The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-23
TBNDERLON SHUT UP TIGHT
40 BETTING, NO ROULETTE
NOT A CARD TURNED.

vans Busy sunday n Yesterday CartinS
Gambling Hsuse Apparatus 70 stOr-
aws-spasm Puzzles the wise Ones-
Think IT'S q Captain Doing HIS Duty.
The Tenderloin was closed up tight last
night. According to tho wise ones Il was
the greatest fsost that has descended on
the gambling and poolroom plants In the
memory OF the oldest lookout. Not q wheel
turned, not . card slipped out OF ths box.
along tho whole line, and during the day Il
was a. hard 70 place q bet along Sixth ave-
nue. In the latitude Of the thirties as Il would
DO to raise enthusiasm at a third party
political meeting.
10 was evident that the sporting fraternity
regarded the closing a. the real thing and
not one Of the many SPANS Of virtue that
have 20 often swept over the district, for
ali day Sunday and early yesterday morn
ing moving vans were backing up TO the
houses Of chance and roulette wheels and
inIald tables were carted away to storage
warehouses TO await a better day. The
big fellows hut up shop the same as the
little ones, and such places as Farrell's In
Thirty-ssoond street and Kelly's on Forty
frst street were on the march with the rest.
just what has caused this phenomenal
cleaning I'D In the Tenderloin isn't quite
clear. Many people say that 1t 10 just
n case of q police captain doing his duty
and following out instructions with no
thought.of the possible consequences.
whsn Capt. Schlottman went TO rule In
the white light district two months ago he
started In quietly to close up things. He
found, he says, forty places running fun
blast. There were no sensational raids,
but some way or another the gamblers
found that they couldn't do business. One
by n they gave it up until there were
only half Of the places open when the Dap
tain went over his list last Sunday.
Capt. schlottman got busy at once on
the obdurate twenty. He placed a plain
clothes man In front Of ZACH house and
then made a personal call on the proprietor
of each. He IL said Il have informed the
men that II they falsd to close at once
and to stay closed he would call out the
axe brigade and spoil some furniture
Whatever he said. the captain evidently
convened the idea that he meant business,
for the moving vans began to drive up
shortly after be vent back to the station
house.
A well known gambler said last night:
sIt's a oinch that all tho places are closed.
and what's worse we don't know when
we can begin 70 do business again. Oh
course, we are keeping on some Of our men
at the hotels and are hoping for q. lun In
the storm, but Capt. 6chlottman 10 wise
and We can't fool him a. long az he wants
70 close US up"
After making q round last night to see thai
bis orders had beeu ubeyed The captain
said:
4 am well satisfied with the state Of the
precinct to-day I don't know Of . single
game running. I have been working for
this ever since I came here. l didn't want
20 come here, and az a matter OF fact
don't want 70 stay; bat while I'm here
I'm going to do my duty. That's the only
satisfaction G. man gets In this place, where
theirs nothing but hard work. hard knocks
and mighty little credit
Capt. Schlottman came TO the Tenderloir
from the harbor squad. He picked eight
plain clothes men from various precincts
20 help him In the cleanup and got busy al
once. He rs said to be very popular with
the men in his precinct. and 1t Is said that the
Tenderlofn has been amazed on several
occasions Of late TO see q oop In uniform
keeping his own beat clean and doing his
best on his own account to close the pool
roorna which came under his observation.