, 1874-05-30
; HAIqHT IN. HOT WATER.

Tho way Of the trauRgrcHsor ia hard" Tho
rolicc-docket OF tho West Side dqtod Saturday,
Jan. "a, 1874. contains tho following entry. .'B.
8. Haight, IN p. M, heeping Of d house for
playing ganio Of cards for money sergt. Gar.
rity ago, 48, Irshman; saloon-keoper special
bail disposed of by Grand jury" All Of which
meanB TINT Saturday night; Jan. "a, 1874; Bar
noy uaight's gambling-house was: pulled " By
<Sorgt Garrity and tho officers Of tho police
force, that he is an I1iehmRn aged 48 years. and
by occupation d oon-kceper, and that he gave
bail for hiB appearance before Justice
Scully: to answer to tho l. charge of
question Halght WAS arreated; with some twenty
inmates of the establishment, and takou to tho
Sixth Precinct. station. Justice soully at mid
night was eent for, In order that ho might re-
coivo bail for the PRISONERS. but declined to ap-
pear at TINT hour. Haight protested against be-
ing locked up, stating that 1t was a disgrace
which he, h man OF property and good standing
In tho community, would not submit to ; noyer-
thclosR he was committed to gloomy coll OF tho
lookup, whero ho remained gnashing his teeth
cornod In his misfortune. About o'clock Sum
day morning Justice Kaufman waa obtained aud,
bull being. furniehcl tho irate Haight was lbora-
ted from durauce vile. -. -. :.
: Ho aftorwarls appeared before Justice scully,
who continued tho caso Before coming to trial.
however, It was disposed Of, SO fur as JuBtico
Soully ,yas concerned. by the Grand Jury .roturn-
ing q true bill against. him for Keeping gaming
Criminal Court to plead to tho Indictment, and,
pleading guilty, lie was lned for that oi1onso
500, and, Notwithstanding ho had stated tho
month before, whun arrested that he was, = nnau
of property, he requested ttmo IN which to settle
the tlno inlictoa, and tho Court granted the
request. d..
After this misfortune, Haighe experienced TO-
lfgion, and WAS one OF tho most promising con
verta Of hlr. Mccarthy, and kindly offered The
Wost Madison street, In which to hold Sunday
eoryicea. For time, Haight was = changed
man. abstnining from all evil practices, and evan
went 30 fur as to hunt for: q person who was
hts lands at the. uiaing sum Of about
S2O0, 600, principally in cash. Tlis he did not
succeed in, and thoreupon he concluded to. con
vert the place into respectable amusement hall.
Therefore he contraoted for the altering Of tue
billiard hall into theatre, aud for the space OF
aboutjsix weeks tho Noise Of the worlIuen at
traotcd tho attention Of tho pasaors4bY-. :: A.
ABOUT the lat Of the present month the. old
hall was thrown opon to the fun-loVing portion
nArno OF tho ;" Chicago Tloatre." But Hatght,
bong inexperienced IN the ehom business. nog
-lccted. to tako out licenseI for running his
place of amuBement and Monday, Officer Hunt,
saloon-keepor. now theatrical manager, for thif
violation OF secs. J. and 4 OF Ohnp. 48 ot
| tito City Ordinances. The warrant for his arreai
WAS taken out before Justice Boydon, and or
tllat morning ho appeared In tho South Side Po
nco Court, and requested q continuance till yos
| te1uay morning which WAS granted. When thu
oaBe YVES called. the manager faiied to appeal
and he was fined $50 the execution was iasuet
and placed in the hands Of Tunison, the bailit
| Of that court, to aeryo.
And now return to the St00 lno Inflicted befor,
Criminal Court for his offenBo in kooping
gambling g-houso. He neglected to attond TO that
little matter, and On tho 18th Inst. Judge vii
liams issued an order for the arrest Of til.
offender for contompt Of Court iu failing to- pa,
tic slO0 fine. If Haight over came near swear
Ing since bis conversion last winter it waa whe1
ho hoard Of this order OF the Court. H
waited on state's-Attorney Heed at once
and informed thst gentleman that b.
supposed tho 1ino had been settled lonl
ago, for he had placed tho amount ii
the hands OF hia attorney, Mr. John W. Clydo
for that purpoao. Tho States Attorney inrorme
him that ho would giyo him TIL last Monda
to fix tho matter up. It was on that day he va
arrested for his failuro to take out his Gcens
for his yarioty-show, and. perhaps his troubi
weighed 30 heavily upon his mind that he fo1
got to attend to tho invitation Of Mr. need
DO that ~ 1t may, bis tino was not settled, au
yesterday tho States Attorney ordered baili
OloBon, OF the Criminal Court to arrest b1,
HAght. Up to q late hour last night he had nc
boon arrested.