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Show CRUSADE WILL END SN A FARCE- So Says Rev. Elderkin on the Witness Stand in the Gambling Cases Ke Declares Betterment League Will Stop Gambling,, Close the Saloons and Bottle Up the Social Evil. ly J.'o.U'Jii i( year and that the city :), i this money Just at present because be-cause of certain debu. Mr. Elderkin wad UBLed if he did not know that the' city B' cured so large a revenue U om the gaming houses. "I have nover ilured out just what the city taxes the gamblers." replied the iiilnlHtc-r an 1 then, looking to the jt'dge, lie a kel, "Let's see, Judje, what la the ui.ual fiit?" F- Judge Murphy dlJ not accejit the lelty of the- remark lu a friendly I manner anj warned the wltnej:; to answer the- questlonii put to him and not to attempt to make insinuation. acalnst the court. "During Mr. Brewer's administration. administra-tion. Mr. Eldepkln." asked the inter-ro inter-ro gating uttorney, "don't you suppose sup-pose that there was gambling, after it was no longer regulated?" "A gambler 1 ti ldw-breat:er and I suppeise that mo9t of them con United Un-ited to break the law." "Why did you call this raid a farce?" "Because, Mr. Johnson, we are going go-ing to all the treuble and expc.no and In the end thet gamblers will bo merely fined for the month of August Aug-ust and the vice will eonMnno" "Isn't It true, Mr. El lerkln. thit there are men on the hoard of trustees trus-tees of the Betterment lyeajrne who favor Mr. Glasmann'ij policy of regulation?'" reg-ulation?'" "I certainly hope not." "Are.'t there members of th league f Mr. Glasmanu's opinion?" "There may be, I don't know." "What other ices h.is the league in view. Mr. TCIderkin?" "First of all, we have the liquor micstlon; second, the 'gambling vice, and third, the social evil." "Have you settled the liquor question?" ques-tion?" "The liquor question will never b settled until the saloon ! abolished." was the prompt answer a phra.' stereotyped by prohibition advocates half a century ago. An attempt wai made to dra'; the Sunday theatre Intu the trial by thu defense, but was ruled out of the court. "On the night of the raid or your visit Mr. Elderkin, did you see any boys in the gambling houses .vou visited?" "I did not see any boys In the roomi. to my recollection" The minuter stated that It was th Intention of the Betterment league to make It so uncomfortable lor tho gamblers in Ogden that they woull leave the city. Hagbert Anderson, the city Jailer, was called to the stand told of the arrest, statinc that there was no cash bond deposited by the defeml ants. I A. A. Lamueit, who was next calleJ, testified that he lsmployed as night watchman at the Elephant saloon ao4 club ro'.ims. He stated that It wan I Ms duty to prevent suspicious characters, char-acters, drunks, etc., from entering th club rooms. Throughout his testimony Mr. Lam-pert Lam-pert proved to be an adept dodger of the posithe, and the mos; nimble evader of the word gambling who has so far taken the stand. Like the pro-verblnl pro-verblnl flea, he was never Just where the accusing, prying llnucr of tho j prosecuting attorney could hold him down to direct and Incriminating statement. He did not know positively positive-ly that one of the cUvlces ln the court room was a faro table and he apparently appar-ently iay.eil upon a roulette wheel with all the innocent wonderment of n child 1 He admitted that he has been acting as guard fur the Elephnnt raloon and club rooms for a year, but could not tell J s t who his era plover is. Neither coulil he tell th nature of the business that Is conducted con-ducted In the club r'oiii.H. He left tho stand without mnking any statement that would be of service to the prose cutlon. The court adjniirned at noon until tomorrow morninj; when the gambling c;t.sr. will be continued. Judge Murphy this afternoon, I" lapsing FenieiHc on Tyree of th Turf, who wai found guilty of conducting con-ducting ,i k-ftmbling place. lined th proprietor $1-3. Two roulette wheels, a faro layout and a slack of poker chipM and card, confiscated by the city authorities on the night of the Betterment league reformers' re-formers' raid" of local gambling houses, were brought into the municipal munici-pal court room by thf prosecution ln the Smith ease and displayed during the entire session of the Elephant house gambl.ng tilal this morning. The Introduction of such tangible evidence evi-dence shows that It Is City Attorney J H. Devlne's Intention to leave no' slone unturned to assure the conviction convic-tion of both John Smith and E. A. j Smith, the defendants. When the Smith trial was continued on last F'rlday morning, Rev. N S. F:iderltln had Just completed his direct di-rect testimony, in which he had re- viewed the visit to the alleged gam- i bllug houses In company with the. other members of the Betterment league and Mayor Wllllum Glasraann I on the night of August 3. I Detective Pender was the first wit- J ne.xs called to the stand this morning, but. his testimony merely related to tho arrest and the confiscation of the gambling paraphernalia from tho Elephant Ele-phant rooms' on the night of August 11. After some questioning of the officer of-ficer regarding the arrest, the detective detec-tive was requested by Ihe prosecution to fetch into the room the gambling devices which had been taken Into possession by the police. The devices were brought Into the court room and J identiflo-I by the officer. There wan j no cross-examination of Detective Pender and. with his dismissal from the stand, the Rev. Mr. Elderkin took his place. The cross-examination of the Betterment Bet-terment league leader was handled by Attorney T. D. Johnson of counsel for the defense, and was of a most rigid i nature. It was, however, lacking in that rancor of tone and manner which was displayed in the Turf case by Attorney At-torney Horn. In telling of the' clr- i cumstances leading up t the raid, the minister told of frequent visits made by a committee of the league to the office of Nrypr Glasmann. "Mr, Glasmann wanted us to make a spectacular raid on the gambling houses, nnd at first we refused to consider con-sider his plans. Later we allowed the wool to be pulled over our eyes and the raid was made," explained tue Witness. "Why do yo-j use the term, 'pulled the woel over our ejes,' Mr. Elder-Ik Elder-Ik in?" asked Attorney Johnson. "Why this spectacular raid this nlL. this It's nothing more than a farce It will amount to nothing," stammered the minister, disconnect edly, the complete thought seeming to be Iloundcrlng In a tidal wave of Indignation In-dignation and ' hopeless Puritanic wrath. "How many active members has the Betterment League at present?" was j asked. j "Between two and three hundred members In all. I think they aro all I what might be termed active." "In regard to gambling. Mr. Elderkin. Elder-kin. what Is the' intention of the league?" - "Its endeavor is to stop all police-protected police-protected gambling " "What do you term police protected ' gambling?" j "This paving of a stipulated line j monthly and the continuation of tho ' effense of gambling dally " "Don't you mean police regulated gambling. Mr. Elderkin?" "I believe that Is what Mr. Glasmann Glas-mann calls It." "The mayor has told you what his policy Is concerning gambling and you know the attitude on the question ques-tion taken by the men at tho time of the present administration's election to office." "Yes,. I heard a nimbler say on the day before the election that he ! hoped and prayed that Mr. Glasmann j would be elected." "Well his prayer was answered. " smiled the questlonlne attorney anil the smile spread over the entire room. 'Don't you th!nl:, Mr Elderkin. j that the people t;of th? kind of gov- : ernrneiit that they want?" "I suppose that they g.t the kind that they deserve I should not say hat they Bct the kind that they want." . Attorney Johnson explained to the witness that the city obtained from the amblins houses in Ogden n-ar- |
