The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-21

ing about 1t except that the man
"had lain drunk behind the stove
J Yet in five minutes after Mr.. Keaton
| had returned to his Office, having left
threat to look into the matter, a
porter from Bourgeois place brought
! him Mr.. BARRIERS missing bank stock
| The mayor was present at the
meeting Thursday night and heard
Mr.. keaton's statement, and yet Bour-
gois' den Of robbers was not ordered
closed and the license revoked yes
terday
| Mr.. Keaton blamed himself because
4 he had. not brought the matter to the
notice OF the authorities at the time.
He need not feel at all culpable in
this. Had he complained he would
have been treated as other decent
, citizens have been treated who have
ventured to complain about such
tn inos- with utter contempt
Barber had no business getting
the dive; had no business having. any
money and bank stock. had no busi-
ness coming to Cairo without guar
tlian-had no business being on the
face of the earth
Bourgeois place has long been
known as ''strongarm joint where
all manner of schemes were I'm use to
rob the unwary who were brought in
by .'cappers" who loafed about the
streets and sidewalks in the vicinity.
1t Is Situated on the principal street
OF the city where transients pass
most, and the victims have been
many. And it il said to be well
equipped for business. One of the
most ingenious of the schemes for
robbing the stranger is to induce him
to engage In game of dice, let him
win few times until he gains con-
tidence and then press the button
What is meant by pressing the but
ton will be better understood when
ii Is stated that at one end of the
counter an iron plate is attached un.
der the top; wires from this plate
connect 1t with an electric battery
and the current can De turned on and
the plate charged with electricity in
simultaneously. and without being no
ticed by the intended victim The
dice used have metallic spots" and
when the button is pressed they
answer to the electric current and
fall just as the operator desires. This
device is used when it is not possible
or not advisable 10 employ theI
easier and cruder method of knockout
drops silly injected into a drink. On
the upper floor Of the den are assig-
nation rooms where dissolute women
procure what the rogues on the
ground floor may have failed to get
from the unfortunates who have been
steerel into the place
And it is common report that
police officer who srands close to the |
chief has made the Bourgeois den his |
daily and nightly headquarters. sit
ting near when a victim was being
tieeced TO see what the spoil |
to and make sure of a fair |
division"
A lower Commercial avenue saloon |
keeper made the statement to the |
editor of this paper several days ago. |
IN the presence of an alderman that |
a man whom he named, offered to |
start game in his place some
months ago and reported that he APP
preached police officer on the sub |
leet and was told that he could do |
50 provided he would pay the officer
$40 per week which had to be "di. |
vided into four parts" for as many
different benefciaries.
But all this is, OF course, untrue
just q great cloud Of smoke without |
spark Of fire. The chief says he |
knows nothing about 1.-THE mayor
says he knows nothing about it-both |