Show r NAT GOODWINS I I f t CHARGE lJ RGE l lI IS FALSE il Jt l MacMillan Made Every very Effort II I t ft 1 to Meet Mee Gambling Obligations Obligations 1 gallons at Reno RenoA A 9 t il I COL S A KING GIVES FACTS t d i CASE CREATES SENTIMENT L I fr AGAINST GAMBLING J I IJ Ic J j c lH t I the light of o all aM lh the facts as they tRey I are lire known k wn today Harry Harrr is Isi ff i no as wa waa w charged t by Nat at atI I i Goodwin OH OR the it t Is now I I known that he made mad every KY honorable l t effort Jo 10 meet his obligation In to Ini i Reno Keno and as all a a result rt f his hill hI arrest and release relea he tend higher In tb the estima estimation eU estimatIon tion of at hie hili associates u s in Ne Nevada Nevada e ei i t vada ada than he be did dW before to This is the way ay Colonel Sam Sm A King I expressed tan night on Oft his re return reI tf I il t turn from Rw R Reno o after securing the dIE dis discharge I 1 j charge of his client cHeat who started at 1 I ii r r 1 once for Los where he has a aI aI I I large oil deal pending It is 18 charged that Nat C f Goodwin had much to do doi i 4 with the arrest and prosecution of Macmillan The fart fact that the men were t j rivals for the hand of Edna Goodrich tf and the additional fact that Goodwin blames for raiding the stock j of Goodwins mining company and in inspiring R 4 I Miller a former partner of to Goodwins Goodwin to push puM his biB SUIt salt against him t r all add to the interest of the little il I drama If I r Story Is Interesting it J The story of gambling J II I escapade is Js Interesting Late In No So November NoI J I i vember ember the young foung man went to Reno ji tf He gambled heavily at the Golden ho hotel hotel hoI I tel owned by b Jim Jhn May and John No Nolan NoI I Ii I P i I lan Ian In a few days he lost 1000 and andL Ii L paid the bilL MIL Dec Dee 7 just before start starting dH lii lF t ing for his home bome In Goldfield he en entered enI h I another game and before 7 in inthe tt j the evening dropped 2190 For this he f t II gave a check on his bank By ByL ByI I J L II this time he was wu g heavily he He lie lieI BeIt It I 1 went to the Palace the big gambling V t i it establishment of Reno where he was wu wuI wasI I i I introduced by Nolan Solan Her Here he lost JS 6 dl 1 I Hf i I 1 m and left the place sick and Cited The proprietor of If the Palace I railed called at the hotel and demanded his I money Macmillan explained that he heP heb b P 1 i I did not know whether h he had that much it w jI i to his credit in his ht bank in Goldfield j 1 i r and a d suggested that he give ghe checks cheeks pay payable payable able Dec 2 S This he said kl would give H I i iI i him time to go home hoine and make the necessary 1 I r h I t r f 1 essary arrant arran ement if it he had not the f I f required in the bank This Thie was J j i agreed to 1 r Short on Deposits I Ir In Macmillan found that he het t had not sufficient funds to cover the j two cheeks checks To make matters worse wo f t the bank officials Informed him that thai t J I they had cut out all overdrafts and andI I 0 were making few loans loaM Then the young oung I I L man sent his attorney Carney Carne to Reno I lt to give ghe promissory notes motes in exchange k for the cheeks checks This was WS not acceptable i I Steps were taken to prosecute The old I L district attorney would w uld do nothing but butas t Ji In up as soon as the new attorney took office I j hi tn hit i Jan 4 h I tit issued l sued an execution Mac Macmillan i t t millan was arrested in n Tonopah The H j r attorney he secured In Tonopah to de fend him failed him and he wired the j leading law firm in Reno only to find i its members tied up t I His meeting with nth Colonel King Kins was wasI T I accidental King was waa in Tonopah at atI the time on busness of his own The Themen i I I t i men had known each eath other here h re They t I I met wet on the train The upshot of It was as I I 1 i that King went with Macmil Macmu ii I ian an n to o Reno PeRU demanded an immediate tI I nearing of the case cane showed by the a clearest possible po elble evidence that there i was no intent to commit fraud showed ii I by hy the banker in Goldfield Godfield that Mac i milan had kept four big accounts there and that he had been boon permitted to over oer I 1 i 1 draw his account a time and again and I that he had pot not been notified at ht the I 1 time the cheeks checks che ks TV were ere drawn that he f could auld not overdraw his account In short phort It was shown that there had be been n 1 no public offense that there had been I no attempt at fraud and that MacmU Macmil U 4 j j Ian lan had done all In his power to meet his obligations He was waa released and was Vas warmly congratulated f by his friends in all parts of the state who dearly learly saw the malice back of oJ the pros I l 1 One On good result will follow tollow the ex h of this gambling escapade in the opinion of ot Colonel King This is dras tic legislation against gambling Sen I in Nevada has ha been worked to a high pitch by this and other exposures exposure tl u nd effective legislation is practically certain to follow |