Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-09-01 | Page 11 | Gaming House Guard Still More Evasive

GAMING HOUSE GUARD STILUMSIVE Avoids Giving Testimony Inimical Inimi-cal to Defense; Hearing Continued Con-tinued Till Friday. Special to The Tribune OGDEN. Aug. 31. With several additional addi-tional witnesses to be callod by the city in tho trial of John H. Smith and E. A. Smith, proprietors of the Elephant gambling house on Friday morning, the end of thl6 case is now In sight. Practically Prac-tically the entire day was consumed in the examination of witnesses for the prosecution. Exhibiting even a little bit more evasion eva-sion in his replies than while testifying yesterday, J. A. Lamport, the outer guard for the gambling house, testified again today. to-day. All of his answers were studied efforts to avoid telling anything which might operate- to the disadvantage of the defendants, and he was finally excused without cross-examination by the defense. de-fense. Captain of Police C. C. Brown testified testi-fied regarding the spectacular raid In which he Iook part several weeks ago. He told of tho money which he gathered In from tho gambling tables and of having hav-ing written a receipt for It, which was handed to E. A- Smith. Tho captain told of the gambling devices which he saw In the house at the time of the raid which were confiscated. Me also remembered remem-bered seeing both of the Smiths thoro when the raid was made. James Drysdalc, a special policeman employed on tho night of tho raid, is going go-ing to join the Bettermont league. So he declared today in reply to a question asked him by ono of the attorneys for the defense. Drysdalc entered the Elephant Ele-phant rooms shortl v before the raid and saw the gambling" in full blast when the entrance to the house was effected by the police and other special officers. W. Burke, one of those found In the gambling house on the night of the raid and caught in the dragnet thrown out by the .league In Its' search for witnesses, wit-nesses, was, by his testimony an unwilling un-willing witness. He admitted that he had gambled In the Elephant rooms about sixty times during the last three months and that ho had seen both ' of the defendants de-fendants In the room. After a short session this afternoon the attorneys interested in the case agreed to a continuance until Friday morning, when it is expected that the case will bo concluded. Immediately after af-ter the end of the case the proprietors of the St. Louis- gambling houso will be placed on trial.