, 1875-01-28
Another Effort 10 Convict Gamblers 4
Ridiculous Failure.
Voxatious Witnesses Who Do Not
Remember"
POLICE Justices Who Will Put In Their
Oar.



The Gamblers Triumph" was again presented
Al tho Criminal Court yesterday morning, cast to
the full strength Of Mcdonald, 11ankWs l. Co.'S
great combination, though few Of the h,lhordi"
nate characters wcre assumed by tho States At
tornoy, Judge Williams, and q dozan j'rora or
utility men. It was Witnessed by largo nnl |
delighted audience, WHO Aonttlly Hplre"
ciate1 itB valuable moral Hna watched Will |
kcon jntereBt itH several scenes. II, which "cro |
depicted with iue effect tho impotency OF tho
law, pnl tho divinity whcl, doth hd'1ge about
King Faro And when the Inst act "as conclude
ed and tho principal actors stepped s'pills'B 10
the fuotlights. and bowed with conscious pride
to tic a,l.lieuce their numerous friends, who
had gatllpre to witneEs tilor pnrfur'na'eca'
could scarcely rsstraiu themselves from loud al-
pianse.
1t IL too natnfnilr evident indeed, that tbiH at
temnt to punish gamblers by tia Wholesale Las
rosultod in
A AFAEc1CAL F1zzLE
much to tile ahasrin Of tue state's Attorney, no
doubt, and Of Judge Williams, who manifested
great interest in tho cabos throughout. Both,
ia spite Of their bcst efforts, wore powerless to
effect tho result which tile public desired. They
were constantly hampercd by the reluctance of
Witnesses, Who for tho most part, wtlon nut up
OIL tile wilnoas-stand nTautod q profound igiIn-
Of the Court, too Lad bccn sat
| aside by tho actian of Police Court Msgiatratca
who shieldod several notable gamblers from
criminal proceedings by tiniug them for the very
| olreuse upon Which tho 6tatos Attorney hoped
to convict them. The present result, therefore,
was inevitable, and bfr. Neoa and the Cou.t
| could do no more than they did to avert it.
| A now Jury waa itnpancIed dlrectly tile court
had opened and when its members had satisfac-
| t0rly passed nuHtDr,
| WATT noBD1Ss
| waa called. lie obtained continuance until
| next term upon showing that his att0Fney, Mr.
| A. U. Aeay, Was top i'll TO attend to his case.
| JOHN EEHnIs
| wne tho noxt victim bound to the wheel, hlt as
| lie asserted that he would ho nl,lo III 3 day or
| two to produce witnesses wl,oHa testimony would
| prevent its torturipg reFuiuliuua, Ao wAB tenn
| poraly released, at,1 Ills caeo was continued
| until tue February term.
| JOHN uInboNs,
| All alleged dealer in tho lIankus brothers. faro
establishment, vas next ADVANCED to thn priaon-
| orh Heat.
A jury ip the case vas inpanolod with but
| Ettlc difficulty, aud Johnly's enEIoyor, Jef
| lfankimB, WAS produced AZ tho first "ttness. lie
lmpod into tho wItucss chair somewhat folucsant-
". and palig trayefsoI lliB cou1ltenhnco HI lle
contemplated his eoMsIuIAary abuse OF tho frlona-
| ly relations tint exrt hotween Tho prisoner and
| ltnsclf, k{o testified that hn knew the place at
Ne. 12t Clark street, md that it waa = common
gamipg-llouso. ilo know tho dotendant, aud
I
| TINT ho Lad evur him "leal tho game y
could not Hwoar that 4e lad. lIc lad understood
that dofondaut was liafd-handed tiller og tho
| soil. ~
Judge williams asked witness to jog his mind
il regard to johnny dealing:
But dull aas viii not mord Ills paoe by beat
Ing, and Al unwilling witnesH will not rocnll what
it IL better fnr his interests to forget. JEFF WIS
perfectly willing to let bygoneH lo bygoncH, aud
ho could not stimulate hin MUD to tho effort Of
rccooct,.g that Johnny Ind ever dealt faro in
his ro0uB. .-
States Attorney Reed after anyiug that ha had
relipd entirely upon this witness to convict tho
prisoner, asked that tile Judge dlsmiHs ths case,
which, WAS donn.
| DAN KELLo0o
was no1t trotted into the conspicuous position Of
prisoner.
The only material witnnss wns Capt. Sam
Ellis. who stated that llo had soen tho defendant
dealing faro 1T No. 10 south HalBteu street.
| A ,,lea Of guilty was then entered by htr.
Trlldo, wlo became responsible for tho fine.
This arrangement was satisfactory to the Court
md the prisoner was allowed to depart.
| Upon calling tho cases of
HAIRY LAWRENCE AND HORNS MARTIN,
Il WAS discovered that they, too, had rcsorted to
tho sharp dodge Of eating themselves fined by
n Police Court Magistrate, and they wero dis
il Lie lad taken a bunko trick Of Grcat magni-
lude, anu Norris declared 1t WAS 'veiy pretty
deal"
FRED Foss
was next tried. A wtucss \ Chicsgo daily was
tho only ono In la case. He Testified that he had
scen the defendant In tho gambling-ruous over
''Ile Store" aud lad seen him dealing faro
two or threa times. WitncHa waa in tue rooms
two or throo timsa during the month Of Eovoln-
bor on newspaper matters and sa~ HIM on those
occasions.
OF hiH client, during which he gave pleasant
count OF lis first initiatlDn luto the bcautieB OF
the captivating Gamo Of poker. tt was Mt Louis
vile whore neglected part OF tue attorneys ed
4
al cninent Judge oF that city who introduced
him to merry lot Of good fellows; that lie also
received All enlightenment upon the Significance
OF "swo palfs, full lta9d." ""s Hush, ct etc
rectproeated the Judges attention by inviting
lnm to tho car.can. tLauglstorl. ..,..
BIZ. Tsnde concluded W urging that tho do
fel,dant had no interest in tho lonse and was
only temporarily eugagod thera that l,o was a
very eBtimnua young man, who was more ad-
!. d!oted to moon ptayer-meetinEs than 70 gs'u-
! bling.
After \ few remarks as All Offset hy the States
Attosney, tho caso was given to tho jury, who
retired.
n1nrY.HH1nr BROWN,
who BY an nntasaa' attention 70 the integrity OF
! liB linen had somewhat inyAltRtcd Ais claiul IL
! tho pleasing alias by which he IL commonly
} known, next assumed tho role Of prisoner ut Tho
J bar.
sich1y huo 10 start over tle rugged features ol
! the priAoner by stating that la had AeGn him
) manipulating the cards and Eaking il, checks Al
} Watt lobbnh' place on Clark street. Dut sweet
sull1e Of triumph lit up his eounsettance when
. his attorney produced d transcript from Police
! Magistrate, showing thst the def endsut had
been properly 1uol for the sauna onsuss, aud
J ! eccurcd Ills instant acautttAl.
III the caae OF
HARVEY cAMrhELL,
the athte's Attorney. stated that the only Witness
: had beou bergt. Clarity deceased. aud the man
, was dismissed by tue Court.
WILLIAM IL. CAMFNELL