Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-26

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his contentious.
The arguments will probably not be
concluded until late this afternoon.
Is Ticket Scalper.
Yesterday afternoon the hearing
was devoted entirely to the testimony
for the prosecution. Mr.. Goodman
was on the stand the greater part of
the afternoon, and he related, in the
manner of one who has carefully pre-,
pared his words, the story of the ar
rangements for the fight, the betting,
the fight itself, and the later events
which led up to the proceedings in the
court here.
Goodman was formerly in the real
estate business in Chicago, he says,
and for two years has been engaged
in ticket scalping He says he Dor
rowed $4,000 from a friend in Chi
cago, representing 10 his friend that
he wanted to close a real estate deal
out of town. He received a certified
check for $4,000.
He tells that Maxwell, who is as
sumed TO be Gully Flanagan, pro
vided the money for Goodman to dc
the preliminary betting, and that So,
600 was posted on the challenge for
bout between German and Kauf
man, the two fighters. Then an agree
ment was signed by which the parties
absolutely agreed not to resort to law
i'll case of loss, and another forfeit OF
$4,000 was placed on this agreement
Wanted to ..SI<in" Roll.
About this time Goodman began to
get cold feet" and he suggested that
as gamblers never counted money
under those conditions according to a
tradition he had heard, that he and
the secretary slip $500 from each
of the four rolls, thus making UP the
$4,000 which Goodman had staked
This suggestion was fatty refused.
1t was not until an agreement tc
rematch the men had been signed thai
Goodman became suspicious that the
fight had been fake, and that he had
been trimmed He had supposed til
then that German had really been
knocked out.
Threatened with Arrest
On returning to Chicago Mr.. Good
man was Threatened with arrest BY
the man who supplied him with the
$2,000--at least he admitted telling
this to WE'LL. He claims that WE'LL ther
offered to get the $4,000 for him from
a friend of his. lawyer, in order that
Goodman might not become involved
in difficulties with the owner of tn,
money which Goodman had lost.
Goodman admitted Offering to take
no steps against WE'LL if the latter
would pay him $500, and that later the
amount demanded for exemption from
prosecution was made $500, but We'll
| declined to pay the $500.
He told of receiving a letter from
John Looney, asking that he com,
down to Rock Island and swear GU
warrants in the case. Asked if Loone,
paid the expenses entailed in lookin.
up the case here. Mr.. Goodman, witt
something of a sigh replied, mo, bu
| wish he would"
Paid Whole Bill.
| 1t was shown by the different wit
nesses as well as by Mr. Goodman
own statements that he paid the Ell
| tire personal expenses while here TO
the fight. He paid the carfare, tn
hotel bill, and the other little az
counts.
| George Brown, e. ]. Simpson, Cor
! ductor Gerlach, Joseph Hayes and +
E. Cook, who run on the Watch Towe
and Center station street cars, wer
put on the stand to testify as t
whether they saw the men going t
and from the Tower the night tn
fight was pulled off. Nearly all recos
nized Goodman, but none knew c
II Veil
II 0. w. Boughton. barber at Scar
said he saw them all. and recognize
William Hayes, Gully Flanagan an
Bob Clarke among the crowd He II
membered Goodman and WE'LL as ha-
ing been with the crowd. Chief Eel
hart, who went to dinner on the ca
which the men took for the Towe
was called as a witness, and told
seeing the men.
Tells of Interview.
II The city editor of The Argus WI
summoned to tell whether, in his i
terview with WE'LL in the county ia
the day before, the prisoner had i
formed The Argus representative
a visit paid by WE'LL to Rock Islar
in February. The evidence was u
important, and the point had bee
fully covered so that it was not a
parent just why the newspaper m;
had been called to testify.
II George Heuckstead of the Peopl
National bank testified as to the bal
transactions in connection with Il
affair, made by Goodman and t
II others. r. G.. Willerton, clerk at t
II Harper house, testified as to entri
on the hotel register. The signatur
: OF Goodman, WE'LL and Kaufman we
: presented as evidence, and Mr.. Wilt