Backed by a new crime-fighting attorney general, who campaigned on a pledge to clean up Galveston, the Texas Rangers finally got their wish and padlocked the Balinese Room on May 30, 1957.
The combination nightclub-casino had been the crown jewel of two Sicilian brothers’ Island empire for three decades. The rich and famous came to the Balinese Room for the high-stakes gambling and live entertainme…