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

Assistant City Attorney DAILY 0mita
Important Evidence in Gam
bling Case.
DETECTIVE SHANNON ADMITS
He WARNED WILSON.

With blare of trumpets Assistant
City Attorney P. J. DAILY yesterday
summoned four members OF The Herald
staff to testify against NJ. II. Wilson.
proprietor OF the Montana club, who Is
accused Of running gambling house.
Mr.. DAILY put only three members OF
the staff on the stand; he knew that
the one whom he failed TO call was the
only Herald man who had personal
knowledge Of gambling being conducted
/ in wilson's place. Chief of Police
George A. Sheets knew the same thing
Aside from Mr.. Days failure to call
the one man on The Herald who could
have given the desired Information. the
feature Of the case was the admission
OF Detective Richard L. Shannon on
the witness stand that he had informed
Wilson on the afternoon preceding ths
raid, and after the exposure IN The
police to raid him, showing that Wilson
had fulF advance knowledge that a.
movement was to be made on his place
| The result was that there was Httla
doing when the police arrived.
Numerous witnesses were called by
both sides yesterday afternoon, and ab
5 o'clock the trial Of the case was con-
tinued until 2 o'clock this afternoon
| Comment by spectators generally was
that Mr.. DAILY betrayed no great arlx-
! iety to secure a conviction.
RaieIgh Tells of Raid.
Detective George r. Raleigh was the
first witness. He testified to the facts
/ connected with the raid Of WILSON,
place last Tuesday night Asked what
Wilson was doing when he entered the
place, Mr. Raleigh replied:
He was sitting in a game Of cards.
Chips and cards were on the table.
Mr.. Raleigh said, and three or four
were engaged in playing. He described
the premises, saying that the door from
Second South street led into a small
room or entrance. The door leading
from this place to the inside was locked.
There was an electric push button
there, and q small aperature in the door
through which man on the inside
could look. The door was opened BY
some one when Raleigh rang the bell.
he testified. About twenty persons
were inside. Some were standing
around, he said, and some we're play
ing cards
what relation does this defendant
bear to this. place." asked Mr.. DAILY.
HE told me q few days before that
he had rented it," said Mr. Raleigh
He is the proprietor.
Shannon Tipped 1t Off"
Detective Richard L. shannon dis
! closed LIdL ne Hc1Q WdIllEQt SfA4oOAi III
advance that he would be raided. After
testifying that he had known Wilson
about eight months. he ted Of con-
versation he had had with Wilson the
afternoon preceding the raid
Il told him there was gambling going
on in his place, said Shannon, naively,
"and that it would have TO stop; that
IL it didn't we'd raid him. he said all
right; that he'd stop it"
On ross-examination Shannon was
asked if he had not stopped Wilson.
and asked him what was going on IN
the club rooms. He denied that, but
admitted telling Wilson that, if It be-
came necessary for the police 70 raid
him, it would cost him S30U. He denied
saying that it would cost every other
man caught in the raid 500.
Didn't he tell you there was no gam
bling going on UP there?" asked judge
NJ NJ Warner of counsel for the de-
Tense.
mo; he practically admitted to me-
that there was gambling" replied Shan
Saw Money Change Hands.
officer Howard Wilson was called. He
said that on the afternoon preceding
the raid ne had been in the place and
saw money change hands in slough
game There was an old faro table In
the room. partially covered with papers
md q. table cloth.
2 Was there a layout on this faro
table -" was asked.
"No; except that the cards were
painted OF it. They Ie always painted
, en- faro table"
! A litter went around the court room
at the detectives ignorance of the ma
ture Of a faro layout. and tten he went
on tn testify that the SATURDAY night
before the raid he haj been in the
place and saw a std poker game belng
played The defendant was there.
"Do you know as much about stud
poker as you do about faro?" asked
} Judge Warner. and there was another
2 litter. The witness said he did; that
he had played stud poker.
You saw. nothing that time that
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