The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-01-28
OFFICER BREAKS
UP CARD GAME
SATURDAY NIGHT
CHIEF OF POLICE OUT WITH
SEARCH WARRANT LOOKING
FOR BOOZE PINCHES CARD
PLAYERS.

Last Friday night, or more prop
erIy speaking, early Saturday morn
ing, Chief Brown, accompanied by
G. n. Watchman Savage, went to the
Rainier Cafe, armed with search
warrant in order to make a search
for Illicit liquor and ran into bunch
of follows passing the hours of dark
ness in little game of cards. They
were all, eight of them, taken into
custody and lodged in the city Jail,
and booked in the following names:
eli Bennett, Ted Walton, Lon Black,
Geo. Milts Commonly known as Pc
dro), j. X. Henthorn, Ted Mcclure,
II. M. Downing and Ed Kohls. Some
of them, among whom were Lon Black
and H. Nj. Downing, furnished bonds
and were released until they could be
heard in court. The others remained
in jail
Saturday evening they were heard
before Police Judge J. C. Davis, the
trial beginning at ; o'clock
City Attorney Howe read the com
plant, made by Chief Brown, charg-
ing the eight with gambling by play
ing a game of cards for money. The
defendants all plead not guilty.
Officer Brown was sworn for the
plaintiff and testified to going to the
back door of the place and finding the
eight defendants in the kitchen, five
Of them engaged in a card game and
with money on the table. Those
whom he testified as having found sit
ting down and playing were Ell Ben
nett, Ted Walton, Lon Black, Geo.
Milts and J. X. Henthorn. The others
Downing, Mcclure and Kohls-
were standing by looking on. A sum
Of money, between two and three dol
taken from Milts (Pedro) who was in
the act of slipping it under himself as
they came in. The others were said
to have hastily put something into
their pockets.
Watchman Savage was then sworn
and corroborated the testimony of
Brown.
These two witnesses were all that
were sworn on the part Of the state.
Eli Bennett was sworn on behalf of
the defendants.
He testified that they were playing a
social game of "pitch" and that the
money which was taken by Officer
Just been taken with which to buy
sandwiches for the crowd, and that
they were not gambling. He had
heard the officers at the door and had
told one of the boys to open it, which
was done. He also stated that only
four Of those present had been en-
gagged in playing the game Of "pitch.' u
II. NJ. Downing was then sworn. He
testified that he had been down town
later than usual and had started
home, probably at about II O'Clock
and when some place near the via
duct recalled that he had left milk
cans at the Rainier. and returned
there to get them. He found the boys
playing cards and became interested
and had remained watching the
others play and was much surprised
to find it had been so late when they
were interrupted by the officers
Questioned as to what game was be-
ing played, he said it was new to him
and he did not know much about it
He thought that they were playing
pitch a part of the time.
The other defendants were not
sworn, though they were given an APP
portunity to be sworn and testify il
they desired.
Brown was then recalled and testi-
fled that Hcnthorn was sitting in the
game when he and Savage went in
and that Henthom had said some
thing about it being a little game OF
penny ante and that he did not sec
Why the officers should pay an atten-
ton to them.
The Judge then sentenced Bennett
Walton, Black, Milts and Henthorr
each to pay a fine of twenty-five dol
lars, and dismissed the others as MOI
guilty. The five sentenced to pay
fines all did so and were discharged.
Although nothing was said durinf
the trial as to the result Of the Searc}
under the search warrant, we under
stand that no evidence of illicit sale.
or Of the presence Of liquor in the cs
tablishment was found, other than ;
bottle with a very small quantity o
some sort of liquor in it.