Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-11
SENSATIONS LIKELY
IN GAMBLING PROBE
WHEN JURY FINISHES
Other Victims of Alleged
"Confidence Men" Testify,
Jury Sessions Break Rec
ord for Length

A number of confessions from fire.
quenters of the various gambling es-
Establishments in the city and the ar
rival of two more alleged victims Of
the so-called syndicate of gamblers,
wire-tappers and swindlers, has caus-
ed renewed activities on the part of
the solicitor generals department to-
ward the arrest Of a local man, be-
lieved to have been the brains" or
tant arrests which, it is believed,
will take place within the next few
days.
The grand jury reconvened Friday
after an all-day session Thursday
and several more witnesses were
quizzed in the probe of gambling,
horse racing, swindling and other vio-
lations of the law. 1t is unlikely,
according to Solicitor General Boy
kin, that the work of the investi-
eating body will be completed this
week, but during the next few days
some startling developments are an
ticipated.
Among the witnesses who appeared
before the grand jury Friday morn
ing were: DR.. w. B. Franklin, pres
Co.; City Detectives Gillespie and
Hornsby: Police Sergeant Ryan; Ira
Fort, and Mrs. Floyd Woodward, wife
of the man who is alleged to have
been one of the principals in the So
called gambling syndicate.
Indications were that the investf-
cation Thursday was centered on the
alleged gambling den at 40 IL Cen
trail avenue, found by Solicitor Gen
eral Boykin and members of raid
ing party to be closely guarded by
three barred doors or wickets, a
guard and a sentinel. Several per-
sons, alleged to have frequented this
place, were closely questioned and
several confessions were obtained
which, it is said, may involve a num-
Der of prominent Atlantians.
1t is believed that while all four
of the alleged gambling houses were
linked together and operated under
one head, the Central avenue place
was conducted mostly for Small
fry"
Long Jury Sessions
The victims with the large
amounts Of money at their command
were taken to the place on West
Peachtree street, where a more elab-
crate system was employed, while at
Central avenue and the San Souci
hotel, So IL Cone street, the game
was confined to crap shooting and
poker. The place at 35 IL South
Broad street, Mr.. Boykin says he
believes, was the assembly room for
the confidence men. 1t was here that
the plots were Matched and the
paying off" was done.
The work of the grand jury is be-
ing carried on Secretly and very lit
tie information is being given out,
but every. effort is being made to
learn who the members of the ganb-
ling syndicate are and to effect their
arrest, also how the gambling
houses were able to exist so close to
the center Of the city without the
knowledge of the police.
Despite the fact that many of the
members of the grand jury are bus
mess men and the Christmas season
is at hand, they have continued their
work from 10 o'clock in the morning
until after 5 o'clock in the afternoon
with the exception of a few minutes
for lunch. An adjournment probably
will be taken Friday afternoon I'M
til 10 o'clock Monday morning
News of the Investigation having
reached other staes, many reports of
new victims are reaching the office
of the solicitor general.
J. A. Tuition, of Cherokee county,
Ala, and another man, whose name
Mr.. Boykin declines to reveal for
the present, came to Atlanta Thurs
day and reported that they had been
fleeced out of about $4,000 through
fake stock market operations. Dur
ing the day Friday they will be
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