Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-28
HE AND MEMBERS OF HIS GAMBLING
GANG INDICTED.
A BLOW AT POLICY AND CRAPS.
STATEMENTS MADE BY THE JOUR-
NAL HAVE BEEN VERIFIED.
None of the Anti-FindIey Gamblers
neutrality-suspicious. the Neces-
sity of Home RuIe-The Sem
ate Committee VIII Be-
gin Probing To-day.

against Ed Findley, w. IL. Christie and
other alleged members OF the Findley gang
of gamblers. F'indley and a number of
others We're Jointly indicted for setting up
and maintaining and operating devices Tor
playing craps. and for maintaining rooms
where policy is played, and selling policy
tickets. A blanket or joint Indictment,
numbered 557 was returned against the fol-
lowing:
Il. C. FINDLET.
ARTHUR MOSES,
"PINKEY'' BLITZ,
COOK JONES.
HARRY DREYFOOS,
YANKEE" JONES,
ROLLIE NOODLE,
SAM JARBOE,
SAM BAUGHMAN,
GUS BAUGHMAN,
ED JEROU,
WILLIAM LOCKRIDGE,
OSCAR PARKER,
BOOTH BAUGHMAN,
JOHN MARTIN,
IKE MILLER,
WILLIAM THOMPSON,
T. H. PIERCE, alias '.Whiskers,"
HARRY DISNEY,
ED NOLAN,
BIG" BROWN.
most of the above, and indictments were
returned against the following in addition:
Andy Scanlan, Jr., Eugene Hendricks, w.
H. Christie, John Fry and Sam Owens
The witnesses on whose testimony the in
dlotnents were returned We're: Charles
ReGua, John johnson, Charles r. Thomas.
F. w. Badger, NJ. S. Peters, C. A. Blakes-
ley, C. d. Wilson, Wade Mountfortt,
Charles Becker and Harry Roarsch.
ebnl hoJ oil h hllSV
during the entire forenoon ard afternoon
bringing in men on capias warrants, which
were issued as soon as the grand jury had
returned its report. Ed Findley did not
wait to be arrested, but went to the Jail
and gave himself up. The others were ar
rested from time to time and arraigned,
when they all pleaded not guilty. The
cases were set for February 49,
The bond in each case of establishing
policy game and setting up gambling de-
vice was $500 and for selling policy tickets
5000. A number of the smaller fry arrested
were unable TO give bond.
The following were the arraignments for
gambling:
E. c. Findley, three counts setting up
gambling device and one count for estab-
fishing a lottery. The bond in each of the
four cases was $500 and James Pendergast
was accented as bondsman.
w. H. Christie, setting up gambling de-
vice; bond of $3.50 was furnished by w. P.
Baughman and Samuel Blitz.
Andy Scanlan, for setting up gambling
device; bond of $3.50.
John Fry, one count establishing lottery;
bond, $500; five counts selling lottery
tickets.
Eugene Hendricks, six counts establish
ing lottery; bond. s5eeyiu each case
John Dee, alias "W'hiskers,'' who after
wards proved to be B. H. Pierce; setting
up gambling device; bond $500.
Pinky Blitz setting up gambling device;
bond $3.50, furnished by his father, Samuel
Blitz.
Harry Dreyfoos. setting up gambling de-
vice; bond $50.
Sam Jarboe setting up gambling device;
bond $500, furnished by w. p. Baughman
and w. II. Christie.
Wiliam Lockridge. establishing lot
terry: bond $50.
Sam Owens. establishing lottery; bond
$500: selling lottery tickets, bond 500.
After submitting the report to Judge
Wofford. the foreman of the grand jury
informed the court that the jury had other
cases to consider, and that body imme-
diately retired to the room where for the
past twelve days it has been working with
unusual assiduity.
members of the Findley faction when the
indictments were returned, and considera-
BILE resentment because no indictments had
been found against members of the other
gambling faction.
The lesser fry against whom indictments
had been found were very much agitated
over the question of bond. and some of
them spent the night in Jail.
Ed Findley had no difficulty in getting
Councilman James Pendergast accepted as
a surety for $1,000 $500 on each of four
counts.
". H. Christie likewise easily gave bond
in the sum of $3.50, with w. p. Baughman
and Samuel Blitz, father of Pinky Blitz,
as sureties. Pinky himself, who was in
dicted, had no trouble in getting his faith
ST SEQ accepted as 0Onasman in the sum OF
ing policy tickets in the rear of a barber
shop on Grand avenue between Independ-
ence avenue and Sixth street when arrest
ed. did not have such smooth sailing. He
was indicted on six counts. His bond in
one case was placed at $500, in two others
at 500 each, making total of 5000. and
his recognizance was taken in the remain
ing three cases.
Sam Jarboe's bond was fixed at $1,000.
which he gave. with w. p. Baughman
and w. H. Christie as suretes. w. p.
BaCghman was offered as one of Christie S
bordsmen, but Prosecuting Attorney Lowe
refused to accept him on another bond
and Samuel Blitz was substituted.
John Fry, who was indicted on six counts
for selling policy tickets at independence
avenue and Campbell street. admitted that
he had, sold tickets at that place for a
long time
Johnson one of the witnesses, is running
a saloon on Independence avenue in con-
nection with ex-Detective William Hart
ley. He used to be "A policy and lottery
man and 1t is said that gambling is run
in the rear of the saloon at the present
time. Charles Wilson, another of the wit
nesses. is working in Bliler & Oldham's
pool room.
The action of the grand jury in return
ing indictments against men shown by evil
4. sNft 4,
Findley gang of gamblers is highly COM
mendable. The public will sustain it in its
efforts to suppress gambling in Kansas
CITY. as we'll as~all other forms of crime
These indictments are another strong argu-
ment in favor of so amending the city
charter as to give to the people of Kansas
City a nom partisan police board. The evf-
dence given before the house investigating
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