The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-11
VESSEL FOR KITTY WHEN
ONE. ARM MAN PLAYED
Victim Lost $40 in Fake Club and Hierholzer and
Romer Must Go to Jail--GTeat Moral Victory, Great
Railroad Y NJ C. A. Secretary Declares

drew his salary. When he failed tc
return home his step-daughte- tele-
phoned to the Railroad i. NJ c. A
Secretary Thomas immediately got
busy. The player admitted that he
dropped his entire roll at the club"
and when complaint was made Hier.
ltolzer ana a man named Jones, who
somehow escaped arrest offered &c
return $50 If the case were dropped.
Instead of accepting this compromise
tho prosecution became more vigorous.
Club Not Exclusive.
No witnesses were put on the stand
for tho defense, although about .pu
corner loafers and club members were
in the court room during the trial.
i was not unlike the rough crowd
that had appeared there in former
gambling cases. Secretary Thomas,
Assistant Secretary T. Il. DAILY. and Of
ticers Holdcroft and WYE, were intro
duced by the Commonwealth. 1t was
brought out that the club had no fixed
rule or policy. Anybody could become
q member by the payment of 80 cents.
that small sum being taken from the
first stack Of chips purchased. The one
membership contract exhibited was
signed on Sunday. Harton testified
that while he was being separated
from his months wages the kitty"
was too small to be convenient. tho
house take OUT being dropped into
a vessel. He did not explain how
he shuftled the cards with one hand.
That. however. was not necessary, as
stud poker was the game.
Resented His Comparison.
In his argument Mr.. WendenburE
defended the reputation of the club.
His statement that it was not diff
ferent in It's nature from the West
moreland Club. except that It's member
ship was made up of artisans instead
of rich folk, brought n bitter denunci-
alton from Commemorative Attorney
T'olkes in his closing argument. Mr..
F'elkcs branded that Hierholzer place
as q den. The comparison, he said.
was unjust. When men play cards at
the Westmoreland they do not have
hole In the door, through which
guard watches for the police. nor ~
an officer present to give the loser
car fare to get to his home. He eN-
patiated on the fake system OF men,
bership--a system by which anybody
could join. provided he gave up 80
cents worth Of poker chips out of
his first stack.
According to MI. Thomas the club
made a specially of railroad employees,
Body snatchers" or runners were
sent out to bring them In On pay
DUETS, to which the employees were IN
vited
pollock Against All Cards.
In the course of his argument. Mr..
Pollock said he would rejoice when that
day came when not a single, pack of
cards or any gambling device could be
found on the face Of the earth. Reply
ing to some of the evidence Mr.. Wen
denberg said that inNthe ordinary work
or the "kitty,'' it would be necessary to
deal 900 hands to make that house pro-
duct earn $50. But stud poker is not
played like draw poker When the first
card is dealt 1t is huried--that Is,
its face Is concealed. The others are
exposed. Generally, a wager is made
after each card is exposed. and when
chip is put up the house nips the pot.
In this way, the house may take four
or five lifts from each hand. It Is the
swift poker, a fact to which Mr., Harton
can hear painful witness.