Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-10
fixtures are now in storage in Dav-
export.
Holding the Bank Roll.

fixtures are now in storage in Dav-
EXPORT.
Holding the Bank Roll.
The gamblers in the justice court
proceedings have contended that the
tools" were not in use for some
time previous to the raids. Strange
as it may seem, the raiders found
1870 in the McBride-Billburg gam
bling room the day it was visited.
This was the bank roll and the gam
blers have been fighting desperately
to regain possession of the money,
realizing that it is the most damag-
ing evidence against them in con-
prevention of the ridiculous stand
that they are assuming to take that
they have not recently been plying
their thieving practices in the city.
The bank roll is on deposit in a To-
cal bank, and is being held under
orders of the states attorney until
after the grand jury indictments
against the gamblers are disposed of
in the circuit court. Four of the
men who have been in charge of 10
cal gambling houses were indicted by
the September grand jury.
not know that gambling tools were
described by Mcbride in the writ the
latter obtained in the Nissen court.
However. Constable Schmid has re-
ceipt, given him at the Roessler
storehouse. that ought to serve to
enlfghten Justice Nissen or any one
else that might be in doubt as to
the character of the McBride-Bill-
burg furniture.
Planning to Resume.
1t is known that the gamblers are
planning to resume operations full
blast in Rock Island. They propose
remaining and paying whatever fines
are assessed against them, but they
will battle for the preservation of
their tools" These latter are now
safely stored in Davenport They
include roulette wheels, faro, craps
and poker tables, chips. dice, cards,
ETC., the whole valued at several
thousand dollars. The fraternity
here is organized as it never has
been before in this section of the
country. Even Davenport in its
palmiest days has been faded in this
respect. The cams have a "slush"
fund, and it will be apportioned gen.
erously where it will accomplish the
greatest aidein buying immunity.
The gamblers have openly asserted
that they have been paying license"
here and they are looking to the in
dividuals who have been receiving
the graft to see them through their
present unpleasantness. The gam
blers are not to be blamed for the
stand that they are taking in Rock
Island today. They have been doing
business under the protection of the
agents of the law. If they had not
been they would have flown the city
at the first intimation of prosecu-
lions. They know in their own minds
that they have no legal grounds to
support them, but they feel, and
rightfully so, from their viewpoint,
that inasmuch as the people that
ought to know the law better than
they do have told them to remain
pat, they will obey and put it up to
the "fixers' who have been getting
the money that they have been sit
ting up o. nights to win to see them
out OF their difficulties.
One Grows Peevish.
That's the real situation in Rock
Island today. If you have any doubt
of it, just keep your eyes on the var
ious and mysterious moves that will
be made in the next few weeks. Fur
thermore, at least one of the gam
bling house operators has been grow
ing a trif1e impatient at being oblig-
ed to wait so long without action and
last week he began quietly resuming
play at the old stand. The poker
tables are going nightly. as of yore,
and it is expected that the "long lunch
table" and the domino table, will
be spirited back one of these nights.