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against the negroes, but no effort was made to drive them out. This time, however, the conditions seem more energetic. Mr. Sinclair, of the West Baden hotel, is much disturbed over the affair, asserting that he is trying to better moral conditions. The supposition is that the raiders came from the country surrounding West Baden and French Lick.The fact is apparent that the recent raid on the gambling industry here by the State authorities did not frighten the colored people out of the business, as it did the whites. Every night since Brown’s club rooms closed there has been gambling in the building leased by a negro named Slye, and known as the “common folks’ home.” White men joined in the games here.It is alleged, in this connection, that Slye’s place was used for storing the gambling devices spirited from the Brown clubhouse before the raid, as wagons were seen to drive hurriedly in front of the building, while a number of devices were carried inside. Ko one has seen the Brown machines moved elsewhere, and the supposition Is that they are still in the “commonfolks’ home.”
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Bedford Weekly Mail
Bedford, Indiana, US
Fri, Jun 12, 1908
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