Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-01
MORE EVIDENCE IN
i GAMBLING CASE
Guard Lampert FeiRns Ignorance OF
Gambling but Describes Parapher-
MALTA of Elephant Dive.

OGDEN, Sept. III. A. IAmpert,
guard of the stairs for the Elephant
saloon and gambling dive, was the
day In the case of the city against
J. r. and f. A. Smith, charged with
conducting a gambling house. Witness
stated that he had received orders
from his employers to keep out menu
bers OF the ogden Bctterment league
and all other undesirable persons,
though II could not be definitely learn
ed from whom these orders were re-
ceived. CITY Attorney ]. II DeNine had
witness give detailed description OF
the various tables and other furni-
ture in the gambling hall and under
considerable pressure Lampert told OF
faro tables roulette wheels, crap
ableS, card tables, and every con-
: ceivable gambling device known 10
the profession and yet witness hrmly
maintained that he knew nothing OF
their use Probably the fact that his
employer sat facing him during the
entire examination had something TO
do with his repeated denials Of "A
( knowledge OF the business which he
admits he has been guarding for more
than a year and which the city at
torney yesterday intimated had once
uttn tnc OttuDdllUI VI NAA' Ni'AN1''
Lampert voluntarily stated that he
vas ashamed to confess that his years
Of experience "a an officer had not
given him a knowledge OF gambling
devices and their uses There was no
cross-examination
Captain G. &. Brown testified To the
general reputation of the Smith house
during the past three or more years
and stated that Il had always been
known as gambling house Mr.
Brown stated that on the night or
the raid. Aug. ! 1, he In company with
Chief r. r.. Browning. Detective j. +.
Ponder. and Officers Paine and Pin
cock. together with several special
officers OF tho Betterment league,
went to tho Elephant house with
warrant for the arrest Of the smiths
and on finding the door to the gam
bling house locked. had started to
break I'm bv force when somebody in
side opened the place for them.
Captain Brown denied published
statement purported to have been
made by the Rev y. $. Elderkin to
the effect that the gambling para
phernalia had been returned shortly
after the raid. Mr. Brown also testi-
fed 10 giving n. A. Smith receipt
for several hundred dollars which
vas taken from the gambling house
during the raid. This was given only
on the demand OF John Smith.
James Drysdsle. one Of the Better
lnent leagues special officers, testi-
fed to having entered the house in
company with two others short time
previous to the raid and OF having
seen gambling I'm full swing
r. Burkee. who was arrested on the
charge OF gambling, testified under
much pressure to- having seen gam
bling and of having won and lost money
I'm the Smith house. However, The city
attorney had n very difficult time to
ret any very tangible statement from
this witness
At the afternoon session II. c.
Longworthy. a barber testified to hav-
ing gam bling and to having seen gam
bling in the Elephant house for some
months though no definite dates were
given,
An adjournment was taken till FRI
day morning.