The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-13
GOT NEGRO SPORTS
GOLDEN, HACKETT, POLLARD AND
PHINIZY INDICTED.
BUT NONE WERE ARRESTED.
TRUE BILLS RETURNED AGAINST
OWNERS OF HOUSES.

Good Government League Used Its
Evidence Against the COIorcd
spOrts-Property Owners and Pro-
prietors Shared AIike-QuaIified
Bond for $1,000 VIII BE Required
in Each Case--Whitel Sports Will
he Tried Next Weck-Three Sa-
IoOnmen Indicted Also The
League VIII Continue to Secure
Evidence and True Bills Until
Every Place is CIOsed-LdquOr
Cases Assigned for Trial Next
Week.
The Good Government League furnished
the grand jury yesterday with evidence
against four colored gambling houses and
true bills were returned against Tom
Golden, r. E. Hackett, Frank Pollard and
William Phinizy. The Morning News
stated yesterday that the league had Sc
cured evidence against the colored sports,
and the information caused considerable
surprise.
Along with the four keepers of gaming
houses the owners of as many buildings
were indicted for renting their property
for gambling purposes. The names of
these defendants could not be ascertained,
and none of the eleven indictments was
made public by the court. Positive in
structions were given to keep the names
of the eleven defendants secret, and the
indictments were carefully guarded by
the court officers.
For some reason. too, the bonds were
increased and Sheriff Schwarz told his
deputies that $3.50 qualified bonds only
would be received. Bench warrants for
all of the parties indicted were placed in
the hands of the deputies and instructions
were given to arrest the parties at once.
Up to an early hour this morning none
of the men had been arrested. They
knew that the cases were going to be pre-
sented to the grand jury, and it may be
that they got out of the way, even before
bills were found.
The indicting of the colored sports has
had the effect of closing up the gaming
houses on the East Side and West Side,
whose patrons are blacks. The white
gambling rooms are also closed and the
stranger who drops into the city at this
time, and who was here several months
ago, would not believe that such a con-
dition of affairs could prevail in Savan-
nah.
The Leaugers do not appear to be salts
fed with the fact that the houses are
closed and while they are at it they de-
side to make a clean sweep. An effort
was made yesterday to have witnesses
appear against certain men who were
formerly employed in the gaming rooms
as boosters and in other capacities. 1t
was the intention of the League to have
these individuals indicted as Migrants
and gotten rid of in this way. The wit
nesses counted upon by the League fell
down at the eleventh hour and the plan
was at least temporarily abandoned.
Several of the white sports under in
dictment will go to trial next week, or
their bonds will be estreated. The as
signing of the cases was taken up yes
terday by the solicitor general ana Mr..
Wilson of the League.
vi. Peg-Leg) Wallace, c. S. Wilbur
and W. H. McCreary, indicted last week,
have never been able to secure bondsmen
and are still in Jail. Wilbur and Nc
Creary will be tried on Monday, along
with Samuel Jacobs. McCreary is the old
veteran who was indicted on two charges.
Jacobs filed a plea that he has already
been punished for the offense with which
he is charged in the last indictment and
this point will be argued before Judge
F'alligant, when the case is called for
the second time.
On Tuesday the case against 'Peg-Leg'
Wallace will be called and the defendant
will probably go to trial Simon Stern
berg, a sport of the upper crust" will
plead to two indictments on the same
day Sternberg will fight his cases be-
fore jury.
The cases against Frank Fulton, Pop
Snead and S. Walker have been assigned
for trial Wednesday. Each has two in
dictments standing against him and the
trio are out on bond in the sum of $1,000
each.
Nothing more has been heard of the
sports who left the city, and for whose
arrest bench warrants were issued. The
officers have not been able to locate them
and there is no likelihood of their arrest
at an early date. Those who were out of
the city when indictments were returned
are also at liberty and their whereabouts
are unknown to the county officers. The
sports claim that if the present condition
of affairs prevail during the State Fair
that enterprise will be a frost and that
the racing men will keep away from Sa-
Varnah.