Evening star., 1922-10-20
WATERS CONVICTED
|NGAMBLING TRIAL;
GIVEN SIX MONTHS
Appeals After Verdict of
Guilty as Operator of
"Doherty's Club"
D0HERTY I'LL, AND CASE
IS SET FOR WEDNESDAY
Dice Table Set Up in Courtroom to,
Show How It Is
Operated.

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ty police court by Judge William c.
Cloth and sentenced to six months in
the county Jail.
Attorney Carl Budwesky Of Alex
andria. Waters attorney, noted an
appeal, which was granted by Judge
Cloth. He will be given a hearing on
the appeal before Judge Samuel G.
Brent. In the Arlington county cir
cult court. next Thursday morning at
10 o'clock.
| Doherty Case Postponed.
Because he is sick Doherty did not
appear at the courthouse for the trial,
and his case was postponed until
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. At
torney Rudwesky. who also repre-
sents Doherty. submitted to the court
statement signed by DR.. Walter A.
Warfield, declaring that Doherty Is Ill
and not able to stand trial.
When arraignei before Judge
Cloth Waters. through his counsel,
entered plea of not guilty. The
customary efforts of the defense to
of technicality were overruled. At
| torney Budwesky contended that
there was nothing in the warrant
aga INST Waters to show that he was
interested in receiving a rake orr
or PROFITS in the gaming alleged to
! Club"
Paraphernalia In Court.
! Gambling paraphernalia seized by
! the county officers when they raided
Doherty's place last Monday adorned
| the courtroom in front Of the judges
| bench. 1t included dice. dtoe cups,
cards, poker chips. two green baize
tscaoths, containing all the 7sysldUSfS
and combination, Of numbers on q
pair of dice and odds on certain
figures.
These cloths, which were found
| under q pillow on an upper floor of
| the alleged gambling club, witnesses
| testified. were the ones which covered
the two dice tables in the place.
Exhibitor In Court,
For the benefit of the court and the
spectators unfamiliar with the meth
cd of playing the dice tables, John
Wise. the prosecutors principal wit
! ness, gave demonstration of how
the game is played. Wise used one
of the green layout cloths, the dice
and other paraphernalia taken from
Doherty's to give his illustration,
which the court attaches and specta.
tors watched with intense interest
Wise testified that with several
newspaper men, he went to Doherty 8
I late last Saturday, night and there
played the dice game. winning a small
sum OF money. At that time Wise said
that there were between 500 and 400
men in the place, crowded around the
two dice tables, engaged in the
games.
Some Stood sidewise.
The crowd was SO large" he said,
that some Of the men were forced
to stand sidewise in order to get near
the tables to place their bets"
Questioned as to whether chips or
money were used in the game, Wise
testified that all he saw was silver
dollars, known among gamblers as
'hardboys."- Wise. however, was un-
! men alleged to be connected with the
club.
A reporter for The Evening Star.
I one of the men who accompanied
Wise on his visit to Doherty's, SUBJ
stantially corroborated wise's testi-
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! house. he said that there were at
least twenty automobiles parked in
| a yard adjacent to the club. He also
testified that Wise and the news
, paper man had no difficulty whatever
In gaining entrance into Doherty's.
| Identify Waters.
Court Imposes Minimum.
In his argument before the court
Commonwealth Attorney Frank l.
! Ball recommended that upon convi0
| ton Waters should be given the max-
imum penalty OF twelve months in
| the county jail. The court. however,
| imposed the minimum of six months.
Before releasing Waters his bond
| was increased from $1,000 to $780,
1t was furnished by r. C.. Burnett of
Alexandria. his original bondsman.
Special Officer Oscar w. We.ch, the
Identified la en- Waters as the man nan Who Who
was at Dohertys club at the time
him at that time that he was rsnt-
ing the place and that Doherty had
Welch also identified the gambling
exhibit In the courtroom as the
| paraphernalia removed from Doherty's Q
club. =,
| Searched for Apparatus.
! At the time Of the raid on
! Dohertys, Special Officer \ Bruce
, .Smoot testified, none of the gambling
| devices was in operation, and the
officers had to search the house in
order to ind some Of the ;gaming
apparatus, which had been sscl ete4
clothes Omcer Smoot said he saw
| two pool tables, which were used
for dice games, and q. round table
outwardly unnerved. Waters sat
through the proceedings in . chair
j adjoining. his counsel. focusing his at
ten Ion on the " ;tnesses., He was ap-
parently amused at .Wise's dsscrip-
tion Of how the dice tables are ope-
rated, and an occasional smile would
brighten his stern face.
Trial Of George w. Mater. accused
of being 2 .1ookout ct the Hilltop
meriy the Columbus Country club.
was begun before Judge Cloth this
| Afternoon At 1:e0 o'clock. Mater was
arrested Aondey afternoon. when the
authorities raided the club and seixed
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