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Show ENTERS COURT; MiyOOSTED Fred Harris Starts Controversy Contro-versy Upon Appearance in City Court Fred Harris, arrested by the police1 charged w irh operating a game of Chance, walked Into the city courl ihi morning and perclpltated a coiftfover-sy coiftfover-sy thai resulted in Ills ball bi Ing raised from $."iw to JT.vi Harris mat originally placed under Slow.' bail Vesterdaj the hail was reduced to $ii;ii Me arranged ror the ball i his morning and had $Rfo on hand Then he walked Into the courl room to flnil oil I what was Ixinc don. in the case of ;eorge Riley, his bartender, bar-tender, who was arrested on g chargi , of soiling liquor. Immediate! upon Harris' appear- ance. County Attorney Joseph B. Dateg entered a motion before Ihe court ihat ' (he bail be fixed at $1000. Aitornej 1 Hal Fai r, represent Ing the defendant , 1 claimed thai the bail of $500 waa tdffl- cleni. t'pon Insistence ol County At torney Hates. Judge D. it Roberts . compromised bv getting the hall a! i tTfiii. Captain Jonathan Jones said this ; morning ihf.i the arrvst of Harris ' marks one of the mosl alleged flag . rant gambling cases uncovered In )g I den. Harris. Captain Jones said, has been j conducting a gambling hall foi some lime "The police know It, Visits were made to the place Men were I seen at tables playing cards. No raon ey wa In evidence In Ihe very game from which the complain! agaimt Harris Har-ris occurred, officers were looking on, the game being, to all appearances, merei a "sociable card game." he said. Both Harris and Rile) will appear , for arraignment at a future date. |