Criminal Justice Matters: 1938, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 13, 1938 Winnfield News-American

Sheriff Seizes Slot Machines, Other Gambling Devices

Action in Conformity with Police Jury Ordinance Passed 60 Days Ago


Upon authorization of a search warrant issued by District Attorney Harry
Fuller and properly executed Sheriff Bryant Sholars seized the equipment
allegedly used in operating gambling games at the Casa Loma Night Club,
operated by Frank Schimpf, Grand Chateau, a combination filling station and
tourist camp, operated by Otis Machen and the Oakland Service Station,
operated by J. E. Williams Monday of this week.

The equipment seized included twenty slot machines, six ball machines, two
horse machines, two electric victrolas and poker and dice tables valued at
several thousand dollars.

This action was in conformity with an ordinance passed by the Winn Parish
Police Jury about two months ago that prohibited the operation of sallons and
dance halls in the same building and prohibiting the use of any musical
instrument in saloons.  Sheriff Sholars was accompanied by members of the
Police Jury, which convened in regular session on Monday, and requested
immediate enforcement of the provisions of the ordinance.

The Police Jury also urges the enforcement of the Sunday closing law for
saloons as well as the removal of all gambling devices from saloons, dance
halls, or other places where they are now being operated.