The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . nto favor. In the first place, it must be understood that there isgambling in Chicago. Hand books in which bets maybe made on the races flourish in many places where onewould not them. Craps, poker, roulette and theold army game may be interviewed, yet the number ofgood cases made out in court against the well-knownproprietors of these games is pitifully small. The de-tectives have gone into gambling houses, arrested the in-mates, and then have come into police courts and havebeen forced to admit that they were unable to presen
The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . nto favor. In the first place, it must be understood that there isgambling in Chicago. Hand books in which bets maybe made on the races flourish in many places where onewould not them. Craps, poker, roulette and theold army game may be interviewed, yet the number ofgood cases made out in court against the well-knownproprietors of these games is pitifully small. The de-tectives have gone into gambling houses, arrested the in-mates, and then have come into police courts and havebeen forced to admit that they were unable to present 2case strong enough to warrant the magistrate in holdingthe prisoners to the grand jury for trial. They have beenforced to fall back upon the old vagrancy charge. Theyaccuse men of vagrancy when they find that the gam-bling charges are not well enough sustained. Many menwearing the best clothes obtainable and laden with dia-monds enough to make a jewelers window turn greenwith envy have been charged with being vagrants, All 272 THE ADVENTURES AND WORK. OF A DETECTIVE 273 of which is set down to the knowledge that the gamblersin Chicago have of the usefulness of an electric wire. VANISH BEFORE DETECTIVES APPEAR. The gambling resorts may be running full blast. Theplay may be heavy, the spectators as great in number asthose at a fashionable concert, yet when the detectivesbreak into the room the men are all there, the apparatusis hidden, and the gambling charge must fall flat. Allof the gambling houses whose owners can afford the out-lay are provided with a set of danger signals that woulddo credit to a train dispatchers office or the main roomin a telegraph concern. It is often necessary to pass two and sometimes threelookouts before the main room is reached. But that isthe easiest part of it. The hardest is to get as far as thefirst lookout without being recognized. The bootblackon the corner, the newsboy, the seller of fruit, any or allof them may be in the employ of the gamb
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