Show GOTHAM GOSSIP glimpses aud and glances into the gam falln dens of the gay me Iro polls t by our correspondent I EDITOR HERALD tha sensation of the week has been the systematic raid mid OD an the gambling housea houses conduct ed by inspector byrnes by thecial order of the police commissioners the inside history of this title spasmodic movement Is simply that commissioner french whose terra term is expiring wante wants to be re appointed and a tremendous effort is 1 beine wine made to HOODWINK THE PUBLIC into believing that the police are sire doing their utmost to clear the city of blacklegs unfortunately for air mr french everybody sees a through the scheme and his efforts will be defeat ed just on account of the exceptional vigor with which the matter is pushed the manner in wa which ach byrnes has been making bis his ia is furthermore a peculiar one kot not one arrest aest has bag been made but all the property found in the gambling bouses houses ted thie this represents presenta re something like fifty or sixty thousand dolla dollars rs in value valtie the smaller fry were the first fire tones ones pulled the better establishments were not visited until twenty four hours bours later latar daring that time the af astute proprietors who can take tale a hint without exactly being knocked down with a barn door and when the vigilant police came there was no one in the houses hous except persape a colored servant eer vant and certainly no auspicious fum furniture iture of course this excitement will not last wt long two weeks hence the hoffes will be going again everybody es ex pacts that among the establishments visited and closed was the famous one at broadway this is perhaps the moat most noted gaming bouee house in in the country and among the victims of games of chance in europe is as well known ns AS the fashionable clubs in paris during the th war and immediately after it play TO ni BE VERY HIGH here even as a late as eix six or seven years ago there was wag no limit to the stakes either at baroor faro or roulette it itis id no rare thing to see twenty and thirty thousand dollars change hands on the turn of a card there was nothing gaudy pudy about it but aimery article in the booma down to the very showed taste and refino refina pent in the palmier days they used to set not table fur guests where the choicest delicacies of the season in the shap a of game vegetables and fruit fruits were served latterly however nothing but a sideboard was kept and there a able sable attendant dispensed wines or liquors to whoever desired refreshment it wad was established by a man named beets lie was bred breu a gentleman geu and so far faarae farae as honesty was concerned was unimpeachable glisman hi man ners were perfect and his conduct eminently proper lie was A episcopalian his ills wife was an equally good catholic they had a family of interesting chU children dreu who were christened in the catholic faith by a very prominent clergyman lie ile was a great friend of the family and used fre frequently bently to take tea ten with them thera in tha the evening what mat a queer con contrast down stairs tho the fierce struggle with the liker tiger where men with blanched faces and feverish eyes watched the rolling of the ivory ball on tha the roulette wheel or the methodical shuffle of the faro dealer and up stairs where the family ily resided peaceful conversation tempered with religious discussions with a learned gentlemanly and pious priest to preside POLICY RAIDS are next in order and then an n effort is to be made to root out houses of ill III fame but how longwill long will this last it is really dreadful how low life is getting in tilts this metropolis talk about paris the capital on the seine is quiet compared comp couil ered ared with the empire city and what does it all arise rise from nothing but the insane desire among amon g all a classes and both sexes to ma make money fast in hl order to spend it in luxurious uro living the other day I 1 met the manager of one of the most aromi nent and most honorable private detective bureaus you dont know what a demand there ie is at p present resent for so called shadows men who follow about and watch their movements i then them to follow their wives and wives engage them thein tu DOG 00 oo THEIR HUSBANDS it is perfectly nauseating and the worst of it is is that this demand has encouraged a class clam of idle shar pers to 1 alzo dinits in as shadows on their own book frequent Tre quent streets wherein reside and fast women and tore to them are watched and followed borne some fine day after the hi history tor y of the game me ba has been fully acquired actor th ired the victim ie is presented with an account ef of his increments movements far for months past meney ie is asked for the suppression of the facts and generally given for the victim in nine aves out often has no redress from the black roa in ilera ailers it is an a ful elate state of rf aff fa 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