The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-06
HANSON
GAMBLING
DIVE SHUT
Place Is Closed, Follow
ing An Exposure
By The Times
RAN JUST ACROSS
LINE IN MACOMB
Finish Comes w h e n
Joint Is Counted
Public Scandal"

Silence reigns now in the large
room at the eastern extremity OF
Hanson's roadhouse out on the
Shore line railway just over the Ma
comb county line II is silence
as deep and AS prolonged as that OF
come vast solitude.
Only day or two ago this room
echoed TO the glad shouts OF some
upon whom fortune had smiled and
was filled with the muttered curses
Of those upon whom the Jade had
froHned. These human tones had
as an amending accompaniment the
tatetul buzzing of the roulette wheel,
the janglins Of slot machines. the
rattle OF dice and the nervous click
ing OF chip upon chip
A week ago II was about the most
pretentious and ambitious gambling
establishment in the vicinity OF De
troit Men who had grown gray in
the profession which has as It's motto
Faint heart ne'er won fair pot"
presided over the various ingenious
devices 10 lure those with bit OF
the dare devil IN them OF wide
lazy streak and an unholy hope that
by taking risk they might wax
opulent as had the rosy checked
and well-groomcd professionals who
fattened upon that inevitable trait
Of human nature 10 take "A chance"
Unfortunately, however. when an
honest man with nerve goes against
these professionals at their own
game he isn't taking a chance lie
mas no chance. The professional
doesn't grant the chance he prates
so much about
Take q chance" That was the
Invitation that kept ever ringing in
the ear OF the visitor 70 Hanson's.
II was a lie because the men be-
hind tho three carat diamonds didn't
get them by giving q chance. They
know when they voiced their appeal
ing invitations that If victim ac-
ceptcG the attractive lure and stayed
long enough they would be richer by
the amount the man or woman had.
because the cunninsly devised games
are so arranged that the percentage
favors the house With those games
only phenomenal run OF luck will
contriyc 10 give man chance that
the gambler denies
But even the remote and almost
extinct gamblers chance" is gone
from Hanson's, aud with II have
gone he gaming devices Even the
slot machines have gone and white
spots on the discolored floors show
where erstwhlle they stood The
al. 1Aff a. IN Al
musical instrument Here one drops
nickel. making gamble with
himself on whether he will get in
exchange for his half-dime harmony
or discord
This was the situation At Han
sons on Saturday afternoon and
evening On the preceding Tues
day a reporter for The Times had
visited the resort and found many
women, some Of them young girls.
and few men At play In the club
ROOM" or. more properly. the gam
bling department n was conducted
brazenly and openly, for the passer
On the road outside could not fail 20
know what was going on within
Sounds OF the gaming room reached
the veranda upon which innocent
persons with appetites were appeas-
ing them and even 10 the street be
yond
Those sounds were missing Satur-
day night and the club room was va
cant and locked Many impatient
ones arrived still with the hope that
springs eternskin the human breast.
despite many sad experiences. only
20 find the casino" closed Az first
many were angered, but tho they
came 10 gamble they remained TO
refresh themselves and soon the
clinking Of dishes and tho rattle Of
forks on frogs legs or chicken filled
the air with more wholesome
sound than that which was wont 20
Issue from behind the big doors of
the gaming room.