Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
FAVORS JAIL SENTENCES
Unmistakably on Record Against
Fines as Punishment.
MERELY A LICENSE, HE SAYS
Believes Imprisonment Of Offenders Is
the Only Way to Break Up
Gambling In District.

When the men accused OF oper-
ating handbooks on the races are
called to the bar in the United
States branch of the Police Court
they will find Judge Ivory G. Kim
ball on the bench, and the chances
are they will remember that the
magistrate said when the anti
gambling crusade was at its
height:
MY policy, as announced from
the bench on more than one occa-
sion, has been to send persons con-
victed of making handbooks on the
races to Jail, and have not
changed my mind or policy up to
the present time. That policy l
have carried out in all handbook
cases which have been brought be-
fore me, and announce now that
when the evidence is strong enough
to convict the defendants shall
most certainly give the bookmaker
a Jail sentence. A fine is merely
license fee for those men whether
they be hackers or runners"
1t was announced yesterday afternoon
that in accordance with custom Judge
Mullowny, who is now disposing of bus-
ness in the United States branch of the
court will tomorrow exchange benches
with Judge Kimball, who for a year has
been presiding over the District branch.
Among the first important cases to engage
the attention of Judge Kimball will be
those of the men accused of making hand
books in defiance of section $50 of the code.
Ralph Given, assistant district attorney,
has made great progress in the preparation
of the governments side of the cases and
expects to be ready for the first one by
October To-
Those Who Are Accused
Those who will be called before the bar
are harles P. Goodacre, Henry ]. Carroll
Robert II. Dobbins, Edward A. Green,
Elijah w. johnson, Timothy Sullivan, John
Mcconnell, Arthur Langley, George R.
Pearson, Samuel Emory, alias Bert Myers;
Edward Cochran, Louis r. Pfeiffer and
William F. Geiger.
Two or three growing out of The
Stars campaign of publicity will mot be
called in the Police Court for the reason
that the graver charge of setting up gam
ing tables has been made and grand jury
indictments have been secured. One case
has been heard in the Police Court and dis
missed for lack of sufficient evidence to
convict.
Judge Kimball yesterday afternoon told
a Star reporter that he was still convinced
that the cSly way to break up the hand
book business in the District is to send the
bookmakers to jail. Take my report to
the President when the work of suppressing
the handbooks was first inaugurated,"
said the judge, "and you will see where 1
stated strongly and am on record as say
ing that the only way to break up the hand
book evil is by the imposition of jail SEN
tences.
New List for Jury.
The list of men summoned to appear in
the United States branch Of the Police
Court tomorrow morning in order to COM
plete the two juries in the coul- for the
three fall months was made public today.
The deputies of United States Marshal Au-
lick Palmer have stated in numerous in
stances that men drawn cannot be found,
and out of the entire list only nineteen men
have been summoned for examination as to
their fitness for jury duty. AS twenty-four
men required for the two jures it Is
beneved that Judge kimball will order ad-
ditional panels summoned at once
In the list of residents summoned by Mar
shall Palmer are leading business men of
the city, which Is stated to be a source OF
much qualification TO the prosecutors of the
handbook cases The list includes:
William r. Hunt, S31 AZ street southwest;
Peter ID. Everett, 3411 Holmead avenue:
William +. Hummer, 1910 Massachusetts
avenue northeast; Charles II. Mayors, Al
Randolph street; Fulton r. Gordon 1911 u
street; William II. Limeback, 9Th and G
streets southwest; E. Waleott Tuckerman,
the onnecticut; Robert E. Bradley, l4lS F
street northwest; Joseph F. Weber 631
Pennsylvania avende northwest: Benjamin
Casey. 41S Jackson, street Anacostia; Ar
thur Copeland. 400 11th street northwest; !;
Maurice p. Finley 1921 " street northwest
William L. Rfggles, 1924 Georgia avenue