Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-09-09
JEROME freed
ON GAMBLING
CHARGE
THE TRIAL HELD LAST NIGHT AND
LASTED LESS Than ONE HOUR.
THE MAGISTRATE APOLOGIzED
TO JEROME FOR the INDIGNITY
OFFERED HIM.
JEROME LEAVES FOR
new YORK CITY

Coaticook, Quebec, Sept 9.-William
Travers Jerome's acquttal last night
on charge of gambling was the chief
topic today among the 5000 resi-
dents of Coaticook, though opinion
was divided as to the verdict
The scathing remarks of Magistrate
Mulvena, who apologized to Jerome
for the indignity offered him and de-
clared the charges had been justified
| by neither law nor fact, had sober
ing effect, and even those who had
been most bitterly opposed to Jerome
! in his efforts to get Harry K Thaw
back to Mattewan. were inclined to
admit that the court action had clear
ed the air and Strengthened out sit
iuation which had grown embarrassing.
The hearing before Magistrate
Henry Mulvena, of Sherbrooke, lasted
less than an hour It began at 7:35
O. clock and at S:20 o'clock the court
said
"Sir, you are honorably discharged.
session failed because the magistrate
felt he had no authority to take prece-
dence over James Mckee, the justice
of the peace who signed the warrant
for Mr. Jeromes arrest.
Joseph Beaulne, Coaticook lawyer.
who said he variously represented the
justice. the people and the criminal
code, interrupted the afternoon session
but when he endeavored to renew
similar tactics in the evening, he was I
ruled out of court.
When acquitted, Mr. Jerome |
thanked the court, spoke iatteringly |
that he did not attribute his arrest |
and brief Imprisonment last week to
the thinking people of the Dominion.
He took a late train from Coaticook
last night in order to be in New York
today and will return to Montreal |
for the arguments on the latest Thaw
labeas corpus before the kings bench
vt Montreal, September -.
Townspeople packed the court room
when the hearing was opened. .Jer
,me looked straight at the court and
lid not glance at the throng which 6
vas plainly hostile. ,
"A. c. Hanson, joint crown prose- 7
utor opened the case with the
eading of the complaint of Milford :
lldrich a mill hand who swore he I
ad seen the defendant playing r
ards for money at the railway sta
cn. Statutes were quoted to show :,
lat this was an indictable offense "
with years imprison
lent.
Samuel Jacobs. of Montreal, who a
ad been retained by New York state =
it's effort to return Thaw to Mat NJ
EVAN, contended that the statute n
ppled only to gambling on a public
,nveyance proper. The court took T.
lis question under advisement and r.
llled for witnesses. r.
Michael Knight said he had seen 81
le defendant playing "a little game D
draw" in the station yard. The N
had been pointed out to p,
m as Jerome of New York.
did you see him win any money! fir
ked the joint prosecutor. ga
Il saw a bill changed answered l.;
e witness. II could not say who
IN it." be
The cross-examinatiOn conducted Is
Ir he hnr
Why did you stop to watch the of
me?" he asked. on
Because it was in an automobile pr
d man in front had little type Re
tier in his lap, a-writing, and | tir
s interested" thu
This was New York newspaper
n writing his story under difficult ins
S. gi,
Jonathan Chesley. nearly so years be-
and snow white of hair and vol
lrd. was the last witness. He re- the
ed the now familiar details of the Wi
tie game of draw" and when ito
ed if he had seen Jerome win
ney, said promptly, Eyes sir" did
How much?" me
Can't say" said the aged witness.
lie was not croSs-examined. ce
up, the prosecution A.
nted out that Dominion law had thi.
n enacted to protect the public 400
n card sharps on trains. steam 900
)s and other public conveyances str,
that according to the evidence, mir
liam Travers Jerome, late district trib
'rney of New York had violated eau
law Though vague, he contin- the
the statute undoubtedly applied fee
yards and stations. and Der
asked for a conviction den
r. Jacobs did not even sum up fror
the defense. pait
70 save the courts time" he said, H
will make no statement" Pro
agistrate Mulvena said: Mai
n rendering Judgment 7 shall be az
: brief I believe every right Joh
ded man in Canada regrets and We
5 humiliation at the indignity ham
III has been placed upon you 1t gam
xcusable neither in law nor in licit
The evidence adduced at this the
ing gives no reasons for the pose
se which has been laid against part