It was illegal to bet at a race track in Ohio. Yet betting was going on at this track, which the gambling syndicate had picked up for a song. The Press smashed at the gamblers and the track. The Sheriff made a half-hearted attempt, under Press prodding, to stop them. One Saturday morning I had received a telephone call from a long-time friend in city politics.
Newspapers receive tips like that frequently.
Some of them turn out to be valuable, other simply lead to wild-goose chases, but they are all checked. We sent a man around to Judge Walther's Court. At noon, just before the Judge was leaving for lunch, attorneys for the gambling syndicate appeared. They asked the Judge to sign a writ, saying they were in a hurry. Their claim was that the Sheriff intended to wreck their race track.