The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-23
MONEY MAY SAVE
GAMBLING WOMEN
Society Danes Caught at Mar
ragansett Invoke Aid of
Golden Pull"
WITNESSES BECOMING
SCARCER AND SCARCER
Suddenly Disappear While Prin-
cipals Are Fighting to Give
Them Time to Get
Away.
PIER, Aug. "a

NARRAGANSETT PIER, Aug. %.
Money and political influence
threaten to-day to thwart the plan OF
Constable John C. Cross and the re-
form party to expose the prominent
society men and women who were
trapped In a sensational raid on the
Narragansett Club several weeks ago,
Through persistent delay. William
e. Arnold. better known az Doc,
who has employed former Governor
Higgins as his attorney, hopes to es-
cape trial on an indictment charging
him with maintaining gambling
house at the club until every possible
witness OF social standing who could
testify against him has escaped from
the Jurisdiction OF the court.
Since Higgins was retained the
gambling element has become so con-
fident that II was reported to-day that
the gambling club would reopen soon.
When Cross heard OF this. he went
straight to Arnold and said:
III you reopen the club Will --
raid II again. and this time there
will be something doing. You
won't get your tables out the way
you did last time, because l and
my men will smash them before
we do anything else. You fellows
are through with your gambling
house In this place, and tire SOON
err you understand that the better
IL win be for you all"
society Women CONFIDENT
The constable and his allies. prin-
eipaiiy James g. Y. WINS, son Of Will
liam NJ, Ivina. are leaving no stone
s.A cht
but they find themselves thwarted Mt
every turn. At the Casino and the
other places where the fashionables
gather to talk over things there is
much more confidence than there was
week ago. This 10 said TO be due
In a large measure to the fact that
Higgins has come into the case. Hlg-
gins is one Of the abiest lawyers In
the State. and also has great political
influence. Since he took hold. every
thing has frightened up and the 30
ciety women who are hiding their
real identities behind such names a.
Mary Jones'" Annie Smith," Lucy
Brown" etc. have taken courage and
are quite cheerful again.
The program that has been ar
ranged by those interested In the club
and In the women who were caught
there. and whore real names have not
yet been made public. tn one of per-
sistent delay, They have already be-
gun these tactics and have been sue
cessful az far IS they have gone. IL
they can keep IL up until the latter
part OF next month. about every ma
seriai witness will have left here and
Arnold can then come forward and
offer to stand trta.. An acquittal
would almost surely follow. it Is be-
Iieved. as none OF the natives would
ever testify against the club or any
one associated with u. The aucceEe
Of these tactics so far has been due
more 10 the desire Of those in high
places TO protect the society women
Involved than to help out Arnold.
Fighting for Time.
I'VE feel that tho other side Ia try
Ing In every possible way to delay
things" said young WINS to-day.
They have seixed on every little tech
to gain time. Their demurrer
Is based on the claim that there are
laws In the indictment. We don't
think there are any. but If the demur-
rer should be sustained we would be-
N a bad hole, an we have NO right Of
appeal.
I'VE will institute 4 new action at
,nce II this happens, but that. again,
nakes the delay that we are fighting
20 avoid. IL these delays continue there
xon't be anybody left at the pier who
vas in the Narragansett Club at the
lime OF the raid. Even IL We win out,
Ne will have 10 spend about two weeks
getting our witnesses together We
Snow who they are. and they know
We know. and II 10 going to be hard
% keep them in one spot until we can
serve them all.
'.We are not professional reformers
4 these rich people want to gamble,
ct them gamble in their homas-not
q public establishment right
n our village. If We are 10 have q
'ich mans gambling house. then We
,annot prevent having a poor mana
house, and II Ia institutions
ike the latter which have kept the
natives here broke for years. While
poverty isn't q crime, it's a biz In
.entive to II, and we concluded that
hinge had gone about far enough.
Now that we are in It we propose
% continue to the end, and We will
,ress our case, no matter who 1t hits
And we viii raid again and again.
very time We know that gambling is
roing on. In the end think we WIN
lean up the place in pretty good
hape.'
Mir. Ivins' attention was called to
he fact that several small gambling
louses are stili said to be operating
lere.
II don't doubt but that it's true"
10 said. We cannot do everything
L once. When Ne have disposed 81
he present case We viii 20 after the
theirs, you may be sure
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