New-York tribune., 1918-02-27
Woods Gave the Partriidges
Free Wing, Says Bauchle
Names of Fifty-sevcn Members Read in Gambling Inquiry
Include Those Of Justice Peter Schmuck Lew
Fields and Arnold Rothstein

George Young Dauchle, wealthy law
yer of 81 Chambers Street, waived his
rights to immunity from prosecution
for maintaining gambling room, and
took the witness stand in his own de-
fence yesterday afternoon before Judge
Wadhams in the "John Doe" gambling
inquiry. Bauchle smilingly placed on
his shoulders the responsibility for
everything that Assistant District At
torney Smith thinks is Illegal about the
Partridge Club of the Hotel Imperial,
OF which Bauchlc is the president, the
kitty" tender. the banker and the man
who sends cut tho invitations to the
big monthly meeting. At one of these
it is alleged, $4,000 was won and lost
Oh January 2a last by George c.
HyMerdingcr.
Incidentally and th'' yaay have ac-
courtcd for rucb of Bauchle's oppar-
elt confidence -~rclice Commissioner
" coda and Deputy Comm isaioncr Dun
ham looked over the Partridge suite
in the Imperial last Sept Il ber and dc
cided tc let the club atone Rauchlc
volunteered this information after he
had told of tho visit Of four PLAIN
clothes men, who, after informing the
club members that it was thcir sad
duty to break up the gare, went away
with some chips as evidence.
Club Members Named
'The next day said Bauchlc. James
O. Stack manager OF the Imperial and
"A member of tho club, wont to sec
Commissioner Woods. dIdr't go with
him, but Stack told ne that he saw
Commissioned Woods nnd peputy Gem
missioner Du'hanl'
what haprcne1 after ,hat'" asked
Mr. Smith.
Nothing happened We weren't dis
turbcd again said Bauchlc.
After Bauchle had stepped down Mr.
Smith called Stack to the stand He
told about his visit to Commissioner
Woods.
~ went to Woods, and asked him
what the trouble was, and he sale"
"Mr. Smith," interrupted Judge Wad-
hams, what is the idea of going into
this interview with Commissioner
Woods ?"
Nothing, your honor replied Mr..
Smith. 81 wanted to find out who the
officers were that made the rand"
What Stack told Commissioner
Woods or what the Commissioner may
have told him remained a dark secret
so far as the record of the proceed
ings was concerned, for Stack ddn t
pursue the subject and Mr.. Smith
didn't allude to it again.
Com ra hlo in intoroct to tho all,,
sions to Commissioner Woods in the
hearing was the cryptic list of players
who took part in the big chemin- de fer
list of those who were invited to that
meeting! And, what was more astound-
ing, he offered to read off the names
of those who were there. There were
ffty-seven names. But, whenever
Bauchle came to the name of man
who, as he recalled it, was not pres
ent, he announced that he was skip
ping a name or several names for that
reason. He left out in this manner
the names of about fifteen or twenty
men who have favored the Partridges
with their presence on many previous
occasions.
Those Who Were Present
Here are the names that went into
the record:
Harry NJ. Anderson, Arthur Arbib,
Commander NJ. Augueff, Of the Rus
sian navy; Leon Baer. MaXey Blu
menthal. Harry NJ Bronner, William
Bambergcr, ]. Halsey Biggs (Bauchle
wasn't certain about Mr.. Biggs), Com
mander NJ Beckleskoff. of the Russian
navy; George Bauerdortf, William f.
Cuff Thomas j. Canty. Charles p. Cad