The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-07
GAVE GAMBLERS TIP
ONE OBJ THEM PREPARING TO SKIP
WHEN ARRESTED.
DEPUTIES SUSPECT SOURCE.
WILBUR WAS sNEAKING FROM A
TENDERLOIN HOUSE.

Jail with reg Leg WS4AAcS hhn
McCeary-OnIy Qualified Bonds
for 81, 900, in Each Case, Would
BE Taken and They Didn't Have
It-Are Not Members of the Cup
per Crust" and VIII Probably Oc-
cupy Cells Until TriaI-Three Hun
dred Dollar Bonds, and no ones
ttOns Asked, a Thing of the Past.
Sports Badly Frightened and Are
Discussing Situation Seriously.
Jail and Chaingang bound to Fol-
low In Some Convictions, They
Think.
Some one tipped off, some Of the
gamblers indicted by the grand jury Fri
day before the county officers could get
on the streets with the bench warrants.
c. S. Wilbur was In the act of leaving
a house in the Tenderloin District,
through the rear, when Chief Deputy
Sweeney hurried up and placed him I'M
der arrest. Wilbur had evidently been
told that his name had been presented
to the grand jury. and lost no time In
Reaching THE house wherse f1e got
change of Inen. Deputy Sweeney knew
that Wilbur frequented the place and
knew that he would have to hurry to
catch his man. The officer realized that
If Wilbur got next" to what was hap
pening he would hardly wait for the ar
rival of the warrant. The county officers
are of the opinion that they know the
Individual who told Wilbur what had
happened, and vino came near being re-
sponsible for his sudden departure.
Peg Leg Wallace, Wilbur and W.
H. McCeary still occupy cells on the
third floor In the county jail, and there
is no likelihood of their release on bail.
Neither of the men are top-notchers in
the game, and a qualified bond in the
sum OF 81, 900 could not be secured. The
prisoners are not at all pleased with
their confinement and feel that the Good
Government League might have put off
its crusade, from a humanitarian stand
point until cooler weather sets in. 1T is
by no means pleasant in the jail and
then, too. there is the futile to think of.
The prisoners have no idea what IS in
store for them, and McCeary, at least,
has substantial grounds for fright. He is
an aged man and a Veteran, but a gam
ing house cannot be run under a veter-
ans license and McCeary must plead to
two indictments, secured by the league
witness, whose name appears on the rec
ords as Harper. 1t appears that McCeary
has been in the courts before, although 1t
is not recalled that he spent any time in
Jail. He is not a member of the "exclu-
sive set" and has no chance to take sum
mer outings when a reform wave is
sprung. With Wallace and Wilbur, it is
probable that he will discuss the situa-
ton behind iron bars, until the day as
signed for the trial.
The members of the upper crust" ap-
pear down hearted and wear a tired ex-
preston. They have reached the point
where the situation is discussed serious
ly, and the display Of levity is conspdc-
uous by it's absence. 1t has been their
custom to stand on the corners and joke
with each other about indictments, but
no so this time. A qualified bond for N,-
900 is quite different from any sort OF
bond for $500 and no questions asked. The
sports take this to mean that there will
be no more travesties and that they
must put up something more than blum.
John Mcbride and Cahrles ODeh
were arrested and furnished bail
early Yesterday morning. This leaves
Tom Mcbride and Rosenthal Monahan
and Henderson, 1.-The Broughton street
trio" yet to be arrested. All of them
are out OF the CITY, anu WAllC 0hSAoAANS
may show up, 1t is not at all likely that
the other men will return to Savannah,
for a time at least. They have appeared
before Judge Falligant on former occa-
sions, and have been given to understand
that another conviction Will not De
healthy. There are two bills against
each of these men.
The members of the fraternity put up
arguments, to each other, to show that
"A fc
into a CLOSED town." and predict that
with such a condition of affairs taxes will
go rushing upwards. They accumulate
figures and when these have been. pre-
sented for the edification of those who
do not keep posted, hot roast is turned
loose on some one who is suspected OF
being responsible for change In the
moral atmosphere. With one accord those
under indictment realize that 1t will never
do to step forward, and enter plea of
guilty, "just in the same old way" The
men say they will put up a fight, such
as never has been known in the history
of the city.
Already they have begun, some of them,
to "hope up for the trial, and with
serious and apparently sincere, express
sion, declare that they are not guilty
of the charge alleged in the indictment
They admit that they have been guilty
u
houses, but aver that 1t was before the
advent of Sam Jones, and the Good Gov
eminent League, and that, too they un-
fiinchingly came across with the neces-
sary rake off" for those offenses. Those
who are viewing the situation from the
seat of war say that II they were out
OF the city they would certainly wait and
see what is going to happen, before re-
turning and going to trial. The best OF
1t some of them hope for Is delay,
and upon conviction in the lower court
an appeal to the Supreme Court for a
new trial. This would occupy several
months, and II is not as uncomfortable
in Jail during the winter as at this time.
on the other hand, IL the changing is
going to figure in the cases, IL would be
easier on the county works in warm
weather than with the canals frozen
over
A former member OF the fraternity said
yesterday that he saw what was coming
several weeks ago, and was wise enough
TO retire from the business. In his opin-
ion-and he should know-the game is not
worth the candle and. with SO frequent
takeoffs. there is no money in the bust
ness. The individual who has reformed.
not because he has had a change OF
heart, but because the situation has de-
manded II, produced a recently dated re-
ceipt from the clerk OF the City Court,
and waving II in the faces of his specta-
tors declared, II was MIXED for the last
time then. boys, and you can bet they
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