The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-06
NAILED The SPORTS
GRAND JURY INDICTED NINETEEN
GAMBLERS.
TWO BILLS AGAINST SEVERAL.
THREE SPENT NIGHT IN JAIL
OTHERS GAVE BOND on WE'RE
NOT ARRESTED.

ahan, Henderson, Fulton, shreck,
Doss, walker, S. j. wallace,
O'DeII, steFnberg, McCIenry, John
Mcbride, Tom Mcbride and VIII
bOn-GoOd Government League
Witness Saw the Games in Oper-
atfon and Appeared Against the
Mcn-WiIbOn Is said to Have just
Opened Up-AttOrney Wilson OF
the League VIII Continue to Sc
cure Indictments Against Those
who Insist on Doing Business.
With a sudden swoop the grand jury
came down again on the gambling fra
ternity yesterday and true bills were re-
turned in nineteen cases. All of the we'll
known members of the sporting bunch
in Savannah were included in the list,
alog with some who are not quite so
well known by reason of frequent indict-
meuts.
Five OF the indictments were returned
on testimony furnished by Horace ].
Hunter, who appeared before the grand
jury at the last term of court. The
dates were not named in the indictments
secured at that time and the cases were
nolle pressed. The Good Government
League is responsible for the other in
dictments, and Attorney H. E. Wilson
had a witness before the jury who told
of very recent visits to the gambling
rooms.
When the two witnesses had finished
telling of things they saw in the rooms
OF chance, the following were indicted,
and bench warrants were issued by Judge
Falligant for their arrest: Julius Rosen-
thai. Jack Monahan, Mai Henderson.
Frank Fulton, two counts. Pop Schreck,
two counts. S. Walker, two counts s. j.
Wallace, Charles ODell, james Doss,
Simon Sternberg, two counts, John Nc
Bride, Tom Mcbride, c. S. Wilbon and
w. H. McCleary. Not all of the gam
blers were arrested last night. and 1t Is
known that some of them are not in the
city.
Sternberg and Doss were arrested short
ly after the warrants were signed by
Judge Falligant, and both gave bail. Wal
lace >McClearry and Wilbon were unable
to furnish bond when placed under ar
Schreck and Walker were arrested at
midnight and furnished bail. O'pell,
Sternberg, Doss and the McBrides knew
that eases against them would be made
by the grand jury, and they were set
for trial before true bills were found.
Monahan, Rosenthal and Henderson are
all out of the city, and there is no likeli-
hood of the immediate serving of the
bench warraE.s on them. They are part
nd hoxf- Of different times hepp in
dicted for keeping gaming houses and
have been punished. Henderson spent
spent several days in Jail upon his Sec
ond appearance before Judge Falligant,
and had Fulton as his company. After
a few days of prison life sentence was
suspended by the court, pending an APP
peal to the Pardon Board.
The indictments fell upon the sports
like a thunderbolt, and there was con-
steruation among the faithful when the
deputies began TO get busy" The few
who escaped held their breath and cx-
pected momentarily to be carted TO jail
II was generally known. and had been
stated in the Morning News, that fiYe OF
the men would be indicted, but no one
was looking for clean sweep. Attorney
Wilson had not taken any one into his
confidence, and but few suspected that
the man who had been talking with The
legal adviser of the league was not a wit
ness against some saloon keeper, charged
with keeping an open tippling house on
the Sabbath day.
The stranger would have been recog-
nized had che members of the sporting
fraternity been in the Court House. for,
according to his story to the grand jury,
he had fioated into all the places, on at
least one occasion, when a game was in
progress. He did not hold back the fact
that he had beeen i'm the places because
of his connection with the Good Govern
ment League, and plainly told the mem
bers of the jury that he went 90 all OF
the gambling rooms for the purpose OF
securing evidence.
According to the story of the witness,
he pounced down on Wilbon the first
night that individual opened up and he
found q fair-sized game in progress.
Games were going on in all of the other
places, according to the Leagues witness.
and he saw more than one player hand
over the long green for a stack of reds
and whites. The witness watched the
man at the kitty, and scanned the faces
OF the players closely, without attracting
any attention. and he experienced no
trouble in getting out of the room with
a sound body.
Some Of those indicted have untried
cases standing against them now, and 1t
Is doubtful IL all of them go to trial. The
sports have only just begun 10 realize that
they are up against 1t, and that If they
intend to follow their Illegal vocation they
will have TO seek pastures new. They
have spent sleepless nights trying to
scheme for some way to get around the
League, and have found themselves
checkmated at every turn. The organiza-
ton formed for the purpose of seeing that
the laws are enforced has shown no de-
sire to let up IN the active crusade, and II
has made life so warm for the sports that
they are on the run in earnest
II is not at all likely that those who are
out of the city. and against whom other
true bills have been found, will break
their necks In an effort to rush TO Savan-
nah and surrender. II indeed they have
any desire to return at all twill be after
the moral atmosphere has cooled off con-
siderably. At least one of the men indict-
ed yesterday registered an oath
business. II is to be presumed
that the court will not make II very com
Portable for those in that particular class
IL Is the intention of Attorney Wilson
of the League TO continue securing evi.
dence against the gamblers until every
place has been put out OF business. and
II necessary dozens OF indictments will
be secured. Mr. Wilson will contend IN.
on conviction, although It Is not generally
believed that Il Will be necessary that
the defendants should be sent 20 thu
cbain-gang Ia some instances. and TO the
county Jail. whore the violations hav,
mot hasp A Fa.gaf.A .,.H