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ISSQUIRES HUMMEDBATESYILLE WITHOUT A JUST-1:1 IOE OF THE PEAOE.t:i| Gambling Case Comes Up Before Squire St-Stockinger, of Ballstown--Change of Venue Granted.rr. 1IsOn Sunday evening about lt;1 o’clock Deputy Marshal Charles Siefert, hav-v | ing concluded that there was a crowd g 1 of gamblers conducting a crap game J in Berry Dickey’s saloon, deputized : A. J. Nusbaumer, John Schroeder and John Weber to assist him to raid the e place and pull the gamblers.The four entered the saloon shortly {_ after and found Dickey, the proprie-e tor, and four young sports of Bates-ville present. As to what they were doing is a disputed point. But Deputy n Siefert proceeded to inform them y that they' were arrested. Dickey ! gave the deputy to understand that j he would not consider the arrest validIi or binding without a warrant. So to make sure of his ground Siefert agreed to procure the warrant, and a j before leaving for that purpose instructed his deputies to guard the doors and let none escape. He got the warrant and took Dickey, leaving the others for future consideration. Dickey was not put under bond and I the trial or trials were expected to be pulled off on Monday.However, on Monday morning some of the members of the town council a j who had instructed the marshal to k j close all saloons.at JI o’clock at nightJdyi _taand prevent gambling,began to weaken—began to think of the approaching spring election—began to imagine that the arrest and prosecution ofj, ■ Berry Dickey and his young gambling..! friends would not be a popular move ,r i and might cause the loss of *ome^ i votes to their party, and so one ofo0osnesi.eie os ii-i them took steps to quash the whole | matter if Dickey would promise to | be good and never do so any more. With these instructions Siefertr If j went to Dickey ’s, expecting to eifect n ; a reconciliation and procure a prom-ise. But, ala: he failed. Dickey '■ j met him at the door or somewhere ■ ! near and told him not to enter on pain of having his “cocoanut cracked,” or words to that effect. Charley never waited to extend the olivei'■ j branch, but to'ok the bit in his mouth x j and sent for Deputy Prosecuting At-I torney Michael Bohland. Mike arrived on the scene of trouble at 0:40 on Tuesday morning.Then business was supposed to begin. But “the best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agiee.” First, tlie warrant under which Dickey had been arrested had not been served by a duly authorized officer. Then Henry VVinsor was sworn in by Squire Von-| derheide as a special constable, an-| other warrant was issued and Dickey | was rearrested.| Second, Attorney Thomas Cravens •claimed that inasmuch as SquireI Yonderheide was elected to 1511 a va-•I cancy, and the vacant term long ago expired, he was no longer a justice of ; the peace. Vonderheide believed the I statement and threw up the case.* IThird, it was in order to take the t: case before Squire Stowe. But it was idiscovered that his bond had not been officially approved by the county clerk. So there was no law in Bates-ville. Justice was dead, having expired for want of approval. The arm of justice in our bailiwick had been paralyzed and lawlessness and crime and debauchery might run riot, as there was no possible restraint.Someone happened to think of Squire Stockinger at Ballstown. He was called up by telephone about 1 o’clock and answered that he would be at Batesville by 4 p. m. if the river of mud should prove navigable for boots between Ballstown and Batesville.Justice Stockinger arrived about 4:30. Court was couvened as soon as possible, trial was called, the issues made up, witnesses sworn in abundance, and then a change of venue was demanded by the defendant and the case was sent to Napoleon and set for next Tuesday.Thus Batesville was deprived in one way or another of the pleasure of witnessing one of the most brilliant displays of legal talent in one of the most exceptional cases on record in this exceptional town.eettnnirl-ahoa1-3-eeitief:rf3)w♦h:n■ys.gitiriefl. C. Canfield left,for Pittsburg
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Batesville Tribune
Batesville, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 19, 1903
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