Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-27
b|SbEE MISSED
 AGGREGATION
 OF BLIND PIGS
Los Angeles Police Raids the SellS-Floto Circus-Pullman Car Was Fitted Up As a Pa latial Gambling Den


 The following from the Los Angeles Times tells of the experience of the Sells-Floto circus in that city:
 Great gobs of grief.
 The SelIs-Floto show management doesn't like Los Angeles.
 Reasons?
 F,rst-Because the police would not stand for the blind pigs and gambling hells which the show car ries along as part of the institution. Second-Beeause the police raided a luxuriously appointed Pullman in cluded in the circus entourese in which drinks were sold and gambling paraphernalia found.
 Third-Because, as an incident of this raid. the hired attendant, was placed under arrest and, as another incident, the police are hot on the trail of the managers of the blind pig and gambling hole. %.
 Fourth-Because, in the raid, the police confscated an elaborate gam bling layout and seized as evidence | liquors to the value of s20G0. as fine an assortment of fire water as can be found in any saloon in the city. Fifth-Because the police drove to cover three blind pigs which the show management. apparently. allowed to ! be set up on the show grounds at Grand avenue and Washington street Sixth-Because the police stopped | the street parade Wednesday after the show management had refused to secure a permit as t had been in formed by the police it must do. It may be stated that when the parade was stopped by the police. managers of the show hurried to the chief of police and secured the permit. The parade. of course, started late.
 Seventh-Because the attention of Is. P. c. A. officers was called to the condition of some Of the horses after they had been driven in the parade hitched to heavy wagons and were | suffering from sores, which resulted
 in police court fines.
 Eighth-Because Los Angeles, after the first performance, did not patron ize a show which fell below circus standard and yet charged the same money.
 l Ninth-Because the police listr Ied
 to the pipe" of an employe who war fired in Phoenix. feeced of threS 1 weeks pay. beaten by other employee and then could afford to pay his own expenses to Los Angeles to reveal in side conditions Of the circus Tenth-Because Los Angeles will not stand for circus wnfc5 builds its show. apparently, about a liquor selling and gambling money-deriving game.
 Strong Smell of Liquor FrTf- Al l ire of the shoB manaSement came | late yesterday afternoon. The police had been given the,r tips Wednesday Conditions were investigated and the city prosecutors office was consulted Yesterday afternoon the latter officer i became convinced of Illegal liquor l selling and gambling in the circus camp, and declared himself ready to issue warrants when arrests were made
 l Officers were rushed to the show grounds. where three blind pigs had been found in operation One was | within few feet of the main ticket ] wagon. Another was in the kitchen of the dining tent. But the quiet tip" had been given. When the off cers arrived the three places were dry"
 Officers Murphy. Bnsse. Clifford and Roberts had better luck out at San ia Monica and Vermont avenues. where the circus Pullmans lay on a side track. They secured evidence ' that drinks were being sold to per- sons not connected with the circus About 4:45 o'clock they decided on f raid.
 In spotIess Linen. Entering the car from the two ends they found Bartender Frank H. Mill CT. in spotless Then. ready to serve drinks. He was immediately placed
 under arrest. The officers inspected the car. one half of which was fitted as diner and the other half as a buffet
 One side of the buffet was fitted up as a bar. On the other side was a roulette wheel crap table and sev- erai poker tables. Chips and cards were found in abundance. And liquor, | IL was found in casks. cases and
 bottles. There were rare champagn gnes. cheap champagnes. cognacs. whiskys.
 sauternes. red wines. rare cordials, | cheap cord aIs, ale, beer. sodas. Scotches. vicby-anything that the palate of the manager might be tick led with or might quench the appetite lof the teamster. Such was the auan- tity that it required six police wag cns to transport 1t to central police
 station.
 Want Wet Goods Back. | Scarcely hsld the first load arrived at Central station. when F. J. Wor- Tell, assistant manager of the show. put in an appearance His greatest
 solicitation was If the liquor would be
 returned. Chief of. Police Dishman informed him that the liquors win be
 held as evidence; that if. at the trial there is not conviction, the booze
 will be returned. Consequently the
 Sells-Floto pulled out of the city last