The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-17
CONVICTED AS A "VAG'
He APPEALS CASE
AN INTERESTING SIDE LIGHT
ON GAMBLING is BROUGHT
FORTH IN THE CASE

In police court yesterday Frank
Deneary was called upon TO answer
10 the charge OF being an idle and
dissolute person-that is, OF being le-
gally vagrant Deneary was ar
rested week ago on this charge OF
patrolman Linville and the matter
was postponed until his lawyer, c. ],
Curtis, should return to the city,
At the conclusion OF the case yes
terday Deneary was fined $40, with
the alternative of 20 days in Jail,
Notice of appeal was filed.
This is the second case that De-
neary will have in the circuit court,
for recently he was also found guilty
OF the same charge and then as now
his attorney appealed the case.
q have known the defendant for a
long time" testified Officer Linville,
Il have never known him to do any
work. He lives upon money given
him by woman"
is he married to this woman"
asked Attorney Curtis.
No; but he has wife and child in
San Francisco whom he has de-
serted"
The attorney didn't pursue this
line any further.
Hasn't he ever done any work
hasn't he some business Of private
nature" again queried the attorney.
"Yes," said the officer. "He has
private business in poker games. He
was in one last week"
DO you believe that poker games
are lawful" asked Mr.. Curtis, evil
IDENTIFY seeing some fun ahead.
The witness stated that he knew
poker games to be unlawful, and he
said this in decisive tone, but the
interesting question of what game
Deneary was in last week wasn't
gone into. This matter was suddenly
dropped.
Patrolman Houghton testified that
he had known Deneary for couple
OF years and that he had never
known him to do any honest work.
He knew that he lived in house of
questionable repute, and that he also
was gambler.
| The defense offered no testimony at
all. 1t is said that since Deneary was
arrested week ago he has been
working as bartender in one OF the
saloons at night in the redlight dis
trict. 1t was suggested yesterday
that as long as the cadets are merely
fined it is virtually impossible to rid
the town of them; giving them a
chance OF leaving town" simply un-
loads them upon neighboring cities
One man was "vagged" couple OF
| weeks ago and is now out in the
Nehalem Valley, which seems to be
a favorite place for some Of these
men when the fates are against them
and some day he'll come back to
town and start tending bar in some
! saloon it is said. Why the state law
cannot be invoked against them while
they remain in the county has not yet
been explained. A favorite way, too
is to have their cases appealed to the
| Circuit Court in the hope that some
thing will turn up to present loop
i.,.o1e for escape. 1t is said that there
| are III A5lOIld sun d hOLCD VI Iiloi y
men who never work, and who live
| off Of fallen women, and that there
are perhaps from 90 to 100 men here
who bleed these creatures in one way
or another. The whole subject is a
repulsive one, but thanks to the ener.
! gies of one or two of the police off
GERS in particular the conditions are
not at all as bad as formerly.
Yesterday it was suggested that
one way Of handling the cadets Of
the redlight district would be to i'm
pose Jail sentences when convicted
with no alternative of fine Then
in addition to this they could be plac-
| ed under the charge of the street
superintendent and set to work on
the streets.