The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-04
FROM IObr WORTH.
rHr oAMBLlHG CASES DISMISSED
tiiy hitarneN swain Giyas up the Tlght
Ia b"srsif# -utt against the iTis
Telephone Company - n'sih
from -nukp Hitr, tie,

Fnr1 WltT re-, August - Spectral.
The Rccorlpr'. court WAS we'll hllod lhl'
morning Ia witness thc continuance 81
he trials IN the gambling rlsc,, hut nj
he proper uuo City Attorney SWAN,
made "a lormu' announcement that II
va, useles, tu proceed, and recommend
ID the dismissal at tie rest uf the ca,t..
~ tho agony ends. Il must be- said ful
Mr.. Swaync that he made "a gallant ana
plncky light, using every means within
he HCupv uT The law o. secure the CON
yict!ou OF tho Offenders. ruv gamblers
lhtihsrlNus, wlIu, IL must ~ shti Tor
4hclh, hrt u liberal set ui mon, rNpIe' =
.li'Sr admiration of the city HttnrnrN
ana respect him for thu gril aud dctrr
minaliOn with which lie pushed the CT
,os against them,
IL IL curious Ia inquire somewhat into
the causes which lea tu the : gnui defeat
~ the city. Tho sporting men hud long
-htCn ia the habit uI pleading guilty be-
fore the Recorder und paving the tines
asses,rd agaiust them, Rat It would
seem that wACu hoy resolved Ia make
atghl they changed inrir tactics aud
asked for Jurir~, Win them II hat
become 4 iight Tor life. The city had
declared giiuuiIug uui tu rv'ts' nd the
gamblers munt 80. THY resolve upon
a u,Suvrusr -lIug s.'- ~ ~u"i a. inc
rose high, Tact H.f ls.N si.rT dilpln Z
bruu-UI On ~H.lur Nur lies uuu
they SAN tntt were p IT,. Th,
people could uu convict, NuN popul
" Del, cat ut .urN-,I-ht men draw -
Ou lurirs but unu was Quad Wiling Ia
convict. These .iurrrs, la most ra>c>,
were made zap al th" hnst ne IN the
ill., III. aa.H..-a..a.. - HN.Nta IHtfNt.U
the statutes are objective ~ else tho cvi
dencu would act prove the c'l>r II pre-
sented IN the CON .liIut. Tho court mas
not 20. t,.r : / iiuh AMI cannot cOn>trur
the law. Il Juror, before roaring, asked
Recorder FirId Tor u obstruction pf law
and he told him lac could not give ~.
Tn. Jury wa, the Judge III u law and
the evidence. IL Was almost iinpp>Slhlv
To get evidence. MIR. SwaNur said that
he wa, compelled To depend upon gam
blers themselves, aud ho said IN more
than one Instance that they had con-
stautly cvadcd telling the whole truth.
The City .itturn' y dId Il sensible thing
in disunissing the eases thi, morning,
The cause was hopeless. Nat Kramer
told Mr.. Swaync thiI II was the only
thing for him To d., and that they dld
not think any the less of him for IL, nor
tor the fight he had made, II expressed
himself IN the mn>t friendly n cordial
manner and assured HIM he did not en-
dorse the >lur~ thrown cut 1T him, and
won q aid To correct them. Mr.. kra-
mer's feelings. IL IL believed, IL a Iair IN
dex to those of ali the defendants in
these eases.
In dismissing the fnrty-three cases
still on the docket, Mr.. Swayne said he
did not feel like gong further with the
gambling cases. lie believed hat all
the officers had done their duty. He had
tried the strongest eases nni h Il proved
them and made out strong cases, but
juries taken from al. parts of the city
and from the bcst'OI men, have seemed
to make up Their minds not Ia cOnvict
Ills conscience l. clear and he feels that
it is taking up the Tune of tho court u
no purp use To - IN with the cases. He
said "A good many had offered to plead
guilty fhe would dIS.uiSs the rest OF the
eases, but he would not do 80. If h.
could not convict NJ the point Of the bay
Onet he would not do 1t 1T all. He there
fore recommended that the rest of the
eases be nplle prosecuted. This was
done, and this ends tlIo fight against the
gamblers for the lime being. They have
scored an uninterrupted series of victo-
ries, and naturally iccl jubrlant,
The G y prosecutions will be In the
County court, but County Attorney
Pendieton has Expressed himself power
less, Dut ub tlic Sdillf ililIt SNlN WV 'ikl
attorney had the machinery at liis con
troll which could bring convictions; how
his prophecy or statcuuent was borne out
is seen.
Planting of telephone poles sometimes
causes litigation. Ephriam NJ. Orrick
has brought suit in the County court
against the Erie Telephone company for
$500 damages. He states in his petition
that he owns Il certain lot on Houston
n on Fifth, and that the said company
against his protest dug holes and planted
poles there, aud that when IL, pro-
tested and tried to prevent
them from infringing upon
the premises they had him arrested and
charged with disturbance, which he
contends was II false, malicious and un-
grounded charge. That he was assault
ed and insulted by the police at the i'll.
stance of the Erie company, and falsely
imprisoned in jail. lie was acquitted
and discharged. He asks for $l2J addi-
tiOnal as indemnity for costs and trouble
he was subjected to.
The foreigner bitten by q snake died
at the hospital to-day, but, As stated in
the HERALD, II effects of the bite had
been tissipated by the whisky, but moth
ing could disSipata the whisky. No
clue to his name.
There is corroborated news to-day
about the machine shops to be erected
here, and there is no doubt but the cost
of most extensive shops are being fig
ured on.