The evening world., 1893-12-29
ALL OVER A RAFHLE.
Bayonne Citizens Greatly Excited
About This Horse Shake.
ONE MAN WAS ARRESTED ANDs THE
ANIMAL CAN'T BE FOUND
.
A SMOOTH MAN THREW FoRHY-TwO.

Dave johnson. of Bayonne City.sN. j..
rafied a horse last Saturday. He Is not
related 10 Davy johnson, the ~look1nnker,
but is the representative horse nan oil
the city in which he lives.
He owned a string of horses. winch
he ran ut Guttenburg and Gloucester,
among them being Flambeau, the Baden
Baden colt, Priscilla and Alarm b.. The
latter animal has caused all the roupie'
which has become a matter OF Interest
to Bayonne politicians. policemen ana
sports. Even the children are familiar
with the facts. which are as follows:
johnson. on Saturday last, offered
Alarm b. to the lucky winner or a raff'e.
Five hundred tickets were printed an
placed on sale for 81 apiece. over 4W
were disposed of. and the balance were
to be CHANGED by the holders In the In
tereHt Of Owner Johnson. a cast OF the
dice was to determine the fate Of the
Guttenburg nag. .
saloon, No. 20 West Twenty-fourth
street. From 8 =. NJ. Saturday, until
late at night. some four hundred per-
sons tried their luck; ana IN ,mr %se
were tied. The fortunate ones were ex-
Councilman Nicholas Carroll, James
s seniss bo, Tnom officer Em a.. NJ. "H Xnde eTprn,
and a %tranger said to be from Newark.
The little room was packed and the ex-
S sitsme int i !P1Ss r or 81 at was a b nSrss race
The stranger. a lean-faced chap with
q complacent smile and keen black eyes,
led of. Each had three throws In which
first throw resulted in the figures "a
Again he threw. and the three dice
%s nafu nbsr Of to East sno Twrn,y II s rneay
the referee, muttered n blue word be-
meath his brea tn. and slowly dropped the
dice in the box for the strangers last
With q careless air the smooth
faced chap rolled out the dice. Another
Il was turned up. making q total of q
total OF 3. and was mot in it."
Then Tom Emery tried to win for hi.
friend, Officer Anderson. On the seconc
throw he had scored 10; there being onl,
a possible is more. he quit, IL being al
man Ian came a man named Herman
;aS hnfsS known aST hace osNick." Hi sA thTe,
tries resulted in a total OF q. Tn
p stranger. was declared the winner. H.
irvited the crowd to drink, and they did
phoned Carroll. who was In Brookiyi
q tho time, that he had won, And thsl
the trouble began. Carroll took ~,
while the latter was away from home
: then developed that the stranger wa
LoSar Faye, a hotel-owner.. OF Eliza
e export, who had thrown the dice oi
/. Ticket which belonged to the origina
owner OF the horse. Johnson havinl
b.an unable to dispose of It.
Carroll war arrested Nednesday 70
grand larceny end taken before Recorde
CcrneIly. The testimony OF several Wit
r.. .eJ was hearo. but the learned Judg
.-ys5 sorely puEzl.e. and Carroll was re
4, lsfreo on hi. ow1 recS gniz9 nee to avail
trs seton OF the Grand Jury tomorrow
,cnnson ycs.ercay occurred II writ o
rsrl3yir, IN the hope o. getting the dis
red prize back to lSH stable hom'
&c sheriy searched throughout tn
CT without success. The horse has dis
irrcs ed. II was reported In Bayonn
Ia: night that the ~ex-Councilman re
I'd "a led the right Of Johnson to throw
T. rrcxy. 1t was also said Carroll ha'
t:.6 a friend that he had sold the beas
L a man on Staten Island yesterday.
Altogether. Iiayonne wants to know
= WIG has the horse AMI II II IL his.