The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-09

count If the -rrcst Of cyural play
( ers 90 the Cairo baseball team;
Late vest RAY afternoon Mr.. T
B Ciawley svcrc out warrants be
, fore County in &c Hart against
Schwab. Hughes, Smith HQlycros3
Harvey, Crot1y, Haas. Bell Canon
Wilder and Cgc~ members Of The
, Cairo, Ill.,, baseball team, charging
them with violating the Sunday law
June jth. 1904 The warrant was
placed in the hands Of Deputy Sher
ills Il. N, Dixon ami Payne p. Posay
The seven first named were arrested
ANA gave bonds in the sum Of $50
eaca with H. W. Richardson as sure
y.
Another warrant was gotten cut q
taw minutes later against Rcadck.
McNutt Benslcy, Bohamon Crowdcr
Copeland, Werueeke, kubtz ANA Nc,
kenna. of the Henderson team. which
was delivered to The sheriff this
morning.
The technical charge in each war.
rant Is that the parties named "dil
then and there on SUNDAY engage in
playing baseball as a business. ana
for proGt ana amusement al tne Hen.
larson fair grounds. near the civ Of
Henderson. TO which an admission
fee was chargcd-such work not be,
ing RE ordinary household offices or
other work of necessity or work re-
ouirel in the maintenance or cacra.
lion Of a ferry skiT or steamboat or
steam or street rail car.
Tho warrant AGAINST the members
II the cairo team was set for trial
4 his morning a, . o'clock AMI 1T that
hour an account Of the number OF
witnesses and sncctators Judu, Hart
convened his court in the circuit
court room.
l,pon the calling of the case .nlga
Dorsey. representing the defendants
entered demurrer 10 tho warrant
which was oycrrulcj. Both silcs
hthcn announced ready ana q iurry con
sjsting If Messrs los. DeChalpp. Loo
Weiner G. r Wilingham. S. l. H.
Major. Robt. Milan and Be.nus Frank
cy was cmpanelcd AMI sworn after
Npssrs. NJ. NJ. Levy. q C-Si7khor2
and J. ID. Collins had been excused nv
the prosecution ana Nr ! NJ Mo.
Hugh by tho defendant Mr.. Lacy
| OVERLY DISQUALIFIED himself an he
ground that he was preiulicsd
II At this point Judge Hart asked tho
defendants attorncy if his clients
were present. Judge Dorsey stated
that he did not know a single one Of
his clients. but that he would enter a
plea Of not guilty.
The witnesses were then sworn
ana Mr. T. b. Crawley who had
sworn to the warrants. stated in sub.
stance that he had obtained the
names Of the pIaycrs from tho ncws.
pauers: that he was uuacdnaintc1
with them. that he was AT the hail
rhmc sunday but only saw il from
the outside of the grounds that he
aid not enter tha grounds ana saw n
large crowd 90 into the gate. On
cross.exanina,,on bo reiterated M
previous statement ana said no was
unable to identify any of tbe defond
ants in the conrt room
MIR 8 Raw taqtifed that he wa
manager Of the CITY railway. had wit
messed the game last sunday be.
tween Henderson ami Cairo. did not
know any of the nlavars. had no cen.
neetion win tho cairo toIm A
opeetfon NV Comfy Attorney T,vlor
as IA bis connection Win the horne
team was ohiectcI IN ON tho eround
fthot IL was pri,flsgsd. tho ohioctio,
was ovorrulcl ana ba answered. tb.t
Inc vas c.ppeotaJ with fbe manage.
nent NJ the tTop4arsop foam tIe
stated nm a1r,ieeiop fao was charged
Danutv sheriff poht N nivou etat.
81 ft,t he in coniunction Win no,u,v
ebc,a po..v had erected ,bo r,iro
nlavors and that eover,l If tbor
when arrested admitted that ,bov
vern rnouhcre If ,ho C,iro foam lie
Iet,te1 that bo vi,,esrod tho last ,wc
mr. t5roo innings NJ the snn1av c,ne
h,t copldn't idertifv any ~ tnc mon
ma arrostnd ae thoae who t,ol. .,or, IN
tho gama
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