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"Gambling in Jefferson parish must stop, both at the Suburban race track and the gambling...
Los
Angeles Times --- RACING IS DEAD IN NEW ORLEANS
Los Angeles Times
Jan 24, 1909
District Attorney Turns Over the Work to Another. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 23.--[Exclusive Dispatch.] "Gambling
in Jefferson parish must stop, both at the Suburban race track and the gambling houses at South Port, and I am here to see
that my orders are enforced --- STOPS LOUISIANA
BETTING.; Governor Puts Down Racing and Other Diversions in Jefferson Parish.NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 24. -- With
the horses which have been running at the Suburban race track kept idle at McDonoughville, the doors to the gambling houses
at Southport closed tight, and a ban placed upon the sale of lottery tickets. Jefferson Parish is just at present experiencing
the quietest days it has shown in a very long time. --- GOV. SANDERS
STOPS NEW ORLEANS RACING; Threatens to "Take a Hand" if Betting Is Not Discontinued at Suburban Park. RACE TRACK
GATES CLOSED Arrest of Bookmaker Sheehan Will Serve as a Test of Anti-Racing Law in Louisiana -- Racing for Mexico.
January 23, 1909, Saturday Page 7, 357 words NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 22. -- After continuing
for a week, the race meet at Suburban Park, in Jefferson Parish, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, to-day was
closed, at least temporarily. The announcement of the suspension was made at the conclusion of the fourth race, shortly after
John Sheehan of Memphis, a bookmaker, had been arrested on the charge of violating the Locke anti-racing law... [Jan
23, 1909] After continuing for a week, the race meet at Suburban Park, in Jefferson Parish, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, to-day was closed, at least temporarily. The announcement of the suspension was made at
the conclusion of the fourth race, shortly after John Sheehan of Memphis, ...
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