The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-09-07

= Mayor Baxter again has the
underworld folk son the run in
Superior. What to do or where
to 60 are serious questions with
the members of the sinful set.
Some of the most prominent
and voluptuous redlight ladies
have bought tickets and checked
their trunks out of town. Some
have gone to Chicago, others. to
Minneapolis and some of the less
prominent have liked to Rainier,
close to the wilds of the Rainy
Lake region.
The gamblers also have been
sorely pressed as to ways and
means. A big bunch of them is
marking time in Minneapolis.
Among the best known are Col.
Mcneil, Lum Gordon, Chris. Pc
terson and, for a time, Frank
Fisher. The latter is supposed to
be back in Superior somewhere
around the dear old Mint:
The gamblers at last are so
scared that they dare not try to
fix" anyone. The trust no one
and have wholesome fear of Of
fering a policeman coin for pro-
lection.
"We might offer long green to
an officer only to be promptly
pinched for attempted bribery -
recently stated one Of the refu-
gees in Minneapolis. "While we
are followers of the Goddess of
Chance we will not take any
chances on fixing the police at
this stage Of the game.
A short time ago, by the way,
Chris. Peterson and Frank Fisher
had their automobile turn turtle
when returning from Iron River,
Wis, and running at a speed of
fifty miles an hour. The machine
was badly battered up and both
men showed signs Of rough usage.
They claimed to have had fifty
quarts of blueberries in the con-
veyance and boast that not a sin
gle berry was broken. The con-
tainers were extra strength glass.
The redlight ladies are repre-
scented as feeling very badly be-
cause they had to leave Superior.
They miss their complacent Tn
Gle Joe and even the panderers
whom they supported in idleness
and rich living. The fore part Of
the week a big bunch Of the frail
creatures were sloppy drunk in
a Minneapolis rookery where
they registered. !: :
The gamblers who fled from
Superior find the Revere hotel
in Minneapolis a friendly gath
ering place. The Rathskeller,
Picadilly Inn at the Strand hotel,
the American cafe and the Red
Star are favorite stamping
grounds, for both 'redlight ladies
and card sharps.
Police court records show a
long list Of arrests, trials and
convictions during the past two
weeks. It, is impossible to men
ton all of them. Monday, Sept
2, the Superior Kitchen on Sixth
St., between Tower and Banks
was raided and Andrew Erick
son arrested on the charge of
keeping. a gambling house. He
was released on 5000 bail.
A couple: of days before that
officers Mead and Witness gath
cred in four gamblers at that
place, each of whom pleaded
guilty and paid fine OF $40 anC
costs. .'...
The blockade runners with wei
goods have been particularly &C
tive the past two weeks and many
Of them have come to grief.
?, Emil Nyberg, charged with
running booze shack in an alley
between Fifth and Sixth SITS.
off Ogden, lacked bail in the
sum Of 5000 and was committed
to Jail to await trial. =.
j. L.. Ryan, charged with VIC
lating the dry ordinance, D!ea,leG
guilty and was, fined $3.50 which
he paid. His field of operations
was at 1924 Broadway. Over
Gibbons, charged with assisting
in the violation, contributed .
fine of $25.
Leonard johnson, caught car
rying wet goods near John ave
nue.. and Fifth St., August Is
pleaded guilty to selling liquor
illegally and contributed $3.50 tt
the public treasury.
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