, 1865-07-03

Two Western Sporting Gentlemen
in Custody.
4 Young Man vtcEfmtzsd to the Tune
OF Thirteen thousand TWO Hun
drfu D1l1nFE


Is upder e1umlnatlon before Justice DoWling
At The Totnhs Police Court. Me. Ogden
Meade, a young man doing business In Little
Rock, yecfntly arrived In this city from
NIaGata Falls and lodged complaint against
John Seyiere and Gorge Kelster, charging
them with haring won from him At one ST.
ting at Niagara Falls the sum Of thirteen
thouRand two hundred dollars. s.viere and
Keister having arrived In this city with the
money Woa. from Meade, tho, magistrate
lseued warrant for their arrest, aud detec-
tive Elder eventually succeeded in taking tho
sporting gentlemen into custody. Both
etv1erc and Kc!ster arc from twenty.clght to
dressed, and are said to be expert and pr6-
fessed gamestesB. According 10 the testimony
ofthe Complainant, whlch We publish below,
1t apIears tbst the prisoners used "eanded'
cards With which 10 accomplish their eH1n1-
ling designs sgalnst Meade.
Ogden Mesde, of the Astor House, beiog duly
sworn, deposes and says: Thai on the tatd
dnce dtpontnt to play with one seyiese at a
gambling game at canis, called "tato,n at
which the said seyiete Won at one sltting at
the 1ntesnatioual Hotel, Niagara, St1.e ot
New York, In a room In said h1tel, the ahm
Of thirteen thousand two, hundred dollars;
that said KeIster dealt Ut the said game tor
this drpcrent and with this depopent's
yiers won as afort said passed through the
bands Of ss4d kelster, rho wAs 80 playing
and dealing for deponent and In hIs beh II
and prestncc, and doing the slime
THAT Is gamblIng,} as said gambling
game at cards called faro. ID which money il
iost md won and far gambling purposes, Is
+ this dspoa.ns was dealing and playing
himself: deponent is informed and believes
Tint tie said keEster and Sevlere arc now
both IN the city und county Of New York,
having IN their Possession the said sum of
money or part Of 1t In their possession, or In
money 50 won from depon.nt 40 aforssaiJ,
end be ptays they Msy be arrested aud dealt
with rs the Law directs, depoueut charging
The eaid Kefstet with eonspirlng with said
segte1e to leffana depo0eRt.
At \ hta1tpg beld on Wednesday, the a5th
Ogden Meade. being further sworn. eayss
1reAlde a. Little Rock, Arkausas know
the defandsnts; b&ve known Mr. Seyiere for
seve1al yesrs; Kelster hare known bus
short tne-e lew weeks; made EeIstet'A ac-
guaintance at ST. Louis; an In business at
Little Rock; seVlcse was at St. Louis at The
time made the acquaintance of ketsser; We
,tmasned At St. Louis shout three weeks
kelster and left there together for Chicago:
saw SEVERE At Chicago; II was two DAYS
afer ksieter aud I arrived there; I
rsmained there three days; went ftom
theIa 10 Niagara Falls; a'l three Of us
wtnt togethef; We arrived shese On 13. b Of
/ bad toI1e money when l arrived there;
had $13 200; ntne-leutha Of tha mouey Wss
IN &5O0 and 81 900 Greenbacks; then re-
marken 10 A1r. eeyterc that We could give
hin agame Of faro, which he accepted, and
Ee went up stalra to my room, Whereupon
from 1t a faro.box, check-case. keeper aud
some cards; then objected to his using his
OVID cards, and took from 1ny own pocket :
deck then the game commenced with mg
cerds q; hetster dealt lost my money, the |
whole amount, tn about two hours time; the
ca'ds DOW shown are the ones used that |
night; these caras were on the table at the
closing Of the gama; there were no other csrds
vtslble; these A1e not the packs Of cards !
1taok out and gave to keiater to deal !; l did
not zee OF ccnsent to the change OF the cares;
u was done behind my back these cayds |
have been In my I,casessiun eEer since; these /
cards are not IN the came condition as cards !
Tint ore usually n*ed In the gama OF faro ; I
they arc enna-pal cred, ~ 1t IL termed, or
1xtd :or cheating; officer George Elder made |
the arrest: one. bill l lost, which WAS o |
81 COO bl1l. remember the number OF it Was
= 11,sa8A left these defendants at the Falls d; |
they were together when lett them; when ]
at Chicago keister told me he had no money !; |
that I would have 10 giye hin q bill to RAY
8
not to my knowledge receive my money |
between That and the falls there was no |
one else hut us three ; I had tout or Eve |
81 COO bills presume I had dozen Or 80
$500 bills; Ind some tens, tweuttes, f1ft1es 4
md one hundreds; think that II should /
ete the money could Judge something Of |
u, 1he bills being of q large denomination !
! RENT mbes one feature that the number or |
the bills were lMge; saw Mr.. Gilmore |!
tIcm Cincinnati At tho Falls, who know |
# Mained there from tea time on one day TIL |
dinner time the next: then went to Clnctn. !!
natl; / went alone, and ffcm there came 10 |
the city Of New Yo.k kefsfev and foomed |
together at the Falls ); 8eFfere roome1 alone |
did not have this money In my pos |
session. when I nWoka In the morn
Ing 1l1. Seriere had the money Mr.. |
Sevie1e ard we're talking about the amount |
Of money had lest. and know 1t to be $l3,- |
200; I bave not seen that money or any por- |
tion of f1t efnce uext saW the defendants |
after left the Falls, When ttey. were arrested |
a11ested. q. When you int arrived at the
Fails. WAS anything Sa1d among yon three
pereous about playing the gama called faro,
and tt SO, Whats 4. There was after taking |
tea Mr. Ketster and my8clf stepped out, a. !
which time Ke'ster remarked to MT that Sc. |
Were had 500 or $50 COO with him, aud |
That it would DO policy for " to open q game |
of faro for the benefit Of Sevfere, Keistcr ]
agreeing to deal this game; We then Joined |
seFlere the game was Playing at the Falls
It was about fYe days after The game Was |
p1aSed that saw the defendants under ar
.est,