Documents Tagged ‘gambling’
Old Peoria: As Wide Open As The Gateway To Hell
Archive Entry Date: 4/14/1956
From the newspaper of the All-American city, a guided tour of the old “Empire of Vice”
The Town That Reformed
Archive Entry Date: 10/1/1955
Reform meant a new, professionalized city management, but did not go uncontested
Bris Collins’ Tap Raided, Closed; Baseball Pool Czar Fined $1,000
Archive Entry Date: 5/23/1953
“Cleaning up Peoria” meant more raids on Bris Collins' place
Bris Collins Held on Bogus Money Count
Archive Entry Date: 7/10/1951
Arrest was nothing new for Collins
Gamblers Tell Why They Quit Peoria Rackets
Archive Entry Date: 10/20/1948
New Mayor took the profit out of gambling
Council-Mayor Fight Widens
Archive Entry Date: 12/17/1941
In late-1941 Mayor Woodruff and Peoria's city council feuded over the protection of vice in the city