The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-19
REFORM GOES ON.
THREE MEN ARRESTED FOR GAM
BLING IN BECKS SALOON.
OFFENDERS ARE ALL FINED.
But o is on the Ground That
they Were Only Engaged in
Friendly Game-Other
Police News.

Two Johnstons and another man
who was a Host in himself fell under
the eagle eye of Chief Barber last
night while they were shaking dice in
Henry Becks saloon on North Main
street. The men were promptly ar
rested for violating the new laws
against gambling. Protesting their
innocence they were started off for
jail when they became badly frightened
and begged the officer to let them off,
but the officer remained firm, but con-
sented to give them an immediate trial
before Justice Slater. The news of the
arrest caused great excitement and a
large crowd at once collected to attend
the midnight session OF the court.
The men filed into the bar of justice
and the smoky coal oil lamp was
lighted and the wheels of justice began
to grind. Two of the men plead
guilty and we're fined 500 with the
costs for violating the law against
gambling. The third refused to plead
guilty and the judge placed his fine at
$25.
After diminishing around for half an
hour and not finding the necessary
money to put up he returned and
changed his plea to one of guilty and
received the fine melted out to his two
companions.
The fellows were caught about lO:30
by the chief, who happened to be pass
ing the saloon and looking in over the
curtains he saw the men shaking dice
and money passing between them. He
waited a short time and then arrested
the men in the act of gambling.
When taken before the justice they
explained that they were simply play
ing friendly game of dice at ten cents
a corner, but the justice told them that
it made no difference whether the
stakes we're five cents or a hundred
dollars they had violated the law and
must pay the penalty. The fines were
all paid by the men or their friends.
Henry Beck, the proprietor of the
place. has not yet been arrested, but it
is probably that a warrant will be
sworn out against him on charge of
keeping a gambling den.
The action of Chief Bal Der in
arresting the men has received much
favorable comment TODAY, even among
the saloonkeepers, and the result will
be that the gamblers will be forced to
lay quiet for a while longer at least.
Used The Wrong Bottles.
Some of the employees of the Korn'
exchange on North Chicago street,
violated the scriptural injunction
against putting new wine into old
bottles Thursday, and as result the
,c;rsGGprietors found themselves il the
police court In the evening on charge
oflarceny preferred by Peter Steinbach.
The plaintiff in the case discovered in
the afternoon that the Dewey beer was
being delivered to customers in bottles
bearing his name and an investigation
was at once made. A search warrant
was issued and the place on Chicago
street was searched and as result
more than fifty of Steinbach's bottles
and number belonging to the Val
Blatz Brewing company we're found.
Korn was arrested as soon as the
bottles had been seized, but as he
seemed to be able to give satisfactory
account of how the bottles we're secur-
ed and tho case against him was dis
missed.
Steinbach handles Schlitz's beer and
claims that his business has been in
iured by the sale of inferior beer under
his name and civil suit may follow.
DEAFNESS Cannot Be Cured