Trenton (NJ) Evening Times, August 19, 1909, p. 11.
BURNED BY LAW
Paoli, Indiana, August 19-The war begun by the state against gambling in the
casino of Tom Taggart, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee,
at French Lick, and Lee Sinclair's casino at West Baden, culminated
yesterday in the burning of gambling apparatus taken from the two places and
estimated to be worth $30,000.
Two thousand people from Orange and surrounding counties, including many
women and children, watched the expensive bonfire and applauded the officers
when they applied the match.
The devices had been stored here since their seizure in 1906, and had been
under the care of the sheriff. The order for the destruction was received
late Tuesday evening, and about midnight the sheriff and his deputies, with
Assistant Attorney General White, entered the place where the devises were
stored and began their destruction with axes and sledges, piling the broken
fragments into a heap preparatory to applying the torch.