Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05
Edict of People of the Kenil-
worth Section.
OFFICIALS STAY AWAY
RESIDENTS INDIGNANT OVER AL
LEGGED INACTIVITY.
Citizens Address Sheriff Middleton on
the Subject-Operations in
Full Blast.

Full Blast
THE pool room must CO." is the edict
of the people of Kenilworth Tuxedo and
the surrounding county.
If the county officers do not appear at
Kenilworth within a reasonable time and
start the wheels of justice in motion the
people will have something to say in the
matter. Sheriff Middleton was told of
what was going on while workmen were
constructing the building, and he said he
would do his duty. 1t was given out sew
eral days ago that the room would open
yesterday, but it was really opened one
day ahead of time. So far as could be as
certained this morning no county official
had been near the place. Members of the
citizens association have sent the sheriff
a letter, in which they called his atten-
ton to the place and are anxiously await
ing call from him on the pool room. The
letter was mailed to Sheriff T. B. Middle
ton, in care of his deputy, George Dove,
at the latter's home in Forestville. Mr..
Allen w. Mallory, corresponding secre-
tary of the Kenilworth Citizens Associa-
ton, addressed the letter to the sheriff as
follows:
Letter to Sheriff.
Il wish, again, to call your attention to
the character of the improvements now rap
idly approaching completion ON the prop
erty recently purchased of Mr.. Claveloux
by Percy Humphrey. All indications point
to the establishment of an unlawful enter
prise, where bets may be made on foreign
races, according to newspaper reports and
reports circulated by persons working on
the grounds. This resort expects to open
on Thursday of this week.
The citizens of Maryland and the Dis
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meetings in regard to this matter, looking
upon it outrage on their community
and an insult to the officials of Prince
George county.
Our citizens are banded together for a
fight to a finish. We do not propose to
have gamblers, driven from other states,
seeking an asylum in our midst There was
rousing meeting held at this place last
evening, and 1t seemed to be the unanimous
opinion of all present that it would be a
good thing for the sheriff to be present at
the opening meeting. Some of the people
have an idea that these parties would not
go ahead and make this large outlay of
money unless they had some assurance that
they would not be interfered with.
I'VE do not take any stock in this view of
the case and believe they going on
their nerve. We also believe that you are
an honest, capable officer who will do his
duty. You may count on our hearty, untir-
ing support in your efforts to rid our county
of all unlawful and demoralzing enter
prises.''
No Word, No Action.
No word had been received from the sher-
if or his deputy by Mr.. Mallory this after
noon. Forestvile, the home of the deputy
sheriff, is not a great distance from the
pool room, and the law-abding people In
the vicinity of Kenilworth fully expected
to see the deputy at the alleged gambling
resort yesterday. AS is stated in the letter
to the sheriff, the people of Kenilworth and
Tuxedo going to fight to finish, and
lively time is in prospect. They obtained
evidence against the room yesterday and
will present 1t to the sheriff as soon as he
appears and takes active interest in the
affair They will wait short time before
going before justice of the peace and filing
formal charges upon which the legal fight
is to be made. Members of the association
and those who attended the mass meetings
at Kenilworth favor taking the matter be-
fore the grand jury rather than going before
a magistrate, and in order that this may
be done they will probably send letter
to Judge Merrick, asking him to convene
the grand jury for this purpose.
1t was stated this afternoon that nothing
had yet been done in the matter of notify
ing the Maryland Telegraph Company to
remove it's poles from along the county
roads Some of the poles are within five
feet of the middle of the road, and were
set back in order that they would form no
obstruction. This afternoon the alleged
sports went to the place, as they did yes
terday and the day before, and did not
seem to fear that a raid would be made.
Business started, as usual, after o CLOCK,
and the odds on the horses in the first race
at Belmont Park We're posted in time Tor
the wise ones to get down their cash.
Tomorrow night there will be a meeting
of the Prince George County Citizens Assoc
citation held at Chesapeake Junction. 1t is
expected that there will be big attend.
ance at the meeting and that number OF
the people who were interested in the tight
made against Chesapeake Junction two or
three years ago will be present. In add
ton to the people of Prince George county,
it is probable that many members of the
KenilWorth association will attend and par
ticipate in the deliberations.
Transacted Large Business.
post at Belmont" was the first an
nouncement made in the pool room yester-
dav by the telegraph operator. At the time
the announcement was made the room was
crowded and many of those in attendance
had sought the cool breezes on the porches
outside The statement on the placards:
mo liquor permitted on the premises" was
not without meaning and the dry crowd
patronized the pump in droveS. Despite the
claim of the hackers of the game that no
betting is allowed the scene in the big room
Yesterday was a typical pool room scene.
1t is true that the method of putting down
the money is somewhat different from that
in vogue in places where there is no at
tempt made to evade the law. In order
to play the races it is necessary to buy
the so-caIled money transfers" from the
Maryland Telegraph Company and then
furnish the names of the horses and
amounts to be bet. This information has
to be written upon the blanks of the COM
pany that are printed in the ordinary form
of a telegraph blank. While it is stated
that a charge is made to cover clerical
and incidental expenses this charge is not
assessed against the players except that
1t may come from the money that is lost in
the aggregate. Yesterdays betting indicated
that the hackers had good thing of it
as usual.
Arthur Wall, president of the Maryland
Telegraph Company. was on the floor of the
pool room all the afternoon. He realized
that the system of betting calculated
to confuse the bettors and he constantly
called out: IF you gentlemen don't under
stand how to make out the transfers
come right up and it will be explained to
YOU
Then he would tell them not to be back
ward and advise them to buy their trans
fers early.
You know the kilograms have to be
sent" he would say, land If you wait UNI
til the last minute you may be too late
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