Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-15
FOURTEEN HANDBOOK CASES
One More Indictment Said to Be Dc.
cided Upon.
So-CALLED BUCKET SHOP DEALS
Decisions Regarding Them Awaited
With Unusual Interest. Since Ac-
cused Men Call Business Legal.

| The months OF October and November
are expected to make much history In tho
crusade against gambling in the District
| OF Columbia. United States Attorney ID.
| W. Baker and Assistant United States At
| torney Harvey Given Will take up tho
! gambling cases now waiting trial before
| the District Supreme Court, sitting In
criminal term, ard Assistant United States
| Attorney Ralph Given. who is prosecuting
| attorney in the United States branch or
| the Police Court, expects TO take up the
handbook cases pending In that court In
| October. All the cases, 1t is planned. Will
be pushed along as rapidly as possible IN
! an endeavor to clear the calendar OF them
| early in the winter.
| Interest Centers in the trial of the hand
| book cases. on account OF the active cru-
| SADIE waged against the handbook evil in
| the District by The Star and by detectives
| working under instructions from the
| United States attorney. and these cases
| will largely be fought out in the United
| States branch of the Police Court. with
Judge Ivory G.. kimball on the bench.
|
uation of his avowed policy of sending
| to jail all persons convicted of making
| handbook on the races. For this reason.
| it Is expected, the cases will be hard
fought and considerable time will be
| taken I'D with each of the hearings.
| Fourteen Handbook Cases.
There are fourteen handbook cases now
pending in the local criminal courts. and
to-
| Police Court before jury. The defend
| ants in these cases are Edward Cochran.
Elijah w Johnson. Henry ]. Carroll, Rob
ert II. Dobbins, Timothy Sullivan. John
| Mcconnell Louis r. Pfeiffer, Bert Myers.
| George r. Pearson. Charles Goodacre Ar
| thur Langley, William f. Geiger, George
| Goodacre and Eugene Wilson.
| The cases Of George Goodacre and Eu-
| gene Wilson will probably be taken up
| In the Criminal Court, they are charged
! with the penitentiary offense of setting up
| a gaming table Goodacre has been In
| dicted by the grand jury. and 1t is planned
| to take up his case early in October. The
| witnesses in the charge against Wilson
! are also said to have been before the grand
| jury and told what they know Of Wilson's
| operations, and a return is expected In
| short time. Another case is also under
| stood to have gone before that body and
| they have made decision, IL is said, to
| return a true bill. But the defendant In
| the case has not been announced by the
| United States attorney, and is not ex-
| pected to be until the actual return Is
made. gre ----
| Prosecuting Attorney Ralph Given. since
| his return from his vacation this week,
! has been busy looking into the evidence
| obtained by, the detectives and porceme,t
| in the various handbook ,aaes how pend
| ing In that court and he Is working TO
get the evidence properly arranged to PR
sent II before jury. Some OF the WIT
| nesses are out of touch with the police,
| and trorts are being n ,de TO locate them
| he eN dence in each case is being care
| folly consider eG.. IN re III 'i,c Cases. it
| is understood additional information has
| reached the police. @E'"lr W. We further
| strength 20 The az; Ife:' Nat OF. ai'd
| that Is bang gathered H.: policemen Under
tie Iecton of the p'os' atiLS attcrney.
New Jury in October.
| Prosecuting Attorney Given announced
| yesterday that as soon as the jury Is OBJ
tanned in October he will take up the
| handbook cases and keep them on the
boards until they disposed of. While
| the pr.sent jury Is already sworn, it will
have served out ITS term at the close of
| this month Tnis will give only few
| court days for 1t 10 try cases; and most
| of those days will DC taken up with the
| disposition Of other casts. where the de-
| tendants are In jail awaiting a jury trial
anu wtcre further delay in the hearing OF
| tn. cases e,itailinR ,ohger Imprisonment.
| would mean hardship 10 the defendants.
| A NV Jury will be obtained early in Oc-
| tober. On the first Monday of the month.
| about thirty men will be summoned to the
| court, and will be questioned as to their
| qualifications to serve as jurors. 1t rarely
| happens that the full quota Of twenty-siN
| jurors is obtained the first day. and new
| panel of eligibles is summoned for one
| day later In the week Toward the clos,
| o; the week. 1t is eAL,cled the jury will
| be obtained ani :worH. md then the trial
| OF the handboJH "ases can proceed. This
| Jury will be at once il Il ated into the fea-
| lures Of the Ear1too'; Cases. and before
| their service {. over. which will be on De-
.ewber IL. they viii pio9abIy have hnished
| all the pending har Ghto& cases.
| Unled States Attorney Baker announced.
| when tho postponement of the Bradley
murder case was decided upon, that the
October sessions of the criminal courts
| were desired for the gambling cases. ana
| the Goo6acre and other cases involving
| charges Of setting up gaming table where
betting on the horse races WAS caiiieu oh'
| will be taken up.
Alleged Bucket-Shop Cases.
Another set of cases in which the decis-
ions will be more. far reaching are the
bucket-shop trials Already six local
ENTHUSIASTICALLY & Spence, Frank Kane.
| Allison C. Jenkins. and Wade g. Hedges
| have been indicted by the grand jury for
alleged bucket shops. and more indict-
| ments are expected to be returned In
short time. These cases Will be hotiy con-
4 tenaeu as the proprietors or these bioker-
| aSs Offices and their attorneys MAINTAIN
| that they are doing legi, mate business:
| which is not against the gambling Jaw. and
| they will try to convince the judge ana
| fury before whom the cases are tfIeu tidl
| their contention Is right.
! On the other hand District Attorney
Baker maintains that bucket shops cannot
| run I'm TIE District, and that they are
! rambling dens as much a poker den;
| and the UNFOLDING of his contention by the
| court will decide for the future whether
| the bucket shop business will be allowed
| IN the District of Columbia. The decision
| of these cases in the local courts VIII IN
| volye new local law, as the present cases
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