Police and Civic Union Raid Poker Parlor
A gambling den at a downtown saloon is shuttered by authorities following a local reform effort.
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Six men playing poker in a back room of the 'I and G' saloon, at the corner of First Avenue and Madison Street, had their dreams of wealth rudely dispelled last night by the appearance of several officers and members of the Civic Union. They took possession of the tables, chips, money, players and account books, piled them in a patrol wagon and landed them at the police station.
“Six men playing poker... had their dreams of wealth rudely dispelled last night by the appearance of several officers and members of the Civic Union.”
This raid highlights the persistent influence of moral reform movements like the Civic Union on Tacoma's downtown nightlife, a recurring theme in the city's struggle between vice and public morality.
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