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seonidheafHki»£ War on lt;iambIoii,New Orleans, Sept. 20.—The biggeBt fight ever made here against the gamblers has just, begun. The state law prohibits gambling, but it has not been enforced for years, and in the face of the law Mayor Shakespeare and Guillotte licensed the gambling saloons, the latter paying money to the city authorities for the support of the alms house. During the last few weeks there have been several scandals connected with the gambling houses, several ugly rows occurring in them, and a case of sharpers beating the gamblers out of some $10,000 with loaded dice. The gamblers foolishly squealed over their loss, thus calling attention to the publicity with which they were carrying on their business in defiance of the law. Judge Ferguson, criminal district court, ordered rid jury to make a special examination! of the gambling houses. Ho callarattention to the law, and pointed oujrwhere a number of faro and other onses were carried on in defiance of it, naming the streets and buildings in which this business is conducted. He ordered the grand jury action in the ma „ the gamble^^^.^ X^mber*e °f ^rce whthisic 'Tola$k.iou of the law to jf*oinZ on in ;ne'( ineir precincts, failed f^P°rtit. JudgeghheFerguson found the Jar' *ail sympathy with him**on the gamblers. It samrne(^ l“d necessary tat | witnesses at onc**li(1 called uP°n Chief or of Police GastJr® close all gambling institutions In'*’6 city’ arvcsr all persons found;^ere» seize all gambling parapheru^3* an^ bring it to the police il, | station, $ to report from day to day I what progress he had made in the mat-s, I ter tlie gambling houses. Theto inov^Ta^hegun in earnest, for Judge is strongly pledged to break !a''up '■ng a°d has begun a crusade ' I .vnich he and the grand jury will keep up to the end, and if tne police do not act they are likely to get into trouble. The gambling saloons have always been open in New Orleans, except for a week once, and have been either licensed by the state or the city, or tolerated by the police.
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Saint Landry Clarion
Opelousas, Louisiana, US
Sat, Oct 08, 1892
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