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Senator George Harding and a sal aried worker fo Tennes. "I'm 50;" . - "Have you been in this busienss all your life?" "What business?" "You know what business I mean. How long have you worked for Tennes?" "Most of my life lately." "What does Mont Tennes pay you for your work?" "I get about $50 a week." "Well, you heard Tennes and the others tell yesterday what he gets out of it. How do you like it? What do you think of it? He makes the big money out o f this slimy game and goes off to California when he wants to while you stay here. What do you think about it?" Only a mumble came from Eph. It was a day of mumblers. The next one was an Oak Park capitalist who derives an income of 515,000 to"$20, 000 a. year from gambling connec tions. H. T. Argo, 410 N. Richmond av., Oak Park, known in that suburb as one of its solid citizens, .with gilt edged credit and bank account, said he was owner with Mont Tennes and Harry Morelock of the General News Co., which tells the race bettors of Chicago how and what ponies are hunning. "Have you any children, Mr. Ar go?" asked the court. "One," came the answer. "Boy or girl?" "Girl."- "How old is she?" "Eighteen." "Did you ever tell her what your business is?" "What business?"' "You know what business I mean." The witness mumbled. "Did you ever tell her how you make your money, Mr. Argo?" The witness asked to have the question repeated. Judge Landis said: ' "You know what business I mean. I'm talking about this gambling busi ness you're carrying on. You get j I money from the wording people, an element that can't afford to lose it on gambling. I'm talking about this "school for criminals that you're en gaged in. Don't you think it's too bad you're in a business you can't talk to your child about You wear a Knight Templar charm. Did you ever tell a lodge of brother Masons about the business you're in?" And Old Man Argo just sat and mumbled and couldn't find an an swer to these questions. Henry "Eckebrecht, who has charge of Mont Tennes' account in the First National bank,, said he, too, like-Argo, didn't tell his children out on Lakewood av. how he makes the money that keeps the family going. "I have a boy 9 years old," said Eckebrecht "When you go home at night to your wife and family after your day's work, do you tell your boy what you are doing?" "No." "Wouldn't yon like to be doing something you could talk to your boy about." Landis has a husky boy of his own down with the First Illinois cavalry and everybody in the courtroom felt here was one honest-to-God father talking to another father. "Yes yes," came the slow answer from the gambler. When Charles XJilbert, clerk for Stall & Sens, testified "ne had once employed Att'y Seligmah, Judge' Landis shot a forefinger al Mont Tennes an dasked: "Was Seligman ever your lawyer?" Mont Tennes stood up, held his hands behind his back and twisted his fingers in and out "I refuse to answer on the ground" that I might incriminate myself," said Tennes. And so Mont answered all day. ' Henry Morelock, one-third owner of the big main racing news bureau, was asked as he came from the judge's chanjbers: "Did you just call your office?" "Yes."