The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-15
LOCAL MATTERS.

/ Roach, james Ellis, Alexander White and oeerge
Ensberry, were called out upon an arrest"arrans
In the Mayors Court, to answer to charge OF con-
spirscy ON the 18th day of july In agreeing among
| ,hemsplves to cheat and defraud Martin W. Spicer
| of Fredericksburg out of the sum of $500 at the
house of George Ensberry, located on Cary, be.
| tween 18th and 18th streets. Messrs Jones Rog
ers Ensberry and Ellis, alone responded to the call
| of the warrant. The other two could not be
| found.
| Mr. Martin " Spcer, the complainant was first
| called to the stand: On Tuesday morning last
Mr. Jones asked me- after had taken breakfast a,
| the City Hotel, to take walk with him. On
walking up Main street. he said he was going ia to
see man named Absolam Waller, in order to OBJ
tain $40 which Waller owed him. They went up
| to Cary street, and some two or three doors from
Eusberry's house, was invited in to MI Walters -
Did not think that Jones asked Waller for the
money. Jones then asked him (spicer) up stairs
into Ensberry's bar.room, and there he played a
| four handed game of seven up for liquor. Played
several games and drank several times. Several
persons came in at various times. After playing
for liqaor, finally made upa game Of blum. Did moi
recollsct who proposed. Did net know whether
he played bluff in an upper room or lower room OF
back room, or where he played 1t. Commenced
playing quarter anty and then lost recollection
becoming intoxicated Believed he commenced
about9 clock. Did not recollect whether 1t was
dark or light when he quit had but 90 in his peck
ct, however, out of sl4OO and odd. Had $500
when he came down from Fredericksburg on Fri
day last and had only spent few dollars out of
that. When he went to Ensberry's, his money,
the Sl400 and cdd, was in a roll in his pocket. He
knew Jones formerly, In Fredericksburg. Saw
him at the City Hotel several times before Tues
day, and on Tuesday morning, before walking out
| with him, had taken three drinks. Saw Rogers
| aud Ellis playing bluff at Ensberry's; Ensherry
served the liquor. He pulled out his money SO that
| Il could be seen, when he went to pay for liquor ;
pulled the large roll out several times. Could not
| tall how many played bluff Could not tell how much
money he played on the game {; heard some one say
that they had done well in winning $40 or $50 on
the jack tight; the jack was the highest card he
supp posed. Recognised Rogers and Ellis as playing
with him and heard that when he quit playing, he
was playing alone with man named White Did
| not reoollect whether he bantered a man named
Waller, to play with him if he did, whiskey was
the cause distinctly ssid, when he was playing
forwards losI;a recollection as to how he acted -
II he challenged man to 60 to Fredericksburg
| play with him, did not rememberit He recoect-
ed that early in the game, Jones winked to him
| if to go away, or to bragg did not know which;
had no arrangement with Jones concerning the
game. Jones was not playing. Supposed that at
times all his hand. Did mot Iecollect of Jones
asking him to come awey; he might have done it
| OF course, must have brought out his money to
play.
| William Cline deposed to participating, early
Tuesday morning, with Jones, Ensberry and Spicer
in four.handed game of seven up for drinks. This
was in the bar room. At last the game of bluff was
proposed, by whom he did not know They played
| down stairs some two or three hours, but he did
not think for amounts exceeding six dollars Spicer
| tn N played with Rogers, Jesse Roach aud Ellis
| Afterwards Alex ander White came in and bsntered
| Spicer to 60 up stairs and play with him. They
| did so. Spicer was drunk portion of the time
while playing down stairs, and exhibited large
roll of money. This he did before he commenced
playing bluff Jones did not play, but sat opposite
Spicer. Ellis Jones, Rogers and White seemed to
| be well acquainted with each other. Saw Waller
come in during the day at times. Witness staid
LQ6Tc curing tue uHyB as no Wdutc9 10 see now ku6
game resulted between White and Spicer. Had
seen Jones before, but did not know his name.
| Lansford Hawkins testified to entering Ensberry's
! between 10 and ii o'clock Tuesday morning, and
to seeing Rogers, Ellis, Roach and Spicer engaged
in game of bluff Jones was not playing, but sit
ting near Spicer. Alter dinner, came in again,
White was there, aud Spicer and White were talk
ng about playing. Saw Spicer pull out money in
the morning. When witness first saw Spicer he
was sober, when he saw him agein after dinner
thinks he was drunk. Understood Jones to be a
| shoemaker. Did not know whether he had been
at work lately or not. Did not see anything unus-
ual about the game.
Absolam C. Waller testified that he was In Ems.
berrys several times during the course of Tuesday
Carried ON tobacco box making near Ensberry's.-
When he first saw Jones, it was at Ferguson's shop
ON Tuesday morning. Jones did not ask him for
SO; did not owe Jones $40. Knew spicer in
| Fredericksburg when he kept store there Jones
also did business at one time in Fredericksburg.-
Saw the game Of bluff played. At o'clock in the
evening, just after they had broken up saw Spicer
and White sitting in the bar.room. Went up TO the
landing of the 3rd story where White and Spicer
were playing In the afternoon, heard their voices
| and the voice of Jones and two or three others
Spicer was pretty drunk all day. Spicer, in the
morning, proposed to witness to play cards for
money, but Jones told Waller not to play Jones
then beckoned to Spicer two or three times to come
out and stop playing. He also asked witness to
speak to Spicer and help get him away. Spicer
then insisted upon playing. spicer was drunk
when Jones spoke to him to get him away. When
White and Spicer came down, they made a bet frs,
of IS each about going to Fredericksburg to play
cards. Spicer first made the banter with White
Money! put up. Then bet of $50 each was made
on the same point. Did not know that Spicer bore
the reputation of gambling man in Fredericks
burg.
| Francis Bowler was then called, but deposed
simply to seeing Jones with Spicer at Ferguson'a
shop Tuesday morning.
F.W. Leeds, jr, was called, and testified in sub
stance tina. he knew nothing of the affair. On
Tuesday evening, little after O'Clock, at the Our
House, saw Mr. jones counting out two five dollars
netes and some one dollar notes upon a side table
out of which he paid for some drinks Heard him
converting with an acquaintance about playing and
somebody having won but paid no particular attep