The morning times., 1896-11-23
GAMBLER TAKES AN AIRING
Alexandria County's Star Prisoner Goes
Out With the Sheriff.
TAKES A LITTLE EXCURSION
Is Serving II Sentence of u Year,
But Mr.. Palmer Seems to Have
No Objections to Letting Him
Out Now and Then-RepOrted to
BE at Large Yet.

Sheriff Palmer, of Alexandria county.
Va, has added another curiosi to his
unique collection of official eccentricit!es.
This time lie is again given credit of
permitting star prisoner to spend the
entire night away from the Alexa ndria
Jail and return the next morning while
the grass was yet bedewed in many Of
the streets of the peaceful little to wn.
The prisoner was no less a parsonage
than Harry Gambler, the Jackson CITY
King, who Is serving years sentence
for conducting gambling ranch in the
Httle cluster or iniquity at the end OF Long
Bridge.
IL all happened last Thursday night, it
is said. Sheriff Palmer Is understood to
nave been frequent caller and an ad-
mirer OF Gambler. Between the ho urs
or q and . o clock Thursday evening he
called at the jail.
WANTED GAMBLER
After short consultation he came from
the cell room and informed Deputy HAYES
the assistant Jailer in charge, that he
desired to take Gambler out for while
The amazencnt OF the deputy is u thing
the imagination can best wrcstlc with.
II is reported that he Informed the sheriff
that IL was not customary for prisoners
TO go globc-trotting while they were sup
posed TO be behind the county's prison
Walls, and he refused To deliver the pris-
oner. Sheriff Palmer insisted.
deputy Hayes stepped TO the phone and
called his superior officer, City Sergeant
Smith.
sheriff Palmer is here and wants Can
hler, lie teiepnoned.
Well, Gamblers "A county prisoner, and
If the sheriff wants him he has a right to
take him. was the
Sergeant Smith.
Hayes turned the key, it is said, and
Sheriff Palmer and Gambler left the Jail
together. number Of people passed them
as they walked away. and remarked at
the wonderful proceedings The diary of
neither Sheriff Palmer nor Gambler records
the events that transpired during the re-
mainder OF the night.
CAME TO WASHINGTON
The sheriff Is said to have gone to the
Washington and Alexandria electric cars
with HIM, and Gambler had a ticket to
Washington, it is said. Palmer left him
ut the cars.
Alter he had boarded the train, Gambler
was seen By number OF old acquaintanccs
Among those who say they saw and talked
with him are Charles Swain, Frank Cook
Julian Knight and Lee Lush, all of Alex
anuria.
Gambler returned to the Jail early Friday
morning and was locked up by Deputy Nc
Cuen, who was on duty at the time. 1t
is limited that unusual privileges have been
given to Gambler before this.
The gambler was sentenced to Jail for
year and fined $500. He has served
about half Of his time. Numerous requests
have been made of the governor for a
pardon, but they have been Intellectual in
every instance.
1t was reported at late hour last night
that Gambler is again at large from the
Alexandria county jail. Whether he has
remained away since Sheriff Palmer lib
Grated him Thursday night, or whether
he has gone on another excursion could
not be learned. None of the officials at
the jail could tell anything of his where
abouts.