The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-26
THROUGH A HOLE
HE GOT HIS PAY
METHODS OF POLICY SHOP
AS TOLD ny GEORGE YOUNG WERE
SOMEWHAT NOVEL.

Negro Developed Astonishing IgnOr-
ance and n Bad MemOry-COuId Not
Even Remember who Employed
ing-Companfon Caught in the
Raid Was First Indicted and Then
Set Free-A FruitIess Raid by Dep
uties.
Besides the large list of indictments
of Savannahians who had failed to
pay up specific taxes the grand jury
yesterday had some rather startling
developments in the policy line. Two
negroes who were caught Wednesday
were indicted. One of them was la
ter released.
George Young gave some rather as
touishing information as to how policy
shops are run. At the same time he
developed a most remarkable memory,
coupled with a dense ignorance that
no amount of cross examination and
sharp questioning could pierce.
Had N Bad Memory.
When Young appeared before the
grand jury he was asked who employ
ed him TO write policy, the act in
which the deputies caught him. George
naively replied that he didn't know
who was his employer. This was
poser and question after question was
fred at him, but without avail His
ignorance resisted them all. Finally,
when close-pressed he did remember
that the man who hired him was
named Charlie" but he was unable
to recall his last name.
Then he was assaulted on a new
opening and was asked who paid him
for his work Again he persisted that
he didn't known. When called upon to
explain how this was, he said he was
paid off through hole, the money be-
ing showed out to him, securely
wrapped in paper. If he was short in
his pay, he wrote out how much he
was short on a slip of paper, pushed it
back through the hole, and then the
amount needed to complete his wages
was pushed back to him. Where the
hole led to he was unable to say.
All efforts to change this testimony
or to refresh the memory Of the wit
ness failed. He was indicted for gam
bling.
An indictment was also found
against williams. the negro who was
caught at the same time Cooper was.
Williams was charged with playing
policy.
The negros record, however, was
good one. and he maintained that he
had not been playing policy. and in
fact, never had INDUCED in the game.
He brought forward proof that he was
a working negro and without any evil
dence against him, the indictment was
withdrawn.
shortly after o'clock four deputies
descended on a place in Congress lane,
between Whitaker and Barnard streets,
but though they entered both through
the front and rear, they found nothing
suspicious and came away empty
handed.
indictments for Taxes.
AS stated in the Morning News sew
eral days ago, persons who had not
paid their specific taxes and their gen
eral taxes, came under the ban. and
were indicted on misdemeanor charges.
The following is the list:
LIQUOR dealers Mrs. A. Kiley, Paul
Berntheim, Fred Blenjes, Mary Jacob
son, Theo. Fincken, George Cooper, w.
-. Ferguson, Harley G.. Cunningham,
Charles and John wilkins, E. Kala-
rnaras, w. H. Rainey and James Nc
CURE.
For not paying the specific tax inn
posed on dentists an indictment was
returned against DIR. Charles Back
man. DR.. B. P. Oliveros was indict-
ed for not paying the PHYSICIANS tax.
John l. Archer is also held on mis-
demeanor charge. because of unpaid
specific taxes, and Attorney Frank p.
Salas was indicted because he had not
paid the specific tax imposed on attor-
neys. "
]. Rousseau was indicted for use
of opprobrious language to j, Hadley
TuryiS