New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-22
A GUILELESS PREACHER.
HOW TWO swNDLERS GOT his MONEY.
HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT HE WAS GAMBLING
UNTIL HIS CASH WAS GONE.

UNTIL HIS CASH WAS GONE.
The Rev. George H. Chappcll, rural clergy.
man who came TO this city TO live last June. had
remarkable experience with gang of bunco-
steere:s which he related with an air of the ex.
tremcst innocence yesterday on the trial of ono
Of the conspirators. The clergyman is tall and
dignihcd, with high forehead, gray sidewhiskers
and shaven lips and chin. He has had charge
OF country churches for twenty years His story
was related in answer to questions by Assistant
DstrctAttorney Fitzgerald and by Judge Mar.
tine, before whom the tried
John b. Dean, the defendant on trial Is q
cadayrrous young man, who was formerly known
as The lightning Calculator" and gave public
exhibitions Of his mathematical powers. His
young and pretty wife, who has shown unusual
devotion to her husband since his arrest sat be-
side him.
Mr.. Chappcll testified I answered an adver.
tisement in The World Of January 90, and
met Dean. The advertisement offered an oppor.
tunty to man having $1,000 TO invest in q
profitable business / had met Dean two or three
times before, and had gone TO his office at No. 60
Wall-st., where he said that he carried on bro
keraSe business. l wrote ia answer to this adj
vertisemcnt and received letter from Dean. I
went to his Office and asked him what that busi.
ness in which 1000 could be invested. He
self, but that he would see man who did UNDER
stand it. lie thought it had something to do
with cards.
Il said that l did not want TO have any.
thing 10 do with gambling He said that
he understood that there no gambling. He
did not believe in that himself. Ills friend. he
said could explain about it. / met him at the
81. Cloud Hotel the next night, and he took me
10 No. 1872 West Thirty y-third-St., West Thirty
second-st. do not remember which. Dean in
troduced me to man whose maine he said was
Brooks
Yes, tell us about that Introduction said
J. F. Moss. counsel fo- Dean.
WrlI,7 answered the clergyman. Dean said:
Mr. Brooks, Mr.. Mclvc'-Oh. / forgot to say
that on the way to the house Dean told me ID
would be better 10 take the name Melville and
| agreed 10 do so-AIr Brooks said that he would
explain the matter fully. lie had been employed
by Colonel Morgan, very rich man, on q per-
centage, and had not received his part Of the
profits. He did not wish 10 offend the Colonel,
Ms lie wished to continue in his employ, but the
Colonel would not pay him the money. lie said
that the Colonel owed him over 81 1900 and that
the only way he could win il by u scheme.
The money. he assured US, lily belonged TO
him, as the Colonel ow,d it to HIM, and there
would be no nara in Ccttlng 1t from him by
SChcue. lie would .iyc Dean and myself each
one-third Of the money if We would help him.
Then ne brought; uut u cloth and LAID it down
What WAS the color Of the cloth ? Mr. Fitz-
gerald asked
think it was .rccn.7 rcplird the witness. 1T
may have been red. There were cards painted on
the clDth.'
The witness tried to describe the cloth and at
once recognized an ordinary faro layout which
Was atterward srlze'i at tine house where the de-
PENDANTS were arrested. lie also identified tho
Brooks and Dean spent long time IN trying
to -teaGh pe the .Aanes- .%af 'ths.s~'t~S-A-
spot and thrce-spot cards and now I can
not remember them lie tried to guess at the
names, but it was not until Judge MARITIME sug.
ge>trd deuce and " tray that he could recall
them
Brooks said that Dean and Melville. the Wit
ness, should pay ON the following afternoon.
when Colonel Morgan or his cashier would bo
and the witness ShoaM win $4,000 from Morgan
and then they would divide the money with
Brooks. The dealer was TO inform them as TO which
was the "dcad card" by the way in which he
on iUr an hour Dean and the witness went away.
Dean said continued the witness, " that he
Thought Brooks was an honest man and that his
too Brooks had told that we ought to have
at lcrst $1,000 each and that we would make
5000 or $4,000 in that way. Dean said he
would bring Sl,2OO, and | said l would try to
bring rs much | went 10 the house on tho
next dny. Dean was there. and Brooks was at
the table. | went IN, Us 10 had been arranged,
without saying anything, and took off my coat
and sat at tn" table. | handed Brooks $500, and
h gave il TO MGrgans cashier, who sat beside
him. Brooks gave me twenty Of those ivory
pieces and | put them on the cards. Dean also
received some Of the WOrics. But rs fast as D
put them down Brooks took them off, until
didn't have any left"
The clergyman paid out in small sums s4Oo
In addition TO the first $500. and received other
- chips all of which he lost. lie and Dean
then LEFT the place and the clergyman began to
protest that the whole affair was o robbery and
deception Dean tried TO quiet him, and for
over month Dean, with Brooks and "the
Colonel" attempted TO induce Mr.. Chappell to
raise more money and 10 try another "sure thing"
He finally caused their arrest.
ON crOSSeNamnation the witness was asked.
Didn't you know you playing faroi A.-No,
did not.
Q.-D!l you not know IL was GamSing1 A.-Wel,
supposed IT species ot gambling. but told
mat It all riEht. l daIol M not irealize
what I doing IL until stood tho
lirwnlk after leaving tho house that realized tho
rnurmIiy Of my offence.
Q.-That after you lost tho money! Alt wasn't
the money. II tho depth VI tn" crime.
Judge Mar,Inc-What crmci Al think anything
about cards and gambling l. erin" for
Q.-why dii YOU 20 in II you knew It was ramblinge
Al thought Brooks trying % collect legitimate
debt
o-And that you would profit by that. A-Yos, sr.
perfect faith IN brooks and Dean especially in Dcan
The clerCvmans testimony occupied all day. and