The Glenwood post., 1915-03-20
Tom Howard Loses His Suit to Re
cover Canning Parap|lefnaia From
Sheriff 4. c. kssup
4 CLEAR VIOLATION OF Law

their hands and chips i. front Of them
on the table.
Burnaugh said that absut i've months
before the raid he and Aazshal M
honey had entered Howsrd's place in
hurry ore evening when locking for
. fellow and At that time found players
sitting At . table with money ~ well
as chips before them on the table.
MarsAal NaAoneys testimony vas
short, but in strict corroboration Of the
evidence given by Jessup and Bar
naugh, including the story about the
money in front Of the players whe At
At the table.
Ed Place, one of those to be caught
in the Official dragnet, admitted to
playing about twelve games Of slnR"
on the night Of the raid. He said ~
lost two games and it coat him fssty
cents. He said they had intended to
make . night Of it, He had played
I there before under similar eircun-
| stanees
Williaa 8towsll waa in He~asab
place the siGht Of the raid, 6at left
shout an hour before the arrival Of the
oficen. When pressed by Attorney
Darrow for . definite answer he ad-
mitted that he had played in Howard's
place for money within the past year,
buying stacks Of chips at IS a stack.
Here the prosecution rested and Mr.
DOllison asked that the case be dis
missed on the ground that the articles
which the officers had seized had not
been shown to be gambling devices
per Sc, but such as might be used for
other purposes. Among the articles in
the room were some whisky glasses and
flask or bottle. StOwell had testi-
| fled that at times when he had been
playing in Howard's place he had seen
whisky served to the players from
bottle and in glasses similar to those
on exhibit. Judge Shumate sustained
the motion only as to the bottle and
the glasses, and Mr.. Howard was then
put on the stand in his own defense.
Mr.. Howard practically convicted
himself by admitting his custom to al
low 'social trade games' at which
checks presented by the players were
redeemable at the counter. Judge Dol
lison asked his witness, "Was that the
only sort of gambling you have per-
mitted in your place during the past
year!' and Howard said it was, but
on this question his testimony is con
tr.dicted by stowell, \ frequenter Of
his place.
Judge shumate was very definite in
his findings, declaring that it was ~
plain as could be that these articles
were gambling panpAernaia within
the meaning Of the law and that the
inmates Of the place were using then
for gambling purposes. He said that
the fact that they were fssnd there st
an unseassaahls hour was Of itself sus-
picious. He said that cigar stores
have fos some tine been locked upOA
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courts anA have sftsa bsea declared
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snly "sscial" saDss esald hardly -
takea seriously, especially in vis~ =
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