The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-22
DOWN TOWN GAMBLERS IN PERIL.
The District Attorney DESTROYS of HurryinE
Them Before the Grnnd jury.

The private examination room in tho
Tombs Police Court wns crowded with gamblers
yesterday. They were there to answer the
complaint OF Walter r. Barnard OF 80 Seventh
avenue, Brooklyn. the son Of tho venerable OK
Judge Daniel Barnard. Mr.. John Graham.
who appeared for the prisoners. began the ex-
animation by asking young Barnard when he
fret confessed to his father that he had been
deceiying him.. The witness replied. On sun
You are employed ms n trusted ompnnlon
more thnn rs an assistant Of your honorable
iather = Mr.. Graham continued.
Yes, SIR"
And In that position you availed Yourself
9hs,raet yae3 pgpoTs from n" S Poee
them TO n gentleman who would trust YOU be-
cause q your father and borrowed money on
them
Now tel US what you did that Saturday
went to the Mechanics Bank and got 81 500
from the cashier On a representation / made to
him: had besides thatubou! $50 Of my own.
went 10 the Office and left az about noon
Where did you 70 them"
To No 8 Barclay street"
:. How, long did yon remain there1'
Until 10 o'clock"
Do YOU mean to say, sir that you remained
ten hours in that gambling house without leav-
Z" l do. l kept playing and, "a lost heavily I
continued. hoping q get back whnt | could"
Didu't you eat ANYTHING all that time?'
And you lost your money!
Yes. about 81 900. Then went to No. 8. and
as last resort lwent 70 1879 Fulton street. where
| lost everything had"
:" Mr.. Barnard. how much Of your fathers
money. or how much OF the funds money that
have boon intrusted to his care. have YOU lost in
Seven thousand four hundred and seventy
four dollars, besides eighteen hundred Of my
You did not lose all that in one day7"..
No, sir In the past SIX months that have
been visiting gambling houses.
best games In this city7"
1esi have played IA good deal"
Then you confess that for the past six
months you have been deliberately rohbing
your father. and had you not by some unac-
eounta6le freak OF conscience happened to
make sudden confession, you might have
brought his honored name into discracef"
- knew was not lucky glmbler; but there
was wild iniatunton for me IA the game. 81
IN ONoher. and until at Inst confessed to my
father had won altogether about 5000
" You have sent letters to the din rent gam
blers you played with. telling them that unless
they returned 10 You the money you lost with
them. you would take both civil and criminal
proceediugsW
:, have not, sir but bclicve my father has d
" And several have been frightened into pay
ing back some OF the nloneyf'
" believe. sir, that some fifteen hundred dol
lars has been refunded"
Mr.. Graham. tacn.; Justice Ouerbourg asked
Tor further Adjournment This is an impor-
tant case" he said where we are thrrHtened
with bO.h civil and criminal proceedings. and
We must therefore ask Tor time. TO guarc
Against any error"
" twill willingly grant reasonable adjourn.
ment.' Justice Otterhourg replied: but this
morning the Distrtr, Attorney sent for the pa.
n";s "a ne casr as he wants 10 present it quick
The further hearing was set down for Mon.
day next at2P NJ.