Modern battles of Trenton .. . esorts to the kind of people who patro-nized them served to start an inquiry, in public quarters, intothe gambling laws of the State, and the result was the with-drawal of all thelegislative counte-nance that had beenextended to pool-selling and race-track betting for theprotection of themidsummer meetsat Monmouth. NewJersey was willingto lose Monmouthif she must haveGuttenberg andGloucester City ascomplements of by a perversityof fortune the onlytrack that was hurtby the repeal ofthese favoring lawswas the one that thepeople were halfwilling to see
Modern battles of Trenton .. . esorts to the kind of people who patro-nized them served to start an inquiry, in public quarters, intothe gambling laws of the State, and the result was the with-drawal of all thelegislative counte-nance that had beenextended to pool-selling and race-track betting for theprotection of themidsummer meetsat Monmouth. NewJersey was willingto lose Monmouthif she must haveGuttenberg andGloucester City ascomplements of by a perversityof fortune the onlytrack that was hurtby the repeal ofthese favoring lawswas the one that thepeople were halfwilling to see had no repressive effect whatever upon the more obnoxiousplaces that had sprung up under its shadow. The good people ofCamden frequently hauled Thompson to the bar of justice; butJudge Hugg, the magistrate before whom he was arraigned, owedhis place to Thompsons influence, and he was let go with a lightfine as often as he was arraigned. The attempt to punish themanagers of the Guttenberg track did not even reach the point 25. William J. Thbmpson. 586 MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. of arraignment. The business of that resort was one of thehighly-protected industries of Hudson county. Sheriff Davissgrand juries set their face resolutely against their indictment,no matter how convincing and conclusive the evidence presentedagainst them. Rev. John L. Scudder, a bright and public-spirited young minister, who had then recently been called to thepulpit of the Tabernacle Congregational Church, in Jersey City,organized frequent raids upon the place and produced no end ofwitnesses before the grand jury; but their testimony went fornothing. One of the particular functions of the grand juriesseemed to be to close their ears to all that might be said againstthe Guttenberg den. And so the trial and conviction by the<50urts of the managers and their aides was systematically frus-trated. No amount of coaxing or denunciation on the part ofJudge Manning M. Knapp could stir these forsworn inquis
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