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Show ELDERKIN IS ANGRY. The Reverend Noble Strong Elderkin says the Mayor pulled the wool over his eyes, and all because the most reverend gentleman makes a funny witness. Elderkin says the raid on the gamblers was a farce. Who made it a farce? Mr. Elderkin is the only man placed on the witness stand who treated the matter with levity and humor. Every other witness gave his testimony in a serious manner, man-ner, but Elderkin, in a flippant way, made a clown of himself as soon as he got on the witness stand. He was not satisfied with answering an-swering the questions put to him, but had to make insinuations and side remarks, that caused even the Judge to laugh, and time and again the clown witness convulsed the large audience at the police court with laughter. Yes, the raid on the gamblers is fast proving a farce with Elderkin Elder-kin as the star in the play. Why does Mr. Elderkin assail the Mayor? Did he not assure the Mayor that the Betterment League had the evidence to prove gambling was going on? Did he not tell the Mayor that a Betterment Better-ment League committee had visited all the gambling houses month after month? Where are those witness, Mr. Elderkin? The Mayor assumed that Mr. Elderkin told the truth when he said that he would furnish the witnesses, if the Mayor would cause the arrests. The Mayor went the preacher one better; he made policemen po-licemen of twenty Betterment League men, and the Mayor swore out warrants for the arrest of all the alleged gambling houses and directed the warrant to be served by the Betterment League nolice, assisted by the regular police. The Mayor instructed the special .Betterment League policemen to get all the evidence possible. He told them to take every gambling device they could find, even to take the money on any gaming lable to get the evidence so complete that conviction would be . lertain. What are the facts? When tho Turf men were tried, Mayor Slasmann was the only witness who could remember distinctly any rambling device in the Turf house. He described the faro bank and ov he saw it operated. Mr. Tyrce was found guilty. While the Mayor swore out tho warrants for tho other places, e could give no evidence himself as to the operation of any games. 5ut where are Mr. Elderkin 's witnesses? He himself does not count, is he made a farce out of his testimony, and ifSmith & Co. are not convicted it will be because Mr. Elderkin has laughed the case out f court. Mr. Elderkin delights in buffoonery, but sees nothing funny when le is forced to admit in court that he frequently visited gambling souses in New Mexico with some of his friends and running mates. He assails the Mayor for having the arrests made. If any Mayor )f any city could have given Mr. Elderkin a better chance to make rood, we want to know how it could be done. Mr. Elderkin has only Himself to blame if he has made a farce. |
