Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-30
BRIBERY is CHARGED.
Continued From First Page.


| Not to my recollection, said the mayor.
| Was the crap game ut the old Times
building raided at any time since April.
Yes, sir and ten people We're arrested
! Officer Wachs, since dismissed, made the.
| raid.
In succession long list of questions was
| asked about each of the twenty places
| given by Mayor Jones where gambling had
| been reported to him. He knew nothing
| personally of the places. but held that for
| NAL statements made TO him by police Off
| GERS, who We're officers of his court. Were
| and should be considered good authority.
| At one place slight MISUNDERSTANDING
| took place over a me, MAYOR Jones Saying
| he read II 500. Mr.. Lucas saying S'W.
| Well. 500 difference isn't very material,
| said Mr.. Lucas.
| That's true sir in gambling cases taken
| up on appeal" retorted the mayor
Police Wouldn't Serve IL Warrant.
| Relative TO the Van Horn place near Thir-
| tecEtE and Main. Mayor Jones said: =
| issued warrants, but. being unable to get
| the police to act. took the matter into the
state court. and the place was ratded by
| cX-CCnstahle Ed Eylar. and the man fined
| 500 by Justice Withrow.'
| place kept by William Rife that OF SANDY
| Edwards. and other places. 1t was told OF
| the gambling over Pendergasts place ut
| lis West Ninth street. where Sergeant
| WhitSett reported gambling. and was soon
| transferred to another district, and later
Mir. Lucas manifest innocence and his
| questions led to several amusing incidents; i5s;
| Pardon me. mayor. If L become amused
| said Mr.. Lucas. smiling.
| trying to express surprise at statements OF
| gambling. Every urChln on the street
| knows Sandy Edwards runs gambling
| house. Everybody in town knows 1t except
a few members of the police force and these
| two commissioners, SAID Mayor Jones'
| Who suggested calling Edwards before
the board; was it not Mr.. fYke! an
III was Mr. Fylie and the suggestion was
| taken when l read Sergeant Weber re-
| port said the mayor.
The Christie Episode.
Ro!stive to the Christie episode, Mayor
| Il assume. at all times as mayor ard
| president of the police board the right TO
other members of the board. charged WIN
! management of police in the city, have AT
| all times not only failed TO cooperate
| with me. but have continually lnterlered
! with the work l was trying to do.
| As this statement was made the crowded
house gave hearty applause. Senator Nor
ton said the room would be cleared IL ap-
| plauSe was repeated. , -.
| Its the result OF the press, saiu MI.
Lucas. with his bland smile. .,
| 1T is not the press. It's an outraged
public sentiment such Us caused siXty-four
| indictments to be returned against the
| FIrdiey gang by the grand jury retorteu
| Mayor Jones' somewhat warmly.
After the board had cited Christie 10
| appear to answer to my charges they sent
an officer to inspect the place TO see WIldI
corvenienceS We're there for gamblers,
said Mayor Jones laughing. Ihe report
shows. of course. that nothing was louhd.
| There had been plenty OF time TO get theiiI
out of sight and the same is true OF SANDY
Edwards place. even If Edwards himself
was out of the city" a., too+
Mr.. Lucas laid great stress on tne TACT
that Mayor Jones of his own personal
knowledge knew nothing of the various
places NIryor Jones stated he dld not
know as he did not frequent sucn placeS.
/ OH
Twelfth and Wyoming. Mr.. Lucas said:
What sort of game was played there
WY, don't YOU know how to play pok-
1 err Mr.. Ilucas?" replied the mayor. WIN
| evident surprise, and the crowd laughed
when Mr.. Lucas suggested ne, ne was iree u
| decline to answer the question.
| Attorney Lucas intimated that some eN-
tracts shown by Mayor Jones We're put
the statement was challenged and coll!-
parison showed the extracts We're correct
Thomas l.. Jenes. .subpoenaed.
Wade Mountfortt. reporter on the Star.
was called at o'clock, when the nearing
was resumed. He had with hlm ~ IHeS ' ol
the paper and. at the suggestion OF sen sen
| ator Morton. read from each articie the
| general purport of the story. one was an Al
account of how the agents OF me Itaw III aitII
| Order League had been sent throusn i imu i
| ley's houses and seen the games ruililiIS.
| A subpoena was at once issued Tor IhonaS
| l. Jones of the Law and Order League,
| who will he asked to produce the reports
made to him by the men who maue ihe m
ycstigatiOn. MountfOrtt also related some
experiences he had in trying TO get ihao ;
the game back of Pendergasts saloon at
FlS Main street He also told oil ouylilS
rolicv tickets at the rear of 'iSl West SiNln
street and sent n 6-ycar-old colored Doy
In Inc same pIace who got a ticket easily.
Another boy bought one at Eighth ana
Central others were located at Nine
tccnth and Charlotte and Eighteenth and
Troost. lie thought at least twenty policy
shops and gambling houses We're operated
in the city He gave the names OF various
parties who were supposed ~ hi'o" ii"''i
Mason S Peters. Jr.. a reporter on the
! Times told of a visit to the crap game IN
the basement of Christies saloon, at l2OS
Walnut street, on November y. 1t was on
his investigation the Times ran diagram
of the place and told of the electric APP
Mavor Jones, recalled. told how Chief
Irwin had instructed policemen NOT 70
serve warrants unless they had been
| slammed and approved by him. He SAID ne
never made n specific request of the chief
to stamp . warrant, but he had put num-
| hers of them in the chiets hands that hau
never been served. Closing ms testimony
| Nayor Jones made n short statement de-
clarinS there was no political consideration
| in the movement, the anti-gamblhS war
was forced by moral influences that We're
Irresistible, and any man who failed TO
observe the moral obligations would he
condemned. ITS q matter far above poll i
! tics all statements to the contrary not
withstanding," he said.
An Informal Discussion.
The charge of unfitness made against the
! sixteen men discharged. that beSmirched
| their official characters. was then discuss
cd informally. Attorney Lucas held the
| charge of unfitneSS was n legal phrase 70
| comply with the charter. and was wholly
| without personal meaning. Mayor Jones
attacked the charge, saying 1t was wholly
false in fact. the mems records showing
thCv were fitted for that work. The com,
miSsiOuers held that economy was the rea
cause, and that would have been legal anG
sufficient and would have been fair to the
men. The senators asked with apparent
| surprise IL the charter required That as
| pprsions be cnst on mans character il
order TO legally dismiss him. Mr.. Lucas
held IT did while Mayor Jones demurred
with much emphasis. and Senator Mortor
suggested IL was 4 cruel ana unfair pro
vision of the charter.
The star Il Poor Prophet.
Wade Mountfortt was recalled. In one o.
the Star articles names of men were Siver
who were said TO know all about gambling
II said they were called before the granC
iury and indictments would be forthCom
ing Mr.. Lucas asked him to turn to th'
files of the paper and see what report o.
indictments the grand jury had made. Tn,
files when found showed long report o.
the grand Jury signed by NJ. ". Anderson
| foreman declaring that all of the usua
forms of gambling that Were felonies hst
= been entirely stopped and that misdemean
or eamblinl. existed only in sporadic
manner. This had made the star out {
very poor prophet. Sm&l ting under th'
JiSanpniDA mont the Star had dubbed tht