Evening star., 1903-07-09
A TRUCE PROBABLE
MAY BE PEACE BETWEEN TAKo-
MA AND WILDWOOD.
The Resort Raided by County Authori-
ties Yesterday yAfternoon-Seven
Arrests Made.

| Judging from the movements lately of
| the Takoma Park authorities and others
interested reason exists for the belief that
a truce Is about to be reached In the mat
ter of the conduct of the pool room at
Wildwood From what can be learned 1t
| is likely that the Wildwood lessees will
agree to vacate that resort, say about the
LIST of August, and the Takoma officials, In
view of such agreement, 1t Is said, Will
rest on their oars and not molest the les
sees in the conduct of the pool room in
| the meantime. The Wildwood folks, 1t is
said, about August will remove to another
part of Maryland or out of the state en-
tirely
AS regards the injunction case in which
the District Commissioners and Robert 8.
Turner, lessee of Wildwood, are the par
| ties, Attorneys Lambert and Baker. rep
resenting Turner, have submitted the case
on the bill and answer to Justice Anderson,
in Equity Court No. l, for final decree. The
matter will be disposed of next Saturday.
In the event the ruling of the court is
against Turner it is said that an appeal
to the Court of Appeals will be taken.
Wildwood Raided.
When Sheriff Hardisty visited the pool
re ON at Wildwood yesterday and was rec
ognized by the telegraph operator the an
ncuncement, 1.-The wires are in trouble"
said about. accepting bets on the races
he simple announcement by the operator
caused no surprise to the patrons OF the
place. They had heard the same state
ment a number of times before when there
was actually trouble with the wires and
when the trouble was Of such nature that
the gambling resort did not recover from
1t for days. Yesterdays affair was of a
different character, however. 1t was the
natural result Of the operator recognizing
<Ia chA av,6 hat cot In
parlance. that it was a pinch" he offered
an excuse for not giving further informa-
ton concerning the ponies.
Six arrests were made at once. and an
additional arrest later. Neither of the
managers of the place was at the resort
when the sheriff and his deputies called,
and the men who were placed under ar
rest were only employees. The raid was
made without a warrant, and Walter Ryan,
justice of the peace, was upon the scene
ready to hold court without the incon-
venience and expense Of conveying the de-
PENDANTS across the country to a magis-
trate's office. A telephone message brought
Robert Turner. one of the managers, to
the pool room, and with him was repre-
sentative of Baltimore bonding company.
The seven defendants were arratgned be-
fore the magistrate and given a hearing.
There was no defense made to the charge.
and the defendants were held for the Octo-
Der term of the county court, which meets
at Upper Marlboro in October. Bond in the
sum OF $@oO was gwen Ior tne deIenoants,
and they were thereupon released Some of
the patrons Of the place became uneasy
when they realized what was going on,
and left the pool room, but others remain
ed and watched the trial proceedings
1t was reported today that the sheriff
will continue to make raids the pool
room until its doors are closed or until
the court shall render a decision that the
manner in which the bets are accepted
does not constitute violation of law.
1t Is stated that OF the men arrested
acted as clerk Of the court.