Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1897-01-23

lieve. he was taken sick. A few days after
| the warrants were returned. have them
here in my pocket"
| Here Judge Clifford drew forth several
| papers, one of which he read.
Here is one, dated October Z, directed to
| 1923 Union avenue, upstairs, and the return
| upon 1t is: There is no gambling at the
| above number. Lieutenant Bray Here is
another for the arrest of John Doe, at the
northwest corner of Twelfth and McGiee
| streets. 1t is dated October 30, 1896, and the
return upon it reads: There has been no
gambling at the place since got the war
rant. Thomas Philips, Captain Here is
a warrant dated October for the arrest of
John Doe, at the, northeast corner OF
Twelfth street and Grand avenue. This
warrant was received November 4, and the
| return reads: They have not been running
| since November 4. Sneed and OBrien.'
| Here is a warrant for the arrest of Wade
| howell, on the alley on Eighth street, be-
| tween Grand avenue and Walnut street.
The return says: There was no gambling
| at above number from Oct. to Nov. 21
Missouri and Grand avenues. The roturn
! says: No game at above number between
and Others. Here is one for the arrest of
! Grimm, on Wall street. The return reads:
| There was no gambling here from October
| 26 to November 4. Halpin and Schultz
The balance of the warrants were returned
without any returns being made on them
| by the officers" said Judge Clifford, return
| ing the ones he had read to his pocket.
"These warrants all have on them the
stamp of thee hief of police" he continued,
| so that they must have passed through
his office. The information that 1 got that
| gambling was going on was very common.
! People would meet me on the street and
tell me about places where they knew it
was going on. As I stood on the corner
and looked at that place on Fifth street
saw Mr. Edward Findley come out and
walk down the alley. had several talks
with the chief of police about gambling.
/ treated him with a little more patience
than otherwise should have done because
knew he was sick. He is dead now. and L
n har rH of n
But will say that intended having him
before court to show cause why he did not
issue the warrants / had placed in his
hands. talked with him about gambling
! and the general information / got from him
was that he didn't propose TO raid certain
mean to raid others. The policy shop at
Seventeenth and Walnut streets, of which
Mayor Jones spoke, was raided. The war
rant was issued at his instance, and the
demand was made that the officers be sent
out there instantly, because we had infor-
nation the game was then in operation.
The officers went right there and arrested
several men, who were caught in the very
act. The principal was fined $500. We
wanted the crap games and policy shops
raided particularly. because we believed
they were taking the dimes and nicSels of
the workingmen and young boys, and We
wanted to shut down on that.
''At the time issued the warrants Sandy
Edwards place was raided. The police ar
rested man named Fields and some thirty
or thirty-tive other men. These men said
that they were engaged in organizing an
athletic club at the time, so they were dis
charged. The police found no one gam
bling, and they found some Indian clubs
and other articles such as are found in
Symnasiums there. There was no evidence
against them, so they were discharged Ed
wards was never arrested. The bartender
said that the electric alarm, about which
the mayor has spoken had been taken out,
l got my information for the swearing out
oil these warrants chiefly from Sergeants
Whitsett, Campbell and Boulware and
Frank Williams clerk of the police court"
This completed Judge Giffords direct
testimony. He was Immediately taken up
by Representative Avery, who asked him
IL he had ever heard made any complaints
10 Commissioners t'yke and johnson rela-