Show I i 1 y 1 rf ROULETTE LETTE WHEEL L ELY Y DICE CELL ROLL TOO T Draw and Poker PoRter Also Find Favor With Crowds That Nightly Visit Birtch Dinken- Dinken spiel and Watt Wat in en Nauvoo flock Block Mayor Ferry Ira Informed o med of La Law Law- br aking but Did Not dot Stop Ut Dt Gambling games are being conducted in Salt Lake I They are open to the public and are operated without police molestation Since the close order of Chief of Police C. C W. W Shores was issued four days ago Salt Lake gambling has centered inthe in inthe inthe the Nauvoo block SJ 2 West First South Only the SMALL games operated in back rooms of local saloons or in quarters adjoining adjoining adjoining ad ad- joining pool halls halls' closed their games wh when whenn n. n the order was posted posted post post- ed cd at police ponce headquarters r The games operated in three rooms in the Nauvoo block leave have not not clos closed d a a night since the n no notice notice tice was posted in the desk sergeants sergeant's sergeants sergeant's sergeants sergeant's ser ser- ser ser- geant's office at police head head- quarters Five and sometimes s six x games are operated at the I Yi 9 quarters qua t p presided resided oj er r ver X bj t Joe J Charlie pit and l I A l t r E. E t wo varieties var S- S of poker poker poker- draw v and stud are arc stud a are played nightly night night- ly with from five to nine menat menat men at each table A roulette roulette- wheel a trap Crap game and a tW one twenty one nty-one game operate with heavy plays in In common defiance of state laws and nd city ordinances For a time a chuck luck game was operated but was abandoned It was was moved from the rooms Friday It was returned Saturday and used Saturday night for a twenty one game Operatives for THE SALT LAKE TELEGRAM discovered the existence of these games in the Nauvoo block when the games disappeared from a local hotel building Saturday March MarchOn 11 On the opening night Col C. C A. A Birtch former proprietor of the Casa stood on First South and Main streets and greeted friends as they passed While the colonel greeted his friends the play at 55 55 west First South increased increased increased in in- creased gradually At 11 1130 30 o'clock on the opening night two forty-two persons were gathered around the six games in iu operation Throughout the night llight the three rooms in the Nauvoo block resembled the licensed censed gambling hallot hall hallof hallof of ot the early days Joe known through the efforts efforts- 1 J fi of f officials c als to convict him of operating g race track poolrooms folL following fol fol- L lowan lowing gambling the h In outlawing Utah of this form of was behind the roulette roulette rou rou- lette wheel a part of the time Charlie Watt was running ug the mo chuck luck game Mayor Was N Notified d THE T TELEGRAM LEGRAM operatives operatives TP reported reo re- ported the i opening o of ot f the rooms room in the Nauvoo block lock and the play lay which followed during the next f four our days dava As a result of these roves investigations investigation ions a reporter was sent to Mayor W W. Ferry The information reporter informed nn Mr Mr r Ferry that Information had d come como t to THE TELEGRAM office to tho effect that these games were running He told Mr 1 Ferry th that t two forty-two men were in the rooms at 1120 on all the opening night and furnished tho the names of and Watt as s being reported by the operatives to have been actively engaged in the con conduct duct of ot the house Mr Ferry thanked the reporter for forthe forthe forthe the information and arid said that he would have it looked up that night He also recounted the difficulty experienced ex ex- in detecting gambling in Salt SaIt Lake THE TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S reporter asse asserts Continued on pa page e 2 GAMBLING WIDE OPEN IN SALT LAKE Continued from page 1 that Mr Ferry told him at that time that hat there were supposed to be be two roulette wheels in operation but hImen his hI men had been unable to locate them He surmised that the one in th the Nauvoo Nau Nau- yoo block might be one one of ot them I 1 do not know where the office got gotts its ts information the reporter says cays he lie told Mayor Ferry It was given ghen to tome tome tome me to give to you for tor your OUr our Ion tion It must b he tr true mere inere is a lot of l detail to the me tile report Mayor Ferry erry replied re re- plied according to the reporter The TIle mayor again thanked the reporter reporter re reo porter for tor the information given byTHE by TIlE THE TELEGRAM Mayor Again Agai Informed THE TIlE TELEGRAM t operatives continued continued con con- their investigations The rooms remained in operation and aud on the following following fol lowing Saturday had a greater pa pa- patronage than on the opening night Last Wednesday THE TELEGRAM again sent a reporter To o see Mayor Mayot Ferry with instructions Instructions' to to tell him what THE TELEGRAM investigators had lad found fount on a second Saturday one ona week after alter the tile opening lie He reports this tills as a part of ot his conversation con with Mr Feiry Did you look into that First So South th tip mayor Yes We had a couple of men over there but the tile place was closed They seem to open and close with frequency The office ortice has information that they were running Saturday Saturday- night According to the reporter he conveyed con the additional information to Mr 11 Ferry Before going to the commission meeting Mr Ferry said We have to ne new men working in plain cloth clothes snow now They are working on this case case now and may get some IOme thing Made Little Fellows Quit Two days after atter this Chief oC of Police I C. C W. W Shores returned to Salt Lake Lak 1 from Denver Colo Cola He lie Immediately r posted a notice notice notice-in in the desk sergeants sergeant's I office at police headquarters in which I he instructed patrolmen to jo stop gambling gam hung bling on their beats Detectives were detailed to to notify local houses that all forms torms o of gambling gambling gam bling must be discontinued The TIu poker games in rooms adjoining local Inca saloons and were out o of C commission before nightfall The Nauvoo rooms however remained remained re re- in operation with from thirty r to one hundred persons in the house hous I during the night The Tile men in charge C gave no Indication of having received receive I Ithe the notice given oth others rs although 1 Mayor Ferry was in possession of Information Information In formation giving their location Likewise the Nauvoo rooms have havi i continued in operation since the order was wan Issued closing the others Most of the other games have remained re reo closed at least those which were conducted openly Some rooms are being conducted on Second South street but are not accessible to the unknown I In the Wayne H Hotel otel Too Gambling also forms to the chief chiet di diversion diversion dl- dl version In quarters on the top floor o of ot t the Wayne Vayne hotel on East Broadway These quarters are more difficult tc to reach and are not open to everyone as are the games in the N Nauvoo block A roulette wheel a crap game i a apan apan L pan gee game and a poker game are an I operated there Bolh Both of ot these places did a good business business busi bud budness ness last Saturday the play extending 1 well veil into Sunday morning Three percentage percentage percentage per per- poker games games garns games game's s where when S the dealer takes his per pet cent and do does i C not play play operated operated in the Nauvoo Nauvo block all alt day yesterday Sunday Th The Theother S other games gamt's the crap crap game the tIn I twenty-one twenty games and the roulette i wheel were closed I I The room in which the roulette loulette wheel and usually another game are C Crun run was locked yesterday These games however did a land office business from the time they opened Saturday afternoon until they closed I Sunday morning The roulette wheel had a heavy play Saturday night and easily eully overcame overcame overcame over over- came some losses that the house might have felt a II a. night or so previous While this game started operating with checks valued slued at 6 5 cents apiece the checks were worth more Saturday night They sold 1 at 10 cents apiece or 2 for tor a stack of or twenty No bets under 10 cents were received at the wheel i Plenty of Victims At At advanced ad prices t th the h play was heavy throughout the night Heavy y bets were laid both in checks and in silver Japs as as well as white men men meu flocked around the wheel to test their luck on the lie turn of Ot the little Ivory ball Others crowded back of ot the players held purely by the t fascination of or the game Saturday night two games of ot one twenty were operated in the Nauvoo Nauvoo Nau- Nau au- au block One game was dealt on a a. table able E equipped Quipped with a layout for chuck luck When the We house was opened chuck luck was played but the table was removed remo Frida Friday It did not operate Fr Friday day night but Saturday was brought back and utilIzed utilized util- util zed for a twenty-one twenty table At both bothof I of ot the twenty one tables s bets ranged from 26 cents to 2 with from five tl to seven se players at each aWe able throughout through through- ou out t the night t. t The crap game was second In PO popularity arity larity only to the roulette wheel Throughout the night visitors flocked U j around crap crap table three thre and four deep leep For nearly every throw of the dice lice there was not riot less hess than 5 5 on the layout in bets ranging from 25 cents I I to o 2 For the majority of ot the shakes I I I the amount on the table was more than 5 5 v Busy Every Night Two games of poker were WE're operated L Saturday nl night ht one of or draw and one of stud From rom five to nine pla players ers participated in each game during the C night Th The rise Sunda Sunday morning sun was near neal at h hand nd before the play in the Nauvoo C zooms rooms dwindled to a a point where all games gameR could not be bl operated Yesterday afternoon three games of ol potter poker occupied the attention of ot visitors visItors visitors vis vis- at the the Nauvoo quarters quarterS' The Saturday night play was somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what heavier than on the nights night preceding pre pre pre- ceding There has JUll not riot been a Ii night however when the games did lid not draw a good play and packed the house with onlookers Easy to Find Games Notwithstanding the fact tact that Mayor F Ferry rry said his men found the place closed wh when n they w went nl to Investigate Investigate after atter the information was first given him TELEGRAM operatives at atno atno atno no time had difficulty difficult in entering Following the formal opening of or the quarters quarter the doors we were e open to whoever whoever whoever who who- ever might enter A man was WIlS stationed stationed stationed sta sta- at the outside door but he asked no questions as visitors came a and nd went The rhe rooms used for tor rambling gambling are on the east fast side of f the Nauvoo block 55 5 West First South They are a a. part of ot the Nauvoo rooming house and have the same entrance from flom the Ide- Ide walk The rIle Nauvoo Xau entrance leads heads to a a. second floor hotel lobb lobby Roomers and patrons of or th the rooming house turn to the tile right Those seeking diversion with the lure of ot Dame Chance Chanc turn to the left A partition separates the hotel lobby from the lookout room df of the gambling gambling gam gam- bling hall ball The partition Is provided with a door equipped with a small window Behind the door sits the doorkeeper when the door loor is closed Most 1 of the time the door is open j It leads to a small room When this door is open it Is ia ne necessary necessary essary es- es sary only to walk through open the tIle thedoor thedoor door to room No 10 9 9 and find gambling In jn all its Us forms When the door Is closed it opens as quickly as one anyone approaches No Q one Is turned awa away unless the rooms are so crowded that no more can b be accommodated Doorkeepers Not Nosey The doorkeeper remains constantly at his post but hes he's a II good scout and does not ask any Impertinent or embarrassing embarrassing em em- questions ns Early in the evening from forty to sixty persons are areto areto areto to be found in the rooms which open off ott door No o. o 9 Door No 9 S opens into the middle room In this room are the twenty twenty- one game gam and the crap game gamt Em- Em alternate with the proprietors in operating the games At the twenty-one twenty game the players bet with silver There is no pretext at coverIng coverIng cover cover- cover cover- Ing log the game with checks Money Is let bet and audi paid according to the way the cards drop I Likewise sliver silver Is II used at the tile crap table The line throughout the night Is covered with bets ranging from 25 cents to 5 Losing Losing- bets are raked in Inand inand and winning bets are paid in cash Nickels and dimes are absent in hi this game Where two dimes and a n. nickel are placed as a cent 25 bet they are immedIately immediately im ins- mediately replaced by a n sliver silver quarter of ot a a. dollar from the money rack The small money money- goes into the drawer the money sack lack offering nothing smaller maller than a quarter I The room to the th north of ot the middle room is the poker room Two games of poker draw and stud are in constant constant constant con con- I stant operation throughout ho t the night The dealers participate in the game Checks are used and men quitting the game are paid off ott at the table The Theames games ames maintain a fair tall play having from five to nine men playing all the time Roulette Wheel Popular The room south of ot the middle room is used for the roulette wheel and usually another game At first the theother theother theother other game was chuck luck but this was changed to twenty At other times only the roulette wheel Is operated In this room The Tho roulette wheel Is one of or the most popular popular pop pop- ular members of the new quarters It has almost a constant play throughout hout I the night At times it is inaccessible on Oil account of the numbers playing and the num number er of ot onlookers For or a time all checks were 5 cents apiece Red Hed white blue and yellow checks sold for 6 5 cents a apiece At many times times' every color check Is being played b by different players Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times all ali colors are out and two different different dif dif dif- ferent terent players use the same color checks Saturday the th cent 5 c checks were sold for 10 cents While Willie the principal play play at the wheel Is Js confined to checks silver sliver is also played Players betting silver are paid in silver sH or checks as they desire No liquor Is sold in the rooms and rarely larely does an Intoxicated person get In For the most par part the frequenters of ot the rooms are men Both Japs and white men are permitted to play Since the looms were opened few mi minors minors ml- ml nors have been in the place although several se bordering on the dividing line have been In the house and pl played at atOle atone one Ol or more of ot the games Gambling Scattered Willie While Salt Lake gambling is c cantered centered can cen n- n in th the Nauvoo block it is not confined to that point Rooms In the Ule Wayne hotel operate nightly Before ft Ch Shores issued his I close order on his return from Denver Denver Den Den- ver small poker games were scattered throughout the business district Some were behind closed doors Others rs were accessible only if the tile visitor was I known Still others were open to the public In a a. room Adjoining the Walnut Liquor company a stud poker game was operated operated |