The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-13
WHITTINGTON
 0N THE STAND
DEPUTY T-f77ea765E Ee t9TOR HAuLs CANDIDATE INTO COURT UNI
 DER GAMING INQUIRY.
Wilmington Answers That He Has N. Personal Knowledge Of Gaming, But Believes ft ts la 9f,ro-
 gress.

An echo of inc Mt Ida oreniua of the campaign for pr)Seeuuas ft eorney, wherein George F. Wattin& ton. one of the candidates. cEarsc3 openly that gaming was in progress here under the j B Wood llr iuis- trauca. was sounded in Jusuca A- ford's court yesterday afternoon when Deputy Prosecutor Wood mad Whit tineton in court as witness in & gaming case against William SIan- non At The conclusion el The ia- quiry Wood requestrt4 tt-4e- tt-4e- court -0 dismiss the ease against Saanaon
 Wilmington yesterday morning an- thorized the following statement # was prepared to leave for the coun- try to continue my campaign for pros ecusing attorney Monday morning, when Sunday night was rei4D' cned by Sheriff Hale and summoned to he in Justice Affords court Monday morning at 70 o'clock Of course that delayed my departure for the 2onn- try
 "At 9 o'clock wer. to see JusJ'He Afford and asked him what case ne had for 10 o'clock. and he replied he had ,none then asked him -Ftat case he had me summoned as pros ecuting witness in, and he said none that he knew of Later I learned that my name had been placed as the only prosecuting wftneTs in case whereia information had been flied against William shannon for permitting gaming on the premises of the Kentucky club on or ahout February ,. also learned the case was set for o'ciock n the after noon"
 Yesterday afternoon at o'clock Deputy Scott Wood called case of the state ys William shannon, aad asked Wilmington to take the stand as the prosecuting witness.
 Attorney HafI was present repre- senung William shannon Two ste nosraphers took the report. Sheriff Hale and Deputy Holloway were pres ent formal plea of not guilty was made to the charge
 Deputy Scott Wood then asked Mir Wilmington the usual preliminary ! questions and
 Do you know of any gaming on the i premises of the Kentucky club on or about February 5?'
 Mr Wilmington answered that he was at Mt Ida on February :.
 The question was then pursued as to other dates near that and Mr. ! Wilmington said Of his owu personal knowledge he dtd not know of gaming there, as he had no. visited the club rooms
 ] Wood then asked if he could tur nish the names of any who did know taat gaming was s1 progress there and ludge Hutt ujerposed objection that the witness should mot answer from hearsay evidence
 Wilmington relused to give auy hearsay evidence in case wherein & particular case was on trial and referred to the proceean4s not bee ins an inquisitoral one bu a dt rect charge against an indigjduaI
 II became apparent tha. Wood vas eoing to make a formal charge against each or the club rooms that Wbium- rjon had enumerated in his. famous Mi Ida speech and as that would mean the arres of each of the par ties and hauling them into ro0rr to ask Wilmington this question: Wood proposed thaI he would aoi file tho other tnformanous jl Whjttn2ton would make voluntary statement Of any information he had as To knowledge of gaming in he other c8hs enumerated
 Wilmington stated that the aso- ceo3lngs seemed mot 10 De for the purpose Of punishiae eaming viola uons 1u; indicated =A4=4 -elther political proeeedure or for some other motive. and then Wood stated that he did mot desire 70 harass Wh'uineton or to keen him from the ampajsn oat unless be would make voluntary statement Of wbaf he had requested he would have r0 file all the charges and bring all tho parties into court to ask the questions there
 Wilmington hea stated chat ne would answer questions as to his personal information ot any gam ing in the clubs Of Hot Springs vomp arily
 The same statement and the same general c0ndition applied to all the elula- which in effect was that Whit tugton knew through general infor- nation and belief only hat there was gamng in them. but Lhat he had mol Visited them persnaHy therefore did