The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-27
Gambling ARK HAS
FOUND ITS ARAFAT
Festive Ratnblings on Placid
Waters Of Potomac Have
Come to End. t1agd
GOVERNOR RECEIVES WORD
But Constabulary Foxy CUTTERS
Will Keep on Watch
Nevertheless. .t.ss

Word reached the Governors Office
yesterday to the effect that the. gam 81
bling ark, thrifty, boat that sailed #
out from Washington and Alexandria
on Sunday mornings, hat reformed. I It's N
festive rankings on the placid waters Z
OF the Potomac have come to an ard.
So hard pressed were these dealers 4
on monte, bank and stud that they
saw visions of warm days behind 1
prison bars They understood that q
Governor Swanson was not dispo sed to-
deal gently with those who had been III
dealing strange and crooked cards ant n
pestered on all sides by two Governors.
and possibly the Federal authorities,
| they took time and wisdom byasthe q
forelocl and pulled in the signs. n
watching Anyhow. gSi
But the statement that the promoters
| of the aquatic resort have been moyedSI5
| by sudden spasm OF righteousness s.,
| due to fear--will be taken with more
than the proverblai pinch Of salt and +
| for that reason the constabulary FOXY q
ouilers Will be delegated to peefSth eir
usually sharp optics and sit on theIrtyer q
/ bank on the lookout, Just as q SIDE
/. partner In the gambling establishments
| was the lookout at the faro bank.s
i Consequently, any attempt on the part
II inc
i and the National Capital to shuttle the
cards while the soft breeze is waited
in from the river will be met with
sistnnce that will augur badly for the
knights of the green cloth.
Out in Chicago there was a floating
poolroom, rugged UP with wirefess. ahai
, "hot sports" went upon the lakes 70 be Ii
separated from their money as the (
), lthoroughhreds ran. The drifting fjoint3
had all sorts of patronage
Sports of high and low degree We're
! there with the goods, returning with {
: out them. and the success of sthe ven
) Iture touched the money heartfelt these
, less festive thoroughbred on the
! banks of the Potomac.
: So4it came to pass that they prohted
q by the success of the Chicago snip, ana
: the ark blossomed into life It sailed
!. with a small crowd. and II. sail led again
? with a larger assortment of men IN
: queer raiment. with bay windows and
? d,;.nonds galore. Almost any game, q e
y any limit, was offered. There was tn e
Z merry rattle Of the tiny white marble OF
= the roulette wheel. The faro dealer
:. sat back in all his glory, coat OF
!, sleeves above elbow and dark cigar
q worn In the corner of his mouth after
y the fashion of Joseph Cannon. Fore
q and aft the poker games went merriiy
Z on The man at the bookmaker's ma. &
chine was calling gladly, ssadly:G come
Is on. boys; three can play as well$as
= one."5 echoed back and forth. and IN
Sc the waters the fish danced to the
10 rh ythm of the sound. 500 Se+s -
M Ana Then they Came. IS
pr On this ark the great merfcan
IN cams was there without It's limit. =
rs wasn't known Ia Noah's day, nor we r
s.; the same type OF people hanging
around to drive in the beasts and tl,e
" animals OF land and sea. No White
y doves shifted about the quarters O.
the floating resort. Corks popped, tn
es sandwich man with the privilege cries
Ihis goods and chnttels, and the rattif
es Of the chips was lost In the chug 9
the engines below. The motley ere"
IA was not there for food or slumber
r. tt was a money mad threng cursin
as the last check went 11eA vhe, sta 9 < <
Is. Or shouting joyfully 1 as !. juicy 2?
! . was won on a bluff of g worthless pal
~ Of deuces. Nobody aboard cared any
thing for the law. The foxy oonstao pie
n spied tho pirate ship from afar, tool
~ mental notes. and then to their heels
- mt when the hand Of the law reache'
-, ont over the waters and threatened e
- sc,ttle the boat and Its piking.. pluns
: ing mass Of gamesters, the promote
-. - "crawled into his hole" No dove wen
= forth, but the ERIK had fouad y
~ 'Ararat. t'{.5 s W. -