The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-16

and before the filing of this informa-
ton, the said defendants. Isaac More
house and Henry Albertson. did will
fully and felionously and knowingly
and Intentionally, deal and play Ger
tain game of faro for money. checks,
credits and other representatives of
value, contrary to the form, force and
effect of the statute in such case made
and provided, and against the peace
and dignity of the state of Mon
kama
warrant for the arrest of the two
accused men was issued and placed in
the hands of the sheriff. Shortly after
wards they We're served and brought TO
the court house. Their bail was fixed
at $1,000 each, which they Immediately
furnished. with Louis Cohn and John
O'Reurke as sureties
have for a long time been trying
10 get evidence against the gamblers"
said the county attorney, but | have
worked under great difficulties as the
officers who should have assisted me, If
they did not actually put obstacles in
my way, did nothing to assist me.
could not make a move but that in
some mysterious way the law breakers
almost instantly knew of it. / have
however, finally secured sufficient and
positive evidence and if a jury in this
county will convict gamblers they will
be convicted. The law was passed to
be respected and enforced. and ] mean
TO do my duty in that regard. If the
law is obnoxious and gambling is to be
tolerated the thing TO do is to have II
repealed. but while it is a law / mean
to do my part in enforcing it,"
Ia pend Earnes,.
AS evidence that the county attorney
is after the gamblers in dead earnest
and means to put every county and city
officer on record, he issued open letters
last evening to the mayor, chief of
police and sheriff, making plain state
ments of the matter and calling upon
those officials to assist him in enforcing
the law. The letter to Chief Mulholland
is as follows:
If the reports in the morning papers
are true, there can no longer lie any
reason for doubling that gambling is
going on in this community. Not only
is gambling being carried on bur the
officers of the law. whose duty 1t would
seem TO be to exercise proper suryeil-
lance over these infractions of the law
and furnish the officials with the neces-
safy information and evidence, have set
themselves UP as a court Of jurisdic-
tion for the trial Of offenders charged
with felonies. and without the slightest
publicity have assessed nominal fines
for violations Of a law, the violation of
which, by act of the legislature, is ex-
pressly made a felony
Tho law against gambling provides.
among other things. that every county
attorney, sheriff. constable or police Of
fieer must inform against and make
complaint and diligently prosecute per-
sons whom they may be informed con-
corning or whom they have reasonable
cause to believe offenders against the
provisions of the gambling act, and
that every such officer refusing or ne
giecting to do so is guilty of a INSIDE
The l9Syy that
any refusal or neglect to make COM
plant against persons whom such off,
GERS have reasonable cause TO believe
to be offenders against the provisions
Of the act, shall be deemed sufficient
cause to render such officer liable to re-
moval from office.
Though aware that gambling has
been carried on for some time in this
community and, as you are aware, hay
ing made attempts, on different oeca-
sions, through the proper officials, 10
obtain the necessary evidence / have
been wholly unsuccessful in securing
the cooperation of those whom ] had
reason to believe. under the law were
bound 10 ferret out the yiolators of this
act. | have relied upon the police Off
Gals and the other regularly consti-
tuted authorities to furnish me the evil
aence in these cases, more especially as
private persons are reluctant to take
the stand and testify against offenders
under the provisions of this act and
for the further reason that I believe it
Is incumbent upon the public officials
to furnish me with such evidence
wherever it could be found No par
tieulaf blame could attach to them for
having perforemd what was simply
their duty.
| now expressly request and formally
demand Of you as head of the police
department of this city. to furnish me.