The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-01-30
GAMBLERS HAVE
A$2OO,OoO FUND
TO BRIBE POLICE
Tenderloin Fraternity Is
Still Collecting for Coun-
ter Attack.
LIST OF DENS GROWS
''Steerers" Roam for Prey in
Big Hotels and in Ball
rooms.

ho fs Theoretically sealed upon the
samhlers-a belief partly due 10 the
fact that the city has had nothing con-
crete to Jolt II awake since the Herman
Rosenthal ca.aclysm seems headed
toward abrupt consciousness. A $780,
coo fund TO bribe the police Is reliably
reported to have been raised hy gamblers
Of the Tenderioin neighbnshood.
District Attorney eUAAA. Assistant
District Attorney James z. amith, VINO
is Judge SwAnn's cAief standby In the
gambling investigation nov under way.
and all the detectives and other sub-
ordinates around the District Attorneys
Office who are giving almost all their
time to the gambling situation hsre. yee-
terday had checked up-between the
Battery and Harlem-eo many addressas
os gambling houses, names OF proprietors
and players amounts lost. dates Of win
nings and losings. and other details Of
An discriminating nature. that Il Is safe
to say the awakening headed this way
promises TO be epic in its impresriveness.
While the District Attorneys force OF
Investigators WAS tabuistinG n newes,
iist Of stuss and crap games In a Lepox
avenue neiGhborhood. which has been
found to be the worst section in the
city" In the matter Of small time
gamblers. q reporter from THx SrN
brought to Judge Swami a newly Ac-
quired list OF gambling house addresses.
together with the nance of the pro-
prietors. The list had just come fror,
an authoritative source On q longer
typewritten list IN the Distric, Attor-
ney's once the same addresses and
names were found. the Illicit proceed
in0s therein having all been verified.
with two exceptions. by the District At
torney's evidence collectors.
s'Steeress" n Dlg Heeels.
There was evidence 70 show that In
two big hotels In the whites, lighted dis
tr1ct at Broadway the barrocnaS, cafes
-<hs gentrY wAe mahs fat liviHg, an
commission ~ aAading psesRtiai sure-
thing conrons from the bar 10 the
neASSy gambling h0oae VlSeA PAYS the
''stee-cr'' for his efforts, The District
Attorneys once had further evidence to
prove that In one uf the ew.iEHereet
hotels In the city not only the lobby Is
flied with "steerers" but that on the
dancing Noors OF the same hotel. nfter-
ne.ons rs we'll As evenings. are prepos-
sesrinK youths whose livelihood Il is 10
Whisper during and between dances to
their women dancing partners addresses
where they can And a little game IN
progrcaR
And please make II plain" said Dis
trict Attorney swarm A. he laid aside
the mas Of evidence for the moment.
shat the present investigation 10 no,
meant As = rejection on the police
administration OF former Commissioner
Arthur woods, No one could question
the personal integrity or oficial ability
Of Commissioner Woods There Wa
rarely q week ~ which Commissioner
Woods and dA not exchange cor
rexpondence about these conditions We
consulted with each other innumerabie
tin1es.
Gambling existed during Commits
sicner woose's regime. and exists pc~
rot through the hx!ty Of any man or
men IN authority but because of \ ,eea
state of Affairs which makes 4 alno~f
impossible to get at the gambling house
proykfetors. They run 'clubs-more o.
less regularly Incorporated 'cluba'-tha:
offer serious opposition when II comes
to Rettirg convictions. There II one. and
In the present state Of affairs only one
way to get them--secpre a list Of the
members of the alleged 'ciuhs' sum-
mon them here before the Grand Jury
and give their ma mes all the publicity
which their shortcomings deserve.
Petty GanAlsaG Pls~es.
There " another class Of petty
A., GA milling which 10 ove-running the city
to a friehtfu, degree. I mean the cigar
store and saloon back room sort O.
places where thcy play stuss for sr
hour or so the minute the police or
the beat turn his back and run horse.
racing handbcoks NJ All tines Tha:
class Of gambling resor:s scars the
whole city BY tie hundreds.
For the past two years We have
I been getting evidence that the newer
kind Of xambling-crap shooting. stuo
and similar games where the para.
rhernalia 10 10 small that II can b<
thrown away or pccketed the minute
= raider approaches the door-has beer
progressing steadily"
Here the District Attorneys atten.
ton wac called 10 addresses which in.
ecirded n gambling hsuse on the north
side Of Thirty-ninth stre~t. between
FSfts and Sixth avenuea He turned tc
his own Nst and found the same ad.
dress thepe. In that particular hous<
10 q poolroom Of the hory kind. which
has been eoing on fer months and vas
stu ncur.sAtre las tight
A comparison of the District At'or-
ney's lists snd the list supplied M the
reporter showed that bo'h lists tnc'u cd
among othera- Besrsy Rosen'eld's %.
called Merchants Club" In East Seven.
teenth stree:- Beansy's "ciub" ,ccipi-.
the whole house. The records In the
District Attorneys once shnw that mo =
than four years ago. on November ~
isla--at . time Charles Becker w-s stil
neSting for itfs--an Injunction h-d been
granted by &urreme Court Justic- Blur
en- the strearth cf wh.ch the Merchants
Grub b SIN run-irr. The ''c,ub" Law
not the Supreme Court'~ enforcement oi
Il Ia. Of course. TIE reason for the con,
tin~sd prosperity Of Beaasy's establish.
ment.
Z. whas Beta l.asts sAew.
Rsth lists showed that IN q house OF
the south side % Wsst Thirty -eigh.h
seFost. caoss 70 Broadway. . Stuss and
poolrooen have been run and are all
Vuuuing. and that the nightly and aster'
noon attsaAaAce averasss ataut sixty
aaen and youths. Asa.n. In East Ut
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