The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-22
THEY SERVED ONE WEEK..
FULTON AND HENDERSON LET OUT
OF JAIL.

The Men Who Recently Pleaded
Guilty to Running Policy Lotteries
and Who Were Sentenced to Six
Months Confinement Had the Jail
Sentence Suspended-They Prom
Used If They Were Allowed to
Go, They Would Sin No More-BOth
Disguised With the Business and
Its Observation-Disclosures, Too, Suf-
fered From "A Variety of Ailments.
Out after a single weeks confinement is
the result of the sentences imposed by
Judge Falligant upon w. Male Hender-
son and Frank Fulton. who pleaded guilty
in the Superior Court to running policy
lotteries.
Judge Falligant's sentence was to the
effect that each of the men should pay
a fine of $1,000 and the costs of the prose
cution and in addition thereto to be con-
fined in the county Jail for the space of
six months. The fine and costs have been
paid. and yesterday Judge Falligant pass
ed two ORDERS directing the release of the
men from custody. The Jail sentences
have been suspended. pending application
on the part of the defendants to the Par
don Board of the state for the remission
of that portion of the punishment.
Since the hour of the sentence
strong pressure has been brought to bear
upon Judge Falligant to induce him to
mitigate the punishment. Mr., r. L. Cold
ing, who represented the two men, has
been assiduous and insistent in his efforts
to get them out of Jail, and all the friends
they could muster have been working
faithfully to the same end. As is acpar-
ent these efforts have not been without
their result
Yesterday Mr.. Colding presented the pc
| titions in the two cases to Judge Falli-
CANT. Both of them recited that the men
were disguised with the conduct of policy
lotteries, and had registered a solemn and
inviolable oath never again to engage in
| a business attended with such unpleas-
ant risks. In the case of Henderson it
was averred that he was in exceeding al
health, and that further confinement would
be destructive of his constitution.
Four physicians appended their certifi-
Gates to this allegation in the petition of
Henderson, DR. j. Weichselbaum, DIR. NJ
H. Levi, DIR. Charles Silverman and DR..
NJ. NJ. Saliba. These physicians had all
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found him suffering from variety of dis
eases, Including asthma, nervous depres-
sion general debility, several cardiac af
fections, abnormal temperature and that
tired feeling" All of the experts agreed
| however. that confinement in Jail would not
| agree with him.
In the case of Fulton no such contention
of ill-health was made. When seen by a
visitor to the jail few days ago, he
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the Hotel de Sweeny altogether unpleasant
and managed to get alongan things con-
sidered, remarkably wei. "Cracker's'
| disposition entities him TO full member
ship in all the Don't Worry Clubs"
The order passed by the court directed
| the sheriff to take into his custody the
wheels that had formerly revolved so mer-
| rily on Policy Row and this direction was
carried into effect. The wheels were
turned over to Chief Deputy E. w. O'Con-
nor by whom they were placed under lock
| and key in the basement of the Court
| House. This preliminary accomplished
! Henderson and Fulton were given their
| liberty.
Without venturing a prediction as TO
| The sufficiency of the precautions taken
| in the present cases 90 avoid the repeti-
| ton, on the part of the liberated defend
ants of the offense of which they were
convicted. it is interesting to remember
that such promises have been made be-
! fore Sometimes the man who made
| the promise compromised with his con-
| science and deceived the court by having
! the gambling business which he conduct
| ed carried on under the name of some
! one of his employees, so that when he
was indicted, or, rather, when the bust
ness was indicted he would escape the
| harsher penalty that was to be the pun
| ishment for his failure to keep his word.
This fact, generally known in Savannah,
| has rendered public confidence in the eff
| cacy of the plan a bit uncertain.
| 1t is reasonably certain, however, that
there are no policy lotteries now in oper-
! alton in Savannah, Judge Falligants
| sentence of Fulton and Henderson 40
| terms in the Jail having served to destroy
the gamblers fondness for the game for
| a time at least