The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-04
POLICE PUT Lid
ON N. Y. GAMBLERS

NEW YORK. Special. Because two
IlNal tacJlOns fell to quarrelllng and
kteeiIlng tales on each other. open gam
bling in the Fourth Inspection District
which is the new Tenderloin and in
Guides all the Juicy territory north OF
Forty second Street, has been stopped
The houses are closed tight and, for the
tlrSt time since Mr.. Gaynor has been
Mayor. policemen are permanently sta
tloned In front of each gambling house
TO see that intending patrons do not
enter
This method of using the police was
prescribed by the Mayor. 1t has been
used now and then since he has been in
office. but never for the length of time
mat 1t has been in force in the present
The Fourth Inspection District is un o.
der the command OF Inspector Haynes.
open that is, anybody known to the
campers or TO the gamblers friends
could get in. and play faro. roulette.
craps, English hazard and Klondike.
Gamblers Move Southvard.
IN the lower or Third District the
conditions We're the same. Now the
Fourth's lid has been clamped down.
while the Third is still running undis-
turbed. As a result several OF the old
section have been refitted for use by
those whose places of business have
been interfered with.
Each night for month sporting men
who gather in the Hotel KnickerbOcker
have waited for some word that every
thing is all right again. but il has not
ping house at No. 161 West Forty
fourth Street, directly alongside the Cri-
terlon Theater, there are policemen
night and day. Mostly there are two at
the same time; one is always there
They are plain clothes men. Every
would-be patron is stopped and told
the house is under suspicion. II they
still desire to enter they are showed
away; This place is known as the
that thoroughfare
The same thing prevails in front of
sam Emery's place. which formerly be-
longed to Garfield. 1t is alongside Del
monico's in East Forty-fourth Street
ana this is the case at Billy Goes. Lou
Ludlum,s in West Forty-fifth Street.
liotts and others in Forty-sixth Street
and right up to Fifty ninth Street
business Brisk Below the Line.
Below Forty-second Street the police
have not interrupted the activities of
the men OF chance. The doormen are a
Dit more careful than they were, but
business has been increased heavily be-
cause of the cessation OF gambling fur
Their uptown
The cause Of the difficulty lies in a
dispute some of the gambling fraternity
had among themselves. One faction
knocked the other, and as a result
both were ordered to quit business. On
top OF this came the straight tip" that
headquarters had been told of the situ-
alton, and that Commissioner Waldo
was prepared to take action. To guard
this contingency the precinct
and district police officials put their
ttlh -ClolneS men at the door or gam
bling places. so that in the event of a
raid over their head they would have
alibis.
.'Runners" Abound I'm Streets
Although the houses have never been
open TO all corners, it may be doubted II
at any time in the city there were so
many runners" and 'cappers" for the
games as now abound in every place of
call in either the lower or the upper
Tenderloin. They even haunt the sub
way stations so they may be sure not
TO miss possible customers
IneSe runners became so numerous
and so busy in the uptown resorts that
not long ago one of the biggest restau-
rants on Broadway practically put the
bars up against all gamblers rather
than let them solicit patrons of the
house.