The morning call., 1893-07-19

certainty that the cards which had been
dealt would not be tampered with, each
hand was Put in an envelope, which was
then sealed and marked and left at each
players place at the table. It~was we'll
for the greenhorn that the betting did not
go further, as his three aces would have
been unavailing against the straight" In
another's envelope II the hands were
shown he wonld have got nothing except a
suggestive stroke on that point where the
AK collided with the chicken.
The officers gathered up the layout and
marched the players to jail Their fate
may be cited TO show whether Mike Dunn
had pull or not. 1t is not improbable that
he suspected the lookouts of having be-
trayed their fellow-gamesters and allowed
the policemen to make successful raid.
These TWO were the only members of the
gang who were permitted to remain in
prison. AS Noon said, the lawyer whom
Dunn hired told them to plead guilty, and
assured them on Dunn's authority that
they would have to spend only day be-
hind the bars. They pleaded guilty, On
the supposition that all the others were to
follow this course, and were consigned for
a quarter of year to penal servitude.
Dunn became bondsman for some Of the
prisoners, and aided in procuring bonds
men for others. All, with the exception Of
Noon and his pal, Billy Cause. were
released. The cases were assigned to
Judge Joachimsen's court. When the trial
took place the Judge decided that there
was not enough evidence to support the
charge of studhorse-p poker playing. Tie
officers produced the layout, the hands
that had been dealt and the money. and
the sucker" testified for the prosecution
about the game as far as 1t had gone.
THE Judge wanted to know if we had
seen any money bet" said Officer Allen
yesterday. 1--WE had not. IL is not likely
that any money would be bet with officers
in uniform standing there looking on.
Judge Joachiulsen said that without posi-
tive evidence that money had been wagered
he could not convict The suckers evil
dence did not have much weight with him.
He dismissed the charge Of studhorse-
poker playing"
Under such ruling 1t is practically
impossible to convict anybody on that
charge. is it not?" was asked.
well, there have been convictions on
this charge. though am not sure whether
any were in Judge Joachimsen's court"
was the reply. "I remember a recent case
in one of the police courts i'll which the
evidence that hands had been dealt and
that money was on The table was taken as
sufficient to convict"
THAT was since Kelly and Crimmins
were downed and Mike Dunn has lost his
pull" suggested bystander
When the gambling charges were dis
missed the defendants pleaded guilty TO
vagrancy. That charge could be we'll
established if their plea was otherwise.
The kind-hearted Judge said he would
not send them to Jail, but would
allow them to leave town. They accepted
his generous offer and left the courtroom.
Whether they left the city or not nobody
seems to know or to care.
1t was too much to expect that so saga
cious politician as Mike Dunn would say
anything that might be used against him.
self in this matter, but out of curiosity
re porter called on him. Apparently busl-
ness has not been brisk at the Studio, as
Dunn's saloon is now named, since
the trade of the bunko men was
ostensibly taken elsewhere. The saloon
was formerly called the Alham bra,
but when the reformation took place it was
given new title. Mr.. Dunn seems to be
suffering from lack of ready cash at
present. When the reporter entered the
man with pull mistook him for coilec-
tor and said: well, l couldn't raise that
money to-day. You'll have to let it go for
a few days longer. I tried awful hard.
but" Then he saw his mistake and
added, "Oh! l thoughty you were from down
below"
What region be referred to was not ex-
planned.
Referring to Noon and the other bunko-
steerers mentioned in THE CALLS article,
Dunn said with an air of innocence and
sincerity: Il don't know these men at all,
and l never had anything to do with them.
Why, wouldn't know one Of them if he
came walking in that door now. don't
want to know any of them." added Mr..
Dunn severely. They're not my kind of
people,"
Il suppose you wouldn't try to keep any
of these men out Of Jail then, would you?"
asked the reporter.
why, no, of course not" replied Mr..
Dunn.
Didn't you go bail for some one of
them?"
"Well. yes. got George Morgan and W.
6. Murphy out l didn't know anything
about their arrest that night. though.
They sent a note to me next day. and as
they were friends of mine went on their
bonds"
did you have any pull In these cases?"
"'Course not; don't want to be known
as man with pull" replied Mr. Dunn,
laughing as it he enjoyed the conversation
''The idea that could have pull with
Judge is foolish. They're too good men
to let anybody influence them. When a
mans political friend Of mine and he
gets in the jug help him out. but that's
ALL"
What became of these studhorse
cases?" was asked. Mike Dunn rumi-
mated. First he thought that they were
still pending then that they had been dis
missed. and then again that they were
pending.
The reporter expressed surprise that Mr..
Dunn did not know whether he had been
relieved from his responsibility as a bonds
man by dismissal or not.
81 tell you." he said. "you 60 see Dan
Gou To- al