The Washington times., 1924-09-09
HAS
OUSTED ALL
GAMBLERS
Card Sharps Flee to Suburbs.
Operate BY Motor
Transport
BY WILLIAM j. .HUSKE,.
International News Service.

1uLeEuhtlOHAA MOVIE OctNlCes
CLEVELAND, Sept. 9.--While
gambling-always under the ban
of the law in Ohio-has been Off
cially relegated to the outer dark
ness by the new city-manager adj
ministration that took office last
January in Cleveland, it has only
been q matter of the last few
days that the gambling fraternity
has become convinced that Director
of Public Safety Edward Barry
really means it" when he says
he will drive every gambler out
of Cleveland.
! Raids. the first Of the wear for
a time closed all the palaces of
chance in the city. Then followed
a period of quiet. and those in
the habit of accepting wagers upon
the speed of the ponies or the turn
of the cards opened up again.
Then came more raids. Telegraph
and telegraph wires were torn
from the walls of buildings where
'bookmaking" was going on. Plain
clothes men were stationed in the
office of a concern that was re.
puted to supply race results and
other information essential to the
running Of first-class bookmaking
! concern. Its business fell off to
such an alarming extent that the
manager went into court to get
ar injunction against further polio
ing, but was refused.
BOOkies Still On Hand.
However, while open gambling
has ceased, those who want to- bet
on the races still have their re-
sources. Runners for some Of
| the "bookies" walk certain streets.
Here they meet the sportively in.
| clined; a few words are exchanged;
then a bill passes from the hands
| OF the bettor to the hands of the
runner" and the latter hastens
away to the nearest phone to have
it recorded at the office of his
| chief outside the city limits. No
! slips are made out, and thus should
an arrest follow the police will be
F., without the necessary evidence" TO
convict on a bookmaking charge.
An even better scheme Of circunl.
venting the law is reported to have
been perfected by a gambler said
w AAc1N0 AIIduC udll d IIllllIOH IN Tie
last two years out of the chance
taking public. According to re-
| ports he has moved bag and uag-
gage to a friendly suburb adjoining
| Cleveland. Here are maintained
palatial quarters, where bets of any
size upon the horses may be reg
istered, and in addition those who
desire may bet as much as they
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blackjack"-the latter game being
a quick and easy method of sepa.
rating the man and his roll.
Four automobiles ply between
! this gambling establishment and
downtown Cleveland, transporting
customers" to the palace. There
is no charge for transportation -
| even the food is free, and in this
suburb there is said to be practi.
caly no danger of Intervention by
minions Of the law.
While these conditions are known
to police and to Safety Director
Barry, they realize they are power
less to cope with them.
Made Good His Word.
IT promised to wipe out gambling,
and we've done it so far as Cleve.
land is concerned" Barry asserted.
And in this he is backed up by
Police Chief Jacob Graul and Cap.
tain Michael Horrigan, in charge of
the "vice squad" who has been
given rowing commission to stamr
out gambling and vice in Cleveland
The latter officer, acting under the
direct orders of Safety Director
Barry, makes his own hours, ant
chooses his own assistants. In the
morning he may raid a bootleggel
on the west side of the city; the
afternoon may find him in an out
lying precinct on the south or east
side, and at night it may be down
town Cleveland that receives the at
tention of the captain and his ever
changing squad.
1--WE may not be doing things &c
spectacularly as General Butler in
Philadelphia" said one of the Off
GERS, comparing results with those
obtained by the commander Of Tho
Devil Dogs" in the Quaker City
but we're getting results. Oper
gambling is no more, and prosti
tuition is greatly lessened, and we've
really just begun.
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