The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-05-03
n0HE ABOUT THE GAMBLING
IRDIBLLS.

Lowell Answers the A6idayits OF
waugh ct als.-He Denies the Ale
CATION that He II Professional
Gambler.
The attorneys for the persons recently
indicted by the Circuit Court grand jury,
for gambling, have filed number Of
sffidsvits from the indicted parties, in
which 1t is set forth that Lowell IS pro.
fessional gambler. The following sttidsvit
is stoutly corroborsted by SIX or seven
others OF like nature
wAUGH's AFFIDAVIT.
State of West Virgsuis, County of
Ohio, to-wit Before me, the under.
signed Notory Public, in and for the
county of Ohio and State OF West Yir-
ginia, personally came William A.
Waugh, of said county, who being duly
sworn, depo5es and ssys That he Is
personally acquainted with one 4. w.
Lovoll, the party upon whose iniorma.
ton this affianL was indicted at this term
of the Circuit Court upon charges Of I'M
lawful gaming. That said attiant is
informed and believes that said
Lowell has instituted said criminal pros
ecutlons sgainst him for the sole
purpose OF compelling said sftisnt to
pay him, the said prosecutor, a certain
sum OF money; that the said Lowell has
repeatedly declared, and this stisnt be-
lieves the facts to be from information,
that it is the intention of said prosecutor
! to institute civil suit against this atEsnt,
and that these criminal prosecutions have
been put in motion simply to aid said
civil suits or compel this atisnt to yield
to his unjust and illegal demands that
such criminal prosecutions were not con-
templated, as this sffisnt is informed
and believes, until the refusal OF
this affiant TO aCcede to MIA IN
Just demands for money, which
refusal was announced TO said prosecutor
on the 18th day of April, A. D. 1878.
| That lust before this last mentioned date
| this sfiisnt received - Lowell, the re-
puted father OF said prosecutor, which
letter wss then and there understood and
assented to by the said A. W. Lowell, IS
this atliant believes, in which letter it
was announced that if the SAID sttisnt
paid said reputed father certain sum Of
money, no proceedings at law would be
taken against him, and that unless it
! settled, or said sum was so paid by this
afiant by the 23d OF April, legal pro
ceedings would be instituted, and
that sald son, the said A. w Low
ell, in the opinion of this stfiant was act
ing in concert with his reputed father in
the matter said atfisnt sought an inter.
view with said A. w. Lowell on the 18th
OF April, when he was interrupted by
SAID repuLed father, by the remark, in
substance, that any conversation with his
son must be made in his ,presencC, and
! tha. the son, the said A. w. Lowell, must
have nothing TO say about his future IN
tent!ons. That said reputed father also
remarked That his sftiant knew all the
parties whom he, the SON reputed father,
had addressed on the subject of demands
Tor money; and urged this atiant to see
them and get thom to settle up
before the Grand Jury met
-referring to the Grand Jury
which inulcted this sfiant That this
affiant refused to accede to these illegal
propositions, aud that on two days after
said refusal the indictments were present.
ed to said grand jury. This afisnt
further charges it to be true that At the
time the grand jury OF the County Court
of this county met, on the fret Monday
in March last, the prosecutor did not
contemplate any proceedings against
this atIiant, but that he has done 80 simp-
" because this stIiant refused his said
reputed father, the sum demanded on
the 18th inst. VIM. A. WAUGH.
Sworn and subscribed before me this
22d day of April, 1878.
JOHN WALTON,
Nntnl.1, p.LhLir Ohm (nnntn " Va