Men Caught Gambling Fail to Appear in Court, Sept. 1, 1924

Men Caught Gambling in Hotel Room Forfeit Bonds. . .Officers Boyle and Glover Make Early Morning Raid at Lorraine—Saw Game of Poker Going On Through Transom—Money on Table—Men Submitted to Officers and Put Up $15 Bonds Each. . . Capiases Have Been Issued

W. Crofton, J.H. Collins, N. Allen and Jack Smith forfeited $15 bonds each in Recorder W.B. Ivey’s court Saturday when they failed to answer to their names and charges of engaging in a game of chance with cards for money.

Officers Ed. J. Glover and J.B. Boyle went to room 410 of the Lorraine hotel about 1 o’clock Saturday morning, looked through the transom, and saw a game of poker going on with money on the table. A bed had been pushed up against the door. The officers entered the room, and placed the men under arrest. They admitted, so the officers say, gambling and offered to make bond, which was required as stated above.

They were required to be in Recorder Ivey’s court Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. Their names were called, but they were not there. Their bonds were declared forfeited and capias issued for their arrest. Officers state that they do not know the addresses of the men with the exception of W.A. Crofton, who was registered at the hotel, giving Danville as his home.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday Sept. 1, 1924

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