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CALIFORNIA AUTHORITIES ARE PUZZLED. Cases Brought for Alleged Violation of Walker-Otis Law Likely to Be Dismissed in the Courts. San Francisco. Cal., Mav 17. — Local authorities have run up against a snag in the court cases arising .ut i.t the arrests made for alleged violations of the Walker Mis anti betting law. It is likely that cases :iMnlii-t John Wilson. Frank r.ihvanls and Frank Myers, charged with violating the Walkei Otis act l.v making bets at a lull game recently, and against John Perth, charged with making hen at an aina tear prtae tight several weeks ago. will be dismissed. si. the district attorneys ottice has been unable to • Haw up a complaint that could cover any provision in the act to meet | he charges. When tin base. sill cases were called before police Judge Wetter, attorney Carroll Cook, for the defend s nts. told Assistant District Attorney Sweigei t Ihsit lie would forfeit 0 if a complaint could be drawn tip coveting the cases. The act. he said, referred to pool sellers, sind did not refer to two men making a pet with each other where there was no stake holder and no commission was charged. The prosecution asked for si continiisince until May Id. and Cook consented if the ibfeinhints were n based on their own recognizance, which was agreed to. It is well understood that these cases have no Ci unction with the proposed test of the law which attorney Cook will have charge of in behalf of the isiiig interests a little later on. The proposed test will be comprehensive in its bearing on every phase of the law, according to the Inst information.
