The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-02
Monday Afternoons Game.

IlNeO, ne was again IN the place. 1L1I
was when he saw the money change
hands in a slough game. Wilson was
there, he said, but went out. 1t was
after he left that the money changed
hands. He saw 20 or 80 cents passed
between the players.
do you play slough?" was asked.
mo, sir, but I've seen 1t played"
How do you know this was sloughY
well, I heard one fellow say that he'd
frog, and another fellow SAID ne
The officer said that most Of the men
he ever saw in the place were those VINO
had formerly been employed IN gamlns
houses when they were run Wiae open ia
he say three men playing slough, ana
again saw money change hands. wilson
the proprietor, was there at the time.
Everybody Was Dealing.
Cross-examined about the stud poker
game which he saw on the preceding
Saturday, Officer Wilson described what
stud poker game was: He SAID that
all in the game were taking their turns
dealing, instead of one man dealing for
the house. 1t was customary, ne said, in
some gambling houses, for the players
to take turns in dealing. Sitting behind
the table, however, in the place usually
occupied by a dealer, was a man with
his coat off, who, in the opinion of the
witness, represented the interests of the
house.
Mr.. Daily made a show OF attempting
to prove that the house took off,
percentage of the money wagered in the
game. He was not permitted. however,
to ask a leading question on the point,
and the witness failed to grasp what the
attorney was driving at, much to the
| amusement Of the assembled crowd Of
Detective Matt Rhodes testified TO in
| cidents connected with the raid, and said
he had no trouble in gaining access to
the place. Wilson was in the place when
he entered, and some men were playing
cards there. There were five tables, he
declared, and all were running when he
entered.
Somebody tipped off who was the
minute 1 went in said Rhodes, land
Wilson asked me what was UP. 1 told
him 1 guessed everybody was pinched.
First Newspaper Witness.
William Igleheart, manager of The
Herald, was called as the next witness.
Mr.. DAILY showed him a copy of The Her
gambling, and asked him if he was res
pOnsible for its publication.
4 am responsible for the publication Of
everything that appears in The Herald,
replied the witness.
10 you know of your own knowledge
that gambling was running at the Mon
tana club at the time that article says
| it was"
so far as personal knowledge is con-
cerned," replied Mr.. Igleheart, II don't
know anything about gambling, either in
SdlJ Lake or anywhere else.
Then Mr. DAILY began to saw the air.
DO you mean to say?' he demanded,
that you allow LningS to be published
| in The Herald that you don't personally
know to be true?"
II object" interposed Walker t Gun
ter, of counsel for the defense. 1.-The
question is not only immaterial, but it is
an attempt to impeach his own wit
ness"
The objection was sustained.
no wrote that article?' demanded
Mr.. DAILY
This was objected to on the ground
that it was irrelevant.
Calls Down the Prosecution.
Judge DiehI sustained the objection.
II this witness knows anything. per-
sOnally about gambling, Mr.. DAILY" said
the court, you can show it; but I will
not allow you to conduct an inquisition
here to prove who wrote or who did not
write a newspaper article.
This ended Mr. Igleheart's testimony,
and A. n! Mckay, managing editor of
The Herald, was called. He was asked
if he had any personal knowledge about
gambling running at the Montana club,
and replied in the negative z. 3. Pal
mer, city editor Of The Herald, was the
next witness.
edge?" he was asked, about gambling
running in the Montana club on the dates
mentioned in this complaint"
las a juror, yes replied Mr.. Palmer.
AS an eyewitness, no. [ have evidence
IN my possession to convince any fair
minded person that gambling has been
going on there and in other places in
Salt Lake City"
That's ALL" said Mr.. Daily, promptly.
This ended the case for the prosecution,
and the attorneys for the defense moved
for a dismissal on the ground that the
evidence for the city was not sufficient
upon which TO base a conviction. Judge
Diehl denied the motion, saying that
while the evidence was not strong, in his
judgment, he must take into cOnSidera-
ton the alleged confession of the de-
PENDANT to which Officer Shannon testi-
fled, and therefore would require the de-
Tense to put witnesses on the stand
Chief of Police George Sheets was the
first witness for the defense. He was
that he had searched the premises the
night Of the raid and found a lot of
stored gambling paraphernalia. He said,
however, that the search had been made
by others. All he had seen was the old
faro table and 1t was conceded by both
sides that this table had been left there
by the former occupants Of the building.
Detective Raleigh was recalled and teS-
titled to having made the search. The
object of the testimony was to show that
although there was gambling apparatus
in the house it had been boxed up and
piled up and was not in use.
s. G. Ktnsey, who admitted that he was
a professional gambler, and who was
caught and arrested in the raid was
called. He said that Wilson took pos
session of the place about Jan. %, and
that he (the witness) was there several
times between that date and the night
of the raid.
Was Playing Bridge Whist.