paraphernalia.
At the West Baden casino the fol-
lowing list was captured Six roulette
tables, one wheel, the West Baden
Tub table and wheel, two poker tables,
one keno outfit, complete bookmak-
ing outfit, cards, ice, chips and other
equipment for gambling halls. 1t was
seen that at least two freight cars
would be necessary to carry the spells
of the raid to the courtroom at Paoli,
and these were ordered from the Mo
non Railway company, which is part
owner of the French Lick Hotel.
Attorney General Miller asked Tag
CART for the use of two of the French
Lick teams to haul the confscated
devices to the freight depot, but Tag
CART answered with his usual good
natured smile that all the teams were
bnsy in the hay harvest and he would
be compelled to refuse the request.