The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-27
POLITICS PLAYED NO PART.
TIP ON POKER GAME NOT GIVEN
POLICE BY A LIBERAL.

Identity Of the Police Departments
spOtterS Kept such Close secret
That No Outsider would he Apt to-
Discover It The Fact That the
Players Gave Fictitious Names
Looked Upon as a CensurabIe Feat-
ure of the Case.
Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 26.-Superintendent
I4ofon of the water works returned to At
lanta to-day for the purpose, It Is reported
here of fer1etlng out the person wao gave
the police the information upon which
they acted in arresting the Citizens Club
quintette in their little game of poker at
the Klmball house Tuesday night. Mr..
Lotion says he is convinced that the 'tip''
was given by Liberal Club man, and de-
tectives have been employed to find out
who it was.
From the heat which characterizes tho
water works superintendent's reference to-
the luckless poker game, things must be
sizzling hot down in Savannah. Il appears
that a general denial has been made by
friends of the participants in the inter-
rupted game, but the local police have
made out the records against them, and
unless their pull at home can be made
potent here, the entire quintette will have
to face Judge John Berry to be tried with
In the next few days.
As stated in these dispatches last night.
the identity of the players was success
fully kept secret for time by the use OF
hctitious names. Each one of the unfor-
tunates, from Solicitor General Osborne
down, gave an assumed name when the
warrants were issued, and 1t was some
time before the detectives could get at
the real names. They succeeded, how
ever, and now the entries on the state
docket at police headquarters are very
fun on that subject. The docket shows
the names and aliases given by the Sa-
vannahians as follows:
W. W. Osborne Solicitor general east
ern circuit, alias c. p. Morrison.
N. A. Lawrence, alias w. III. Smith
II. NJ. Lotion superintendent Savannah
water works., alias J. II. Beasley.
j. $. Collins, alias NJ. r. Anderson
Harry Willink Commissioner OF public
works. alias Erad Jones.
The fact that the men gave fictitious
names to the officers Is regarded here as "A
censurable feature OF the little affair Al
bill was introduced In the legislature sew
! eral days ago, making 1t a misdemeanor to
use fictitious name.
The bonds for the appearance OF the
| qulntette are signed by themselves, that Is
| each signed for the other.
The Kimbal house book shows that
| Messrs. Osborne and Lotion rented and
| paid for the room, No. All, in which the
| festive jackpot was opened
Detectives Looney and Hewitt, the two
men who got the first Information of the
game, said tonight to the Morning News
| correspondent that they were willing 20
| make aftidavit that politics had nothing
| whatever to do with the arrests, and that
| their first "tip" came not from any Savan-
nah man, but from a regularly paid spot
| ter for the detective department.
Capt. Henry Jennings, the officer In
| charge when the raid was made has rem
| dered written report TO Chief Manly i'm
which he states that the only Information
! he had about the game was given him
! by Detectives Looney and Hewitt.
| This seems to effectually dispose of the
| charge by the Citizens Club people that
| some Liberal Club man gave the police
| the Tip" unless the "spotter'' referred to-
was told of the game by one of the visit
| ing politicians. This Is, however, not at
| all likely, no one outside of the imme-
| diate detective department Knows who
| these spoilers" are. None of the poIice
| know them, Capt. Jennings stating hirn-
| self that he did not know the spotter in
| the present case.