Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-02-01

the names of Marshall Field and
Philip D. Armour, and it represents
of millions of capital and
great public interests. Judge Longe-
necker, who D.. is an upright man and
fearless prosecutor, will undoubtedly
present the petition to Judge Horton
and that great jurist will, in all proba
bility, grant its PRAYER. All Of the evi-
dence prematurely brought out before
the regular Grand Jury will be pre-
sented to the forthcoming special body,
together with very much more, The
special Grand Jury will be made up Of
men who will find indictments. Han
kins, Co1don Gunn, and the rest of
the league of crime will get a full dose.
There was abundant evidence pro
duced before the regular Grand jury
during the past two weeks
The "dinner-pail" game at No. 134
Clark street was especially singled
out by the agent of the Citizens Asso-
citation as an object Of attack. Apart
from the insidious nature of the
gambling carried on at that place,
which is perhaps productive Of more
petty thieyery from employers and
moral misery in families than any other
game now running, the alleged pro-
prietor, George Hankins, is in such
position that an Indictment and con
viction would be tantamount to a com
plete stoppage Of his game. The boss
gambler of the dinner-pail den has
already been twice indicted and con
victed His first conviction was APP
Iealed to the higher courts, but not
even the eloluence Of the late Emery
Storrs was able to procure a reversal.
The second fine of $500 was paid with
out demur Since then the amount of
restitution" money paid by him to
dupes who had been feeced in his den
has been enormous. Witnesses who
have testified before the present grand
jury have told of hundreds of dollars
thus refunded, and it is said that for
every man who has had the courage to
come forward to testify to his own
weakness there are n dozen who have
been squared" and are content to
keep silence. Should an Indictment
be returned by the present grand jury
and a conviction follow, Mr. Hankins
would stand in imminent peril of wear
ing convict stripes, a third conviction
being a penitentiary offense.
STRONG EVIDENCE.
1t will require more than friendly
obliluity of vision for the Grand Jury
to resist the evidence brought forward.
They have proved who owned these
places" said member of the Grand
Jury, commenting on the efforts of the
Citizens Association. "The gas bills
of No. 134 South Clark street are made
out in the names Of George Hankins
and Ed Wightman, and receipts have
been made out to them" swore the
Secretary of the Chicago Gaslight and
Coke Company. "There are two me-
ters one for the saloon and one for the
rooms upstairs The original appli-
cation for these meters, which is on the
file in our Office, is signed by Hankins
and Wightman"
81 am the agent for the ownerof this
property" said w. d. Kerfoot, the
real-estate man, "but / decline to take
any hand in renting the premises on
account of the nature Of the business
to he carried on there gambling.
merely pay the taxes for the owner,
who is a resident Of Louisville, Ky
81 have played at the rooms com
monty known as Haukns', and at
Gunns. and at Hynes place. re-
ceived $1,000 as restitution money
which only represented q portion o
my losses. said William Reilly. an
other witness. Il know the propue
tor. personally. he continued "onl
have ecn them acting as such
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