The Cairo bulletin., 1912-08-04
when the attention OF The Bull
setin il called to any misstatement
of fact or to any error concerning
any man or thing, corrections viii
cheerfully be mada)
On After the Men

10 AIbeT Tie Mcn.
Five Youngsters, caught by po-
liceman In the act Of shooting crapf
In the yard Of down town poo
room. were arrested Friday AMI
taken before a Justice of the peace
The boys pleaded guilty to charge
of gambling and each was fined
1880. The proprietor OF the poo
room was arrested later on war
rant charging him with maintaining
a gambling game. He, too, entered
q plea of guilty and was fined $50
and cost The pool room proprietor
declares he did not know he wa
being punished for maintaining d
gambling game. Il thought they
were furnishing me because the boys
were caught shooting craps on my
premises" he declares.
This Is one case illustrating the
power Of the Police Department to
cope with gambling. Following is
another case frustrating the lack oil
power on the part of the Police De-
partment:
Two weeks ago last night, score
of men gathered in an uptown saloon
and engaged in game Of craps
Among the players were several pro
fessional gamblers. The stakes were
high. 1t is said that more than
$500 was won and lost In the game
One of the men-the proprietor or
the saloon in which the game was
ayed--borrowed certain sum OF
money from one of the professional
gamblers. On the following eyenina
there was another game and the sa
loonkeeeper borrowed another sum o
money from the same gambler. Sew
eral days later the gambler tried
collect, but the saloonkeeper dc
clined to pay, declaring that "crooR
ed dice had been useed. He accuse
the gambler OF working the fixed
dice into the game, The gamble
denied the charge.
Had the saloonkeeeper repaid tn
two loans it is likely that the game
of Saturday and Sunday nights woul
have been forgotten and Other.
games would have been played ther
since then. However, he RENAME
steadfast in his refusal and tn,
gambler, in an effort to force pay
ment, APPLIED for warrants chargint
the saloonkeeper and "a city officia
with maintaining a gambling house
The cases against the saloonkeepe,
and the city official were called Fri
day. A continuance was ordered be
Cause of the absence of the saloon
keeper, 1t has been rumored tina
an effort has been made to square
the gambling charges and it is prob
able that this effort will be success
full. 1t is probable that the greatest
punishment the saloonkeeper am
the official will suffer will be in tn
payment of the court costs. The
twenty men who played in the two
games will escape punishment ell
tireiy.
The Bulletin does not criticise tbs
officer for arresting the five young
sters. He did his duty and is to b.
commended However, the fines as
ssessed against the youngsters were
a trifie out OF proportion, consider.
ing the manner in which the law has
been dealing with the professional
The boys should be pun
ished for gambling, but the punish
ment assessed against them should
not be more severe than the punish
ment melted out on professionals
The boys are young and silly. They
5dIhpleu IN Spir OF DraVadO. They
gambled because they thought it was
manly" But their game was ON
THE SQUARE!
The Police Department can sup
press gambling if its members wish
70 do their duty. This has been
demonstrated on more than one oc-
casion. They could have suppressed
the game at "Heinie's Saloon" and
at Rudy Laurent's saloon. Chief
Egan says the policemen on whose
beat '3Eeinie's Saloon is located did
not know gambling was In progress
there. despite the fact that the
gamblers themselves are responsible
for the statement that games were
played there on two nights in sue
cess on and other competent wit.
nesses declare that a gambling game