The Progress., 1894-12-22

I'd bee. run ont that way ana on
ward thu depot. Going there the |
nv VIVA found hidiog between two .
rsiQht carr aud appeared badly
InterroEsted by the
n;cer a. to whether he had been
,e.ced, he stoutly denied It, saying
hat he never gambled. "Smsl'ing"
nice" the officer told his friends to
,uest;on the lad while he went away
for awhile, and this is what they
learned; that after he had been rob-
had At this brace game, the steerer
told him that both had been guilty OF
gambling which was very serious
crime ~ Louisiana, punishable on
conviction at from fifteen to twenty
years in the pepitenti"1y. and thai
th. sooner they both got out OF til"
town the better. And tho poor
frightened, deluded boy thought II
be told the officer he had been robbed
il would be confession to the crime
Of gambling, and he would be sent 70
the penitentiary for fifteen or twenty
years
The second game is said to be Dr.
Scissors dice box, and that:Ihs person
who steers a victim against Tint r.
ceives 40 per cent, the doctor - per
cent and Mr.. Reichler 80 per cent.
We are informed that a Mr. Mil
ledge WAS relieved of $40 in tbs
place by this brace poker game.
. That a gentleman by the name OF
Mr.. Bowling contributed a good
8 small sum to the nav of this same
:. octopus and that he made an AFFIDAVIT
: to that effect before Justice hoyl'
t Tomkies. This occurred during O
y lust before the fair. That two ne
It groes were arrerted for robbing tw'
n others in this same place. Tha
l. e.rly this Spring a man was roooe'
o in this same saloon. The case wa
70 brought before Justice g. D. H'ck
D. who bound two men over for tn
,e crime. In this instance 1t is bnt ju'
TO TO state that MI. Reichler took dee
id ;ntsrest in the case, and though OF
bt # the men implicated had been
e, his employ, he was zealons IN Apr
a. henpiug any and all who appsar'
ot guilty. Nevertheless it did I'd
''s place in his saloon.
10 II is a fxct that charges were ma
ger .ps;pst Mr.. Reichler in the mayo
NV cour,:ior keeping . di'orde1ly how
II and interfering with IN officer IN t
me- discharge of his duty; and that
S4,ser was arrested At the same III
'eo for disturbing the peace. etc. W.
nal 81 tho case came up for trial Mr. s.
Gall z.iplsr, an important witness in b
OF cases, was not on hand, and
account OF this the mayor di.char|
REQ Mr. Rsichler aud continued
q " s@Issr's case; and on the follow
hing ~o-n;,. N. Doctor WAS convicted
o. Mr. Zsigler's testimony. 80
ono Reichler's discharge was tar 4
ety. being an honorable acquittal.
own It il fsct that the police !
VINO long had suspicious eye on
d AZ place; that of it stockmsn
'ne heard to say that be had beer
8 the MANY towns but this was the Y
'oose ioiut he had ever run across.
CO IN The police told The PRoeRrss
rs OF they would long since have had {
eerel Of Mr.. Reichler's employees be
stea' prison bars, and perhaps in the
''nsss Tertiary but for the fact that the
cked' tins OF their predatory acts
m 70 strangers who could not: spar
ID OF time to remain here a. witnesses
OF his No longer than last Saturday
verv 10 " are informed by the q
has q man himself, a Mr.. Martin Cam
part a stranger seeking home here,
victim waiting for bed at Mr.: Rsicl
LOSSES was drugged aud fleecsd o
ng 70 about s13 at the same brace
N the game, and that Mr.. J. q. WI
an H. and Dr. Selser were two OF tho
u our tstte who were in the game,
patrol We are also informed that II
0 TINS bot, Of the union depot. .tppris'
gen ReicLler OF the notorietys his
'em IN was acquiring, and that 10th n
en- en- - cd ,.ck BERGMAN were
,n and ~. ,,.,fo,m ~ the union de,
again. .h.v vera supposed
ire met steerers OF the Re,chler joint.
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