Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-11
Though the Chief Of Police Says
He Knows Nothing
About 1t.
SOME INFORMATION FOR HIM
The News Herewith Furnishes
Him With a List Of Ad-
dresses.
Game Keepers Say They Are Paying
Fifty Dollars n Month for
Privilegcs-To Whom?

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Priyilegcs--To Whom:
There is no open gambling in Salt
Lake. <
This fact is announced by no less
person than Chief OF Police Barlow.
II found one booster for a small
game the other. night" said the chief.
'nnd closed the game and warned
the booster. I was lenient with him be-
cause no said his wife was sick" the y
\chicf said. 39i 59as
y Barlow states emphatically. that II he I
Knew Of one single game of poker
that was running he would close It.
The News prints the following lists
Of places that last night were run
ming at full blast, for the information
of the chief OF police. Boosters galore
hung around and waited for "live
one l.e}
The biggest game now flourishlng Is
in the basement underneath the Will
son hotel. Here there are two card
tables and the play was good at ono
last night. while the other was oc- I
cupied by the boosters who 5were bluff
flng game while waiting for the
live one" Each OF the boosters at
this table had a large stack OF chips
In front OF him. and when a i've
one? entered they began to play furi-
sously. The dealer or gan,ekeeper ut
this place announced that the game
had bean 80 good the night before that
no one wont home until daybreak.
The Lobby saloon, 22s south State
street, has a game OF draw running
In a hack room. This can be seen by
ltall who drink at tie ba Here fotlf'
or I'VE men were sitting around last
night and rs It was early in the eve
ming there was little play. This place
runs openly and there is no tempt at
conccaln1ent. h
Across the street from the Lobby Is
the st. Cecil hotel. Those who want to :
play little game Just tiptoe upstairs
there to the third floor--not forgetting
to give the night clerk the high sign
and tap on the door number 2o3. Last
night cheering voice said. come
on in boys" There are two rooms
there with cards and chips! and money
on the table. "A large crowd was play
ing. In fact the game was SO good
that there were several waiting their
turn. 81 sstl t III
A BIG GAME IN BASEMENT.
Underneath the cigar stand at the
Metropole hotel Is another game run
by man named Lewis. There Is an
entire floor used for the entertain
ment of those who would WOO the
tickle goddess. and the player, can get
| a game there to any limit. K
The block from Main to West Temple
on the north side OF Second South Is a
gamblers paradise. as far as Salt LAX
ia concerned. Several cigar stores hive
games in little back rooms. and in the
Walker bank building Is n room where n
game has been running without any
interruption for years. One in the ID.
r, Walker block is a high roller from
tales of the games there. III
On State street near, the Orpheum
theuter Is another game. Underneath
the Horseshoe saloon on Second south y
street Is another Enr'n that runs vim
ter and summer. esr',I and late, snow
or shine At n saloon ~ First South
on the south eide OF the
street Is another. Dnwr at the
entrance of the stofltate where!
Belle Londonis ruler OF all she may
survey Is another game under the dl-1
rect chaperpnnge of this shrewd dame.
The police never even enter the place.
IT Is in the rear of her saloon at the
stockade entrance and many big los
ings are pulled off there. Il
WHY DO THE GAMES RUN? IA
| The nboye are only few. There are;
Ia mako n low estimate. 80 games run
ninr IN town. Still Chief Barlow says
that he knows of,not a single one. il
viii be RECALLED that in the stockade3
matter last June Mr. Barlow didn't,
know or single woman In the stock
nde when there were over 100 there ut
tho time. III ii4 4 4 !,
The fact bein " SO we'll known that
the lid is off on gambling, the question
asked by the wise ones is. Who Is
getting the $40 each month that the
keepers OF these games are putting
up?'' That they are putting up's many
will testifyto. There Is one man whose
name is known who Is the collector.
Each month he makes the rounds and
collects from each game the $50 Where
does 1t go? Chief Barlow says that he
knows OF not u single game. The ques-
ton Is then asked. 'If the chief knows
nothing OF the games. does he know
anything or the co'lections?"
l5 Is It possible, some say. for a chief
of police to be so unfamiliar the
situation that someone else Is collect
ing the blood money from, the gan,-
blers? n
During the reign OF other chiefs. the
city came into this $40 month
through the system Of fines. A game
keeper was brought in each month and
nut ZIP $50 bail. This was forfeited
and the game ran along until the next
month when he put up $50 again. ss
Where is this money going to now
It is being delivered each month tn
someone. k Chief Barlow doesn't ,ey.s', y
know a game Is running. He says tsrtas
the people ought to he satisfied So
cause the town Is cleaner than ~
ever was before. hut he doesn't know
OF a gambling gan'ea running in tila5
city. u.
IDAHO POSTMASTER.