Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-08-29
A TALE OF THE
AMERICAN GAME
Told in Restaurant it Ends in Ar
rest For Gambling.

N. e. Brady, owner OF the sOloon
on the corner OF Sherman and Third
streets, in the new Welsh building.
was arrested this afternoon on the
charge OF allowing gambling to be
conducted in his place OF business.
The warrant was issued out OF the
court Of Judge Blixt, and was pre-
ferred by the prosecuting attorney
himself. Brady. Immediately after
being arrested by Captain Roper.
made his appearance in court, and
asked that his case be continued
over until later In the day and that
bond for his appearance be hxed.
Judge Blixt fixed the bond at 5000.
which Brady put up In cash and the
case was continued over until s
O'Clock this evening.
The Offense is alleged in the COM
plant to have been committed on the
27th day Of August, and charges that
the defendant knowingly and wilful-
ly permitted games OF cards to be
played in his establishment for
money. The game Is said to have been
played in the evening, and an anus
ing story Is told Of how a newcomer
to the city unconsciously furnished
the public prosecutor with the evil
dence upon which It IL said he ex-
poets to secure conviction In the
case. As the story goes. this new
conner was seated In a restaurant
one evening. together with q num-
Der of acquaintance he had made
in the city, eating his dinner, when
Prosecuting Attorney Potts came in
and sat down at the same table. All
we're we'll acquainted. save the prose-
cutor and the newcomer, and the
conversation drifted, as II does on
occasions like these, from one thing
to another, and then II commenced
to lag. The newcomer concluded
that It was time for him to revive
II with the marathon OF some Of his
experiences In the city since his ar
rival. He commenced with the
statement that the town was rather
lonesome. and then narrated how, 10
while away the time, he had wended
his way into Brad's place, and there
saw a game Of poker In full progress.
The prosecutor Immediately eyineed
an interest in the conversation. and
friend OF the newcomer kicked his
foot under the table and secured his
attention, and gave him, as the boys
say, the wink" but while II inter
rupted him II did not stop him.
He had secured an interested listener
in the public prosecutor end he again
took up his story. There we're
players about the tables" he said,
money on the table. and the game
played was the famous and well
known American gambling game call
ed stud poker Again the friend
gave him q kick, this time vicious
kick, but II only served to interrupt.
and he continued his narration Of the
story. "It was lonesome" he said.
land the game looked interesting. s.
and he had thrown across the green
cloth a silver dollar and received In
exchange a stack Of eolored chips
had Joined the players and when he
cashed In instead Of one stack II
was seven. and he concluded by con-
graduating himself upon his success
as q gamester. The prosecuting at
torney himself then conducted an
investigation Of his own-learned
the name Of the owner Of the saloon,
and the name of the young man who
had 30 Interestingly told Of his ex-
perience, and then commenced lay
ing the basis for a criminal com
plant. While the newcomer had In
tended nothing more than to bridge
over q lull In conversation at the
restaurant table, he had unconscious
ly furnished the prosecutor with In
formation upon which to base an In
dIetment against the saloon prOprie'
tor. and Il Is this story that the de
PENDANT will have to explain when
: the case come up for trial. Whether
: arrests OF the others involved direct.
ly or indirectly in the game win b
) made. Il 10 said. has not yet been de
eided.
: Gambling under the Idaho law Il
: a mIsdemeanOr and Is punishable b.
: q fine OF not less than 5000. or b.
> imprisonment In the county Jail fol