New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-04

4 man named D. Keys was arrested by the Chief
Of Police and his specials on Saturday, on the fol-
lowing affidavit made before Recorder Emerson by
Mr. J. N. Baird, an elderly planter from MfBsis-
sippi;
J. NJ. Baird being duly sworn, says that Robert
4. Harris and Alexander D. Finley are unlawfully
engaged in keeping banking game or banking
house at which money is haZarded, at No. 46 Mag
azine street, in the First District of this city that
money is bet and games Of hazard played at the
said banking house; that articles Of value, money
and the representatives of money are there bet and
hazarded, and that one Keys, whose given name is
unknown to atant, aids and assists in keeping the
same banking game or banking house that each
and all of the aforesaid parties to-wt Harris, Fin
ley and Keys follow the business of gambling and
betting at games of hazard at the said banking
house, in conravention of the statutes Of the State
of Louisiana in such case made and provided.
Affiant further states that he believes that Har-
ris, Keys and Finley are the chief owners of the
said gambling establishment and the parties prin-
cipaly interested therein. Affant further states
that on Monday, the 2ath Of January, 1861, about
IL O'Clock a. M, your afiant was inveigled into
the said gaming or banking house aforesaid, kept
by the parties aforesaid at the place aforesaid, BY
one Anderson, or an individual calling himself by
that name, whom affiant believes TO be a confede
rate Of the said Harris, Finley and Keya and in col
lusion with them. That at the time affiant was in
vegled into the gambling house, he was in state
of intoxication and under the influence Of liquor.
That while so intoxicated he was induced to play
at game of hazard, to-wit: game called faro,
and was swindled and cheated out Of large sum
of money, in all about twenty two hundred dollars.
That he lost this by collision between the
parties aforesaid, who took advantage Of his intox-
cation to defraud swindle and cheat afiant out Of
| the same.
In default of $500 bail to appear FOR examination
on the 14th inst, Keys was sent TO prison. Harris
and Finley succeeded in escaping It is stated thata
| fourth party named Anderson had hand in the
swindle he falling in with Mr. Baird and getting
into his confidence at one of the hotels, and under
the pretence of taking him round to the ST. James
Hotel to see about buying some negroes, managing
| to get him into the gambling saloon close by the
| hotel.
Ate O'Clock on Saturday night, one j. W. Emer-
son was arrested by Chief McClelland and Lieut..
Boylan, as the person who had called himself An
derson, one of the parties above.named. In one
of yesterdays papers he published a card, deny
ing that he had ever passed under any other than
his own legitimate name of Emerson. He had this
advertisement made and paid fer in peTaon, be-
fore his arrest by the Chief and Lieutenant. Upon
being searched at the police Office he was further
charged with carrying concealed Weapons re-
volver and dirk being found among his personal
effects.
In his published card Emerson denies these
things: that he never assumed any other name
than his own; that he had nothing to do with
Baird's visit to the gambling saloon; and that he
never was and is not connected with gamblers or
their gaming. The investigation before the Re-
corder will doubles bring out the whole truth OF
the matter.