The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-23
ASK ANOTHER TRIAL
MONAHAN AND ROSENTHAL STAY
SENTENCE OF COURT.
WERE FINED $1,000 EACH
FOR RUNNING KENO ROOM On
BROUGHTON STREET.


Slaughter Wallace Was Dismissed.
He Was Ill and Could Not be Tried
but Case Took Same Direction rs
Those Against Dean and Me n rte ms.
Neil Gildea Not Tried Because OF
Absence of Witnesses-Is Charged
with Keeping Open Tipping
House on the sabbath.
The week in the courts has been
bad one with the sports, cases which
have been pending from term to term
for two years coming up for final de-
termination in one week. When the two
gambling cases set for hearing to-
day are disposed of, the docket will be
clear of the many cases of that char
acter which have burdened it, though
the exchequer of the court will not
be immoderately enlarged. no fine as
yet having been paid into the Golfers.
As a result of the cases tried yes
terday the court has an expectancy of
$2,750 and costs, of which amount $3.50
constituted the fine imposed against
the agent who rented the property for
the purpose of gaming, and the re-
malnder, the fines imposed yesterday
on Jack Monahan and Julius Rosen-
thai for maintaining gambling
house, the court imposing a fine of ST.
900 and costs in each case, with an al
tentative of twelve months on the
changing.
both Asked New Trials.
Immediately after the sentence of the
court had been pronounced. Robert l..
Colding, attorney for the defendants,
filed a motion for new trial, and the
defendants were released on bond. The
grounds upon which the motion was
made are the general grounds to the
effect that the verdict of the jury was
contrary to the law, and the facts in
the case, and against the weight of the
evidence.
Cad d. Bryan, Jr., and Male Hen
derson We're indicted jointly with Ros-
enthal and Monahan for keeping the
keno room on Broughton street The
death of the latter was brought TO the
attention of the court, and the case
was dismissed as to him, Bryan going
to trial with the other defendants
There was no evidence adduced to show
that he was in anyway connected with
the keno room. and the court direct
ed the jury, in returning their verdict,
to find him not guilty.
CO-rt Room Crowded.
The trial of the three men occupied
the-attention of the court throughout
the morning. The court room was
crowded, for besides the curious ones,
there were about "A hundred jurors and
half as many witnesses summoned in
the cases to be heard. The sports, too,
We're out in numbers, and many of
them remained in the court room all
day, until the conclusion of the last
case.
There were eight witnesses examined
by the solicitor general. These men
were asked all about the keno room,
the main inquiry being directed toward
determination of who the proprietors
were, the forms of gambling and the
renting of the property. The witnesses
told of the keno room, and of the cleo
trio board by which the game is OPP
Grated. The names of those who haa-
died. the chips and the cash, who peg
ged TIN keno board, and who exercised
management over the place generally,
were sought.
The Shooting Affair.
A number of questions relative to
the trouble in the keno room on the
night in question-Nov. lion which
1t was alleged in the indictment, the
gambling house was conducted and
on which the shooting ARRAY occurred.
The witnesses said that Kiley came
into the place and proceeded to destroy
the crockery at the table at which
some of them sat, and that they i'm
mediately made hasty exit. None of
them knew anything about the shoot
ing ARRAY between the proprietor of
the gambling house and the constable.
The jury, after being out about half
an hour, returned with their verdict,
-.
and Bryan not guilty, whereupon the
court Immediately imposed a fine of
$1,000 and costs in each case, or twelve
months on the chaingang The motion
for new trial was directly thereafter
filed with the clerk.
Dean and Mehrtens Tried.
When the case of ]. E. Dean, James
l.. Mehrtens and Slaughter Wallace
was called, it was announced that the
last named was i'll at st. Joseph's In
urinary, and the case proceeded
against the other two defendants.
They were charged in the indictment
against them with conducting a
gambling house and gambling, to
which latter count r. L. Colding, coun-
sci for defendants, demurred. Argu-
ment on the demurrer was heard and
the same sustained; and the case
against the two men for conducting a
6ohiOiiAS was IrleQ.
There was but one witness for the
state, st. j. B. Armand. He was
somewhat confused as to who handled
the chips, or the money or exercised
the rights of ownership, and his tes-
timony being anything but conclusive
against the defendants, it did not take
the jury long to arrive at its verdict.
In fact, counsel for the defense moved
the court to direct a verdict of not
guilty. This the court declined to do.
Slaughter's Case Dismissed.
When the verdict of the jury, indicat-
ing that the state had failed to make
out it's case was returned. the indict-
ment against Slaughter Wallace was
mol pressed. there being no other tes-
timony in his case than that adduced
at the trial of the other two men.
The case of Neil Gildea, charged with
keeping open a tipping house on the
Sabbath was not tried, owing to the
absence from the Jurisdiction of the
court of several material witnesses. Mr..
David c. Barrow, representing the de-
fendant, said that the two witnesses
could be got later, and asked for a con-
tinuance. The solicitor general said
that a material witness for the stare
was also absent, and the court contin-
ued the case.
Two cases have been set for trial to-
gay, they being the charges against
simon Sternberg and James L. Doss
ior conducting gaming houses. One
OF the defendants has been indisposed
LOT several days, and it is barely prob