, 1872-12-19
OUT OF THE JUNGLE.
Ihree Reportoria1 Tiger-Hunters
Rescued by Scully.
1ne supreme Court Of the West Side
oecldes That a Reporter Shall
Visit Gambling Houses
Unmo1ested.

e1oo u tue 1nreo reporters charged vii
pelng inmates OF gaming house. continue
IRON LIST week, came up yesterday morning b,
loro Justice scnlly, at the West Side polio
eoal1. Inc plea was not guilty. hlr. CLYDE At
peaFed tor the city, and Mr. Wicker for the ~
! cused. N4o o.
Officer Simmons testified he had seem them
1so' o. west Madison street, Friday night.
beng gaming house.
| nr. wicker objected. The fact people wen
seen II house WAS no proof they were inmates
| tue 'ustlce said the officer simply had t
testify to facts '@'>@ y
1ho officer said the house was rcm;no
mousse. he had gone in by the back door snd
-, LULU several men there. The defendant
W. had his hand on some chips. and was
Sitting at the north end OF the table. C-a
ano e-k sat next to him. Ho did not notico
"netnef C-s was playing or not. A deck Of
CARDS had been partly dealt out.
Mr.. Wicker claimed that the fact that man
nao "a chlps In his hand was no proof OF gaming.
!ae oIncef went on to state that cards wora
ou ~, oeal' ont OF dealing-bo1, and there were
all the signs of gaming. There we're also eonao
osher men present who were playing,
The officer then explained for Mr. Vicker,a
benefit what ''1ay-out was. He sav monav
change hands when he went in. He eaw nono
IN the hands OF the accused. He saw tho dea1ara
pay none to them, and sav then, offar;,<r -,
make no bets. Mr.. W. had h;s 3on, 49,
some chips. wv
othcer Miller said he haa seen them ot tho
same gaming-house. Mr.. w had soma |
'hlps under Lis hand, and the others vere s;tt;n.
1t the table. He could not Boy he saw tho ar.
'nseo rece1ve money or make bets. Thera warn
3ues :lt. o. chips around where the people were
hitting. The dealer had been dealing "a ha
ame : IN and then stopped. Both C~l and
,Is we're near enough to the table to have
cached out and touchedit. VIZ sat riel,t at
ne end Of the table, oA' "'
INC other officer, who went in later, by tha
'ont door, knew nothing ndditional. Thov
ere all Sitting around the table whom he wenf
Mr. VI stated that Friday evening inst
efore tho arrest, he and C-k went m M, }ntn
10 house and sat elk feet from tho table. None
IT. the party had any ,"chips," and could not
m en {e@eneg fer9arg the e. table !, without taking
nj mt '0asa10' as tie re1aqt.r d1d not play, but
OCCASIONAL information, to gather vhat e he s
lght get, that being question for linn to 5a ne
rmlne. T he had beea there four minutes and 7,
q q On his oFercoat md overshoes. ~''e~ = =
Mr. "a G -s said he had gone in thero wh;,a I
aklng " home With friend, because he noticed =
:. w and Mr.. .G-k going m tl,era anJ "A
T tgn1r newspaper ap man, naturally followed them =,
81 hp9m wv wnat xa vas up He found the two at Il
hips, and did not play, nor did be. tboneh e he
nearer the table than them. W. 10 o,
C-k had no clips. They al al
y y + tner overcoats on. He had no intention
WIZ 70 pay cards, nor was it his practice. nj
Has IN only minute and half before tha r. r.
GERS came. "1'Ao 'oo gs
II. C--,ksaid he wentat Slr. WIS rennaat ~
y vent IN and found four men there. one nf -.
;, ~ t1' soon 4a, vent out They sat down too far
table. In minute Mr. C-s came in and cat
down By them: No one was playing, and nj did did mo
intend to, so far as be knew. They cas
pr principally talking about other mat. 1
+,sn snan a,1 me game though he asked one eve
mere n. to play They went to promote the in nar
3ts o. tue paper--to get what was worth re kee
ing M there. He had only eight cents in lis tee,
et, and could not play.
hree minutes nut gank Wban ha 1hey had been
iaa :; not played or proposed to, and bought ing,
: Wicker said IL waa ++a 5,+- ~ x, chu,
u uas 20 collect the news, for the infor1ua- ~
been e Pbele }fe mhey had often, BY their
e. They. went to the gaming house ~ and
heir he official capacity. he claimed d be p
x 1au 11ght to go into such places, and not Paci
% ,aasnt as inmates "1nmate in tho Or Light
ed such places. It did not apply to ner- blocl
Sho T casually stepped into suesh6 place5 E to n,
: aat It was up. The accused we're there to ,nad "a
the laws Of the city. ~ @ meg
Clyde was not willing to concede than Fani
q as we'll no ;1,no+oa - 8gpued to West
think n1embors ~ Noi oo forrn
peculiar privileges. Still he did not 'le"f
tthe ordinance Faa aimed at persons WIN Ay
y went in On their private business. r. WAS b
used went on newspaper business ther with
OF within the spirit Of the law. But theS IS We
lalnly within it's letter. He would pof & wee
} it, LAW sto1en
Justice said = man going to q gam;np being
N purely legitimate business did not yioe9 duced
e letter or the spirit Of the Law. The at the
night arrest him, Tor they con1d not disa r,o
'te, but the man certainly would not be- tha r. y;
AS to newspaper men, they, perhana sd;as,. =.
cense to so where others should not. AMI aot;na
sense, the servants Of the rea1ng Fenn,a 9e.1on
nat haunts to avod .nd 49, ~ epta sne m tracks,
guard: 30 all avenues Of information a1;, t]t.si,
en- to them. When they went to gnch oIaa oplalol "
n purely professional business. and did aagt ~
not fner them fTIe eaa. sueY aug not, the RAJ
wore there Was no gaming. There was Tho
nee to implicate or censure them, and acoomp
% discharged. Side =.
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