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The American Bar

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The American Bar was owned by Adam Worth and his fellow thief Bullard.  It cost more than $75,000 (in 1871 currency) to create the bar which became a mecca for American and Europeans alike.  

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Adam Worth

In Paris, the police force was still in disarray after the events of the Paris Commune. Worth and his associates founded an "American Bar", a restaurant and bar on the ground floor, and a gambling den on the upper floor. Because gambling was illegal, the gambling tables were built so that they could be folded inside the walls and the floor. A buzzer would be sounded from downstairs to alert the customers before any police raid. Worth formed a new gang of associates, including some of his old comrades from New York.

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