The Archive · 1923

A POLICEMAN'S EXPERIENCE

The case was then proceeded with, and after a brief opening statement by Mr. Maitland, P. C. Tulloch was called and described a visit to Stanton's Midway Shows on the night of August 28. He was accompanied by P. Everest, and they first patronized the ''submarine." Everest paid 60 cents (as did others) for a ticket bearing four numbers, 12 tickets being sold. The "submarine" was in a tank akuest filed with water, with numbers from.1 to 48 round the inside at the top. The "submarine" was submerged electrically and, after travelling round the tank a few times, was brought to the surface again, electrically, and the number against which it stopped took the prize. The winner in this case was a foreign lady, and she received $6 in small money. Later -in the evening, P. C. Everest paid $1 for a ticket, and-on this occasion 12 one-dollar tickets were sold and a Chinese winner received $10. Witness and P. C.. Everest next visited a "dart board" containing small squares numbered from 1 to 18. Together with five other people, Everest paid 20 cents for one dart, and he won a dollar in small money through scoring the highest num-_ber.

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