Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
IS INMATES OF
APEX CLUB HELD
IN HEAVY BAIL
PRISONERS CAUGHT IN RAID
ARRAIGNED
EVEN THOSE WHO ESCAPED RE-
TURN FOR HEARING
Considerable Evidence Missing, but
Officers Expect conviction-At.
torneys Ask and Are
Granted Delay

III FIFTEEN devotees of the great
american game of draw poker,
fascinating craps, roulette and the
other games that flourished in the
Apex club until the raid Sunday morn
ing cut them short, appeared in DO
lice court yesterday.
They were there despite the fact that
Eddie Morris, who chartered the club.
ordered the police to ''calI up A. c."
and intimated that they would be re-
leased by order that powerful official.
Even the three prisoners who deliber-
ately walked out Of the station and
escaped under the noses of the police.
apparently became conscience stricken
and returned to face the accusation
against them
Although considerable evidence in the
shape of poker chips and other such
devices whereby the unwary is parted
from his money is missing-the prison
ers having been so inconsiderate as to
dlspose of the stuff while they were
being herded by the police in the cor
r1dor of the central station-the officers
hope for a conviction.
Several complaints were filed against
the men. Some charged various al
legged gamblers with conducting a gam
bling game, and other complaints were
Tor dealing and participating in the
play.
Too Tough for Nevada
Among. the accused are four profess
sional gamblers who were considered
not fit citizens for the mining camps
of Nevada and were ordered to leave
even those towns where gambling is
carried on openly They are said to
have been driven from Salt Lake City
also, their methods being such as to
warrant the authorities in taking ac-
tion against them.
One Of the men arrested was identi-
fed by a detective, who saw the ac-
cused outside Of the court room, as be-
ing former convict.
All the men were released the morn
ing of their arrest under cash bail
The alleged dealers or keepers of the
game were set free under cash bonds
of $3.50 each while those charged with
being players were allowed their lib
erty after depositing $10O each cash.
When the men appeared in court yes
terday morning they were accom-
panied and represented by Attorney
Paul w. Schenck of the firm Of
Schenck, Pearson & Congdon. AS each
man answered to his name Attorney
Schenck asked for time to plead. He
was allowed until Wednesday.
Heavy Bail Demanded
The bail in the cases of Bert Spencer
Thomas Collins, Joe Connington and
J. E. Dixon, who are accused of be-
ing keepers of the games, was fixed at
$500 each, while the bail in the cases
of the others, who gave the names Of
James Henry, James Dunn, VIII
Rowatt, Thomas Creig, j. Dewitt, Ed
Franklin, Harry Douglas, Joe F'igueroa,
j. N. Wiley and George Henderson, was
Hvad conn paPb The mon 1Unrn re-
leased under bonds furnished by. ].
Manning and David Lewis, who con-
ducts the saloon over which the club
was located.
Spencer, Collins, Connington and
Dixon are said to be from Salt Lake
City, where they are alleged to have
conducted gambling games.
According to police records, Wiley
has been arrested several times before
for alleged violations of the law against
gambling.
Eddie Morris was not present dur
ing the arraignment of the men, al
though it is believed the men who
furnished the bonds were acting under
directions from him.
There appeared to be a division Of
opinion yesterday as to who had or
dered the raid. At the police station
it was asserted Captain Broadhead had
instructed his officers to invade the
club, while at the city hall some one
was heard to say that the order came
from Mayor Harper. The latter report
was not given general credence owing
to the fact that Eddie Morris demand
that the police "call up A. c." was
common knowledge, md also because
the city hall habitues had read in The
Herald an account of a mysterious
telephone communication between the
police station and somebody