Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-27

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lie gambling was stopped in Pine
Bluff. He had all of his paranher-
MALTA stored in the rooms, some of #
Grated, and often went there and en-
joyed nap on a lounge. There is a
small table, desk, wardrobe, several
chairs and few cuspidores in the
room, and some old poker chips.
When asked if the wardrobe was not
for men to hang their coats. witness
asked District Attorney Nixon if he
had not hung your coat there Of
ten Mr. Nixon admitted that some
years ago he used to hang HID his coat
there and the spectators laughed.
Mr. Nixon asked the witness why he
stored everything except the poker
chips away, and was told that the
chips were kept in the desk in the
room. Witness said drinks might
have been brought up via the dumb
waiter route, and did not know how
many times they had played pitch or
poker there. Witness was instruct
ed to answer all questions. when
Nixon declared that he was trying to
evade answers. Witness admitted
that there was an electric bell. con-
meeting the saloon with the ROOM but
said that it had not been used for
two years. The wires are cut. said
witness, and transferred to billiard
hall nearby
! Witness said he never rented the
rooms above the saloon for gambling
purposes, but was permitted to store
his paraphernalia there with the un-
derstanding that there should be no
gambling This was the instruction
given him by Mr.. Senyard Cross tes-
titled that when his paraphernalia
was burned several months ago City
Attorney Sorrells told him he would
burn his stuff if he did not give him
some evidence against a former police
chief. At the time the paraphernalia
said, he was out of the city and had
not been here for five or six months.
Chief of Police Parnell and Patrol
man Warren Williams, who made the
raid, told of how it was carried out.
Chief Parnell said he knew Mr. Sen
yard was out of the city at the time
and said that before his departure for
Colorado, Mr.. Senvard told him that
he did not want any gambling on his
premises and told the chief that if he
heard of any to go to his saloon, get
the key and raid the game. if it was
in any of the rooms above the place.
Chief Parnell said he saw drinks i'll
the room when he entered. Warren
Williams testimony was along the
same line as that of Chief Parnell.
Former Chief of Police Stanley and
City Detective w A. Branson testified
that they had often tried to find a
game in the Senyard Hicks building,
but although they visited the place
frequently in past months, they never
, found a game there They said that
they would have arrested gamblers
there if they had come across them.
Will Belzner one of the proprietors,
testified that he did not know who
had charge of the upstairs, that he and
Mr.. Senyard only rented the lower
floor. He said he was behind the bar
at his place only one hour each day, to
relieve the bartender, but was there
all the time. He says he never sent
:. any drinks up stairs. If they were
sent there, he said, they were sold
without his knowledge. He was quest
toned about back stairway, leading
j. into the building, and said that as far
as he knew the stairs have not been
used for some months.
g Mr.. Senyard stated on the witness
O stand that only the lower floor OF the
O building was rented and that to the sa-
e loon firm. He was in Manitou, Col,
when the raid took place. When ne
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! left the city he says there were no
=. tables or any other gambling para
n phernalia in the room where the raid
h took place There were some old
q gambling paraphernalia stored in the
rooms in the rear of the building, bu'
n they we're Grated and were not ready
4 for use. He wanted no gambling on
:. the nremises. he said, and he told
n Cross that there should be none "hei
~ he was in the city or out of town. VIII
q ness also related what he had told the
~ chief before his departure from the
4 CITY. Mr.. senyard said he has not peer
u in the city but few months this year
: and while he was here he gave MS sd
loon business little attention, as NE