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WILLIAMS CLOSES THE ROOMS. Hot Springs, Ark., January If.. — Armed with ap pliances for cutting telegraph wires and backed up with plenty of deputies. Sheriff Bob Williams Searched on the poolrooms outside the city today and succeeded in causing them to close their dean pending a decision in court, following the arrest of the proprietors and employees Monday, who were charged with "committing a nuisance." The test case in court having been postponed till Thursday, the poolroom men continued to display odds against tlie orders of the sheriff. Business xvas resumed yesterday, but with his armed deputies today Sherilf Williams threatened to cut the wires in order to shut oil the returns from New Orleans races ami won a bloodless viciory. There is no law ■gainst pool selling or horse rating at present and tlie test case tomorrow is lieing watched by many.
