, 1879-02-21
A GAMBLING RING,
How They N1nnnEe Nrattern Down IN 3
S40ulx.

How They n1nnnEe Matters Down In St,
9.0Mlx.
A SPECIAL Committee Of the Missouri State
Senate, 10 whom were referred the nominations
OF couple of ST. Louis POLICE Commissioners,
lias bcen inuulrtng Into their fitness for the
position, nsl In tile course OF It's Investigations
struck some interesting testimony regarding
the previous doIngs Of tliesu two ,ucx-N.ie1rt
nml Ladd-iu tho Police Board. Il. c, Pate,
proprietor OF tho lending kcno-room Of St.
Louis, ant formerly partner Of 4. Il. Wake
field. stated that he knew OF rcaso.,s why DR..
Stc1et should 10 rejected, and explained that
When Dr. Ntlclet was Vlcc-rrcstlent Of the
Doartl of Police Commissioners, Mr.. A. Il. Wnke-
field casne to him and proposed that he would
secure him rate) nsainst any trouble from
raids by the police, provided that Nnke-
field should havc n one.1uaricr interest In
!Ae profits Of t'ate's kcno.huusc, u.rI Tint
fle should naY Wakefield! The sum of s!0o q
prcscn. Of tho POLICE Boart, had tl.e tsaiing OF
warrnnts against La1nbllng-houscs solely In his
minds. Mr.. Wakefield told Pate that Ndclet
Huuld n!wnrs give btu, warning as to wlleu rnlds
woul.l DC snudc. These warnings were conveyed
man hired IN Patc's establishment generally
actet1 as a Eu.between l~tween Pate niI.l Wake.
ilcld. He vent ~ Putc IN the afternoon 0r,
various oceasons a'nl sa!d: s,.'rtlc, old mau,''
atatH'S hAhcHe!ut y Ills Itnu a afchnl tlIAt
there will bc raid on kcno.Eouses Tonight nt Q
o'clnrk.n On other occasions Wakefield went
to PAtr himself personally md Eai,i: "pate,
would bate to have keno-housc tonight at u
O'clock" meaning, of coitse, that there wns to
be rntd. The raids always occurred. without Il
sIilgle cxcGpitos, after these mysterious warn
Tugs were GtYcn. fills arrangement was ma.lu
IN 1B75, uslA has been kept up ever since, Wake
field getting the t4NU month from Pate, ului
payis.g II over to lIr. N!dcset.
tic1. Justin slcltin,try gave sonie very enter-
taintnE testimony In which he stated that Wake.
gambling ring In St. Louis, md that several
newspapcr-tiien u!lti officials belonged to II.
On another occasion Waketleid came to him
nnll confessed TINT he Ind lost large Gums OF
lnony IN consequence Of f!a connection with the
gamblers ring. "nd begged him not Il, desert
llt.n. Tie witness then told bin to tell him tn,
whnlc truth nbuut the whole thing. nl llc then
snid that Dr. Nt1e!ct received 500 month,
Ny. CELSIUS pr!cc s:SU, Ma]. uvoree ellison, city
editor Of the fitobe i't'Aocfas. 500 month; Mf.
unrduway, Of ihr journal, $1t0 mouth,
1t may be- here stated thnt CELSIUS Price, the
mrsnber Of the Hin. mentiouci above, was q
short time since State Superintendent OF Insur.
ni,cc Companies, but recently bad not been do
Ing much.
Mal. ellison waa journalist OF tue old school,
n astipcntl|ary incubus upon the local force oi
the Gtolt. .Ue,aocrat, whose CITY Editor Au was
4nttl tho euu Of 1868, w&Gt by dcxternus
stroke OF policy fts managing editor succeeded
In getting hin oustcl. The Mnjah" :" fought
against the freEzc.0ut, MlNl Ills late rollcaguet
know now why 1t WIS that hu mado 81 bitter Z
struggle.
uardway, at tic Journal, WAS also ncwspa
per noncntity, AMI It Is believed that these me-,
Ent tic money under the supposttfan TINT IT, wa:
to be distributed among tue "boys" to keel
them from! Investigating matters on their owl
uceo,lnt. The boys. however, never got an,
Of It.