New-York tribune., 1918-02-22
BY BRIGGS

lie said that on the night of January 26
last at the Imperial, which is the game
under special scrutiny by Judge Wad
hams, he won 1900, "for the first time. y
Generally, he said, he was "conscrva-
tive player" and did not indulge in
"sidc BETS De Cordova said he had
frequently seen the following players
around the table:
NJ De Micado, Tom Mckee. Joel Ja-
sob, the rubber tire man: NJ. Sill. the
rourteenth Street poultercr; T.. A. Car
dozo, the lawyer; AL Pollock DR.. Froch
l'cl', Harry Steinberg. Dr. Mcyers and n
man named lleimendinger
Broker krlcAl, Of T.; Exchange Place.
testified III ones so low that the court
ana stenographer heard him with diff
Guilty: He said he was suffering from
q bad throat. Krickl like dc Cordova.
wasn't anywhere in the vicinity of Hell
mendlnger when he suffered that loss
OF 1000 which, Mr.. Smith frequently
declared, was Il sad fact. He under
TOOK the task of explaining the some
what complicated nature Of chemin-dc-
fer. Similar to baccarat. the game is
based on the nine spot or any two
cards, which, if added together, make
nine.
- Watch in hand, Judge Wadhams had
hf'ckl go through I; pantomime deal or
coup as krickl called it. 1t took
exactly twenty seconds for the dexter
Gus Krickl to enact the duties Of ban
ker and reproduce the necessary CON
versat'on of the players. Krick1 said
there would be 81, for the kitty if
'nere We're ilvc winning coups in sue
cesslon. from which MIR. Smith deduct
ed $50 for the kitty every two minutes
OF actual play at two tables. Plavinr
for slN hours at this rate. tho prosC,
cutor quickly calculated that the Kitty
would grow at the rate Of 5000 an
hour. ''''
krickl was inclined to think it
"ouidn be as fabulous as that but he
&C uldn't fix any lesser figure With cor
tainty. lie didn't know what bccanc
OF the surplus Of the kitty after the
alnner expenses were paid by Beuchle.
hrlchl also testified that the rakeoli.
from open draw poker would average
about $40 an hour
Swami Predicts Arrests
Il am in no hurry to close the hearing
on inns ciuo. said Mr.. Smith, after the
session had been adjourned until Mon
day afternoon. Enough evidence has
been put in to warrant arrest neyT
week can't discuss prospects now.
put there are liable to be even bigger
disclosures later on if the thing breaks
the way ! expect
District Attorney Swami said he was
much impressed by the manner in
which the names OF "Nat" Evcns. Ar
mold Rothstein, Max Blumenthal and
Henry Tobin were brought into the jn-
vestigation.
These men, said Mr. Swami. "ap
pear to be the men behind the gums in
II the i Partridge Club. They arc profcs-
slonal gamblers, and the others, 10
matter how much their names may an
pear were only tigureheads."
Detectives Louis J. Valentine and
Robert fIickson, of Inspector Costjgan's
staff, raided Room 1918 at 300 Broad.
way yesterday and carried away rae
ing charts and other evidence indicat-
ing that 1t was being used as a clear
ing house for poolroom information.
four telephones were being used and
the following men found in the room
were subp9naed for the John Doc IN
quiry on Monday:
William j. Moran. 103 West 11Sth
Street; James Fleming, 1863 East l61s.
Street. and William Greenfield. o71 AZ
der Street, The Bronx.
Detective Valentine SAID he took four
sets OF pets over the telephone while he
was IN the place. The sign ON the glass
door opening into the place was "Joseph
Goodman, Leathers. Resident BUYER