Republican farmer., 1920-04-30
FOUR CONVICTIONS. FIVE NOT GUILTY.
 ONE BOUND OVER

the detective dld not take the money which he saw on the table, and Day. cite answered that he didn't think anything about it at the time. He only confscated the cards, and three tables which were in the room. The detect i've declared that cards were found all over the room, some of them being tackled on the walls.
 "3Of your own knowledge you knew nothing of this place, or had never seen it before, had you?' asked Reich.
 '<No," answered the detective
 Then followed a lengthy argument over the Identification of the men who were taken in the raid. Dayette was not positive as to who was the third man who. was found in the front part of the store. He explained the situation to the best of his abil- ity, and was then asked to repeat.
 This request brought a laugh from the spectators, and Judge Wilder or dered that the court room be cleared. All spectators were busted by the court officer.
 William J. Gilhooley, another Burns man who participated in the raid on to take the stand. He followed Day cites story rather closely but stated that he saw only a few silver coins on the table. and only two men seated when he entered the rear room with his chief Gi1hooley also gave his oc- cupation as Special Policeman of Bridgeport, and an employe of the Burns agency.
 Thomas B. Stokes, another New York detective, who acted as rear door guard at Piara's place on the night of the raid said that he looked through a rear window of the store and saw more than one man" play ing cards.
 The state rested it's case at this point, and Prosecutor Delaney sug- gested that the case against Henry Newman be nolled, inasmuch as the man was not in the store at the time of the raid. The court nolled the case.
 Thomas Jackson, Il, of 1851 Cen tral avenue charged with being a frequenter of a gambling house, was the first witness for the defense. He claimed that there was no gambling in the cigar store, and said the first thing he knew of the raid, he was looking into the muzzle of gun which was held by an officer. He couldn't remember the men who were in the room with him on the night III put TeCOl1OClC0 I1ctL lllC conversation consisted of a discussion of the weather and movies Joseph Morris, who was also taken as a frequenter, said that he was in the front part of the store when the Burns men entered. He had no knowledge of any gambling going on in the place.
 The next witness was Daniel J. Fitzroy, local policeman who was seized by the raiders. The officer declared that he was in the front room when the detectives entered, and was marched to the rear room by Dayette, who held a revolver against his back. He said that he had just purchased a package of cigarettes, and had given the clerk the money, as the officers walked in. Fftzroys gun was taken away from him by Gilhooley. He claimed that after he made his identity known, Dayette told him that f'he had noth- ing to worry about" Other witnesses for the defense were George Ryan, "a clerk in the cigar store, and Fred Suspicion, who was also taken as a frequenter. Both men made a general denial of the 1 charges entered by the Burns oper- atives. Ryan was a member of the
  vision, during the war, and was | wounded in the battle of the Ar gone. | Dayette and Gilhooley were again | called to the stand, and both officers | insisted that F'itzroy was in the back room of the store when the raid was
 made. Neither, however, could identi- | fy the third man in the front of the store.
 l Attorney Samuel Reich based his defense on the fact that there was no evid ence of. gambling in the cigar store, and the conflicting stories told by Dayette and GilhooIey. He char acterized Piana and the frequenters 1 as well known citizens of Bridgeport, and declared that their testimony was absolutely reliable.
 Surely said the attorney, 'tthese | men who were arrested for this slight offense have less interest in this raid | than these so-called detectives who were hired for the work. They are witnesses of whom we know nothing. We don't know who they are or what
 they are. They came up here from New York City to bulldoze the citi- zens of Bridgeport and I ask for a finding of not guilty because of tes- 1 timony of hirehngs against that of citizens who have long been residents of this city,
 l Prosecuting Attorney Delaney took Attorney Reich to task for mention i ing the New York detectives in the manner which he did, and stated that the characters of the Burns men were as white as the driven snow until proven otherwise The prosecutor
 concluded by saying that it was his opinion that a social game was going on in the cigar store, and that it was not a game of ping pong. 1 Judge Wilder's decision was the
 first in which any of the principals taken in the raid have been convicted or fined. The finding of mot guilty in the case of Fitzroy will clear the
 officers record of any blemish which might have been cast upon it. Bonds of S20O for the proprietor and $10C for the frequenters were fixed in case
 of an appeal. It is not believed that the case will be carried to the higher courts. ;. After the court session, Mayor Will
 son was asked for a statement, but
 declined to say anything for publica- ton.