The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-23
PLAYS NO FAVORITES
JUDGE ORR REFUSES TO FOLLOW
TILE EXAMPLE, OF MAYOR
KIEFEH
IN THE BIG PENUcHLE PARTY

IN THE BIG PENUCHLE PARTY
All Prisoners Look Alike to Him
Until the rTestimony La Heard,
and All Prisoners Must Put Up
Bail, WhethefiThey Are Friends
of the Chief Executive of the
City or NOT. ,as
When "Mayogini Griffin and those arrest
ed in the alleged gambling resort at IS
East Seventh streeP Saturday night were
arraigned befoEs Judge Orr. yesterday,
the court took occasion to administer a
slap at Mayor Kiefer, by requiring the
supposed friends of the mayor, who were
allowed to go Without bail the night Of
the raid, to put up the same security for
| their appearance as was required of
the other accused persons. Mayor Kiefer
| obstinately declined to recognize Judge
| Orr's order teilrelease all OF the prison.
ers Sunday, and so the court seized an
| opportunity to in measure even things
up. None Of the prisoners were COM
PEELED to appear before the bar In per-
tson yesterday, being accorded the right
to have their attorneys represent them,
| though it Is said all Of the persons gath
cred in by the raid were present For
all of the accused Attorney Hall entered
plea of not guilty, and the cases were
continued until Friday. Griffin demanded
| a jury trial on the charge Of conducting
| gambling resort, and the court ordered
jury summoned. The charge Of selling
| liquor - without license, also made
against Mayor" Griffin, will be disposed
Of by Judge Orr.
The names given by the four supposed
friends of Mayor Nefer, who were set
at liberty without security, while the 9th
ers arrested were circumvented in every
way to prevent their securing bail. were
Jim Brown, Walter Scott, Fred Wilson
and James Nelson. When Judge Orr
learned Of the favoritism shown these
individuals by Mayor Kiefer, he announc-
ed that while the cases were under his
jurisdiction no favorites would be play
ed. All Of the accused must be treated
alike, the court announced, and ordered
that the four men at liberty without Sc
curity at once deposit bail. None Of the
any move to indicate that they were Jim
Brown, Walter Scott, Fred Wilson or
James Nelson, but Attorney Hall hustled
over to Griffin, who was seen to go down
| in his pocket, and in a few minutes S1O0
more bail money was put up in the case.
Judge Orr announced that it would not be
+ necessary for the saccused persons to
plead personally yesterday, but that the
court would require all Of them to make
+ personal appearance when their cases
were tried = 9IIT ':r7~ o,A - =
The raid and Consequent course OF May
or K1efer In ordering the prisoners to be
held without bail was a subject Of gen
eral comment yesterday and among law
/ yers the opinion Gs*as many times an
nounced that the persons kept in jail by
the mayor had ample ground for civil
suits against him. Attorney Hall says
several Of his clients will take their griev-
ance into court when the present cases
are disposed Of, and endeavor, at least,
to make Mayor 'Kiefer smart for his ar
bitrary action .ni:L 80
All day yesterday t'didget''4 Christen-
son and License Inspector McTntire were
dence In, shape They claim, to have p
good case against theapersons arrest,sG
This is regarded by the interested ones
as only a bluff, and that, as a matter Of
fact, the raid was badly planned, and
so precipttately executed that the raiders
secured little or no evidence at all. An
interesting story was about the city hall
yesterday to the effect that a Seventh
street merchant caught in the raid had
been approached and Informed that If he
would give the fright kind of testimony
the case against him would be dropped.
|, The individual approached told the man
/ to go; back to those who sent him on such
mission and say that they had picked
out the wrong man for a "stoo1 pigeon"
and that he knew nothing about gambling
anyway.
Late yesterday afternoon a report was
circulated that Mayor Ikiefer had or
dered other alleged poker rooms raided.
Midget Christensen was tearing back
and forth between the station and the
mayors office apparently greatly excited,
and Jake Stadtfield who assisted in the
raid, was also about the city hall.
License Inspector McIntire bobbed up
every few minutes and conferred with the
detective The latter intimated to
member of the police department that an
other chen is on but when pressed for
an explanation. said Mayor Kiefer had
cautioned him against discussing what
was about to happen for fear the chief
of the department might "get WISE" 1t
la said that the detective let go of this
much informatton,I however, that 'the
mayor has ordered a whole lot Of ar
rests"
Yesterday afternoon an express wagon
pulled up in front Of the hallway at IS
East Seventh street land three small ta-
bles, the top of each covered with green
cloth. and with p hole in the center of
the table top, were carried up stairs 1t
was said by aIyohng fellow who was
interested in the moving Of the tables
that the club rooms raided by the police
Saturday night would be opened for bus
mess last evening. The tables at which
the club members played solitaire and
other games were, seized by the police
and are retained at the central station
and now ones had to be secured
JUSTICE Is COUNTED OUT.