, 1880-12-04
A GAMBLING CONTRACT.
Gen. Ingalls, Fails to Recover His
Money from Young MIR.
SherWin.
The Dissatisfied Plaintiff viii
Try 1t Agntn in Another
Court.

win, or whit might qnito rs appropriately bo
known ns this historic litigation l'etwcen III.
gnls. Of tho regular army, and Sherwi1l. ut tho
irrcE.itnr i}oarl of Tr,ste, otherwise known a.
"Thn Ltttlo i}uarsi," "Tho Opnn Dunr1t," Rnsl
"Thn A1iey," WIS nga!n tho afternoon attrac-
lion In Justice t'rowu's cnlIrt-rnoln ybstcrlny.
Gcn. Ingalls,, tho Victim ot tho alleged shArp
prnuticcs Of the ttefcndnnt IN connection With
tllGir flttto Wheat-tral. snt sumo Distance re-
moved fron tho wArrlng leThl factions npoHt
tho trlal.tabto, hIs vsngo moro In sorrow tf,ntl
In anger" md his immaculate shlrt-front
ndoracd Wilt, trio Of na.t studs. Tho yo,,th'
ful defendant, ntto,tted hy his sire aud n
couple OF legal lhn,tnarIcs. wcro OH ono
aldo of the nfurcsnhl tnhlct wtllo Con. Eitiscdgc,
the icgal bAckcrUfthe bitter spcctlhtur, equtrEt
hlnsclf nfutlid ono corner 0f tho furniture and
proceeded with the examination Of tlo Shcr-
wshs$ bookkcrper. The manner or Keeping tho
aecolints WAS gonc tnto nt grcnt lenXth. tho Wit
ness tcstlfyinH that tho deal WIS lIll In Hnl-
InnLs nnmn until Ucn. 1uEasis Instructed tho
1lrtn to transfer 1t ever II him. When tho do
fcn*e tsr,k hold nr tue cross-rxun1lnntion thoy
produced three checks amounting ~ sSa0, which
during tho month Of October, and which repre-.
On tHklng ,|so stHnj, rsimitte,i tho fucgirt III tho
chccks. but won't TIL to explain allat thoy rePrc.
oarxs o nr's Gn1 e i,'s I'D G,sSy
tityIs. tic defense ol'Ic Ia tic Production
by the witness Uf certain memoranda Tor tho
% ness Of aSy witness, had =. ! .!a!!t
Te.ac ssca o o"ssF s:s to vs 1s. tho ~ sncssss SSM
| head atiortloy fur lilo defense sarcnsslca!ly
enippeii u: :Yes. General, " wt:4 b9 woi.!j.
tS sxpi, hSw o ns w !9aS 5 ~ % Gnro ;a
rescttu and take tho dral ali Ills tNnts. Tho ac-
count WIS then cnrrfcd On. withoitt change IN
whu " It va Till iIacsd il, tnpails' n,tae, witness
Pumping ln stO d,,ring tho interval. Oh tue
s!s.eI shat s'e i. as.less s tho shcswins to lily
shent for him and not ortlot,s mud lis supposed.
til ills simple ignorance Ut the prnctitcs ~! tue
ut'ut, 1Dnrd, tipy kHcw cnHI!Kh IL slp whit lin
! toll thpn. Thu bnnkkueprr was rccllle,l niId
| rather contradlctcl the great n!lltnry tonrl-
To il previous dcitl md double nccotlmt with tho
Shrrsvns. After y visss ,lenl 1f leEnl squirting
luck AND firth. Grn. E!reslxe soletni,'y an-
The attorneys for the defense promptly noyctl
TO aischarge the defendant on tho Rrt'tiHd that
tho juutur counsel totk half m hour to open the
argument. His first point was tint
THERE WAS NO GRAIN nt UTi1Eit coMAoD1TF IN
! THE TRANSACTIONS,
tho proceeds Of which could possibly DO In t'le
hands OF tho defcnlGuta. or, III the !angungr of
tho statute, hnro hecn converted tc his own use.
| III other words tho wtnlu transaction was slim
ply m option deal. nmd, ,'nt'rr tho !ectslnns Of
the suprg.no Court. slleRnl and void. tlAvlnK
pretty fi!rlY osth,'tfahed this much. tue counsel
o1ldeltrored to sf1ow TINT 10 defnana 'ri9 ever
| lnntlo ny Ingalls, upon tho detenfInt, mud thnt,
therefore, tho prosecution bad nothing to Btand
on;
Gen. EldrcdEe, rising superior to tho raltry
1dcn TINT tho trlnsnGtlnn was purely Ut Tho
to clhiIn that thp nce"lnls sjceited lcul inKs III
whgat.-whent by the bnsl,c!. nt tAAt: TINT 11l-
CALLS supposed MI WIS putting bis iEnncy into
wheat. nti tint l1nlla ordered tho rtn tn buy
wtleNt; uni! thlt, II they didn't hliy wheat, why,
they .lcceiyoh tho General, uni hlatlc to thGnl-
selves ga,t, out Ut hts tH, cunttinN hetief that
thny wi,ud ito wt,nt they wcro nIflercd to DO
AZ 10 the mere luibtlr III rcHurl ~ Il demand
he IabVsea hAfti ~ s,,t,w that II haii bcey
nnth wniycd n1l,i nctunIIy nl,lllot a1l.l tint still
tho defendant refused IN cNnlu up tn tho scrllu
and pny over To tho utuerrl hs Rotu! money tc
| tho MtnGlitt nf $4A5 ht,d as,tno u,ih couts.
| The yt,lcunrts scU{r c,,1,Itsel for tho defense
tMil yos,nx Uiocs Win thp Dir IL nj ntnbt,issis
uniitiitlatu Inspired with thu mIstnkcn notinr
tkHt hp WIS Cit u1,t for seht on tho Supreme
liei1p used III, cta1plo nr ho,lra III gniux owe,
| Tim rnuttfr cLyfrcd Iv Tim {tInjor tlnniry If
uatlnr that tho prosecution w,ts Inspired BY mo,
tlves 9f blacktnnll Ut tttraAttnsng young sher-
| YIN WIN teTtn iti JUL v!aa:ss ~ pA!n Hesl
9, 1m9ns l ssetnlk ~ & ~ % Ml nHv ~. tI..l. ~ y"
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