The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03

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Further details NJ he arrangement
under which Garfield pleaded guilty wer"
forthcoming veater lay The very night
Jerome fuiisd tho Garfield arr gallery
q, & Past Forty fourth -troet, on December
2. ip12. The District Attornov told Canheld
that II he would plead guilty he could get
on with q fine. The object n this was
svofold first. II would ave the county
the expense ~ q trinl and the getting Of
evidence. and, secondly. Garfield would
become a convicted and acknowledged
gambler in this county. and would never
dare 10 open q place In this city again. as
a second conviction insured imprisonment
for a considerable term.
Garfield. kno wing that Jerome had been
fooled by the sleuth Jacobs into Believing
that hs had legal evidence, rejected the
offer peremptJrily and told his counsel,
Delahuuty. who was present, that he would
never give in, but would fight to the last
ditch to show that the raid was illegal and
that jerome had nU eviSence against him.
1t Il the claim Of the Garfield party that
not a card had been turned or a ball spu
IN the house from the day jerome took
Office, January l., 1902. until the night OF
the raid. But the evidence given yester-
day by Bucklin concerning the three
$40, 900 notes signed In Canheld's favor
by the Young mar who had tempted for
ture and lost suggests that this cannot be
correct.
Jerome's next step was to begin John
Doe proceedings, in which he called as wit
nesses various persons who were believed
to have played heavily at Canfeld's. Among
these was Jesse Lewisohn, who refused to
testify. and whose Aght on that refusal was
carried to the Court Of Appeals. Another
was Edward Nassermann, a broker, over
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influence, as is shown in one OF his letters.
when he told Delahunty that evidence
against him (Caniield) meant ruin for
WasSermann.
Garfield fosght all the Jerome proceed
ings tooth and nail and paid a large share
Of Lewisohn's legal expenses. He also
pulled the many wires which he had access
to. -
As an instance of this, it may be men
toned that Garfield knew some time te-
fore the decision was rendered what YER
dict the Court OF Appeals had reached in
the Lewisohn case. He communicated
this information TO Delahunty, but how
he got it is a Garfield secret. The decision
was favorable, and under it no customer OF
Garfield had to testify against the gambler
unless he wanted to. ''
This decision left Jerome's case against
the gambler so weak that the indictments
found on the Jacobs and other evidence
we're dismissed, and then jerome started a
N''''ls'eH w $3.50
achieve victory where he had already met
defeat.
-The public sentiment was pretty well
aroused by this time, said a man yester-
day who has an inside knowledge of all
the facts, "and it was admitted that Jerome
should have he power he needed to compel
testimony. But the dickering in the Legis-
lature was so hing ludicrous. Time
and time again Garfield was approached
by men who assured him that he could
stop the enactment of the so-called Bowling
law if he would reach down deep enough
into his pocket. But Garfield had seen a
light. He had met many Of his former
ousto mers during the preceding summer
were to be brought into his troubles, to have
their petty vices exposed for the public
amusement, his: name as an exclusive
gambler, a name he had fought long to
would be gone forever. So he refused to
pay out a cent. He. determined to sacrifice
himself on the altar of his W prestige,
50 that his customers might now hat
Dick Garfield would rather face ruin him;
self than see one of his patrons disgraced
Wy public court proceedings.
"The Bowling bill went through and
Immediately Mr.. Garfield sent his ennis
saries to see Jerome. He recalled the
offer made on the night of the raid and
might be aved now if Mr.. jerome would
renew that offer. Jerome was astonished,
to tell the truth. Garfield had led him such
a dance that he had expected a vigorous
fight even in face of the Bowling bill. For
Jerome to refuse meant anoth her fight to
the finish in court and out, while Garfield
would be at liberty to go as and~w here he
pleased.
jerome renewed his offer, coupled with
the demand that Garfield m furnish good
evidence for the return Of an indictment,
evidence which would stand the test Of trial
in case there should be the reputation Of
the arrangement. Garfield agreed, as did,
necessarily, his man Bucklin, who was only
anxious to save his bacon, that is, keep out
of Jail. He didn't mind a fine, for Garfield
had to pay that. But his employer. could
not serve out his term of imprisonment.
$50 Garfield sent to the Grand Jury two
Of his tru tod employees, Bruce and Clay-
ton, the one a faro dealer and the other a
doorkeerer. And on their evidence the
indictments we're promptly returned. to
which Garfield and Bucklin pleaded guilty,
and thev we're fined 81 ,0G0 each. The result
is shat if at any time the District Attorney
of Saratoga county can get evidence that
Garfield is running a gambling house there
Garfield is in the position Of a second Of
fende against the common gambling
statutes and cannot esca pc with a fine. He
A,v be sentenced 10 a term in Jail IL con-
.inted.
Such is the story of how Garfield and
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