The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-01-26
,,,pVING HOLDS FULL SWAY
~ Il-4REZ, NEAR Ell PASO.
- known Game of Chance Is in
0peration, and All of Them
Are Crooked.

SPN-
Are Crooked.
rrbarn are gamblers and gamblers,
,,t tho kind who flourish at Juarez,
-, Mexican Monte Carlo just across
tho river from this city, make the
aost daring operations of their ilk
- other cities seem just about as
.hrilling as stealing pennies from
obi1d,s bank, writes a correspondent
s,oro FL Paso, Texas. And in con-
quoting their schemes for separating
awarv or over-confident mortals
eroro their good money these gam
h1ers have the heartiest support and
ao-oDeration of every man, woman
opd child in the vicinity possessed
of q sum sufficient to permit taking
. chance on any OF the mu1tifarious
Games that operate day and night
during the fiesta, which is now in full
swing. Mexicans, greasers, Texans,
tourists. men, women and children,
all seem possessed of a mania to see
which can get rid of their money the
euickest for the benefit of the enter
1rising fellows whose games of
chance would make an old-time Thin
kle-rigger seem like an amateur.
Annual Fiesta of Gambling.
There is nothing secret about this
gaming. You don't have to possess
password or climb back stairway
nv
YOU can sit in a game here. The
other day the doors of the newly
erected gambling pavilion in front of
the city bull ring in Jaurez were
thrown open with great eclat, and
wholesale gambling will be the or
der of the day-and night-for a
month, that being the period of the
annual fiesta How much longer it
win continue depends on the avail
able supply of cash possessed by res
idents of Juarez and Ell Paso and
the surrounding country. 1t isn't a
question of whether they will play.
That point causes no worry to the
operators, who know they will con-
tinue to patroniZe their games until
they have spent every dollar and
mortgaged all their prospects.
Hence, it resolves into a question of
staying power.
Everything goes in Jaurez during
the fiesta. Just at the present time
Ell PasO, across the border on the
American side, contains as fine a col
lection of thugs and second-story
men as could be found anywhere in
no yunpld IJnrrax-ov
very successful in handling crooks, |
and either succeed in chasing them
away or keeping them from doing
any harm here. AS for Jaurez-but |
that is another story.
Every Known Game in Evidence.
So far as can be judged no known |
form of gambling has been over
looked by the men who operate I'M
molested in Juarez during the fiesta |
Keno is supposed to the only square !
game in Mexico Maybe it Us, but
as played at JaureZ | never happened !
to see man who required the as
Sistance of porter in carrying away
his winnings. The keno shop is
open every night week days and all |
day and night Sundays. The method !
IS simple, all but the winning. |
Three hundred cards sell for 10 cents
each, and the winner receives the
$50, less Is per cent. rake-off for
the house. On an average 400 |
games are played each week, leaving |
very fair margin for the proprie- |
tors after paying all expenses. The |
game is patronized by Texans, tour
lists and Mexicans, with the first |
named always in the majority. Many |
women play, and it is nothing un-
usual to hear a child of u to IA |
cry out keno" The games are all I
well conducted-that is, the crowd /
Is very orderly, and no LIQUORS are
on the premises.
The greatest bunco game in the /
world is this so-called Monte Carlo. |
Jhls Mexican fiesta. All games are
operated by MeXicans, greasy, dis
reputable looking lot. Each table |
mas from three to five cappers, and !
II IS safe wager the only one to !
oasn bet is the capper. There are |
roulette wheels on spindles, pivots,
naI wheels, round wheels, square |
" neels u mean the shape), and /
of every conceivable kind and /
style, There is no batting or draw
ing on of suckers, as they hold too
Ight to every penny, never giving
you a chance to win. Every dice
game ever known, including craps, I
Is operated. And it may be of in
,ereSt to state that out of a possible /
hundred varieties in full swing craps .
Is the only game in which / have .
hnoWn an outsider to cash bet. /
loaded dice, crooked dice, thimble /
..ss' poker, electric keno, roulette
7'gIrything goes in Juarez.
he gambling concessions we're !
'oIu by the government to a Mexican
Z $4,000, and his profits average
: LO'o0O net week days and $4,000 /
:, o',undays, which is not so bad. Thin
Dlq rigging, roulette and dice, with I.
.y by way OF variation, are not
cue only agencies Juarez possesses I
, ,, olyorcing you from your funds, /
however.