The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-14
4 Clergyman Taken In and Done
For

new DIX CITY Is a great place, anu
many strange and amusIag scenes oc~
eur in that world within world
On she 4th instant Capt Yule and Pat
ro!man Lane, Of the Sanitary Police, took
to the Po'ice Central Office a young man
OF genteel address With the trio was
al a-ed gentleman, who described him
self as the Rev. Josiah West of the CO.
lumbia Mission, Brooklyn, and living st
&53 Degraw street in that city The
prisoner described himself IA John " ak
er, aged p, and lising at Smiths Hotel
in Forty street;
superintendent Natseil Ito the cler ~
man)-Mr West, did not some person
meet you In the ) rect and inquire your
name before you met Walker?
Mr. Vest really can't remember
The fact is, thought this Young NAN
belonged 10 the Young Mems Christi Il
association. DE offered III $25 for Broth
er b,k,rs Mission. tie acccstcd me
While walking down Broadway toward
che Terry, shaking hands with me, called
,He by name. by the way, how did he
find ont my name
Capt. YuIe-I don't know, sir; pro-
coed
Mr. West--Wen, he said, 81 have
drawn a prize" The remainder Of the
sentence was mumbIed, but 1 thought he
said 4 Cuban prize ~ am going to take
II, and | want 10 give you twenty five
DOLLARS for the poor Of TUur mission Tie
place is only u few blocks up. viii you
come with me, and Ill draw it and give
you the tn enty-fy dollars" | agreed,
and We went to COZ Broadway and as
cended one flight Of stairs. Wien We
got inside, young man came from be-
hIn@ table and ny new found friend
said, i hcve com t. d;aw pre-.
" Have you gos tickel2 said the nar
behiad the table. Ny friend showed him
one, and he went to tho money drawer
and took out bill which he handed to
him, and said, There, sir, Is the amount;
one hundred dollars" Tie then gave The
prisoner a red card, and the latter put IS
on what call scroll, bat it looked like
Il map, or rather a chess board. The
man behind the table then said, Now
yen have got to draw more money in
Wall street. and told the prisoner to
draw that out, and cast some dice or
something on The table. They were red
aud black things lie did 80. and the
man said. - You have won but if you
viii ley down more money, you will have
al cAauce of doubling it, lie did lay
down more money, aud drew again and
won-at east the man az the table said
so. Tha prisoner then asked me if
wouliu'E share with him, and So lid the
man at the table. lie then asked ne 70
lay down twenty-five dolarI, w6ieh |
did, never thinking taat was gambling,
OF taking any part in gambling or game
Of chance, bat that was lending the
young man assistance ia drawing his
prize Then the man behind the Eabie
called upon me iur one hundred dollars
more. i tUli him hadn't il, but that
had iisy dullare, and handed i over g
nm. Then ! began TO suspect there was
something in II, aud demanded ny
money baCk-Iny Teuty I've dollars
and the prisoner urged me not to do it,
as If did he would /, 80 all Lis rOonsy.
The prisoner drew the drawer @Eaia.
Captain-l don't underS and "dreW
the drawer what 10 you mean?
Mr.. We8t-WcIl, 1t is a box with 81
litslo funne! on top, and the articles are
put INFO thar and fall into drawer ~
| VA saying, he drew the drawer again
and said ali was icst and so said the. man
ut the table. Til then neger know il
was gambling board The snan 81 TIE
table said, "Dun's yen know you have
been gambiing?' | said " No was
quito a=tcnishrd and really don't know
" hat ar5wer | gave / was very much
excited; no, don ray excited, else ny
people will think b al nf it, say confused
con fused n my mind III Dg- know
until that moment that the man had lucet
me on, thought | wns helping him to
get his prize ! then went d0wa stairs
n q confused state Of mind to ind tnat
| had lost go much DUney, and not ny
oIn either.
aytuin-You lest al you ha32
MI Veto! no; not all had; bu:
| went down in q confused state Of mind,
and, walking refund tho corner, net
Othcer Lane. / pointed the man out,
and told him what he had done Mr..
Lane arrested him, Rnd-yUu know the
rest. Now, If 80 to .he Mayo, WONT I
be get me my money back
Captain-We'lI do the best we can
for you, sir.
Mr.. West Mind didn't knoT l was
gambling
Captain (zmiling)-O! no, sir, not al
all
TIE Superintendent ordered the pris
9ner's picture to be taken, and he was
licked up in the Central OlicH.
It appears that whiskoy ring, formed
VI Illicit distillers and United States de-
: ltg marshals and other Federal officials,
7a, been dIinr a thriving business IN