New-York tribune., 1903-01-26
TELL OF TESTIMONY.
W7tnesses We're 4shed Funny Ques-
fions about CanfeId's.

David w. Bucklin. the reputed manager for
Richard A Garfield in his alleged gambling
house in East Forty fourth-st, will be arraigned
before Recorder Golf tomorrow for examination
on an indictment found against him by the
grand jury. He was arrested on Saturday on a
warrant based the indictment. as reported in
The Tribune yesterday. From the reports about
the testimony given before the grand jury on
which the indictment against Buckn, and one
against Garfield well. it is thought, were
found, the gambler and his manager are more
tightly in District Attorney Jeronle's dragnet
than is generally supposed. These reports
caused great dismay yesterday among most of
the proprietors of the principal gambling houses.
who have been hoping that something would
occur to weaken the hold Of the District Attor-
ney on them 1t is ait of these men to laugh
and belittle things when they are in an en-
barrassed situation i'll fortune. and as they
discussed yesterday the reports of the testimony
given before the grand jury they cracked jokes
about the remarks made in the jury room and
especially about some of the questions the jurors
asked the witnesses.
In view of one of these questions, Bucklin
is likely hereafter to be greeted by some of his
friends as .'Floorwalker'' Bucklin or Heads and
Tales Bucklin One of the jurors is said to
have asked one Of the witnesses:
What services in the house did Bucklin per
for? Was he f1oorwalker?'
Another juror is said TO have asked:
In playing the game called red and black,
if YOU bet on the red and black turned up, would
you vim"
At least. that is the way the witness is said
to have heard the question.
Said a person yesterday who knows good
deal about faro and roulette: IF A person
could play the red in any gambling house. and
IL black turned up and could win. it would not
take long before the shutters were up on the
house I'd like to he the player in such
game"
According 10 the reports of the testimony Dis
trict Attorney Jerome succeeded in getting a
large number of witnesses to swear that they
had either seen gambling Or had played at games
of chance in Canfelds house in East Forty
fourth-st. and another set of witnesses to testify
that they had been paid by Garfield Bucklin
for work done in the house for supplies fur
nished to it. A who pays for such work or
provisions is legally considered to be either the
proprietor or the manager or the confidential
representative of the proprietor unless the as
sumption IS disprovcd. II is said that nearly
all the wealthy men who called wit
nesses testified that the place was gambling
house. Without the testimony of tradesmen
that they furnished supplies ii is said the case
against Garfield and Bucklin would have been
weak. It furnished the necessary sworn facts
to make the chain OF evidence complete. Some
of the prominent witnesses told a Tribune re
porter yesterday that they thought that Garfield
and BuCklin should have pleaded guilty at the
time of the raid, and thus have saved them from
being called witnesses.
H. K. Ningut. who is one of the witnesses of
record against Bucklin, said to The Tribune re-
porter:
Because l was a witness against Bucklin and
Garfield hope no one will think that / visited
CanfeId's frequently. It is true that l visited
the place and saw Bucklin there and l testified
that had and that l had risked some money at
of
whether BUCkln was manager or what he did in
the house. am sure my testimony and most of
that of the other well known witnesses did not
tabsh what were the business relations. if
any, between Garfield and BuCklfn, because l,
and probably they do not know of any business
relations between the men,
District Attorney Jerome spent yesterday
afternoon out of town. He did not until
q late hour.
Prosecutor James S. Erwin. of Hudson Coun-
ty, was seen his home in Jersey City last
night in regard TO the statement that he
interested in bringing about the indictment Of
Chief Murphy and Detectives Pearson and Ben
nett for false imprisonment in causing the ar
rest of David w. BuCkn Tuesday last. He
said that all he knew about the matter was that
a lawyer had asked him what steps he could
take to secure the Indictment of the persons
named. He told the lawyer, he said. that the
before committing magistrate. who would send
the papers to the grand jury. Nothing of this
kind had been done. far he knew. He
positively refused to give the lawyers name
William BrinkerhOff. who said to have been
retained by Bucklin, said it was true that he
had been retained as counsel by BuckIin. but he
would give no further information. Chief Muir
ply said he had not heard OF any legal pro
ceedings in the case, nor had he any fear as
to the result should such a suit be brought