The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-10
NAT GOODWIN
CHARGE IS FALSE
Macmillan Made Every Effort
to Meet Gambling obi
cations al Reno.
COL. S. A. KING GIVES FACTS
CASE CREATES SENTIMENT
AGAINST GAMBLING.

In the light Of ali the facts as they
are known today. Harry Macmillan Is
no 'weicher, as was charged by Nat
Goodwin. On the contrary. Il j. nov
known that he made every honorable
effort possible - meet his obligation In
Reno. and as result n his arrest and
release he stands higher IN the estima-
ton Of his business associates in Ne
vada than he did before
This IS the way Colonel sam A King
expressed himself last night on his re-
turn from Reno. after securing the dis
charge Of his client. who started al
once for Los Angeles, where he has q
large oil deal pending. II is charged
that Nat g Goodwin had much 10 do
with tire arrest and prosecution Of
Macmillan. The fact that the men we're
rivals for the hand Of Edna Goodrich
and the additional fact that Goodwin
blames MACMILLAN for raiding the stock
Of GoodWin's mining company and in
spring Miller. a former partner Of
GoOdwin's. TO push mis- suit against him,
all add 10 the interest OF the little
drama
Story is Interesting.
The story Of Macmillan's gambling
eseapade is interesting. Late I'm No
vembeT the young man went to Reno.
He gambied heavily at the Golden no
tel, owned BY Jim May and John No
Ian In a few days he lost 81 900 and
paid the bill. Dec. 7. just before start
ing for his home In Goldfeld. he en-
tered another game and before T.30 in
the evening dropped 8. IO9 For this he
gave a check on his Goldfeid bank. BY
this time he was drinE.s-g heavily. He
went TO the Palace, the big gambling
establishment OF Reno, where he was
introduced By Nolan. Here he lost So
300. and left the place sick and intOxi-
Gated. The proprietor Of the Palace
called at the hotel and demanded his
money. Macmillan explained that he
Old not know whether he had that much
TO his credit in mis- bank ia Goldfeld.
and suggested that ne give checks pay
able Dec. 20. This, he said. would give
him time 10 go home and make the nee
essary arrane ements If ne had not the
required amount in the bank. This was
agreed TO-
Short on Deposits.
r. Goi5held. Macmillan found that he
had not sufficient funds to cover the
two checks. To make matters worse.
the bank officials informed him that
they had cut out all overdrafts and
were making few loans. Then the young
man sent his attorney, Carney, to Reno
10 give pFomissoT1 notes in exchange
Tor the checks This was not acceptable. 1
Steps were taken TO prosecute The old
district attorney would do nothing. but
as soon as the new attorney took Office.
Jan. :. he issued an execution. Mac
milan was arrested - TOnOpah The
attorney he secured IL Tonopah to de-
fend him failed him. and he wired the
leading Law firm in Reno. only to find
its members tied uD.
His meeting with Colonel King was
accidental King was in TOnOpah at
the time on business Of his own. The
men mad known each other here. They
met on the train. The upshOt Of IL was
that Colonies King went with NaemiI-
ian to Reno, demanded an immediate
nearing Of the case. showed by the
eisarest possible evidence that there
was no intent TO commit fraud. showed
by the banker in GOldfield that Mac
milan had kept four big accounts there /
and that he had been permitted to over |
draw his account time and again. and
that he had not been notified at the |
'iine the checks were drawn that he !
could not overdraw his account In |
snort. II was shown that there had been
no public offense, that there had been
no attempt at fraud, and that Macmil- ]
ian had done all in his power to meet
his ooligations- He was released. and
was warmly congratulated by his
friends IN all parts of the state. who I
clearly saw the malice back of the pros /
ecution
One good result viii follow the ex-
posure OF this gambling escapade. in the
opinion OF Colonel King This is dras- 4
TIC legislation against gambling. Sen
ument in Nevada has been worked to a 4
high pitch by this and other exposures
ana effective anti-gsmbling legislation 1
Is practically certain To follow.