New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31
GAMBLERS SCORN
RAID; CHIPS CLlNK
In UPTOWN DENS
Early Morning Raid on
Duffy's Follows Clean
Up of Luban's.
TROUBLE SCENTED
IN BECKER'S DEATH
Tenderloin Predicts New War
for SpOils, Such as Killed
ROsenthal.


Spurred into action by The Tribune's
exposure of Dicks Cafe" on Eighth
Avenue, near Forty-second Street, po-
lice from the West Forty-seventh Street
station raided the resort early this
morning. No one in the saloon, in the
rear room. or in "Dufy's Place. the
gambling hell on the floor above, es-
capped. All were ordered to get out
with the least possible waste of time,
and they all went.
Instead of seeking cover after The
Tribunes story of yesterday morning,
the devotees of varied vices foregath-
cred at Dicks Cafe again last night
When the police marched in upon the
scene the rear room was filled with
women, and on the floor above Duffy
was still running his game, but with
more caution than usual. A representa-
tive of The Tribune who tried to enter
earlier in the evening had been halted
at the door, with the announcement that
he would be obliged to get some mem
Der of "the club" to vouch for him be-
fore he would be allowed to play.
Police Make No Arrests.
No arrests were made when the po-
lice raided the building, but every one
I,;t lrna "a
toned before the door TO see that none
returned later.
To all outward view, the gambling
hells which border on Broadway in the
vicinity of Longscre Square wore a
chastened and pious appearance last
night. The fact that a Tribune reporter
had entered "Dufy's Place had
played poker there and had later
exposed the effrontery with which
the resort was being conducted,
under the noses of the police caused
the gambling fraternity to become sud
denly wary and to admit to its halls
only regular customers"
When, added to this, came the news
that "The Flower and Feather Social
Benefit Club" had been raided by the
police, after it had been exposed re-
peatedly by the newspapers, something
like a panic swept over the Broadway
vice exponents. Games which had been
Haunted openly twenty-four hours be-
fore now were played behind barred
doors, and only the elect, known by the
gamblers to be "all right" were al
lowed TO enter.
Becker and War a Screen.
$50 long as the papers were all filed
up with Becker and the war we were
all happy" said a notorious gambler
last night. "If they are beginning TO
get after US again 1t means that we Will
have to go easy for while. The. po-
lice? Aw, they don't bother. US so long
as we keep quiet and orderly
This last assertion was Endorsed by
many familiar with the more seamy
side of Broadway life. The police. they
said, were simply pursuing policy OF
attacking only those violations which
brought protests from citizens. II your
game or your disorderly house was run
quietly the police would keep their
hands off. II was only when complaints
from outsiders came into Headquar..
ters that unwelcome attention was paid
70 the matter.
The case of Jake Luban and his
Flower and Feather gambling dive sup
ports this theory. The police have
known of its existence for months. IL
was only yesterday, after much ham
mering by the newspapers, that they
raided the place.
While the "big fellows" waxed eau
tious yesterday, the petty gambler con-
tinued on his gainful way uninterruptt-
ed. This is especially true Of the hand
book men. These gentry laugh at the
strict anti-racetrack gambling laws by
openly soliciting bets on the street or
in the saloon which is their headquaT
ters. The wayfaring man. II a fool'
registers his bet with one OF them, re-
ceives a receipt and is told of meet
ing place where he will be paid If ne
is lucky enough to win. Some of these
men work their gambling independents
". Others are merely the runners ior
big gambling places, to which they take
the bets they have collected.
Bartender the Go-Between.
Tribune reporters investigated this
phase of the complicated and smooth
running vice system of the city. In a
saloon at Fourteenth Street and Third
Avenue they were introduced by the
bartender. who seems to be the gen.
orally accepted go-between in gambling
and worse transactions, to one Max.
Max apparently had no last name.
This is precaution common among
these handbook men. Max was short
and we'll dressed and prosperous in ap-
nearance. When the reporter told him
of his desire to place a bet on Way
farer in the first race at the Aqueduct
track Max grasped him gently by the
arm and walked him out of the saloon.
Having thus absolved that institu-
ton of sheltering a gambling joint, he
stood on the sidewalk, accepted the 81
offered and handed the reporter slip
AS a receipt. "Come back here at -
he said. "and you can get your money
if you win"
To add further complications to the