The evening world., 1894-05-21
0INK DAVIS TESTlFIES
Sued by a Man in Whose House
He Had a Faro Game.
Never Keeps Papers and Trusts to
Persons Honesty.
Has Made Money Bucking the Tiger
and Is Going Blind.

William DAVIS. better known as
Drink" whose large earnings at faro
were the sensation in sporting circles II
few years ago, appeared before Justice
Conlan. in the city Court, to-day ms
defendant in n suit brought by Alcxan-
der j. Meyer to recover $500 and interest
from oct. l.. 1857, from him.
Meyer claimed that amount was due
Forty-sccond street during the months
of October, November and December,
1887, when Dink was in his glory and was
called the Faro King.
Luck is said to have gone against
Dink since then; LAWYER Royal 8.
Crane appeared for Landlord Meyer,
and Abe funnel for Davis,
Meyer testified that he leased the
property to Davis for three years. Dink
swore Il was for only one, and that he
he had a two-year option on the place,
hut decided not to keep 1t after the first
year.
Mncn pink" Davis took the stand he
afforded considerable amusement by his
unique way Of testifying.
"Dink" is quite young, smooth shaven,
fair and is growing blind; ,
Meyer had already testified that he had
lost his copy Of the written lease, and
when the eX-kinG Of faro was asked
where his copy was he answered; .
1 tore IL up. l never Keep papers. L
rely on the honesty of men"
He then testified that he ave 5000 to
Dave Gideon, the turfman, on July !,
1886, to pay Meyer in full. -,
And you bet Dave paid it," aid
WAS it not 81, 200 you paid to Gideon"
asked Meyers lawyer. =.
NO; 1t was only $500. and I don't
81 200 when | only gave $500 to him. He
was not that kind of IA man"
Davis swore he had returned the keys
OF the place to $. NJ. BIakeley,. whom, he
said, acted as agent for Mr.. Mayer, and
notified him that he would not keep the
house after Dec. 81, 1851, Before he left
Blakeiey's nam as agent, was posted on
the house.
MIR. Mayer, when recalled. said he had
never authorized Blakely to act as
con had paid him for six months, giving
him a check for 81, 200. When asked
where the check was he said 1t had
been lost.
During his redirect examination a dis
cussion arose in regard to "A mistake in
the amended complaint. This bore orig
inally the months of July, August and
September as the months owed for. and
October, November and December sub
stituted. MIR. Mayer said 1t was Il mis-
take. and he had made the correction
himself.
During Lawyer Cranes summing up,
Justice Conlon had to call him to order
several times for misrepresentinG evil
dence on certain points. In charging the
jury. the Judge dwelt on the facts that
neither the lease or the $500 check were
produced.
The jury returned a verdict for the
defendant after being out about five
minutes. Sixty days were allowed to the
plaintiff to prepare papers for a new
trial.
"Dlnk'' Davis has made more money
bucking the tiger than in providing a
tiger for other men to fight. He had q
house in Twenty-cighth street, mex
door TO the Windermere. for some years
and recently fitted up IA magniiicenI
place In Thirty-nrst street. next door
to the Grand Hotel. a few days after
he opened this house he got orders tC
close. Little business has been don,
since that time wins to the police dis
~turbances and the Parkhurst movement
He says II Is no wonder he lost money
In Forty-second street, as 10, the gam,
hlcrs' unlucky figures, made up part OF
the number of the house.