New-York tribune., 1918-02-27

ley, James j. Canty, jr, Ernest A. Car
doza, Arthur L. de Cordova, Michael dc
Mercado, Cyril de Cordova, DR.. j. NJ. De
Birmingham. Constantine A. de Vey-
her. Nathan Isaac Evens, Alexander j.
Foley, William NJ Fleschmann, sales
manager for the F'leschmann Mailing
Company; Dr.. w G. Fralick, Joseph
u. Frankel and Lew Fields, actcr.
Others named by Bauchle were: A. J.
Gerte'lbsck, Edward Goulding, Emil
Her, racctrack trainer; Arthur Her
bert. wine sgent; George c. Hymer-
dlngcr. Joel jacobs, B. a. Jacobs, jr.,
Leonard Joseph, Charles A. Krickl, L.
Walter Lissbergcr Henry Lissberger,
Leo j. Lehman, John McKeon, DR..
Florlzel Myers, Thomas McGee, of
Omaha, John II. O'Brien. former Fire
Commissioner; j. J. O'Brien, Albert
NJ. Pollock, James Rlordan, Arnold
Rothstein, James Rowe, August Slz,
Justice Peter Schmuck. James O. Stack,
Gay l.. Schiller. Charles Schoengood,
nuctioneer; Henry A. Steinberg, Henry
Iobln and Richard Vitolo.
Those who usually attend the weekly
poker sessions, according to Bauchle,
included:
Emil Herr, A. A. Jacobs jr.. Justice
Schmuck, John II. O'Brien, Harry A.
Steinberg, G.. A. Krickl, Andrew J.
Joyner, Arthur Herbert. Richard Wit
olo, A. j. Gcrtcnback, Walter C. Allen
occasionally and Joel Jacobs Cocoa
siunally),
Saw $1,000 Won
Judge Wadhams elected from
ba4chle admissions that he arranged
with Stack for the use of the private
room on the first floor of the Thirty
second Street side of the Imperial;
that he sent out the invitations and
sold the chips, distributed the win.
nings, kept the surplus without making
an accounting, and finally that he sent
out invitations to players he (Bauchlc)
knew were professional gamblers. AS
professionals, Bauchle readily men
toned Henry Tobin, Arnold Rothstcin,
MaXey Blumenthal and Nathan Isaac
Evens.
BaVchle furnished detailed history
o. the Partridge Club since it began
tc meet in 1908. He explained that
cluding the food and wines, had been
taken from the "ktty," which was
usually about IL o'clock, no moro rake
off was taken. In other words. the
"kltty' ceased to exist after midnight
bauchlc said there was absolutely no
protlt from this club to himself or any.
body else. He told how>Poice Captain
luggan notified him in May. 1917, when
the club was playing chemin- defer at
the Ritz-Carlton, that the game would
have to stop.
Captain Duggan Stopped Game
"a man who said he was Mr.. Smith
called me on the telephone and asked
me to meet him at Madison Avenue and
tortysiXth Street." said Bauchle. "[
was about to refuse to meet him when
he said It was for my interest to do
so. | went to the corner and found
Captain Duggan. He told me that |
had a roulette wheel and other outfits
upstairs and that I'd have to close up
or leave that district. We moved to
the Imperiaa.'
More was learned about the "Olym-
pic Club" of the Biltmore Hotel at
yesterdays session. Samuel Segar, the
London timber merchant" who lifted
the lid on the "Olympic Club" last Mon
day. came back yesterday with his
memory refreshed TO the extent that
he recalled having seen Shaughnessy
playing chcmn- defer at the Fillmore
with Tom Costigan, a man named Hud-
son, Wilson Miner and the myster
ious CDR. Spripgle," of Philadelphia
and the Marlborough Hotel. Segar
testified that Springle sold chips to
him at the Biltmore.
The hearing Will be resumed this
afternoon