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and the Supreme Court had eeid LED wy !,
the stit,4 pf the iiaw was dc fecttvc niid
dthht 3tho 1nw applied ohiyE TO pip selling
Of, faces outside or ,rt,er., }w I, #
no IDOL selling d IS 7. gAsGpls. "A Mr. Burke
went deeply Into tlict OF ga I, m plin9grl
ana made, m able argtllfi enti y nots..ih
convincing one. r. N AZ
s "A The First Success. ::A5s
II rsCnrlln spoke III closing for he deg;
fense,% did not gO Into the law tois ~
s great & extent, that ground linvi 81 pee eg24
4fuiyicovefed. He said he and his tl n
ents Had had to deal here ore wit y many
attenpls9at prosecuti0h but al wh W. Troy
had failed generally throug y Improper
procedure, and hat to-day WIS I he 5hrst
tino lho had shnd 1at, opportunity to plead
y He eotitended that the Virginia telegraph
n Company was proceeding entirely wlthl y
aits FIGHTS, and n the courts would decide
tint 1t had a perfect right toIEforSa Y g
money To K Il on races run outside the
State Sf Es Ill 81 32ei {94 ~ VI. +, I
M Mr. Cariin said he did not seek Snoto RI
city through the ncwspap ers but lle was vas
mot lihn1ndfllI Of the power n tho rress,
and willie he had not sought out q re- e..
porter heretofore, tho tine Would x come
when le would give ns5 statement to tile
papers which, would startle and aston Y
tho community and which .wo uld PRICK
] some bubbles which now effected many az
irridesccnta hues. HG then anne unced tllht
the establishment at st. Asaphs w
closed; and that 4 t would remain closed 70
IIc did not know that his clients con
5tempIated opening elsewhere N this state tftt
Il or Outside ,Aand any sta temrnt as 70 tthelr3
Intentions was pure yucss1y TX. WE BBfs
x 1IeS closed by declaring that his clients
I were condlc ting, legal business in ~
legal 8inanner II Q would say nothing g {,
ltbc moral side Sof the question. He was
not tho Keeper Of the conscience or I, the
moral res ulator OF any ther m nj put
nd Ind heard n man s,l vi on the street In
Alexandra that q man Who s1ro a era
nat and a gold watch chain was on the
road TO hell Il 3ytJ @ lt t55 q
5s Hc inyeighen In eloquent terms gainst,
this dis 1osition in the TO take
4 away the rights OF N man under the la
& because lie did not do as people thought,
N lic$ should. 4. 3 ~ @ 8$
almost i as brief ii, his closing as In his
\ opening argument. HeI1eclared there was
ma doubto the guilt OF the pa RI les - he
Sutnstloii ror tho Scourt was: Is 45I Louis
Barge gulltySof anything m ntioned IN the
EVirginiaS statute 1t was entirely WITHIN
the right OF the Old Dominion y rapil;
4 Companytto transmit money to be placed
ION a. horse race. but II violated the lay ll
when The bets were registered. "
Fine and Imprisonment. 4.
Justice Cation, who, by the wa Is q;
son Of Hon. j. r.. Cal ton. m etnDer OF me
< Legislature from a lexandria, and an able
lawyer, summed up the case in n few
words. and then Inn posed n fine Of $500 on
& Barge ard sentenced him to- serve six
months In the citya jail. s. The other pris-3
N oncrs were recognized TO appear on he
list az April. Mr.. Burke noted an appeal;
and after admitting Barge to ball In the
gum OF 500. n tcS court ad Journed
,rhecasc 9 Barge Will p. hear ~ the
March, probably Should he !. lose there
tho case Will be taken to the Supreme
II Court ot "A ppenls. a,s 3 s5 8S
The sentiment n inS Alexandria is not
nearly 80 strong against tho pool-room;
as may BE- thought by persons residingI
outside the city. J :. M. @ Hill, who Is q t
the head OF thaEracing concern is wealthy.
(. and }$onc of the most popular men Of
Alexandria, a member OF the Board Y OF
E Aidermcn5aia man OF 4 bourlte Ous Thu rity
and Il always In the forefront ; Of every
n,oyenlant FOR the advancement 't Of the the
interests uf the city. "A Lending member
siAlexaridr ria expressed regret to- ay that
"a. Mick Hill It had got into If 4 ronble.i
p Nj lick, Q by the way is a mic nane ven
Hill when no went to Sunday school,.
a and 1t has not been so many years ago.
He is d man d fSmiddle age. 5s iff$5
Councilman Frank spinke told me to-
& day he did not believe there was q man
y In tho city who could form the faintest
e idea Of the amount given in charity every
e year BY Y. Mick Hill Hill Is convinced
he is doing a lawful business. He is un-.
4 derstood to A have obtained the opinion
Il OF a leading lawyer#of Richmond to the
effect that he was not Violating the iVir-
ginia statute In making books on races
& run outside the State and q slawyer from
Philadelphia, al ter a careful examina ton
OF the law on the subject gave the
u opinion that tho business was within the
law. t45ss Is S55 i85 Ri sl Il %
Resent Outside Criticism.
The people OF Alexandria resent, and
PROPERLY, It appears, the crusade which
al certain paper OF Washington, ana GER
tain people OF this city made against
"a St. Asaplls' establishment and have no.
thing to say Of the betting ring at Ben
#nings in tho District OF Columbia. The
semi-yearly race meets at the Bennings
track attract thousands OF sports from
all over the country, and enormo Gus sums
are lost and won there every spring and
fall. The. betters Include men OF high
official position. and tho elite OF society
! OF both sexes. An official OF the city
government of Alexandria Informed me
to-day that he did not believe here were
tenmen IN lexandrla who trequnted the
Y st. Asaphs place. VI O M
st. Asaphs is a tough place, one OF the
i toughest In the country. u but tho betting
ring at Bennings suggests anything but
y ! Sunday school or a prayer-meetirig.
This constant hammerlng ut ST. Asaphs
/ has given the city and county OF Alex
sfandrla a reputation for wickedness which
& they do not entirely deserve, though
there are places within sg}..e borders OF
! the county which ought to be closed up,
& and which will he. f IS
Tho jackson City pool-room at the
south end of the long bridge, wi be closed
Monday and for al time, according
: to the pledge Of Nelson, the Il proprietor,
1t has been open, but a. short time and
promised TO become q warm competitor
,,f StflA sa pl1S indeed. II ia "a sserte1 TIM