The Cairo bulletin., 1910-09-30

! There were some interesting deve.-
| opments yesterday in connection
with the street carnival that was in
| Cairo last week. These develop
[nents came wnen ]. R. Anderson.
proprietor of the shows. came TO
answer to a charge brought against
| him before Justice Harmon, for vio-
lation of the city ordinances by g1r-
ing performances and conducting
games that are prohibited by law;
and they indicate that graft was
practiced by ex-Officer Casey, acting
| for Deputy Sheriff Gotthart, who had
| appointed !, him to act as a deputy
constable, for him.
Ii viii be remembered that the So
eial Purity League took some action
against one OF the shows in wnich., ii
was said, an indecent dance was the
main feature This attraction was
modified and was permitted to go
on; and the League officers declare
that they had no interest in the
shows beyond this. as this was tne
only feature concerning which strong
fconplaints had come to them.
But ii appears that Deputy Sheriff
Gotthart and his Deputy Constable,
Jim. Casey, took 1t upon themselves
to do a little business" on taeir
own account. Presuming to act as
an officer for the Social Purity
| League, Casey called at all the tents
where games of chance We're gong
| on and told them they would have to
stop business. These games were not
strictly speaking, of the class COW
cred by the law against gaming, be-
carse every one paying money for a
chance got something for his or her
Hloney-candy. fan, a bit Of jew
| eiry, or some trinket that repre-
scented value. But the officer or
tered them to stop and while sew
eral OF them did stop, others con.
| tinued business, which was subject
| OF much speculative comment at the
time, the general belief being that
those who conducted the games
which were allowed to continue had
paid the officer or officers something
for the privilege. Among these we're
the candy show. the Japanese stand,
the Notion wheel, and several others.
Affidavit Proves Graft.
That this slppositlon was true is
shown by the following affidavit from
one OF the men in charge OF one Of
these games, which was left at the
Bulletin office last night by Mr.. An
derson, proprietor of the shows, now
| at Humboldt. Tenn. where the shows
are located this week;
Humboldt, Tenn, Sept. Goth. 1910.
To whom It may concern:
I, the undersigned. do hereby of my
own free will solemnly swear that the
below statement I make is correct:
f did on Saturday evening, Septem-
Der Gath. 1910, in the City Of Cairo,
State of Illinois, pay to Mr.. Casey
Nine $4,000 and no 100 Dollars, for
which amount he agreed that the
Purity League would not in any way
modest, or have warrants, which he
said had been sworn out for the man
running the Japanese wheel, put into
execution He further stated to me
that the Japanese wheel would na
be molested in any way by the Purity
League of which he stated he was a
representative.
c. NJ. FREEMAN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Sept. goth, 1910.
]. c. ADAMS.
Notary Public.
Mr. Anderson's Statement.
j. r. Anderson. proprietor OF the.
shows, came to Cairo yesterday 20
answer the charge of conducting an
unlawful performance. the case hay
ing been continued in Justice Han
mons court. He called at the Bull
letin office to make a statement con-
corning the case. being urged to do
so by Capt. Greaney, OF Co. X, who
took proper interest in the matter
because the shows were given under
the auspices OF Co. X, which re-