Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-01-23 | Page 10 | Officers Sit in Game and Arrest Partners

OFFICERS U IN GAME A! ARREST PARTNERS Quiet Game of "Stud'' (n Fleur de Lis Saloon Ends Abruptly. Policemen Manning and Smith played thnt classical gamo of stud pokor a few minutes Tue.sday night, although neither professes to on extensive knowledge of tho difference between a. big dog and a big cat or n. llttlo dog and a little cat.. They lost their money, but then, mnyhc It was "stage" money. They will not be prosecuted, nor oven dismissed from I he force or suspended from duty. In plain clothes they "sat In" to a little gnmc at the Flour de Us saloon. Main ntroot. near Second Pouth, In order to obtain ob-tain evidence. Each bought ?! worth of the "chips that pnss In the night." This, it might be explained, means thoro war. no money passed over the fable or In night, but thoy were compelled by the bunker to pay .JI ench underneath the table. Tht officers played throe or four hands in disgustingly bnd luck and then "pinched" the game. They did not arrest ar-rest thomFolvcif, The four men arrested on charges of gambling gnve the nnmci of Will Hlp-klns, Hlp-klns, bar tender; George Smith, sheep harder; .Too Riley, laborer, and W. P. Craig, sheep herdr. Hopkins furnished 5100 ball and was roh'asr-d. whllo the oth-ors oth-ors gave bnll In the sum of ?25 each and were allowed to go. "I'm out a dollar on that, game." vociferated vocif-erated Policeman Manning, speaking of it, "and I'd like to know who's going to reimburse re-imburse me, tho dry or tbe banker." Manning says there must have been $10 or In the game, although thorn was no monpy in sight. The accused men will retain an attorney and fight the case.