The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
GAMBLING CASES TO
Be BITTERLY FOUGHT
First of Prosecutions Resulting
From Recent Wholesale
Raid Is Begun.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune
OGDEN, Aug. 23.-With every prospect
OF long drawn-out hearing which will
lengthen from weeks to months. II the
progress made today Is taken as a cri-
terion. the trial OF the first OF the gam
bling cases growing out OF the spectacu-
lar raid made ten days ago was begun
before Judge J, D. Murphy OF the city
court this morning. The men who were
placed on trial are all alleged employees
OF the Turf gambling house. and gave
their names as ], c. Watt, John Doe
Johnson and Richard Roe Tyree. They
were represented In court by Attorneys
a. G. Horn and 7. D johnson, while
James De Vine, city attorney. appeared
for the prosecution. Other cases which
VIII be heard after those now on trial
are disposed of, are those Of owners.
dealers and employees arrested at the
same time OF the personally conducted
raid OF the Betterment league. These
number about dozen and represent the
ST, Louis gambling house and the Ele-
phant gambling house,
City Detective James F. Pender Mayor
William Glasmann, the Rev Noble
Strong Elderkln of the Congregational
church. Heber Scowcroft, H. L. Griffin.
the last three named mempers OF the
Ogden Betterment league, were the Wit
nesses called by the city during the
day.
That the gambling cases are to be
hard fought throughout was indicated
by the line of questioning began today.
The testimony OF the Rev. MIR. Elderkin
was the most interesting. he being re-
garded as the star witness FOR the city.
Hc declared that he haG seen money
and chips on the gaming tables in the
Turf when he. with the mayor and others.
actual raid was made. The money con-
sisted OF seventy-five cents. which was
laid upon one of the cards at the
Horn as TO how he knew the money was
being gambled the witness sarcastically
replied II do not know II; IT may have
been just given to the man running the
MIR Elderkin was asked IL he had in
terestcd himself In the nght against the
gamblers FOR the purpose of making po-
ltical capital out OF il when lie left Og-
den TO take charge of a church in Kan
sas This he denied He admitted that
he had been Informed OF certain condi-
tions which were prevalent recently ny
which certain unknown parties had been
using the basement of his church for un-
lawful purposes and that after taking
up the matter with the proper authori-
ties the nuisance was abated.
Have you made any fight against sun
day theatcrs In which your friend. MIR.
Scowcroft, is Interested" inquired At
torney Horn.
tanned by the court. and the witness did
not answer. The minister denied that
he had ever gambled at houses in New
Mexico and Colorado during the years
1901 and 1902. when he was there for his
health. although he admitted that he had
visited such places.
Mayor Glasmann was called TO the
witness stand 10 tell what he knew about
the raid the money on the tables and
TO identity the defendants. The mayor
appeared to know nothing. or IT may have
been the attack of "cold feet OF which
ne was recently accused. RIO did not
know what the gambling house looked
like, couldn't describe the tables. but ow-
ing 10 an experience. the narrowing de-
tails being spared the court. ne oid re-
menher what n faro table looked Ike
from observations made In Montana some
forty years ago.
Other Witnesses were called 10 prove
,,,f,,o,. dctoiIq and TO corroborate Mr.
FlderlSin's testimony. The case VIII
again be taken UP tomorrow morning,