The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-29
STATE VICTORIOUS
OVER bOOKMAKERS
Suppression of Race Track Gam
bling Complete, When Nine
Plead Guilty.
GOVERNOR ISSUES PARDONS
Gamblers Pay Fines and Are Re-
licved of Jail Terms, Prom
ising to Leave State.
GOVERNOR ISSUES PARDONS

Governor stuart ana Ntto:He! zen
eral Pollard won a complete victory
for the suppression OF race track
gambling ia Virginia yesterday. when,
in accordance with the terms Of sur
render proposed by the defendants. nine
or tho bookmakors captured In the
raid on the Jamestown Jockey Club
track entered pleas or guilty in the
Circuit Court of Norfolk County. and
were each sentenced hy Judge &. W.
Coleman to six months in jail and $500
fine.
Governor stuart. after !naturcly con
sid.rinr with Attorney -oicncral Pol
lard the terms OF surrender offered by
The gamblers. telcgraphed counsel for
the bookmakcrS Yesterday morning
that he would agree 10 the PROPOSE
tion made The booktna kcrs completed
their part OF the agreement by plead
ing guilty. and 1T once paying the fine.
recommendation Of Judge Coleman,
yesterday afternoon signed the condi-
tional pardon Of each of tile nine con
victcd gamblers, relieving them of the
Jail portion Of the sentence.
On bcin" sentenced by the court. the
nine gamblers were taken to the Nor
folk County Jail. and made comfortable
In the office pending the arrival of
the pardon papers. ON being assured
that tho sentences had been imposed
Governor stuart had Secretary For
ward quickly prepare the pardon
papers. signed them Immediately and
delivered them To u. Stanley Clark n
legal associate Of the Attorney Cen
eral. who conveyed them to Norfolk
by the o'clock Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway train.
PAEDDNS PREPARED
IN RECORD TIME
The pardons were made in record
time. red tape being thrown TO the
winds in the Governors effort to keen
l'ith iully with the gamblers Had
'ne papers failed 70 reach Norfolk las;
might the convicted gamblers would
nave been forced TO spend the night in
Jam AS II was, they We're given their
freedom as soon as each signed tho
conditional pardon. each man nrrcciur
In return Tor his liberty never 10 re-
tuth TO Virginia 10 engage in race
track gambling.
Tie nine men who pleaded guilty
Yesterday were: Melville Strauss
StcTne. Matthew FRANKIE. Max Sben.
para, Robert THOMPSON T. L. John
son. James y. jackson, Walter Moran
aho Harry Marks. There were ORIG.
ihaiiy thirteen OF the bookmakcrs who
"cIe captured In the jamestown raid
ana sentenced by the Ocean View mar
istrate. One met death shortly after
ward. while the trials OF three uaro
continued until the next term of Tho
Circuit Court Of Norfolk County for
JuS.i'iahie reasons. These three re-
i',5''hs h"o'.i"S are To plead guilty
ana receive the same conditional par
dcn given he minc others
i'olh the Governor and Attornov-
t''hefai t'ollard are clated over the
SucccSsiul prosecution OF the hook,
iiNterS. While they were compelled bv
a. ssi-
imposition OF taii sentence to he
'ctuaiiN served, they have won :. com.
pitte victory and are confident that
.hcN nay. given the dcatnblow 10 race
track Sambling in Virginia. should
'he Twelve Dookics ever return TO the
state and engage in their yoc,tion
thcE Will break the terms OF their mar.
don and be forced to serve tho si>
months sentence
iesiorday's developments bring th,.
jamestown JOCKEY Club -arnblin.,
caars 10 an end. There will he. Of
supreme Court OF Appeals. The trials
are completed. the fines, amounting In
Al 10 $4,000 have been paid into mo
stat" Treasury, and Governor Stuor,
mas redeemed his vow TO uphold the
law. 80
ENDS SITUATION WHICH
WAS LoSG PUZZLE
rms marks The end OF n sitiintio,
which has haiticd the legal department
oi ihc Commonwealth for years I'm
'ne i'ii legislature the antigainblinir
ele'n"ht IN Norfolk succeeded in de-
ica''n" Judge J. T. I.awlcss for re-
election, setting up in his place Judge
coleman, who pledged himself TO en-
,orcc the statute against track gam
bling.
During the first few days OF April
shortly after Judge Coleman took his
seat, :; squad of twenty armed dntcc-
tlVcs. engaged hy Governor Stuart do
sc"nd"d upon the jamestown Joc,Lcv
CUP track and captured thirteen hook
..itcrs after brisk battle. James Y
lr"hE, clerk Of the courts of Nor
loiK. was Knocked down and roughly
treated by the strong-arm squad when
nc attempted to interfere I'm tho raid
Inc thirteen booknakcrs were carried
pelare the magistrate at Ocean View
promptly sentenced 10 six months I'm
1ail and fined 800, and released on
pond when they appealed to the Cir
cult court. Trchy went on the Don,,s
judge iIawless took part in the trials
as counsel for the gamblers while At
torncy-Gcneral Pollard assisted in the
prosecution Us the representative or
Governor Stuart.
Thc trial of the first of the gam.
hlcrs last week came to naught, when
the jury disagreed. The second booIs-
maker TO he tried was convicted and
given six months I'm Jail ana 500 rrne
while the third. tried on Wednesday. es-
capped temporarily when the Jury dead
iocked. over long distance telephone
sentence OF six months in Jail and $500
ane If the Governor would relieve them
on Wednesday night the bookmakers
offered to plead guilty in return for !,
Of going to Jail.