The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 21, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1898. WAY OF CAMBLERS | [N YOLO. Officers Corrupted by§ Men Who Defy the Law, | ) «Sure Thing” Speculators | Secure in Their Calling. Supervisor Snyder Is Charged‘_ With Having Accepted a Bribe. LAXITY OF AUTHORITIES!. ! How the Attempts to Check the Per- nicious Games Are Made Futile. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. ! SACRAMENTO, Feb. 20.—Yolo stands | = e to-day in a most unen- One of the fairest and es of California presents pectacle of unrestricted gambling, e being possible through of- rruption, and directly against espectable people. To be to override the decent majority, gamblers have resorted to brib- One result has been that the lav sreaking element, driven from Sacr nto, has but to cr the bridge to lo and there unhindered and un- fraid, pursue its nefarious calling. An result that the methc s disgraceful condition has is been brcught about have become so fla- that exposure a s le duty. | showing how the gamblers de- hed the men who have been a restraint upon th how they jed attempts to dislodge them be driven to seek other ard of Supervisors can enturers who TRt b 4 /77 Yoo Fac=Simile of a Memorandum | Which Tells the Story of a | Profiered Bribe. 1 on games of chance certainly act is not one to be kept con- blo County has harbored her silence seemed to and notorious violation the State and the ordi- her own enactment. Gam- kind has been and now on in the town of ington without the slightest en- | prete; on the part of the | s to suppress it. In-| reports there is reason to believe | unlawful vocations are not only from interference, but are al' source of profit to the pockets of some ! £ very law officers who should | close the doors of the dens and open | the doors of the jail. Stories of corruption in Yolo County | have become so numerous, the violation ‘ et 5 fi 1} e { il il % | The Building in Washington, Yolo County, Wherein Wholesale Gambling and Pool-Selling Are Carried On. of the law so open, the conduct of some . officials so notorious, that the > of iving and taking is with a freedom such as might most harmless and which men can engage. 1, n is a little hamlet whi ) the sands of the Yolo bas on the west bank of the Sacramento t opposite the capital city of and connected by a bridge which the stream. It is an un pretentious . village, and the last lace on earth one would suspect to find anything out of the usual run of ry tov The citizens are good, honest folk, most of them laborers who depart from their homes early in the morning and return at dusk. They are so occupied that no time is theirs to bother with the affairs of others or of public concern. Washington has for many years been the dumping-ground for Sacramento’s surplus fund of vagrants and petty outlaws. It was not, however, until 1887 that #he sporting fraternity took to the little town as a shelter from the the exactions of Sacramento’s periodical onslaught on the professional gambler. There are two cliques or factions among the stake-players of Sacra- mento, and between them numerous lit- tle wars are waged. First one and then the other will be in command of the situation which permits or prohibits gambling. To enjoy the distinction and emolu- ments of the exclusive right to fleece | the “sucker” is the bone of every con- tention over which these opposing knights of the green cloth contend. Whether there are not enough of “‘good things” to go around when all of the dens are open, or: whether from pure selfishness and a greed for gain, there has seldom been a time when trouble was not brewing or in actual progr The leaders of the most recent conte: are Frank Daroux on one side, B. W. Cavanaugh marshaling theforces of the other. At present the former seems to have just a bit the better of the situa- tion. But how long he may hold it de- pends upon contingencies which may | eventuate at any time. A year or so ago when Cavanaugh held the key to the situation, Mr. Da- roux conceived a grand coup d'etat. The gamblers had been driven out of Sacramento, and the horde, headed by Mr. Cavanaugh, took up their camp on the other side of the river. They oper- ated for a time, when the news of the passage of an ordinance forbidding gambling flashed from Woodland to Washington, and with the setting of the sun that night came the evacuation of the Cavanaugh forces from their temporary abode. The ordinance which brought con- sternation and disbandment to the then predominant facti its introduction and passage secured by Mr. Daroux. Things have changed since then. Mr. Daroux builded better than he knew, for now when he has to move to Wash- ington the binding restrictions of his own ordinance stare him in the face, and he is to-day contributing to the cost of what probably strikes him as his own folly. The ordinance which stands to the credit of Mr. Daroux on 7 BART. W. CAVANAUGH, Faction of Leader of the Defeated Gamblers. n was prepared, and | | the records of Yolo County is in “words and figures,” as lawyers say, as fol- lows: Ordinance No. 34. An ordinance prohibiting persons from engaging in selling pools or bookmaking or making bets or wagers on horse-racing, wherein | money cr other articles of value are staked or pledged, or in placy ing of money for such purposes by carriers, agents, brokers or commissioners. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE County of Yolo, State of California, do ordain son within the limij pt as hereinafter sy contest of skill, s upon ar wer of er ool or b memorandum for or on which money or article of value as a st ha ke or pledge upon the ning of any event; or pening or non-hap| any ticket, certificate issue or dispose written, marked or printed any num- 'r mark or anything to des h , received or accepted by any other person to entitle or enable the said person holding the said ticket, certificate or other evidence of payment, to galg or lose conting , or receive any money, or article of value, or anything representing money .or any art f value, s a_bet, wager or hazard upon the event of any contest or con- tingent issue or as a stake or pledge between two or more parties, or to disburse the sald ny portion of the sald mon: 3 2 y or money, or anything representing monev or other article of value upon any representation or condi- tion, or in conformity to or with any expi ment or T alue, or repre- v or article of value, in any or tactt underst: a; ity whatsoev nding the same to any fair or race track ure, either within or without this State, here such contest of skill, speed or power of endurance has been or is thereafter to be made or upon any horse engaged therein or con- nected therewith; provided, however, that whenever there aré any racing or speed contests at the falr grounds and race track of the Yolo Agricultural Association, a corporation, the provisions of this ordinance shall not apply Within the inclosure of sald grounds. Sec. 2. No person shall knowingly lease or | rent or allow to be occupied or used any building, structure room. apartment, place or premises whatever, for the purposes speci- and prohibited in section 1 of v person violating any of the pro- orainance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jeil not exceeding thirty days, or ne and imprisonment. This ordinance shall take effect and be In force on the 2ith day of December, 189, ‘Adopted in regular session of said board this ¢ of December, 159, by the following by _both such Houx, chairmas John K. = Griffin, ara Casselman L. DUNCAN, : Filed De: | G. L. | _By GEORGE BANKS, Deputy. | state of California, County of Yolo. | ss | "1_G. L. Duncan, County Clerk of the County | of 'Yolo, and ex-officio clerk of the Superior Court thereof, do hereby certify that the above | and_foregoing is a true, full and correct copy | of the original Ordinance No. 54, Yolo County, as the same remains of record and on flie in my office. Witness my hand and the seal of said Su- perior Court, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1896, [Seal] G. L. DUNCAN, Clerk. | | | | For any one to claim that this or- | dinance is enforced would be most fool- | ish. Nothing could be more palpable | than the existence, operation and dis- | play of various gambling devices in | this town of Washington. | If the string of men who pass over | the railroad bridge every morning, noon, afternoon, evening and night would not be sufficient to satisfy the most doubting mind, it would only be necessary to follow these men to their destination for proofs which would be conclusive. | There are no sentinels, look-outs or picket guards surrounding the bivouac | of gamblers on the Yolo side. Anybody | can enter at any time:jno questions are | asked; no identification necessary; no | password, secret signal or ruse is es- | sential. “Everything goes,” and every- body is welcome to what they can get out of it. It seems to be an approved | scheme to get whatever is in sight, and | if some of the Yolo County officials are missing anything, they have been sadly maligned by their most intimate con- freres. A certain gentleman, intent upon learning the modus operandi required for an interrupted enjoyment of privi- Jeges given to the establishments al- ready doing business in Washington, was informed that the agent of the combine resided in the city of Wood- land, and would no doubt give all of the information necessary. He there- upon hied himself to Woodland, and immediately sought out the gentleman who was said to be the guardian of the interests of those who exact contribu- tions from the gamblers at Washing- ton. Omitting the formalities of the introduction, the following is a correct report of the conversation which took place in the saloon of Abe Morris of Woodland between the proprietor and the one who intended opening a pool- room: “Mr. Morris, I would like to open a poolroom in the town of Washington, but T understand that it cannot be done until I have made some arrangement with you.” “I do not know who referred you to me,” said Mr. Morris, “and I want yon to understand right here that I have had nothing to do with this boodling which has been going on in Washing- ton. I am made the custodian of money given me by parties in Wood- lJand who want to play the races. I place their money foy them, receive my commission for it, and that is the extent of my relations with the game keepers of Washington.” ‘When still urged upon the matter, however, Mr. Morris somewhat contra- dicted his statement of non-interest. “In the first place,” he said, “you will require no protection now, as the ordi- r, for the purpose of taking | | nance as it stands is no good. They are going to try to pass a good one next month when the board meets, but I tell you now it won’t be done. There [mn be no convictions under the pres- ent ordinance, and you need have no fear.” ‘When asked if it would be necessary to see the District Attorney about the matter, Morris replied: “If you should g0 to the District Attorney about it he would spit in your face. He is cranky jon the talk which Casselman has been making, and if you value the enterprise you are about to engage in don’t you go to the District Attorney. I look after these matters over here, |and when Casselman had a lot of them arrested I put up their bail, and bought Casselman off, and had the cases dismissed. You go right on and open your game. You will not be disturbed until the first of the month, and then perhaps there would have to be some fixing done.” ‘When asked about the Sheriff, Mor- He meant instead of sel a warrant to come to him and he would fix_things. The next day the deputy sheriff came back. I met him. I says: ‘“What do you want—the earth with a fence around it— bringing the Sheriff over here?” Q.—Did they make any reply? A.—Never said a word. I am a little ahead of my story. I came over to Sacramento and I goes to Seventh and K. goes into Geol Vice's room. 1 won't swear whether they were selling ols or not, for I don’t know, and he called me to one side and says: “That — — of a Jew was over here and struck me for $0; he says, ‘I have got to have $50 a month.’” { says: “If you give him $30 or 50 cents Q.—How long have you lived in Yolo County? A.—I lived in Yolo County from ’76 to ’'S1. I sold out over here to Bart Cavanaugh and moved over there and bought the ranch in the fall of '88, and stayed there, and I am there yet. Q.—What official position, if any, have you held in the county of Yolo? A.—Su- pervisor. Q.—More than one term? A.—One term; from ’92 to '97. Q.—During your term as Supervisor did any matter come up pertaining to the g‘\;oposltlon of gambling going on in ashington? A.—Frank Baker came to me in the afternoon. He says; “Castle- man, how about this ordinance?” I says: “T have got to get away this evening to Sacramento and I won't be back until to- morrow noon.” I says: ‘“Don’t do any- thing with it until 1 come back—show some respect to me, give me a voice in the matter.” He says: ‘‘All right.” When I came to Sacramento, the next morning I got a telephone from certain parties there that they had passed it over my head. was so hostile I went over there and locked the door and ‘‘burned” them up; I told them what I thought of them. I went out and met the Sheriff and gave him h—l. That settled it. Q.—That ordinance was passed, howev- er, in 18967 A.—December, 1896. You can sefi it there. I think it is the 7th or the 9th. Q.—How long after that was it before you were succeeded as Supervisor from that district? A.—Why, January 1st. Q.—Who succeeded you? A.—Tom Sny- Q.—Did you ever hear a conversation with Mr. Snyder concerning the repeal of this ordinance? A.—Yes. Q.—When_and where? A.—It was on the 2d of January, 1888—mo, hold on—on the 2d of December, 1897. Q.—What did he say? A. George Todhunter—he says: “‘That ordi- nance will be repealed to-morrow night before 5 o'clock,” that is, Monday; they met on Monday. He says: “It will be re- pealed to-morrow night before 5 o'clock.” They were hinting at me. Q.—Was an endeavor made to repeal that ordinance? A.—Yes, sir. Q.—Did they succeed or not? A.—They did not succeed. —He says to Q.—What feeling, if any, is there among | the people of Washington about the pres- ent state of affairs—of allowing all these games to run? A.—They don’t want it. Now, here the other night there were six- teen or seventeen boys about 15 years old there. They are there every afternoon, you might say. They come from here. They chip in 5 cents and get two bits, and have somebody get a pool for them. There is a big feeling against it. Q.—Did you ever take any steps toward an endeavor to have this ordinance en- forced? A.—I did. Q.—What were those steps? A.—I went and had five of them arrested. Q.—Do you remember who they were? A.—Yes. Brown, George Rider, Walter Dufty, Flannagan, and the other fellow, I don’t know. Q.—What became of the trial of the case, and of the complaint. A.—Well, the FRANK DAROUX, Chief of Clique. q the Victorious Gambling | ris replied “He is a good fellow and | easy to fi The gentleman was then introduced to the Sheriff who said in reference to the starting of a new pool- room in the town of Washington: “T am with the boys, and like to play the game myself. You need have no fear of my closing you out. The last thing said by Mr. Morris to the person making inquiries was: “You go right on with your game. There will be nothing done before the first of the month, and if there is I will write to you.” This conversation occurred in an open | barroom, and was distinctly overheard | by several persons. ‘While Mr. Morris may disclaim any connection with the reported black- mailing of the gamblers now operating in Washington, there are witnesses to the fact that he came to Sacramento on the 3d day of January, and in the presence of Mr. Casselman made a de- mand for $50 a month on George: Vice, who was then running a poolroom there. The same demand was made of George Green, who was interested in the same establishment. Mr. Feather- stone overheard the demand, and so did Ezra Casselman, ex-Supervisor of Yolo County. Mr. Casselman is indignant at the manner in which his name was uscd by Morris, and does not hesitate to spe- cifically deny the allegation and relate additional facts of interest. He was questioned at length, questions and re- {mes being recorded. They are as fol- lows: Q.—Do you know Abe Morris - lana? AT do. o Mool Q.—Did you see Mr. Morris in the town (Af \;'ifildxlng!on on the 13th of January? Q.—Who, if any one, accompanied ey ihg led Bim¥ Wednesday—I met him, and he was alone. Thursday he was with the deputy sheriff, Dick Brown. it Q.—Do you know what business he was on? A.—Well, I says to h D’ yoit want to jump on these fellows before the; get started in? Do you want the eart! with a fence ‘around it?” He never made any reply. i N Q.—Did you see him after that? A.— Yes, I saw him on Wednesday. e was talking with George Green, a poolseller— poolmarker. Q.—Did you see him again that day? A.—No. I ed to meet him at 4 o’clo&, gnd I kep;: azvas" il:-?nna 'l'lhl;l;eungl I hwel‘lé own to the train- ‘who shoul 1 mee: b;lt him. I talked to him about ten minutes. .—What did he say? A.—He says to me: “Why don’t you come in and see me instead of running by?” He says: *“I can fix these things for you. s Q.—Do _you know what he meant by “these things?’ A.—Of course I what he meant—the poolroom business. know | trial of the case—I put it off for a while, you know. And then I wrote to the Dis- trict Attorney that I wanted to proceed |’ with this case. I got no answer. I wrote again, and got no answer. I wrote a third time, and kept a copy of the letter—I wrote a very sharp letter—and got an answer. been down to Clarksburg on that mur- der trial, and would attend to it when he came back. I didn’t wait. I went over and had the case set myself, for last month. And I went then and saw the District Attorney before the case came to trial—the day before—and he says: “I do not think the ordinance is any good. I don’t think you can_ convict those fel- lows. I think the ordinance is unconsti- tutional.” Then, I says, “If you can't convict them, it is no use going on, be- cause it is only putting me to expense and everybody else.” So he says: ‘Let's wait.” I didn’t wait. I went and dis- missed the case myself. Q.—The case was dismissed by you? A.—Yes. rf'ou ever have any talk with Abe Morris about the dismissal of the case? A.—No. Q.—Did you ever have any talk with Abe Morris about endeavoring to secure | a dismissal of this case through you? A.—No, sir, never. I never went into Abe Morris’ house until after the case was dismissed—never been in his house for two years. Q.—Before vou dismissed these cases did you have a talk with Supervisor Sni- der regarding them? A.—Yes. Q.—Where was that conversation held, and what did he say? A.—Why, It was all the way coming down on the train from Woodland, from Davisville to Sac- ramento, and in Davisville he kept me half an hour between the two streets. Q.—What did he say? A.—He told me that he would give me anything that I wanted. He says: ‘‘Castleman, I have got a quarter interest in the poolroom,” and that he had a man there watching his interest—Walter Duffy—and it didn’t cost him a cent. He was in with Johnnie Jimerson and Frank Todhunter. he says: “I am going to rent 1000 acres, and T can run that ranch from that interest and I won’'t be out a cent. Now,” he Says, “if you will quit I will give you anything in the world you want.” Q—-mfi you ever have a.n¥ other con- versation with him? A.—Yes, several times. He came to me, and he says: “George Rider wants to see you.” But I never went near George Rider; never spoke to George Rider—not since this tfilng started—until after I dismissed the case. I met him on Third and I. Q.—When did he have this talk with you over there in Yolo? A.—The 2ith day vember, 1897 - o on 'see Mr. Snyder in the depot in Sacramento on the 3a day of v? A.—I did. January’ Avas he with? A—George if anything. der. - mq.!—rsute ‘what happened, A.—1 was in a car, and looking out of a window, saw George Rider hand him ney. wgf-e-vggmyund of money was it? A— Paper money—bills. He sald he had been very busy— | | the car? A.—Yes. Q.—What, if anything, did he say to you? A.—He says to me: ‘“Where are you going?” I says I wasn't going any- where. I was just going to get Jimmie to take a letter over to Davisville for a friend of mine. He says: ‘“‘Come on and g0 to Woodland.” I says, “I haven't got a suitable coat and hat.” He says, “Go and get them and come on. I will pay your expenses.” I says, “All right,” and I got my coat and hat. We were sitting there, and he says: ‘“Dang it, I am not used to handling this paper money.” says, “It ain't your money. I saw George Rider give it to you.” Q.—Did you have a taik with Ed Curry on the 22d of November, 1897? A.—I did. Q.—Did you make a memorandum of that conversation? A.—I did, sir. It is Y:ghl there. I took it down. I will read ¢Ed Curry said in the pres- ence of T. B. Lovdal, H. Cham- berland, County Assessor ll_enry Lee and myself that T. C. Snyder offered him $100 to quit prosecuting the gamblers. Conversation took place in front of Buckingham’s store.”’ ‘When I went to the Sheriff’s office to see about the serving of these warrants in the case I had endeavored to prosecute, I gave particular orders to have the war- rants served that afternoon, which was Friday afternoon. They had plenty of time to serve them, but they were not served until the following Monday. d you ever hear anything about an endeavor being made to repeal this or- dinance? A.—Yes. Coming from San Francisco—Tom Lovdal and three of the Supervisors had been down there—Fred- ericks, Griffin and Snyder. Lovdal says to me: “They are going to repeal that ordi- nance next meeting.” I says: ‘“Never in your life.” He says: “Yes, they told me coming on the train they were going to repeal that ordinance whenever they met.” I says: “They won't now.” When he told me this I slips to Woodland. I sees a certain party there. I told him so and so. He says: “That is all off—I will head him off.” It was Ed E. Leake I saw, and he said: ‘“No, that thing must not b"e done. The people won't have it here.” He says: “I will not allow it; it must not be done. That ordinance must remain standing there.” Tom Lovdal told me that Abe Morris had received $250 for securing the repeal of the ordinance. He was to distribute that to the Supervisors. I afterwards saw Tom Snyder and told him that I hady heard that Abe Morris had received $250 for the repeal of the ordinance; and then he says: “The — — — has got to pay it back.” T say “Didn’t you get any of it?” He says: “No’’—he says—"‘He has got to pay it back.” Q.—The games are now running in the town of Washington? A.—Just the same. Q.—Do you know whether or not they are paying for the privilege? A.—Well, all T know is what Snyder told me—that he was getting a quarter interest in the poolroom, if he would let them run. He had a man there watching; it would not cost him a cent; he would have enough to run his interest in a thousand acres of and. Thus stand affairs in the town of ‘Washington, county of Yolo, open defi- ance of law, other corruption almost ;:'s7 open. And what is to be done about FRENCH ENCROACHING ON BRITISH TERRITORY. Sultan of Sokoto Calls a Halt About Forty Miles From His Capital. AKASSA, Niger Coast Protectorate, ‘West Africa, Feb. 20.—Intelligence has arrived here that two French expeditions are advancing toward Sokoto, capital of the Sultanate of Sokoto, on the Sokoto River, in the extreme north of the Haus- sau States, and that six French officers, with a force of 200 men, have arrived at Argungu (Argunhi) and Taga. The for- mer town is an important point on the Sokoto River, about half way from the Sultan’s capital and the River Niger, and is_within the British sphere. The Sultan of Sokoto had commanded the French force to halt about forty miles from the capital. The Royal Niger Com- pany’s representatives, Deputy Agent ‘William Wallace, is holding the com- pany's force, with ammunition and-stores, in readiness, and is awaiting instructions to assist the Sultan of Sokoto and to se- fure French evacuation of British terri- ory. e Consecrated a Bishop at Pekin. PEKIN, Feb. 20.—Pere Favier, head of the Roman Catholic missions in China, and a resident here of thirty years stand- ing, was to-day consecrated Bishop in the cathedral with great ceremony. The | Chinese declare that this was owing to direct representations made by the Em- peror to the Vatican. R A Mining Company Organized. PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 20.—The Norman Mining and Milling Company of San Francisco, with operations in Alaska, has organized under the laws of Arizona. Its capital stock is §100,000, and the incorpor- ators are Anson Hilton, H. L. Wilson, A. ‘(If Ill(enned)" ‘W. T. Egan and Samuel Mc- all. ————— The intrinsic value of one penny is less than a farthing. z x Q.—DId Mr. stym— MAD BULL AND GIANT N A DUEL Romulus, the Italian Athlete, Meets Defeat. Pits His Strength Against That of a Ferocious Beast. Compelled to Yield After a Combat of Two Hours’ Duration. THRICE TOSSED IN AIR. Attributes His Failure to the Shortness, of His Brute Antagonist's Horns. Special Dispatch to The Call. P EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 20.—In the’ presence of 2000 spectators at the Plaza de Torres in the City of Juarez, Mexico, this afternoon Romulus, the Italian athlete, pitted his strength against a ferocious bull in imitation of Ursur, the Lygian, as described so graphically in Henryk Sienkiewicz's popular “Quo Vadis.” The combat between the Ital- ian and the beast lasted fully two hours and resulted in a victory for the bull. The animal was selected with great care by the authorities of the Mexicantownand wasof theshort--horn variety. The same bull had previously appeared in the ring in a combat with Spanish bull-fighters and was, as a consequence, a fierce antagonist. Itisa rule of bull-fighters not to fight the same bull twice, as the animal is al- ways rendered more alert and danger~ ous by his first experience. Romulus entered the ring clad only in pink tights. He was accompanied by two banderillos, whose mission was to distract the attention of the bull while the athlete endeavored to seize the ani- mal's horns. The bull showed great spirit and activity and charged repeat- edly. The glant approached warily, guarding himself with a red cloth in imitation of a banderillo. The efforts of the athlete were directed toward catching the horns of the beast as he raised his head after making a charge. Man and beast harassed one another for an hour, while the gladiator was endeavoring to find an opening. Per- spiration poured from Romulus, and the bull was frothing at the mouth. Finally, at a favorable moment, the athlete clinched hold of the horns of the bull. In the twinkling of an eye the powerful man struck the sand of the arena head first, fifteen feet away, while the populace gave vent to a howl of delight. The bull charged at the prostrate man, but the banderillos in- terfered. 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