Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-08-29
LAW
NOT CHANGED
So Says Stricken in Letter To.
day to Mayor Regarding
Carnival
so. AMBOY NO PRECEDENT
Law Must be Enforced at
"0Id Home Week" to be ]
Held Sept. | to 10

Prosecutor Joseph L. Stricken to
day sent to Mayor William C. Wilso,
a letter in which he points out tina,
the law concerning gambling in New
Jersey has not changed and conse-
quently the law must be enforced at
the "Old Home Week" of the local
firemen to be held here from Sep.
tember l to September 10. SATURDAY.
Mayor Wilson wrote to the prosecu.
tor and asked him why the South
Amboy carnival had been permitted
to use wheels of fortune and other
gambling devices but the ban had
been put on the Perth Amboy and
Woodbridge firemen conducting SIM
ilar attractions. Prosecuto.' Stricken
points out that it is the duty of the
municipality to enforce the laws. He
says he was not aware of the gamb.
ling at the South Amboy carnival or
ne would have taken steps to stop 1t.
,o PROSECUTOR stricker's letter fol-.
Honorable William c. Wilson.
Mayor,
"City Of Perth Amboy.
pear Sir-Replying to your favor
of the 26th inst. permit me to say
that so far as l know the law con-
cerning gambling in New Jersey has
not changed.
IF the recent carnival at South
Amboy made several thousand dol-
lars. as you state, by permitting the
law to be violated, 1t is very little
credit to the law enforcement au-
thorities of that municipality. and
should not be accepted as a prece-
dent, dent by other comns4sities in -thiI
Yours very respectr,uy,'
JOSEPH e. STRIC..1ER,
Prosecutor of thee Pleas,
"Middlesex County"
Prosecutor Joseph e. Stricken. In
answer to Mayor William C.fWilson's
letter. said this morning:
THE mere fact that carnival per-
mitting gambling devices was toler-
ated in South Amboy recently is
hardly justification to have this
condition repeated in Perth Amboy.
The prosecutors Office can hardly be
expected to substitute itself for the
municipal police departments of the
county, but had my attention been
directed to South Amboy as it was to
Perth Amboy and Woodbridge only
one course would have been left
open. Refusal to issue permits for
this class of entertainment on the
part of local authorities would elm
mate the usual evil attending the
same.
Il think If the heads of municipal-
tiles who are called upon to issue
licenses for the carnival will avail
themselves of the information in my
possession which gives in details the
inside operation of these enterprises.
no future carnivals will be allowed to
operate. 1t would seem that the or
ganizers advertised the so-cah6d
concessions thereby reaping very
substantial sum. which entities the
holders of the concessions to operate
wheels and other gambling devices
as well as palmistry and kindred at
fractions. Local parties gain no ad-
vantage from this but participate
from the proceeds obtained from the
concessions. the promoters and op-
orators usually retaining the larger
portion.
"The promoter of the Perth Amboy
carnival advertised the same in
theatrical publication as a Real Red
One. and over his own signature an
'ounced that the vigilance of author
ity in city and county in tolerating
carnivals has relaxed. Surely Mayor
Wilson does not want to take this
statement at its face value. I cer-
tainly do not.