The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-20

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wi'h the woman for OYER two year,
Nr piles then tracked The witness from
points IN Europe 70 .ew foTy. Pnila6el-
phia. san Francisco, Portland. and then %
fhis city. witness said Re Isl nothing II
these cities but enjoy hiulself
'Mg. Piles said. f'We ere YOU not arrested
r. san Francisco for committing an IN
famous cTiueg
Counsel objected 70 the question, and
t3s objection was sustained
witness gaaf IN san Francisco he went
by the name % Frank Jensen. and IN
Portland as both Johnson and Jensen
10 never. 20 his recollection. changed MS
name hut once
Mr. piles asked. Were you arrested at
Port Townsend bur the question vas
ruled out The denomination con
flnged
you carry loaded dice. don't you?''
wen. no."
you manufacture loaded dice. don't
you We'll. yes. 1 have done SO"
How do you load them by boring
holes into the dice and pouring into thcn
quicksilver
Don't you carry these loaded dice with
Won all the tlme2f' No SIR"
~DoHt you carry these dice about town
with you trying 70 find men who have
money on thc3r persons on whom you can
ring in your loaded dice and rob them 20
NO. SIR. 7 DO not"
What DO you load these dice for. them
'-For amusement"
Then you just load these dice for pas
time DO You. Mr- Jensen or Mr.. Johnson?
Eyes"
Didn't you. some time ago. IN the Ne
va3a saloon. try 70 roo a man named
Pattee with your loaded dice2'
Counsel for the state objected 70 iris
question on the ground that defense
could not 20 into specific acts in attack
ing the cre6ibnitv OF the witness The
court held that specific acts could not he
brought out 10 attack the witness credi-
bility but could be asked 10 throw light
on the defense.
Witness said he kept 4 club room In
Olympia two years ago and one Al Port
land in ISIS. Draw poker was played in
these rooms. lie didn't have loaded dice
In the club rooms.
Air. Piles then went AZ him in this style:
Isn't 81 a fact. Johnson. that you are
known all over this coast as the shrewd-
est short-card and loaded dice man in this
section OF the country" No sir. don Z
think I am"
can any one on this coast beat you
loading dice7' II don't know whether
there is or not"
Have you in the past five years done
an honest days Workg'' II worked for
Have You worked any since?" only
working in my card room al Olympia
What have you lived on in the past two
years. on the money you earned while
tending bar al Nanaimo?' Yes. sir
Didn't you on one occasion in this city
play loaded dice on an Unsuspecting far
NOR and get knocked down and beat up
for your work. Not thar ! know Of
Did you ever deal cards In your life?"
Yes. dealt faro at Tacoma. Seattle.
Whatcom. and other places"
Did YOU ever run wheel?" Yes, sir.
I did 30 several towns"
johnson resumed his testimony at the
afternoon session. Mr. Piles asked him II
he knew a man called Shorty. who kept a
club room on South Third street and Yes
Ter avenue. Witness said he knew a man
named shorty the Dog" Mr.. Piles asked
him II shorty" was not I'm the same bust
ness as himself. and being answered NO, -
continued.
Didn't you one day make an agreement
with man named Dusenbury 10 go with
you To the Northern hotel barroom. and
there with loaded dice. beat certain per-
son OF tins city out OF his money by ringing
IN loaded dice with fiyes and skies on
them" NO"
Didn't you tell Edward Cudihee. the po-
lice officer, the morning after the shooting
the barroom 20 NO. | did not
What kind OF tools did you use In load
ing the dice YOU speak OFF" II did not"
How He Loads the Dice.
Taking small wise out of the satchel
that scared Marden the day before Mr.
Piles asked Johnson If he used that instru-
mcnt in holding the dice when he bored
them.
Witness said he placed them on the floor
and held them with his hand. He was not
sure how many dice he had bored out.
The examination proceeded:
You say soU loaded these dice jus; for
fun. Did you ever throw them or have
them in your pocket. or handle them In
any way but make Them" NO, sir. 4
never did"
"Have you made living during the past
five years besides gambling Yes sir !
had Job tending bar before got the posi-
ton In %aniamo. Then. again. l specu-
lated
What did you speculate in?'' In horse
racing
isn't that gambling ," II don't know"
How much did sou win by your specu-
latou TN horse racing three years ago. the
last time YOU speeulated@" About 900
Has that 500 kept you ever since?''
yes, str. think il has"
iAtH-lilG III the i.t3ltiet ilte.
Mr.. Jensen-Johuson. don't you know
that when you were called to shake for
Fraser YOU slipped in your loaded dice I'D
won six straight throws? Now don't you
know that is the time loaded dice men
ring in their dice2' Il don't think So"
After ron Quit shaking Fraser kept
winning right along" u don't think ~
DID"
How much money dld they ind on Fra
@ers body when they took him upstairs.
ntd not they hnd over 50 in 'Freentacks
an his perSop2' II don't know"
Didn't you ana The other men in the
room have an agreement before you went
IN that room 20 riuS in your loaded dice al
q certain stage 81 the game, 50 as to SCI
Pages money" NO. sir"
Was Page Defending Himself.
Where we're Nou when Page threw his
hand hack tor his pisfoio.' Il was stand
inc hack ~ him and saw him take his gur
o9t ana Poke = at Fraser"
What Jill vog think he was going % dc
! whom p" placed his hand on his Fir
( pocket 81 lid not know what he was
after"
10 you mran "a fel me that Won nav.
followed s7~ hIrE fer eighteen wears aua
( don't know What II means when a mar
I If'7 ''s hand 10 his q p 0--kete"
What d.t >oa 10 when sou saw the
/ S7fn started Pr Tire gun"
.7Hf roH know Eat Neu men ha1 Nj
/ Pace Pos th~ thr7at vhf0 the shot vas
/ 0-ed f 40 sip. ~. ia uot..'
: "Di3 vot yoG. after helping p'are Erase,
! ir chair vH.k quietly eut 90 thc saloon
| toto che office ant telephone for ,he ro-
/ Nec- No. SIR. ia aat. Z, was on', SIN
! fc.' from where re placed Mr. Fraser n
( 'N" 'pAone and quickly sort a MESA e
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