The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-10
POLICEMAN FINED
S25 FOR GAMING.
Michael Hogan, Proprietor of sa
loon, and Player Also Found
Guilty by a Jury.

| a Jury in the Court OF Criminal NOTIectlu
last evening. Fines Of S25 were impose
on all but Hogan. the proprietor Of III
saloon in which the game is alleged Il
have been played. His fine was fixed a
500
Judge c. H Paxon. attorney for the de
fendan,s filed a motion for a new trial
Judge Moore will hear arguments in sup
pert OF the motion next Saturday.
I The bonds on which Campbell. Glynn
| Ttmpke. Barry and Hogan We're release
| were fixed at S3l0. Timothy Malouey. mem
| ber OF the House OF Delegates from IN
Sixteenth Ward, is surety.
The arguments 10 the jury consumed
/ an hour. half OF the time being allotted t'
! each side. Prosecuting ATTORNEY Charle'
! p Williams appeared for the State. ans
| Attorneys Ben 7. Clarke and F p. Camp
! bell for the defense- The latter l.
! brother OF PatrOlman Charles +. Camp
/ bell. one OF the defendants.
| Attorney Clark. in his argument. de
/ nounced the reporters on whose testi-
mony the Grand Jury found the indict-
ments.
Prosecuting Attorney Williams answered
| the allegations OF conspiracy by declaring
| that the defendants had not been able TO
/ account for their actions on the night OF
Jurors to justify the action OF newspapers
which expose corruption or laxity in the
conduct OF public officers.
MOTION TO QCASH.
Attorney Ben Clark entered a motion 10
quash the Indictment against the defend
] ants on the ground that fits wording Cid
not give Judge Moore jurisdiction in the
case. BE pointed out that the Indictment
charged the defendants with unlswfally
and feloniously shooting craps"
This charge, he said, would make che
case a felony. and after Indictment. he
contsnded, Judge Moore's jurisdiction ap-
plies only TO misdemeanor cases. Judge
Moore took the motion under advisement
until o'clock IN the afternoon. and then
rendered his decision oveTuling #.
The Jurors were: Mynor H. Long. No
152Hz Mississippi avenue; Phil NJ. Nagel,
No. I72 North Thirteenth street: Frank
B. Young, No. I46l Arlington avenue;
George Wolf, No. 27O2 Macklind avenue:
Oscar L Mersman. No. 1S0SH Kennett
place: Francis H. Webster. No. 5l2 Bates
street; Casper S. Solberg, No. so North
Eleventh street; James Z. Stees. No. 2Ol24
Hebert street: Wiley II. Patterson. No.
1441 st. Ange avenue; James F. Osborne,
No. 1715 Longfellow boulevard: Ambrose
Nu. No $50 Missouri avenue.
Attorney Campbell Of Louisiana. Mo. a
brother of Patrolman Campbell. and Judge
Paxson appeared as associate counsel for
the defendants
REPORTER CHEF WITNESS.
The testimony OF the States three im-
portant witnesses developed that Patrol
man Campbell. at least. was led into a
trap for the purpose Of satisfying a petty
grievance Of one OF his fellow-officers and
to give an afternoon newspaper story
Chief kiely was In the courtroom during
the afternoon and heard the testimony OF
the witnesses.
H S. Nichols, a reporter. was the first
witness. He declared that he saw Hogan,
Barry and Patrolmen Glynn, Campbell and
T1mpke shooting craps in Hogan's saloon
on the morning OF October 2 He said he
had been sent out TO see Patrolman Ernest
Morton, who was to introduce him 10 an
other policeman. who would take him into
the craps game at Aogan's-
He said this plan was carried out and
that they got into the game about L
o'clock, and remained until o'clock
II. l. Lewis, reporter, corrobOrated
the testimony Of Nichols. he said that
he Old the craps shooting and lost =. he
identified all OF the defendants as partici-
pants in the game. He said that Police
men Glynn. Timpke and Campbell all
wore their uniforms. Lewis stated that
he had been introduced 10 Policeman Nor
ton as II. /. Davis, and that an arrange
ment had been made with Morton TO in
troduce them TO Campbell. He said that
Morton introduced Nichols as his cousin.
J. ID. Morton. Campbell. Lewis declared,
took them to Hogan's. and they went into
the back room, where the craps game was
- " MORTON TEsTIFIEs.
Patrolman Ernest L. Morton, who |
walked the beat with Campbell. admitted |
having introduced Lewis and Nichols un- |
der fictitious names. He said he had heard |
OF game OF craps at Hogan's in which |
policemen played. that he did not believe /
it was right for them to violate the law /
and department rules in that way, and he |
had given his Information to an afternoon |
Then an arrangement was |
made with him to introduce the reporters |
TO Patrolman Campbell, who would take |
them into the game at Hogan's.
Morton admitted that he had made two |
false reports OF the matter after It had |
been published in the papers, about the 1
game. He declared he did this 20 shield /
other policemen whom he did not know \
were in the game. He said Campbell often |
left to him the work of covering their |
beat and he did not think this was right
Captain Gaffney testified that the three Il
policemen-Timpke, Glynn and Campbell
denied TO him that they had ever been in
a craps game at Hogan's. and the State 1
rested its case
Ben Clark, chief counsel for the defend
ants, crOss-questioned all the witnesses
main points.
Michael Hogan. keeper OF the saloon.
tsstlhed that there was no craps game in
MS saloon that night, and that he did not /
see the policemen in the place
Richard Walsh, No. 1893 Coleman street.
I homas Wick. WICK. No. 29a Howard street;
Jefferson avenue, and Edward Kinney. No
~ Elliot avenue, testified that they were
IN the saloon on the night in question |
ana that thew knew OF no craps game |
Kinney and Wilcox said that fheX- 49, q, |
the saloon from 10 O'Clock to I;sO IN the |
morning. and were playing pool. II there l
! iiao sH Deen craps game in the back room,
lhey SAID. they would have known IT,
DID NOT SEE GAME.
Doctor Gibson said that he was in the
saloon from l:lS until 2:la. and that he
was talking 10 Hogan. He answered that
he knew how to shoot craps. but had
never done so in Hogan's place. He said
that he had been in the back room, but
was not in # that night. He did not be-
Lieye IL would have been possible for a
game 10 be going on there without him
knowing about It.
Fred Nash. employe Of an undertaking
firm at No. $50 Dickson street, said ne
saw Campbell and Morton passing the
ing.
Henry Henning. saloonkeeper at Jerer-
SON avenue and Gamble street said that /
Timpke was In his saloon at ii:5o. i2 and
o'clock
John H. Mcdonald Of No. 27lo Gamble
street said that he saw Timplze al Gamble
and elliot avenue at I2:45 O'Clock
SAMUEL Sargent patrol wagon driver Of
came into the Pstrolhouse at 1:l5 IN the
he sent the patrolman to his locker and /
invited him 70 help himself
Patrick K1elty Of No. lib North Tgeu-
Policeman Ciyuu's rrother 7efafaJ 49, ~