"This situation, one of the high lights in the city of lights and
shadows, has been evolved, according to the official informant,
through the countless number of gambling resorts that have gained
existence in the most fashionable parts of the city.
"The record of crime of the clever and astute individual already
mentioned is being minutely investigated, and, it is said, shows
some of the most astounding facts. It runs even to murder, which
was accomplished in getting rid of an informer recently in the pay
of the police.
"Against those conducting the crusade every engine of the
underworld has been used. The fight has been carried on bitterly,
and within less than twenty-four hours arrests are promised as a
result of confessions already in the hands of the authorities and
being secretly and widely investigated by them before the final
blow is delivered simultaneously, both in the city and in a town
up-state where the criminal believes himself unknown and secure."
There was more of the stuff, which I do not quote, describing the
situation in detail and in general terms which could all have only
one meaning to a person acquainted with the particular case with
which we were dealing.
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