The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-12
SPORTS IN HIDING
sTAY-AT-HOMEs THINK RUNNING
AWAY IS BAD POLICY.
Ak SURE TO FALL SOME TIME.
BETTER FACE THE LXECUTIONER
AND BE DONE WITH 1T.


without Succession Mcbride,
MOnahan, doc" RosenthaI and
Henderson Indicted While out OF
Town and Not Yet Shown Up and
Not Expected tO-GOOd Government
League Turning It's Attention to
CoIOred Gamblers Now.
Every effort has been made by the
county officers to locate Jim Doss, Char
lie O'Dell and John Mcbride, charged
with keeping gaming houses, without any
degree of success, and the three bench
warrants signed by Judge Falligant
Wednesday are still in the hands of the
officers. When the gamblers did not ap
pear in court, and the bonds were ordered
estreated, the bench warrants were is
sued and placed in the hands of the depu-
ties with instructions to find and arrest
the men.
Late Wednesday night, and early yes
terday morning, the deputies secured the
city, without finding any clue to the
whereabouts of the men. All of the out
going trains were closely watched, and
at least one house in the Tenderloin dis
trict was searched from top to bottom.
The officers are now confident that all
three Of the men are out of the city. 1t
would appear that some one is tired of
| the hide and seek" game that some of
the sports are wont TO play with the
court and the officers, and it may be that
the gamblers will be arrested wherever
| they are located. The fact that their
| bonds have been estreated and that, as
| far as is known, no very firm protest
has been registered by the bondsmen,
does not relieve the men from arrest by
any means.
Tom Mcbride, Jack Monahan, Doc"
| Rosenthal and Mae Henderson, who were
indicted at the same time, on information
secured by the Good Government League,
have not been arrested, and bench war
rants for their arrest are still in the
hands of the county officers. These men
were out of the city when the indict-
ments were secured, and since then they
have shown no disposition to return,
and surrender. If guilty they know that
severe punishment is inevitable. Whether
any effort is being made to locate, and
arrest them, in some other bailiwick, is
not known, and the officers are not
disposed to tell just what they are doing
| on this line.
The members of the fraternity who are
under indictment, and in the city, are
of the opinion that the hesty departure
of their brothers in misfortune was I'M
wise. They contend that a delay of that
sort really means nothing, and that
| there is nothing to gain by taking a trip
that costs considerable money. They
are of the opinion that the men who are
absent should have remained and faced
| the music, which is bound to greet them
when they do return. They say that the
| trouble already caused will only cause
the blow to fan harder, and the band to
pay louder. When they do turn
up they will have no reason
| to sing "Why Don't the Band
Play a Lively Tune While this is the
sort of talk the stay-at-homes are put
ting up it is just possible that they have
| a selfish motive.
Doss. O'Den and Mcbride were the first
on the list for trial and If they had re-
manned at home the other members of
the fraterniey would know just what to
| expect. AS it is now, none of the sports
| have been tried since the Good Govern
| ment League began operations, and every
man is timid about taking the first chance
| 1t is safe to predict that II the first man
convicted should be sent 40 the chain
do "a hot foot" for pastures new.
1t is said that the sports are making no
| effort to do any business, and a member
| of the fraternity said yesterday II he
were fined 50 he would have to go to Jail
| in default. This man, too, is under two
| indictments. The cases against the de-
| PENDANTS have not yet been assigned for
trial.. but will be taken up at once. At
torney Wilson, of the League, said that
he will confer with the Solicitor General
| this morning, with reference to assign
| ing the cases. and they will probably be
called next week. Those defendants who
go to trial realize that they will fight
not only against paying a fine, but also
against jail sentence. and 1t Is not their
purpose to throw up the white flag until
the last.
Now that the white gambling houses
are practically closed, for a time, at
least, the league will probably devote it's
attention to the colored sports. 1t is I'M
derstood that evidence has already been
secured against the colored gambling
rooms. and the fight will be taken up
with the same vim displayed in the prose-
cution OF the cases against the white
men, There are said to be. in fact, it
has never been disputed, several gaming
houses, of some size, in which the colored
bloods go up against the crap table.
Other games of chance have been run in
these places and 1t is probable that the
names of the proprietors will be present.
ed to the grand jury. 1t seems that the
fright has spread to the negroes, and that
the sports of the East Side and West Side
are not as lively as they were several
weeks ago. They have been expecting the
blow nnd 1t is about to fall
The case against Samuel Jacobs was
called in the Superior Court yesterday
morning. but was not gone into Jacobs
attorney Mr.. Robert l.. Coding, filed a
plea that Jacobs has already been pun
shed for the crime for which he is in
dicted. 1t is shown that ne was fined
$3.50 and costs in the City Court by Judge
Norwood for keeping and maintaining a
gaming house on April 10. Jacobs alleges
that he pleaded guilty on May 6, and that
since that time he has not committed the
offense alleged. The matter was not ar
gued and the motion was only filed 1t
will probably be taken up to-day. At
torney Wilson OF the league stated that
the filing OF the motion does not worry
him. and that ne expects to be able 70
show the court that the contentious of
jacobs are not true.
There are two or three members OF the
fraternity who retired before the League
took up the cudgei end they are congrat-
ulating each other. These men say that
they looked into the future and that
when Evangelist Sam Jones turned loose
his first vohey In Savannah they decided
to retire from business. for a time at
least. They were quite sure that his