The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-28
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FANCY OF MS friendship WttF~tnose nlBh IN
the city. administration may dictate.
| One Of the city detectives II futniphed
| with a list of slot machines and their
makes the rounds Of the saloons. notify Ii
| ing the owners OF all slot machines to
appear in the municipal court and sub
ficers duty is ended There is no check
whatever upon the results OF his work
other than the blotter of the court
The system which was at first adopted
plain by the administration abandoned,
was to pass the slot machine business
system the proprietors OF the saloons in
which gambling machines were located
were arrested and booked at headquarters
on the last day OF each month. The ar
rests were merely nominal and were
never actually made. the blotter at head
quarters merely. furnishing convenient
memorandum OF the arrests.
| Formerly All Paid Fines.
On the following day each OF the slot
machine owners was required TO appear
In police court and pay the regulation
Hne which was entered upon the blot
ter in that court and later transferred
upon the blotter at the police station,
which thereupon became a public record
of the imposition OF the fine and its pay
mcnt- The question OF ownership of the
machines could not then arise. the pos
session and operation being sufficient
At the present time the owners OF gam
bling devices may pay into police court
an amount sufficient TO cover the fines
on all machines tho ownership of which
they admit. Under this system but few
other than the well-known dealers In
80, machines .s,ii over appear or contribute
are made for tho payment OF ines out
side the court the mayor and chief OF
police and their trusted detective best
That the month of June was not an
exception In the matter of nonpayment
OF nnes by saloon men Is shown by the
nr IA Aff4ar 80
May stili larger proportion OF private
machines seems 10 have been overlooked
Script 81 the police y tran
J. A. sundwali 0wenty-four ma
G. VI Donnett zone machinej ......... 8
l. GImminstr iten machines) ........ 80
J. Goldberg -four maohines) .......... 100
j. w. Morrison lone mschinc) ........ Is
1t Is explained by officials on The police
court that the machines owned by Quin-
Ian IN the month Of June were In May
the names OF all Individual slot machine
owners 10 appear In the list 10 not ex-
For the month OF April the police col
lected no fnes on slot machines, owing
y Is explained. 20 the fact that during
the month of March q moral wave COM
vices % retire them for the time being
In March the city's revenue from slot
machines EfAGbE1 a considerable figure.
The following 10 a transcript Of the blot
ter.
G. w. ponnett Zone machine} ...s e
J. 4 SaadwsI (twenty-fsxs machinery ~
l. Grimminger iten and three duplex
machines at 40 -...-,...-s...........t2s 5
BIotter for February.
In February the number OF sio. ma
chimes fined aggregated 81. belonging to
the following parsons. as shown By the
court blptteF:
r. r. HuddIeson 40, ..... xxo ~
J, A suudwal I'D ...-......-......... SO o.
u hertot1t Cd .--.sss--...ss.......... = %
A Jacobs % .s-.-.... .V...-............ a. %
G.. w. Donnett ll ................. - ~
l. GEimUinger 1A .............. go ~
A Jacobs q duplex .............. rs N
, ~. Rodgers 90 .-s......s..+......... - %
y. ". Conn a duplex ............ " a.
william Bloch q duplex ....... III III
". Nj. Conn Il duplex ............. as 81
W. W. Mcclure a. ....,............. 100 a.
January WAS the first month in which
money paying slot machines were fined
Prior 20 that time they were not allowed
In the city, although the same machines
were operated, paying ouisIugs or checks
good IN trade For January the fines were,
I. Grfmmlnger 90 .................. xg0
J. A. sandwall (1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a
w. Sutherland % ,....,,.,.,,.. IA