Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-08

1t was on the tor noor that we found
the inca, and on the tables In tho room
were found buttons and $3.50 In
money.
Judge Henderson - who went
through the place with you GU your
second visit?
The witness-Mr. Varian.
"And on your third visit2"
"Mr. Siutsmuu."
ado you know anything about thu
reputation Of the place except what
you have heard from poiicgmeu?"
"Noihing whatever"
"How did you happen to pay your
secoud wish?
"Atr. Narian wanted to gu through,
and I volunteered 10 act a. his Escort"
DID you 20 to make arrests'"
apo you recollect some raids teing
made ON gambling houses by the
| United states marshal?"
"YesO
was II after that that Mr. Varian
vlsitcd this hOuso?n
"Yes.D
Didn't you make your raid right
after that?"
HI,-,p
"Diin't you do 1t to get oven with
the msuhal?"
eyes, Il was"
Judge Zane-Whaps that7 DO you
sny you did 1t TO get even with the
MARSHALL"
The wltnoss-well, his deputies had
been raiding Chinese gamblers, aud
thought they might have faided this
Use.
The next witness was William ".
| Daggett, and he s.ated-l was with
the last witness wheA the raid was
made. 1 eloke ~ the Chinaman ut
the door Ia his own language, asking
him to let mo In. got the word from
Marshal Young. After entering
| held tho ChinAmnn, while the others
went on aud arrested eleven China
men for gambling. The game Of tau
~ played with checks, buttons, pieces
Of colored paper, and u brass cover. IL
IL a Chinese gambling game, and the
implements taken by the police on this
OCCASION are such as are used VA play
ing tan.
10 Judge Hcndorsou-WhiloI was
on the force hud no particular heat.
nave seen iau tan played In bau Fran.
cisco ami seattle.
| Oul when n fan game IL In progress?
Wituoss-Res, they usually hang
/ out "a lantern.
"Did you ever see an indication Of
that kind ut this bullding?"
! "Nn.n
"You have seen such a signal else.
vhere?"
ayes, frequently"
"What 10 the meaning OF the remark
you made 70 tho Chinaman NJ the
| door that night?v
at means open up'"
"Have you been Into the house on
other octasions?"
! eyes"
"Evet have any difficulty In get
ting INF"
"No, always found q free passage"
! Charles u. Glenn, the clerk OF the
police court, produced the record Of tho
| case VI All Moon and ten others,
charged with gambling.
Hugh l.. Glenn testified TO the
police court record Ia the ease.
! Ex-Policc Justice LanVy also iieuli'
lied the record, and Mr.. Brown then
objected TO the whole thing W being
immai-rlal.
Mr. Vnrian replied that he did not
offer this T. stimOny to make the dc.
iendnnt responsible for the Oiiense Of
| the Chinaman nj that time, but to
show that the fact that gambling va,
carried on Ia the building wa,
notorious,
The court ruled that the record
might 20 In, and II was read.
officer Yocum testified that he was
ON duty ON COMMERCIAL street for six
months after September last, The
general reputation of this house on the
block was that II was gambling
house.
70 Judge lIendcrson-l have fc.n
I signs out nj this building which indi.
Gated that gambling was going on.
Judge Hcnderson-An lots otprople
talked to You about its being n
gambling housef
witurss-Oh, yessl lots OF them.
"NOw name some Of them"
al can't DO IT,"
"Nane one"
~ can't DO IT,"
"Now, who did you tell fit2"
~ didn't tell anybody"
"There were other houses there that
you knew to be gambling hOuses?"
"lls.n
"What was you put up there fOTT
"ro preserve the peace"
"Wasn't II your duty 10 report such
lhlnes at LEASE"
ayes"
"why didn't you do 1t, them"
ooh, | suppose II was reported be-
fore"
Mr.. Reported whore?
Wituess-At large.
Orlcer jenkins tesuned-I was on
the Commercial street beat for u year,
and went through this house a number
of times. once heard noise In the
house--a sound like the clicking Of
domlnoes, and also a sound like the
climbing Of silver pieces, have heard
the same thing there frequently. | DO
not know what the reputation OF the
house was.
Judge HeudersOn--Youn never heard
anything about this building did your
Witness-NO.
"When did you 70 there?"
al went through the building about
three times u month";"
"Ever have any difficulty getting
INF"
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