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Show HERE THEY COME, The Arrest of the Gay Gamboliers and Frail Females Has Commenced. The Deputy Marshals are Bringing in the Knights of the Green Oloth First. ALL ABLE TO GIVE BONDS In the Sum of $500 Each to Secure Their Appearance for Trial. THE Fl RST VICTIM Was Henry Nugent, the Proprietor of a Second Sonth Street Gambling House-How House-How They View It. The ball has now fairly opened and the fun lias commenced. The report which appeared in last evening's even-ing's Times in regard to the action of the grand jury with reference to gamblers and prostitutes only served to increase the consternation con-sternation among that class, as it corroborated corrobo-rated the rumors to the effect that the knights of the green cloth and fcinmes de ville had been indicted by the wholesale. The morning papers, having been scooped by The Times, stood upon their dignity and had not a word to say about the matter this morning. They were evidently in hopes that there might be some mistake; but The Times never makes mistakes. The first arrest was made shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon, when Deputy Marshal Mar-shal Charley Goodsell brought in Henry Nugent on the charge of keeping a gambling house. Mr. Nugent, accompanied by some friends, went before Commissioner Greenman, who read the complaint. "Well, it isn't as bad as murder, is it boys?" "Oh yes it is," answered one of the "boys." "If it was murder you wouldn't have any trouble to get off, but this is simply sim-ply h 1." The commissioner fixed the defendant's bond at 9500 to secure his appearance for trial, and Nugent was quickly released, Henry Luce and I. G. Williams becoming his sureties. The second arrest was made at 2 o'clock, and this time "Shorty," the proprietor of a gambling house on Main street, was the victim. He too gave bonds to secure his appearance ap-pearance for trial, and was released. J. I. Sparks was the next to fall into line, and after him came Cal. S. Woods, Joe Richards, James McDtrmott, A. A. Gibson, E. K. Lathrop, Sam Reggie and James Heg- I ney, and several others will be brought in before nightfall. The warrants for the keepers of the houses of prostitution were placed in the hands of deputy marshals at 3:10 and thejr at once started out to arrest ar-rest the following persons: Ida Walker. 222 State street; Kittie (Jap), 26 Franklin avenue; Minnie (Jap), 62 Commercial street: May Reynolds, "4 Franklin avenue; Mattie Turner, 243 South Main; Hattie Wilson, o3 Franklin avenue ; May St. Clair, Franklin avenue; Lucy Andrews, 4!) Franklin Frank-lin avenue; Jessie Blake, 166 West South Temple: Lizzie Winters, 148 Wrest South Temple; Maggie Morris, Plum alley. The gamblers generally take a gloomy view of the situation, and seem to think that a strong effort will be made to cinch them. At 4 o'clock. Deputy Marshal Cannon arrived ar-rived with the first of the women, Kittie and Minnie, the Japs, and by this evening they will doubtless all be under arrest. |