The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-11
FOURTEEN FARO FELLOWS.


Their Appearance Before Judge WAN
dell, At tho Tombs, Yesterday Morn.
ing-The Alleged Prqprietors Held to
Answer I'm %, 900 Bail Each.
After having heard and adjudcated upon The
usual number OF Saturday night drunks and
fights Judge Wanden called the faro bank case
Abrams VI. Alderman. Moore ct al. All the pris-
oners, fourteen in number were range in front
Of the desk, and Notwithstanding that they had
been IN jail, at Police Headquarters, since four
O'Clock on Saturday afternoon, they looked quite
fresh It was peculiar crowd, representing alb
stages Of industry, from the statuesque sawdust
man to the hard working mechanic who had
stopped into the spank" on his way homo, after
having received his weeks salary, in hopes OF
doubling IT. They all seemed quite anxious about
their coming fate, and looked most wonderfully
penitent until Counsellor Hummen began
to talk for them PREDATORY to tho
drawing up OF Charles Abrams afndavit charging
Moore and Alderman with swindling him. Abrams
said that he had been going TO the house No. 1ol
Chatham street for about eight months, and thas
during that time he had lost about $780, He never
had any diniculry with the propretors further
than that he requested them not TO let him play,
and they did not heed his request, but allowed
him TO SIT down and play game there and then.
ALDERMAN MCRKIs @
Q8ppcQcO
told OF the compartments story, and became
curious. Said he to Abrams. 'sf you had won $50
would you have made this chargef'' After beating
around the bush Tor some time Abrams met the
question and said ne tnoughr he would. - he
wanted the game broken up. He acknowledged
that a. one stme ne won IS. but did not on that
occasion make q complaint lt..fs3sss
Judge Wandel asked the complainant how much
he knew about .Iaro.n II he could play it toer-
ably well. He said he did not know much about
t-he only knew how to pick or the cards and bet
Seeing look OF incredutty on the Judges face he
began to explain about the .chlps," the "cue
box,n aces, kings and queens. This seemed TO be
sanscrit to the Judge, and his face assumed an
scribes as having taken possession Of the "phiz"
OF the man who mad charge OF
THE oBsEQUIEs or BUCK PANsHAw,
when the New England minister began to talk
about the heterodoxy Of Bucks moral ethics.
Further explanation about the details OF the game
only served to confuse the Court, which seemed to
know not y lack" from q queen" and
certainly recognized no difference in their
value. Detective Heidelberg, noticing that
rescue Of the Court aud gave the ocular demon.
stratlon OF how the game was Played at tho same
ence A pack OF cards were put into the cease"
and, after telling Abrams TO 'call game,n the de-
9sfaa
OF hearts" exposed. AS soon as the mine sp0r'
came of and the last mentioned card was visible,
the complainants knuckies lnstinCtively cam0
down ON the mahogany desk with q force that re-
sounded through the court. The Judge looked ex-
cited, while Alderman Morris and the detective
laughed quite loud the latter saying Judge, he's
all right" III
Judge wandel began to question the de-
tectives From their story 1t appears that
they made made the descent en- the place as
the second floor Of No. ioa Chatham street
ham street; Charles Foster, No. 10 East Nineteenth
street; Henry Hilton, No. 80 Norfolk street; Fred
street; James Rice, Williamsburg; James mes smith,
New England Hotel; A. Baser, " illiamsburg:
Aora ma, Scnwartz Chicago Charles Moore NO r1
Guarlty and Robert Fisher. .Isf#N N4f4W
NOT AT ALL SURPRISING.
When the detectives entered there was no game
gong on. Some OF the prisoners were I0oking
out the window, others reading the PAPERS and
the actions Of those on the premises no indication
was given OF the nature OF their business, put I'M
der the table the officers found . bag OF .'chips
'.cue board,n "card rack" and some caro- OF play
TINS being all the evidence in the case Judge
Wandell began 10 consider what ne wguiu 40 WIN
the prisoners. Counsellor Hummell told his Honor
that there was no testimony to prove rhas any OF
afternoon were violating the statute ~ playing.
Keeping aiding or aDetting aro." Al present nc
would prove that neither Ackerman nor Moore had
any interest in the "bank." AZ Tor the other men,
he was not retained by tnem. but hoped the Judge
would not work any hardship with them, as they
had been guilty OF nothing wrong. They were all
respectable trades people and their being sent to-
iaIl would, in all probxbllty, do them social and
commercial damage. good lecture from the
CourT Counsellor thought, would be OF more
benent 10 them than a long term OF imprisonment
and they would go homo better men. Nv
WHEN JUDGE wANDELL WAS IN CHINA
Judge Wandell said he did not believe in
talking. 1t was, as general thing, or no
avail Years ago, when he was m China
the Yankees and the Europeans talked and
threatened great DEAL so that after q
while the Cinnamon did not mind IL and did inst
as they pleased until lew European cannon balls
were thrown III on them, eacn one going through
fourteen or fifteen houses. Mr. Hummell setd he
thought the Judge might not 90 so lar as China to
prove that talk was OF no avail. He had an ex-
ample OF the TACT In MS rts d-pis who nad been talk
ing Tor the prisoners ali morning without any re-
cognizaDle result lie hoped, however, that the
Court would not snoot on It's gum az the ball would
have the technically dire eject OF the European
shot OF some years s.nce-t woulu 70 through jHst
fourteen houses, that being the number OF prison
ers ~ the bar.
After about one nour's discussion, post-dating
that recorded above, the Judge held Alderman and
moore 10 5000 pail to answer At the Generai
Sessions. Mr. KOHL Of No. 81 Baxter street. be-
coming security Tor the appearance OF both. inc
others were nned $40 eacn and discharged.
owing 10 The precautions taken by the Cours
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