New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-15

"A" Burgis estimates his loss at $4,000.
The objections of the police saved the few pool
sellers doing business down. town from losing any
exorbitant amounts. Rumors are rife that Walters
a. Co. did not get of without the loss or sums
ranging from 81 900 to $4,000. Pete" Delacey
says $15 paid his Indebtedness to the boys who
beat him by the trick. Kelly d Bliss, 1t is re-
ported, do no business whatever in the city. The
same is also said of Cridge e. Co.
THE BOOKSELLERS VISITORS.
At LovelPs, in Twenty-eighth-st., during Satur-
day morning, several men called, all of them
strangers, and asked what odds would be offered
against the following combination of winners ::
Eclat Bella, General Monroe Constantine and
FOrager. Mr. Lowell said to a reporter that he
quietly told the men that the only thing that re-
strained him from oblging them with quotations,
was the objection of the police to his mode of gain
ing livelihood. He invited them to meet him on
the course, where he would be delighted to accom-
mOdate them to any reasonable amount. con-
fessn said Mr. Lowell " l should have been terribly
swlnded had not been cautious a result of the
quiet suggestion from the pohce to stop business;
Judging from the conversation of the men should
say decidedly that they were familiar with the
Tace-cOurse. did not grow suspicious until they
expressed their willingness to bet on any combna-
ton of winners provided the odds were sufficiently
great"
The same persons after leaving Lowell went to
the Turf Exchange" and endeayOred there
Of ORSiV Kelly ~ BisS @ Key, y Oh however 5; 'e: re-
fused to transact any business whatever
with tnelns lney next visited CrlOge " CO5
and Appleby & johnson, but it is believed with the
same results as before. Downtown at Walters d
Co., the combination of winners was pre-
sened and the odds offered inquired for, and, IL IS
said with moro success. Instead of entering
Walterss place in a crowd they went in detach-
ments. How much was wagered is matter of
speculation but if the member of the firm had not
been attracted by the number of men entering and
asking for the odds offered on the same cOmbina-
tlOn the losses would have been overwhelming. AS
it was the suspicion caused by the same opinion
held by 50 many strange men made the prOpTetors
delay payment and all. the tickets had not been
cancelled when the swinde was discovered.
Although Deacey claims that his losses were insg-
niicaut, it is thought by those who familiar
with the downtown methods of tTansaCtng busl-
ness that he was left for a small amount
Some of the pool sellers were asked yesterday if
they expected to get any redress for their losses
from the Western Union Telegraph Company. They
all were agreed upon the impTaCtCability Of expert
mentiug with q lawsuit involving snch doubtful
issues While the company, they say, responsible
for the correctness of messages transmitted by their
operators, they cannot be expected to detray the
expenses incurred by messages sent by fraud and
trckery The pool sellers express their willingness
to JON forces with the company in the attempt to
search out the guilty parties to secure their punish
ment,