The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-11-27
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in here. You 60 tell that old Morrlson
to come up here and IN scald him."
What Was Done to Angus.
Some weeks ago, one Angus, a re-
puted taxicab driver and married man
from Superior, strolled into Madam
Kent's bagnio. He was somewhat un.
der the influence of moonshine, there
fore handed her his roll of SITS to keep
while he slept off his rotations.
Madam Kent and several Of hel
frisky Magdalens took trip to Supe
rior while Angus slept. They ran into
a supply of illicit booze over in Bingo
land, therefore were well jingled wher
they returned.
Finding Angus still asleep, the hard
boiled bunch took such indecent liber
ties with him as to leave him in a con
dition similar to that of old Noah, the
time he got drunk on homemade wine
Unlike Noah, however, Angus had nc
one to cover his nakedness and shame
with a horseiblanket. The "perfect
ladies'" then woke up the object OF
their obscene mirth and laughed loudly
at the foolish look on his face.
Demanding his roll, Angus counted il
and roared loudly because 1t was $50
shy. Madam Kent then dubbed him a
cheap skate.
When Angus threatened to 60 to the
police station to make complaint, the
brazen Belle retorted:
$50 see the police if you wish. You
can It get anything done to me. stand
in with the police.D
Old Belle Kent is notorious for en-
tieing girls and young women to her
dumps. At the present time, a couple
Of young married women from Lester
Park are going to hell fast through
association with Madam Belle 3 bagnio.
An Open Gambling Room.
Perchance neither mayor Hugo, chief
Pugh nor the Woman's council know
that there are open gambling dens in
Duluth. If not, let them accompany a
Rip-saw inspector to No. 513 West
Michigan street, where Messrs. Berg
lund & Hegstrom conduct combined
employment agency, lunch counter and
gambling room.
There, at early morn, MONDAY or
dewy eve, open gambling is in progress.
Policemen come and go, eating a free
lunch, taking big cigars, freely and
without place, but starting nothing and,
so far as known, reporting nothing.
One officer who makes frequent visits,
sees all that goes on and benefits by
free lunches, bingo and cigars, is q
sergeant on the force. A patrolman
who follows the sergeant's example is
a man old and wise enough to know
better.
The gambling end of this business
started with one table. A second be-
came imperative and now room is be-
ing made for a third table. Rummy
and schmear are the popular games.
The players begin by paying 40 cents
for a deck of cards. A new deck is
worked in about every three rounds.
If eight are playing, the winner col
lects from rs to so cents from each Of
the other gamblers and he, in turn.
hands the house 40 cents for its rake
off.
Several tinhorns hang around the
place and some Of them are credited
with being employees Of the place. 1t is
nothing to see woodsmen and other
workingmen lose $40, SIS or $40 at one
sitting. Not long ago, Al Erickson lost
$50 in one day. On another occasion,
he Jared better, losing only 81 in one
day.
Hegstrom Is the Greeter.
Hegstrom watches the employees, such
as dealers, bartenders, cooks, walters
and the porter. He greets the police
men and assures visitor at the door
that there's room for one more at q
table. He would have made a great
record as deacon in a fashionable
church., for he's there with the glad
hand.
Berglund runs the business Of the
Saratoga Employment agency. He has
grown so fat in the prosperity Of the
firm that he recently had to move out
his desk. He brags about the fine rep
utation of his house and benefits from
a wide acquaintance and long residence
in Duluth.
Some weeks ago, Berglund went out
to dig potatoes, but business Jagged in
his absence, therefore he returned to
his Michigan street gold mine and let
the spuds freeze up in the ground.
Messrs. Berglund & Hegstrom boast
of running competitors out Of business.
It is not impossible that they are pro-
tected in some way. The sergeant and
the patrolman certainly do not modest
the gambling games. A fellow in an
adjoining place was arrested some time
ago and put out Of business. He had
not been nearly so lawless as Berglund
& Hegstrom. It was the old Bible story
of one being taken and the other left.
Doherty's Busy Blind Pig.
If mayor Hugo wishes to know what
really is going on in the illegal sale of
whisky, so that he can properly inform
the Woman's council, let him accom-
pany Rip-saw inspector to J. G. Doh
erty's alleged soft drink emporium at
No. Ill E. Superior street, only few
steps from the city hall, the police sta
ton and the municipal court.
When you enter the front door, you
may not attract much attention, but
when you push through double swing
door and enter the holy Of holes in
the rear, good old Mike, the walking
boss, with eyeglasses on his nose, gives
you most searching once-over. If you
look like a Rip-saw inspector, some Sc
cret sign is given and the bar-keep
walks out of the room with one hand
under his apron. If you are a popular
policeman, prominent customer or
one not inspiring suspicion, the ball
goes merrily on. There are tables in
that rear room as we'll as a bar and
bottles. Usually there is a goodly num-