New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-30
yIcr1xIzEp BY CARp SmARPEas TO THE tx

yIcrIMIzEp BY CARD SHARPERs TO THE tx
TIM op sl3 2U--ARRfsI OF TIE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Eldsr recently arrested John Sevete and George hes-
Ter on the complaint Of Ogden Meade at present stop
ming al tho stor House. lie states that on the 18Th
instant while stopping nj the lnternhiionni hote 81
Niagara Falls 10 wa Induced BY the accused To play
and In the short space 1.-TWO hours was cleaned
out Of ell the money he had In his possession amount
ing 10 el320. soon after bis arrival In TINS ciy Ne
heard that the accused slo here and caused their
ereat They were taken before Justice Downing az
the Tobs and tue following testimony eiaitcd On Inc
| examination:
OGDEN M.,de OF the ls,or House sworpOn tho 18th day
~ lime H5 ops Georse Krser induced ne TO psJ WIN
L N seyere gaub bling game o. cards called faro
the said ,evi~c at si;ng At III. n,efnstons or
Niagara ,sid k-i.t~r dealt 81 q said game Tor
hi, dspon,ni, and With this drpon-nf' money aud The
moneys which the said SEVERE ~on passed 'hlousn .ne
of K.i.~r syng aud desiDs Tor opponent I'd ms
behalf ard presence d-poen 10 informed and believes ths'
tho .Ad k-r and sevsre arc nov bo,n IN 'hs oy 81
of H. OF in the possession Of one OF them ana nc Ay 'Ia'
,lsy may he arrested sud deal. with az the Law drsss a
possut chsrs ng the said he'sef Win ooh'P"ns VIZ" 80
.evere TO dsrsbd d-pon,nt. , a,,,
warrant Ia ring sard upon the orsfeins smaay'
5 the having sppreb.nd.d by Detective fde
and before Justice bowling the prisoners were sIAn
| ined and the following testimony ~" taken met,
hsp.s have fHo~n s.vers for years b,
Keer only iew week.; made hs'sr go. g. Loais
d the time made ito Acquaintance Of krl.'.i he' sna
lief, there together for Che.soi saw sev.rs At Ins0 .
arrived Their % :hi Hotel Io,s bad i' .isss
4 IA
vh arrived there tenths Of III. money was D.
srd al 90 greenbaeks; remarked 10 Severe uat so eo.a
NAV him game ~ faro. and he @ccpt-o we ehst.'
r,, IN stsrs to my room Kcster op~ned ms iuss-fe e
tool ,rnce fa,o on checks case ksepcr and some cNo
then ob~e, ed 70 bis using his cards and oot ron NY
own poctst d-ct; tie game then commsncoa VIZ ny
O. fds Kester dealt; lost any money Inc noe H.,
nsh thew wrs Oh the table at the closing Of the game 20
other cards were vsbl. thesr arc not tho oafos ts ~.
and rave 10 Kri.tsr deal did NOS zee OF csh' W s
change Of cards; It wS done behind Ly "s.
t,ese csrds have boon In my poss<~"n o'.'
| ,,pcs; thee cards are not In the same sou; oon'
don M cards which usually used In the fnns ., i
,he are termed hzcd for eheains
lei, them when Chica1o k.nter tod ms us, y.
mad no money and that would have TO give pAm oin 70 '
nj, ,x gave him 500; be did mot TO, my
,acsv sny money there and the < heisri
roomed torstbsr at the Falls; sevi-re had room sohe
neI, saw the defendants shsr en The fsh' whrn
IN IBIS city they separate when nfsi mrt tne "a
A. WA stsird that SEWER. had IRON e2ovbso $Vv sha
game faro was proposed hes.i ,''pn's ~. s,v ,n,
am ~ years Of have been 10 the e1I -
,skep the oath Of allegiance twice o. thTre;
70 s7th Ohio year. hshns JOINED ln ''p .hoa
| ber 1851: had bosp with The resimens
one x.sy when vas promoted and take out to ,. Assn'
All o the Second Division Of the tfeenth Afrny Co,p.
vs.u Joined tho army resided o. Cincinnati % !,
AdL .(}~n about months thsn fesSnrd went
cSnna and ork.d with my fAtfwf In the iurnens ois'
nss a. boohkrsp until SIX months ego the hn ~ss
10 vas not Of the company went about 'As 81
N.rrbi. where bookk-s pr about sr weets ru''e
y mated stofs at Little lyock Aksnsas ne mh %
St,I.n, Meade l. Co the hrn tl Exits; Wllian pao"
~. co the money that had Of Niagara belonged 10 W
s,,, ID y Meade my fsihe, had LOANED me the money
mt int my business u xsusDhisi sImVIsa q N''