The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
KEEP THE RAIDS GOING


constitute cleanup" any more than fiedg-
ling swallow makes a summer but the start that
has been made by the sheriff in the raid on
Sheridan Road Inn indicates that he is going
to surprise some Of the people who decided
that "Good Fellow" sheriff meant wide open
county. Sheriff Rauen needs practice at raid
ing He should learn early in the game that
the time to get gambling devices is when they
can be found and that putting off till tomorrow
something that should be done today applies
to gambling raid just the same as anything
else.
It is pretty well demonstrated that the ganlb-
ling fraternity will take every possible advant-
age of an officer and that promises with lot
of these people are like pie crusts made to
be broken. Evidence against gambling houses
is usually rather elusive and it is important to
grab it while the grabbing is good 1t is also
wise to bring into the county jail all the men
found in gambling house. Keepers of these
places have overhead just like other concerns
which do business and part of that overhead
is usually counted on as payment of fines for
violation Of the law
Sheriff Rauen has his self starter working
but there is still little sand in the carburetor
or grunt in the differential which should be
fixed if future raids are to be of the greatest
value. The excellent rule to follow in all such
raids is to grab everything and everybody in
sight
It may be that it is just little embarrassing
for some men who think that they are promin-
ent in the community to stand in court charg-
ed with being the inmates of a gambling
house but the sooner some of these aforesaid
prominent men get just such position and
have the privilege of saying, Good morning,
Judge" other men just as prominent will reach
the idea that support of gambling dens is not
the empimently proper thing for prominent
man to do.
The Sheriff has started and we hope that he
will follow the old rule and recognize ''No North
NO South-No West. We are inclined to
leave the gambling dens to the east of the city
limits to the federal officials. The menace is
not serious one from that side. It's the North
South and West that bothers Kenosha and the
sheriff can still go in all three directions and
add new laurels to his career as an enforce
ment officer
Fines will deter gambling house keepers a
little-fines for the inmates will have more
lettering effect on the operations of gamblers
It is generally believed that the profits of
gambling house are sufficient to stand an occa-
sional license fee" to the city or county but
the men who count their losses and gains are
rarely able to pay fine and make the gambling.
house visits profitable At any rate all of the
men are equally guilty Of violating the law.
Reforming anything means keeping eternally
at it and it is necessary to keep eternally at the
gambling house raids. The average gambler
who has been operating about Kenosha will
have the idea that with the raid out at Sheri-
dan Road Inn over the game will be consider
ably safer. OF course this may not be the idea
of the new sheriff or the district attorney at
all but with gamblers who have been accus-
toned to the old system of an occasional raid
to stop comment will find it hard to get away
from the idea.
Sheriff Rauen has accomplished something
He has shown that this place can be raided with
cut the coming of the officers being tipped off
20 the inmates and the managers of the place
3his ought to assure the officers that other
raids can be pulled off with as much success or
more
Nothing said here. is designed as a criticism
of the officials but as helpful suggestion. It's
big job that Sheriff Rauen and his men have
and it must be done in an intelligent and per-
serving manner if it is to bring the highest re-
turns in the way of enforcement of the laws
The sheriff appears to be willing and undoubt-
edly he is going to live and learn as to the best
way to carry out these things.
Don't be afraid to slip the sheriff tip on
places where the law is being violated and give
him all the evidence you have His flying
squadron may be ready to operate at any time
and it needs lots of suggestions as to when and
where to operate.
POOR RICHARDS BIRTHDAY