The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-05
Makes Tour of Gambling District to
Investigate Rumors Which
Have Been Growing
of Late.
LATER TO BURLINGTON
kesselring Went to Arrest Charles
Duncan For Wife Desertion-
Was Armed With a
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q IS Warr;'st.

Marshal Henry Kessesring has re-
newed his crusade against gambling
with increased vigor and it is limited
mat arrests may follow his investiga-
ZION made last evening in company
with Deputy Marshal Harrington. 1t
Is understood thtat one Of the
hotels of the city has fostered
gambling behind closed doors and the
city marshal has warned the manage
ment that it must discontinue.
Early Saturday evening the mar
shal in company with the deputy mar
shal made tour of the gambling dis
trlct He had learned during the past
week that gambling was secretly go
Ing on in several places, both public
and private, and resolved to give them
one more warning. The warning of
last night will probably serve to quiet
gambling in the city, at least during
the present administration of Marshal
Kesselring.
A special visit was made this
evening to the hotel in question and
the management warned to put stop
TO it. 1t is rumored that parties
have been occupying one of the
rooms and playing the game with reg
ularity.
Marshal to Burlington.
Following his tour of the gambling
district Marshal Kesselring departed
on the early evening train for Bur
| lingtOn. He has warrant for the ar
rest of Charles Duncan, charged with
wife desertion.
Duncan has a wife and three chill
dren in the city living on Bank street
depending upon him for support and
he has refused to return from Bur-
lington where he is working, or to
offer them assistance. The marshal
returned on the late train with his
man.
Upper Main Street Excitement.
There was plenty of heavy excite
Ement on upper Main street about 10:1E
O'Clock last evening and 1t looked fol
time as if the white men assembled
at the corner of Ninth street would
commence cleaning up the negroes
in that vicinity The trouble started
when two negroes without any provo
cation jumped at Jack Shorts and sen
him to the pavement. The negroes
,, escaped into the small lunch car be
tween Ninth and Tenth and ESCAPED
in the excitement which brough
several officers and finally the entir
night force to the scene The officer
first to arrive arrested several youn
fellows, but the negroes had escaped
The police were unable to grasp tn
situation in time to capture them an
r as result got the wrong men. A ser
ond call resulted in the entire nigh
force making a dash to Ninth an
Main in the patrol but no arrests wer
e made. When the two young fellow
!. we're arrested and brought to TIL
station they were followed by sever;
hundred people.
Whipped Young Girl.
Young Miss Fields, daughter
Frank Fields and step-daughter of j
seph johnson, the latter with who
she has been living at 11OS South Thi
teenth street, came to the police st
ton late last evening with Fran
Fields and reported that her ste
father had injured her severely
whipping her. and that she wou
swear out an information Monda
Deputy Marshal Harrington dispatc
ed several men to the house to ARE
him. The girls story was strenst
ened by large bump on her forehes
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