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Show 'GAMBLING' CASES "IN MUNICIPAL COURT Rev. Elderldn Positive That He Saw Actual Gambling Hebcr Scow croft First Witness Called Kelly and Others Testily Before the Court. . - Watt had charge of the Turf place. Municipal Clerk Fulton was recalled re-called and In cms examination stated that (hero wai no reeurd on the municipal mu-nicipal court l'n inks of the arrests of the defendants between the dates of April 10 and.lulv fi. Robert Burk, a Kpeolil oukor, vas railed to the witrii-K tand, but wxi only asked to r.vo the street number of the Turf naloon. lie nave the nd-drs nd-drs as ?.2K Twenty -fifth ytrcct. F. Burl e, one of the men who was arrested in the gambling 'house raid, was called, but proved t be a very reluctant witness for the prosecution. He admitted that fa had gambled, but w;us n"er positive In his replb-M. ' He had been in the Turf rooms and bad played some eamea there, lie did not know how often. Jupf when r.r wbn brid conducted the panics which he entered. en-tered. II.- had lost and won. b t he old not know how much Burke stated that he was arrested In the White Elephant place. lie was net rrosH-exan'i'ne'l. . Detective iViuIn- was recalled to the stand and admitted that ho w;w mistaken In bis cfatement of yesterday yester-day copcernlnp the arrests of Watt and the other defendants prior to the arrest under which thev are now being be-ing tiled The court adjourned until tomorrow I nuirnlep "t lf o'clock alter Mr. Pender Pen-der left the stand. and Mr Kelly left the stand, promising promis-ing that he would bring the letters into the court room within an hour. I. N. Fulton, clerk of the municipal court was called to the stand and produced pro-duced the court record showing the ariobt aud complaint iu th... case of the city. Carl Allison, city recorder and license li-cense assessor, ppduced the npp'lra-Hon npp'lra-Hon of Mr Watt for a license to conduct con-duct the Turf saleon. While this was claimed to be Immaterial by the defense de-fense the court admitted It. as the prosecution contended that It was de-j de-j Fired as evidence to prove that Mr. This morn'ng's session of the municipal mu-nicipal court was taken up with the continuation of the case against the proprietors of the alleged Turf gambling gam-bling horse. The defendants, J. C. Walt, John Hoe Johnson and Richard Roe Tyrre, were In the court romn throughout the morning, but were not called to the stand, and the prosecution prosecu-tion produced no witnesses that offered of-fered anything of a very sensational , nature. In fact, none seemed possessed pos-sessed of as clear a memory as did the Rev. N. S. Elderkln. whose testl- i inotiy, delivered yesterday morning, will most likely form the keystone of I tho prosecution's evidence that gam- j bling was conducted In the Turf rooms at tho time charged. Rev. Elderkln, In his testimony of yesterday, stated that be was positive that what he saw going on In the Turf rooms was actual gambling. The witnesses wit-nesses this morning were not so sure that what they iewed were actual games of chance. In which men lost or won money according to tho fickle waverings of chance. I'nder the rapid fire of Attorney A. (J. Van Horn, one , of the counsel for the defense, the witnesses wit-nesses were nut qu.to s-vre that the games were roulette and faro. They lacked experience In gimbllng and were not altogether competent to give expert testimony In tho matter. The first witness called to the stand was II. Scowcro:t. one of the Hot torment tor-ment league leaders, who visited the ! Turf rooms on Ihe night of August ?, j In company with the mayor. Yesterday Yester-day Mr. Scowcreft tosllfVd that ho had seen a roulette wheel In opera- tkm and a faro bank running wh.le he ' was In the supposed gambling house, j lie also testified that he had seen 75 cents In silver placed od the faro ta- i ble and lost by the player. ' His testimony today opened with the cross-examination and one of the i first questions put to him by Attorney j Horn was: "Did you see any of the defendants ' In the room at the time you were j there?" I "I did not," answered the witness, i ' "They were not In the room at the i time "i visited tho place." "Mr Sc.oweroft, you ro not a man J who gambles or Is familiar with gambling gamb-ling devices and you don't pretend to ' tell this court positively that what you saw In the room was a faro game. You don't know for certain that It wa.! a faro bauk do you?" "I know that there was what I supposed sup-posed tu be a faro game In operation at the time I was in tho room. I saw chips exchanged." "Can you ?uy positively whether or not thero was actual gambling folu ou In the room when you were there?" "I do not under.-tand the game, so that I could not swear that what I paw was faro. I saw a man part with 75 cents." "You stated yesterday, Mr. Scow-croft, Scow-croft, thut when your party entered the rooru that the men gathered there acted peculiar. What was so peculiar about the people's conduct, that your attention was called to the fact?" questioned Attorney Hern with a sting j of sarcasm In his voice. ''Tho people appeared IM at ease, rather restless and we seemed to attract at-tract an undue attention. They seemed seem-ed to know that we were aliens," re plied the witness, slightly absshed by the attorney's manner cf putting the interrogation. H. H. Spencer next took the stand, nnd showed a less degree of posltlve-ness posltlve-ness In his answers than Mr. Scow-croft. Scow-croft. He said that ho suw a faro table ta-ble and roulette wheel In the room and that he presumed they were In operation He stated that he knew Watt and Tyree. the defendants as tho proprietors of the Turf saloon. Asked by City Attorney Devine If he had seen any money on the tahles at the time of his visit he replied: "I do not recollect. " In the cross-examination Mr. Spencer Spen-cer was asked If ho knew Mr. Tyree ; was conducting the alleged gambling hall above the Turf saloon. "I am not positive of If. I have heard " "Never mind what you have heard." interjected tho questioning lawyer, breaking off the witness In the midst of his words, Some legal WTangllng ensued between the opposing counsels 1 but tho witness left the stand without with-out producing anything more In the way of evidence. George J Kelly, a real estate agent who Is supposed to have charge of the collection of the rent for the Har-ris Har-ris building In which the Turf saloon Is situated, was the nxt man to climb Into the witness stand. "After you were served wlxh a subpoena sub-poena by the city to appear as a witness in this case, Mr. Kelly, where did you go? Asked Attorney De-vine, De-vine, very pointedly. 'T went to Mr. Watt's place." "You went straight to the Turf saloon sa-loon and you talked with Mr, Watt. ' the defendant. What did you talk about to Mr Watt?" "I asked him If he had had mu subpoenaed and what was wanted of me." .. I "Repeat the conversation that took ' place between yourself and Mr. j Watt" "T cannot remember what was said well enough to do that," replied tho witness, brushing his hand over his brow. "Isn't it strange, Mr. Kelly, that : you cannot remember a conversation . that took place little more than a half hour ago." Each one of tbo attorney's at-torney's words was embossed with I doubt. Doubt that was meant for tho witness" to see and feel and for the court to take cognizance of. ; Mr. Kelly refrained from any reply. ' HIh hand merely left bis brow and ho waited for the next question, i "Who drew, the lfa;'es for the looms used by Mr, Watt?"' w-is asked. "I made thern out myself." "You have ta'd Mr. KePy that these lenses are not In the city have you cry letter re'a'lve to these paper and to the dealings beeu yourself and Mr. Watt?" . "I hnve.'t "Would you be willing to brinrj these lettera Into court?" I would." There van no cross-examination '. |
