The San Francisco call., 1895-12-12
Money Raised to Defeat an Ex.
tension of the Pound
Limits.
ty THE PooLRooM ORDINANCE.
Supervisor Morgenstern Will Support
the Grand Jury-Gallagher on
the Langdon Permit.

held last evening to complete the exami-
nation of Martin J. Gallagher in the mat
ter of handling $125 of Langdon's money
to obtain permit from the Board OF Su-
pervisors, and to hear also the testimony
OF Supervisor Morgenstern in the matter
OF the pool ordinances, pending in the
Board of Supervisors. The jury in addi-
ton to these matters heard witnesses in
reference to petition for the extension of
the Pound limits. Money was raised to
not extended.
Martin Gallagher was the first witness
called. His account of his own testimony
was as follows:
They wanted me to finish my account of how
1t all happened, and asked the questlons they
asked me before over again. But didn't have
anything to tell them about Doodle.
The Doodle part only existed In Langdon's
imagination. You see, he thinks things and
then tells them for facts. It's way he has.
When we had to stop work was $49O out on
Langdon's job, and he refused to pay unless
hnlshed. knew Green had got permit for
the same alterations wanted on his saloon on
Powell street, and thought that could get a
permit for this building also told Langdon
SO, but said it would cost $12o;
suppose because he would DO thlngs Dy the
Doodle principle he thought that wanted the
money to pay the Supervisors. But didn't.
wanted the $25 to spend around where 1t
would do the most good, with dimes to one
man perhaps and drinks for another, and the
500 was going to give to an attorney for
attending to the case before the board.
/ only kept the 1925 over night In the
morning Langdon said to me, "Where's that
permit" told him he couldn't expect to get
thing like that in day and that 1t would
probably take week. He said he wouldn't
have any trouble in getting the permit. and
talked so loud about what he could do that
put my hand in my pocket, pulled out the S125
hadn't touched and gave IT back to him.
That's the whole story. And vet Detective
Curtin testified that Langdon told him he'd
seen me give bunker the money and that
when he kicked l got the money back and
story before the Grand Jury, and it's good
thing he did. If he hadn't he would have got
into trouble.
And then Mr.. Gallagher walked away
after making remark about Mr.. Lang
don's conversational qualities similar to
that which the parrot addressed to himself
after his seance with the dog.
Supervisor Morgenstern was the next
witness called. He related to the Grand
Jury a conversation that he had with
Supervisor A. b. Spreckels, in which the
latter remarked that it was common re-
port that the downtown booksellers We're
putting up $500 a month. Morgenstern
replied that he had been told by lawyer
that the poolmen were paying $1,000
month.
Mr.. Morgenstern did not know that any
of the money was paid to Supervisors. AS
for himself he did not receive any of it and
could not say from personal knowledge
what was the exact amount contributed.
Supervisor Morgenstern said he favored
the ordinance recommended by the Grand
Jury, which proposed to stop pool-selling
downtown. To gain PERSONAL knowledge
as to the manner of conducting the busi-
ness he had visited poolrooms since the
ordinance was introduced, and there saw
boys exposed to the worst forms OF gam
bling influence He did not want to be
classed as citizen who was opposed to
reform. On the contrary he said that he
was earnestly in favor of suppressing
gambling dens, where boys and young
men were lured to ruin and disgrace. He
would favor an ordinance to close and keep
closed the poker-shops and other gamblers
places.
The members of the Grand Jury were
highly gratitied to hear the Supervisor so
frankly and unreservedly announce his
purpose to join them in their efforts to
abolish pool-selling and close the open
poker games, and expressed to him their
sincere desire that other Supervisors
should follow his example.
The Grand Jury has now heard Super
visors Spreckels, Ia ,ylor, Hobbs. Dimond
and Morgenstern, and they stand ready to
support the ordinance to prevent pOol-Sell-
ing downtown. To-day at 3 P. NJ. the jury
will call the remaining seven Supervisors
and endeavor to impress upon their minds
the importance of suppresslng this feature
of gambling.
The Grand Jury carefully read the COM
munication relating to the management OF
f ire Department affairs, which was placed
in the hands of Foreman Eldridge last
Tuesday, and decided that the information
warranted thorough investigation. The
subject will be taken up as soon as the pool
inquiry is finished.
Out in the corridors a crowd of milkmen
and their friends waited. Mr.. Tessmer,
who wrote the letter to the Grand Jury,
and Mr.. Brandt, who says ex-Supervisor
Heyer told him Mr.. bunker had accepted
90-pound pig as recognition of his val
liable services from grateful hog-ralser,
were the only ones who had been inter
ested in extending the pound limits.
The miikmen told varying stories. When
first approached some denied that any
money was raised. Others said little was
raised, but they had not contributed.
Eventually, however, they confessed to
having raised from $3.50 to $780, although
Martin Johnson, the man who collected
it, could not remem Der just how much he
did get.
Mr.. johnson at first declared that he
had not collected the contributions from
the various dairymen. He said he did
not know who had collected it and he
didn't know what became OF 1t except
that Mr.. Clunie, who was their attorney,
had been given some.
After having talked with the Grand