New-York tribune., 1899-06-08

rARCICAL. TESTIMONY GIVEN.
HERBERT NJ ToMPKINs LEARNS. WHAT A
POLICY SLIP AND GIG ARE
Herbert NJ Tompkins sworn. ,..o,.,,o9
Mr.. Moss-Are you precinct ue'e''''''
iGo' O. You are a policeman attached TO the Nine
Precinct in & plain 8o Slofmes been doing that work.
Al think about seven months hoon visiting
no6Irooms and gambling houses and policy shops hops
and aII those places for long time, haven't you
A. Al IHnr many months? A-seven months;
| 0-And YOU have generally gone out with MT
sfanf o How many visits have you made to gambling
houses and such places during the dan!t aS! Inow
ne '9Wel. eTSef how many do you think9 A-wen
00 0owe it hsTs sae X9T xI,S sTsry f sch XIII
"aS o'"Most every? A.-No. sir. Sometimes went
ai9ne in seven months the boter shows that
YOU and schil went out together no umes, Fi, 5id
ing g1m69hbs tbey Show that You and sh made 152
visits A-Whatever the boter n,,yscrv shows; n, tho
| O-Aud then according to the testimony OF IIe
prior witnesses there a good many visits tSat 5a,
are made that never get on the Dlotter? A'-No'
oSct of yours Everything is there es9 what 1s
policy shops have you visited? Al maven We
"eS oHsye eFs e''Sy YOU looked for any' A.No sir
neEe oHSye you visited any suspected policy shops'
Ao1Which have you visited? .A.-one
! S-Where was il? A.-Twenty ninth-st. The
number don't know.
VISITED ONE POLICY SHOP.
| o.-Dont know the number? A. A-No. sir
visited 1t once.
99ny Snse? SIs AjoRy Aj.i l AeBecause was in
SGucfH o.ofnstructed by whom? A.-The captain 30
SSWhy Sadnt ibs didm me S0p don't know the reason
o"Do you know whether there are any Sh:, other
op~Do you know any one that does? Al sup
pVSe po-What vi aPs" is policy shop? Al don't know
what a policy shop IS l know what this build
5eEDo you know what a policy shop is? am
appealing now to an expert police officer A.
S--ppOoO you %% Know low" how they play policy? Al
SbS SbbS YOU You fSSEf sSE upon he policy
e DD DO ySS 20" Know nRSw wheneT whs' SN an @
COED thing or bad thing f0r ine % a expeT 'nf
WOULDN'T would want to say. ~
OIL am not asking you as an expert. Have
% e@Any . n''S Children? A:.6n$s u,.,,..
mnnity or not? Al wouldn't like to pass. my
0Pon29T dSns e' 1G% nfsf IS thing
or an evil? A-some people make. money at It.
pie who o'i play on the community. Is the policy
business your Judgment s9Gd Ih1s + 10 or had bad
Q.-Don't you know. Al wouldn't pass my
ss5S n. You hp9y is s'rs r hf PSa1s
whether # is good thing or m not not .rowasvo ~
Of SoTs many o Ss ns
TO become familiar with IT,
HIS KNOWLEDGE is LIMITED.
Q-Do you patronze the gambling houses? A
o-How can you become familiar with them?
QDAre you familiar with gambling houses? A
Am familiar with gamblins house,?
Q-iIow is red and black played? Al never
HSsxx ,J4a gsySS7 sn,sa Al A don't nspsE sReT
is plaZed' A-pSS know s how ii is piayed7
o-Do you know anything about the game? A
Nothing only what have heard ,,o.o ....,
that IT is s'r played SsS with 1 cards u and deal box
wS GSu kTSS WSce hoy have s SssfG So
DID YOU ever sec roulette Wheel Wheel. Ayes
9-where was it gotG Al don't knowy:
Q.-when did you see IT there? A.-sOme time
,aS.e da xSs %Ss tGS~ dS .d was roulette "h'e
Q.-who told you that? Al don't remember
Q.-How is red and black played? Al don't
know.
Q.-You don't know? A.-No.
Q.-How is played? Al don't know
Q.-How IS pinochle played? Al play that
myself.
o.NThere is something that you do know? A
Yes.
! OIL won't cross-examine you on 1t II you say
YOU know it. How is craps played? A.-That Is
played with dice.
Q.--Do you know Ayes; have arrested boys
o"What about the crap games am not speak
ing Of sdewalk games that played by boys but
where piles OF money arc put up and won or lost?
A-Nothing more than suppose IL IL played with
CRAP is JUST CRAP.
o-Can you tell the difference between a little
tween that and crap? Ais there any difference.
OIL am asking your A.-Crap is crap. isn't Il?
O-Do you know? Al should think so, whether
IL it q large game or small game.
/ Q.-I suppose you know how poker Is played?
Al have heard, but have never played II.
o.-DO you know how II is played? Ayes,
do
say you do know. and some that you don't know
anything about. | ask you again. how is policy
played? Al don't know
ol-you don't know? A.-No.
Q.When people play policy what do they get for
III A.-What do they get7
Q-Yes. A.-They get money. II they win.
o~suppose they don't win? A-Then they lose
o-Bn; what do they get when they win? Al
o.--Never heard what they got1 A-No
Q-What is II called? A.-Playing policy.