The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-12

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7nd Taere John seiylI dlhul
3 Constable up executed N1rtaa|
70 search me French Lick Springs
premises. makes The l5ilo~lnr decisra
tom
The Tarrant came 10 hand july 8,
1925. and served as commanded BY
eaHIns 70 my aid Henry Russell.
Frank Polk o. l.. MGsris and Hura
Bass apd searched the within describ.
"a premises and found therein and
Seized and tcpk possession &. ani az,
liHerea to the within named Ianes A.
eillunl Justice 81 The peace, the fol:
lowiag . cEibed piopeFs Is
Nineteen slct mach six rcii.
iette tables tgo IIlopdixe a bles orie
faFo table two polter tables. one BOOK.
4 eae 81 poker chlps.
nd found n said sio machines
money - the amoii1t 81 S4s6.s2. sd of
which prcperty ana money leIiti bned
~ this EeitFl nave turned over to
.he sheriff 81 orange county. uhder
order soi jataes 4. liiillln, Justice 81
fhe peace ~
EXPENSES Of freight from french
Lick 70 Paoii and from car to court
house. $3.50. constables Tor itiyen,
torying and removing property from
French Lick TO Paoll etc. etc.
(signedJ John Al. s l5YERs. 4
Deputy Constable.
q lated this sixth day 81 Juiy. 1907.
John A. Salyers further testified in
court as follows
Ny man e IS John A. salyets, / res
side q laanlt. Ind was the town
marshal Of the town Of Paoli took.
one Or two search warrants, and WIN
liam N. BaggeriS constable took the.
other, and we proceeded to west Ba,
den and French Lick 70 serve them.
Question Where did you go7
Answer went to the French Liekl
Fotel company's clubhouse.
9 7,sscribe to the court wbat you
found tltere
Downstairs at the sinh nom i
found q number Of pnol and Billiard.
tables and q nilnber OF slot maShtnes.
what. fanS personal properly
mid y,u find upstairs!
AL found six roulette t.uilcs, two,
kfoRdite tables, one faro table, two.
10 cr tables. one bookmaref.s table.
and lone poker chips. ana found
stis,is money in said So. mschines
amounting to four hundred AMI eighty:
sig ah.iars ami thirty.two csnts
@.--What did you do with ssid al!
ticless
took POSSESSION Of them ana
ltnrnsd them over to the sherifl q:
o,7sssage county, under TIC srdtrs Of
JGprs 4 Gillum. j. r.
a. When Ola you take pcssessinn5
~ The articles described 10 your re-
iitFa.
y -it vas n July a, 4GGp3,t i t;iips
q = We're YOU ever TO the Nsys.st H..
de- Clubhouse tuat das2
les, sir
Whom dill you see .sefe
!.--i saw q number Of people thegt
s.'iisl, as G. DEW y1Iiy..sa Ehafitss
saa stable William sI Rsggeriy
se;,l oth9rs.
u = Where we're thew.
An the West Baden Club room.
near the hotel bnildins
g or may describe the furniture
4 cles YOU Say; In The clnbrooias
Al saw fifteen slot mach lines: fonri
:roaleste tables, one yiondlke table,
two faro tables, four poker tables, one
West Baden Club table, part Of keno
outat end two packages Of poker chips.
Q.-What was done With them2
NJ Constable Baggerly took posses.
sion Of them under the search war
rant ne held.
OF course Mr.. Kern, Tom Taggart's
legal tool appeared III defense Of Tom
Taggart and his gambling houses.
Here is a document in their defense
signed by MI. Kern.
Mr.. Kern went far beyond his duties
as an attorney and defended Tom rag.
CART in public and in the newspapers.
In the Indianapolis News OF July;
!, 1906. Mr.. Kern says: 'The state.
tients about MIR. Taggart and his busl.l
ness interests have been Unfair ami
outrageous. When the real facts are
known the maligners and slandereFs
win be the ones who win receive pub.
lie censure, In the meantime Mi.
Taggart VIII, ofscourse, remain chair.
man Of the Democratic National com.
mittee No man in public life has
been more untustiy assaulted than Mr..
Taggart. The newspapers nave per
sistentiy suppressed the truth and
inromulgated Al scandaions falsehonft&