The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-26
Garfield GIVES SI,.jOO RtIL.
Pleads Not Guilty to indictment for keep-
Ing a Gambling Mouse.

Richard A. Garfield ACCOMPANIED by
his attorneys, John Delahunty and Forbes
j. Hennessy, appea red before Judge New
burger in the General Sessions yesterday
morning to find out il there was an indict-
ment against him. He was Informed that
there was and the clerk of the court pro-
ei,Iced the document from an inside pocket.
1t was returned by the Grand Jury on
Jan 20 and contained four counts, charK-
ing Richard A. Garfield, late of the Nine
teenth ward of the city of New York, with
QN keeping a gambling room q, with
keeping a gambling room. IN which there
was gambling parapherna!ia; -, with
being common gambler, and a. with
maintaining nuisance for lucr- and gain
Mr. Delahunty pleaded not gulIty !or
his client and Assistant District Attorney
Miner said tina. nominal bail, say 81 500,
would be satisfactorily TO the pistrc' A! :
torney. Mr. Delahunty offered Andrew j,
Dam, half owner Of the Union square
Hotel and a cousin of Mr. Cantieid's, rs
bondsman Garfield had taken the pre-
ing down town a considerable number OF
five hundred dollar gold certificates TO
be used for cash bail If necessary.
While all hands were waiting for the
bond to be made out some one III the bond
clerks office said that he wondered, il
this summer, what "anfieid's price for
beef-and would be. The question was
referred to Garfield and he replied
"1he price will be the same as that made
by my competitors, Dolan. ChldS and
bennett. | couldn't afford to charge more
and expect 10 GIT any business. il has
always been my custom. however, to serve
a ly. brook trout With every drink That
custom will prevail this summer 7 he
rest alrant is open very much doubt,
howevrr, if il viii b. op-n. am not IN the
rest aurant business and my restaurant
will not be open unless SOM OF my Old
patrons and very good friends practically
insist on it. In any event, he rest of the
building will De closed and The probabilities
are that the whoi- hous" Will be closed
Wlsn the bond had been made out and
signed IL was sent 20 the District Attorney =
Office for approval. 1t was then that Mr.
Jerome took his first official notice Of Can
fields arrival. He personally approved
the bond and signed IT. That ended the
business and Mr. Garfield left the building
with Mr.. Dam.
The indictment shows that the testimony
on which Garfield was indicted was given
by II. Archie Pell. Henry r. Vingut, the
t,lrfman, and Clarence Luce. the architect
the Saratoga Club. Pell and vingut iesti-
fed that they had gambled in the house
at s East Forty-fourth street since Dece M
Der, 1898. Luce testified THAT he had seen
gambling apparatus in the house. None of
the witnesses knew who the proprietor OF
the place was or had seen Garfield there.
Mr. jerome has said that all the important
witnesses against Garfield are now out Of
the State and it will be difficult to get them
back All of the witnesses who testified
before the Grand Jury are now in the i'm
mediate neighborhood of New York.
To try David W. Bucklin, manager Of Can
.Ralds gambling house, there will be no
term Of court in Cortland county until
Septefnber.