Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-02-03 | Page 1 | Gambling in Chicago

fiAM IN CHICAGO Grand Jury Believes Police Know of Many Disorderly Places s in City Chicago Feb 2 It 2 It Is our judgment judg I 1 m merit ment nt that such stick lawlessness n as exists t In l Chicago cannot continue without connivance In the these t words the January Januar gr grand n jury summed up Its Inv Investigation to today toda to- to da day of the gambling situation and flourish of immoral saloons in tte te city In discussing the gam gambling question the lie report dealt mainly with the tho City o of Traverse Travel so which sails Lake Michigan n taking wireless reports of races and doing loing a n ru rusHIng ruling business with wilh those who ho play ila the lie ponies The Flu Jury JUI calls cull on nn the police d department depart depart- mont ment to lo arrest airest each aeh day tIny ax as a vagrant coV every IY passenger on the City of Traverse Traverse Tra Tru- Cr verse e as 08 ho hp disembarks from the vessel at its Calumet river pr dock I Deflect Deneen Is also sl requested d to a ask k governor o of Indiana to In institute gambling gamb ling hug prosecutions against those interested interested inter Inter- ested In the craft Wholesale 1 Indictments were re returned returned re- re turned gamblers and proprietors ors 01 of or disorderly I Mayor Dunne Dunno I Is asked to revoke saloon licenses ej From rom non sources F says 1 the tI-ic report proof has come to us of tho the existence of tho the man many disorderly saloons arid and the thc operation of hand handbooks handbooks books at nt established and publicly known houses It 11 Is difficult to b believe that the these o places ar are unknown to commanding officers of or the police de de- de- de Indeed we vt have been told of mOil many complaints to tho lie police concerning concerning con con- corning these 6 places which hn have re received received re- re a 0 perfunctory attention no 1 S se- se rlou rious attempt b being made c to suppress them Ii em