The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-30
BUNCO MEN AND DOCTOR MAN.
BUSCO AHEAD, so FAR, AND Ex-
TREMELY FRANK ABOUT IT. s
Cnampe Andrews Tells OF His Arrest, and
DR.. Harris says His wlfeVs NervoUsness
Made Him Anxioss 20 Settle-Nfrs.
strosuides's Lawyer Contrsdicts Her.

Made Him Anxious 10 Sotuo-Mrs.
strosuider's Lawyer Contradicts Her.
After an all day session the examination
OF Champe 8. Andrews. counsel for the
County Medical Society, on the charge Of
extortion, was adjourned at Q O'Clock last
nipht by Justice Olmsted in Special Sessions
until Monday morning. Mr.. Andrews.
who was represented by Austen q. Fox
and George Gordon Rattle, made general
denial OF tho charge that he compelled
Mrs. John H. Strosnider. the wife Of q bunco
man, to deed over house on the promise
that her husband would not be prosecuted.
He was corroborated by Milton G. Gray, q
lawyer, who acted for Mrs. Strosnider,
and by DR.. John A. Harris. Andrews's
client, who was trimmed Of 3i2 500 by Stro-
snider and his sccomplice. William Mckee.
The REORGANIZATION Of Harris will be-
gin on Monday morning.
How We skinned a sucker, was the text
of the frank testimony OF Strosnlder and
Mckee. They are both big men. over Q
feet each. and they were dressed in the
style that BELTS an industrious chevalier
Of bunco. Strosnidcr was the frat witness.
He said he was gambler and had been
arrested In the District Of Columbia. Il
ran crooked foot race-the people bit easy
but was burned he said. Then he ad
mitted that he had served five years In the
Trenton prison.
AT hard labor1" he was asked.
Il didn't call 1t hard labor" he replied.
1T was a inch.'
Il first met Harris in Paris he said,
'We did the cafes and white places together.
Syososk t<, raf In
Of my acquaintance I met in Paris from
some of their money. had my valet and
chauffeur with me and was hitting 1t up
pretty hot. When met Harris / knew
was up against pretty slick one. Harris
and had dinners together and we went
automobiling together.
when We came back from Paris to this
country met Harris again. He called me
up on the phone and asked me II was
investing in good things in Wall Street.
went up to see him. He said something
about starting q subway bank. He wanted
me to put up NO, 900 against the 900 he'd
put up He even took me down to Twenty
third street and showed me a hole In the
ground, where he said the bank would be.
l was to be- the president. He showed
spot in the hole where my desk was going
to be. He talked so slick that for day
l thought was bank president. Yes,
did. F1' go
well, l told him I'd think the thing
ovsr.SI vas next TO his game. 1t was
I'D to ms to mako proposition to him or
he'd get In ahead Of mo. He got in ahead
Of ms again He raised the stock sub
scription in the bank game to $4,000.
didn't like to do It. but signed my name.
Then called in my pAf Mckee. told the
doctor that Mckee had a good scheme
to beat faro game, and arranged for
Mckee to meet the doctor at the doctors
house. We had q couple Of rehearsals OF
this faro game, and the doctor bit. told
him we could sit In about three times q
week and make shout sis.o 900. He thought
it was pretty good"
Strosnider told Of the night he and Dr.
Harris went to the gambling house. 1t
was a gambling house rugged up for the
occasion, with real policeman on the door.
Mckee was the dealer of the faro game.
and Strosnider said Harris bought $4,000
worth Of chips.
Il bought $4,000 worth, too, said Stro-
snider. "Our code didn't seem to work.
The doctor lost the sioO0o-and 80 did I, y
Harris went back to the gambling house
the same night, according to Strosnider,
and asked II he could get tn again. oh,
cert; you're b member now, said Mckee.
strosnider told how they got $500 out
Of Harris after that at the same game.
On the night Of Strosnider's arrest he had
1880, $500 OF which he had borrowed,
and no went to Harris's house. whore there
was to be another rehearsal OF the faro
k~A to tho ".
but Strosnidsr wouldn't let him. Then
Harris pretended to pay . couple Of painters,
who were really Detectives Reardon and
Platt Of the District Attorney office. and
Strosnider's arrest followed after fight.
MKee, who was the next witness. was as
breezy as Strosnider. and told practically
The same story.
Mrs. Strosnider told Of visiting DR..
Harriss house the night before the CON-
plant against Strosnider and Mckee was
dismissed by Magistrate MoAvoy because
DR.. Harris failed to appear. She said
that Harris telephoned for her and that
after few minutes Andrews walked into
the house.
andrews told mo- she swore; shat
unless transferred my property to him
by . O'Clock the next morning he would
have my husband indicted and sent to
Sing Sing as sure as there was God in
heaven. Iaseed Mr.. Andrews II he thought
II was fair to treat woman so. and he said
he thought It was. DR.. Harris told me
that Andrews was to get $4,000, and the
more liberal was the moro Andrews would
get and the more disposed he would be to
let nv husband off,
:: was Justice McAvoy's first day on the
Special Sessions bench. He was called as
witness He said that Lawyer Andrews
told him In the Magistrate's court that DR.
Harris would not press the charge; that
Strosnider had given two notes, and that
civil means had been employed by Harris
to recover the money strosnider had bun
coed him out Of. Justice McAvoy said he
couldn't remember that Andrews said that
Harris had fed the jurisdiction.
Then the prosecution rested. Mr.. Fo,
announced that Mr.. Andrews would moi
make the formal motion for dismissal
Of the case, but demanded an examination.
\ don't intend to mako any argument,
said Mr.. Fox. 1t must b perfectly ap'
parent that the position Of my client u