New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-16
THE FALSE RACING DISPATCHES
NO TRACE OF TIE CRIMINALS YET.
IS THE TELEGRAPH COMPANY RESPONSIBLE =
MEASURES TO PROTECT PoOL-sELLERs'


Officers Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
many reported Yesterday that no light had yet Dceh
fbrGwn npon The persons who swndled the pool
sellers with false dispatches of the results o 'S
races at jerome Park on Saturday. Genelai i, - L.
Eckert, the Yce-pTesident and general IhanaEoi,
was ont of town, Superintendent w. L. Huhstoho
has been out of the city since Friday ana AsslsIhC
SUPERINTENDENT Erwin was at the MAN once olIS -"
short time about noon. vigorous search however,
II was learned from Press Agent SOmerVle, is OSuB
made for the place where the wires were laPIcu aS
well as for some trace of the persons VINO were en-
gagged in the swindle elsewhere. as yeG. hoWSne VEL
in neither direction has success rewarded lie
of the company. Mr. SOmervllle sld tHat 10 f .L
had vet been offered for the cOnVctloh OF INC
syyipdlers: he did not know whether one would DC
offered or not The penalty for cutting OF tamPer-
ing with telegraph wires and Tor dlSseilhat8 IaSo
intelligence is fine and Imprisonment not exceed
ING two wears Mr.. Somervlle SAID that some steps
would probably be taken by the company, 20 pre-
vent n recurrence of Saturdays outrage. III some
electrical device could not be applied TO insure inc
inyiolability of the wires, the company would ar
range with the booksellers for their future plotec
tion by some system of combination cphers
II was enormously stated by some newspapers
Yesterday that most of the dispatches sent 10 inc
poorOOms are in cipher. This Is not So IL ~ h E
been il would have been practically impossible lor
the swindlers to secure the CpherS OF the ulerou9
poo-men all over the country, let alone making All
the numerous changes necessary III su3Sri'ufi ts
false for the winning horses al the zap viii
out exciting tho suspicion OF the, NeW-loIh oP'II
ators who receiving the false messages. ~
| would have required an extensive CORPORA y"
the part of pOO-rOOm men, which Is considered III
credible The truth is that not one III twenty OF inc
messages sent from the races TO tie 10 III
ciphcr Where the few cpheTs were used on Satur1
day they are believed to have been IN use LOT SEVERN
months and SO it is not unlikely that the Keys 20
Of these may have been dScoVCFcH 10y s ,.lo
| swinders in some way. The adoption OF ciPhcr ~
TENS by the poOl-rOOms would largely ,H'h 10
vent the successful operation OF SWndIe l5EG laY
of Saturday, although this would Involve ttoIlIloji
! trouble and delay in the translation Oh the dis
patches on the part Of the pool sellers. o.,.,1
| The attorney of the Western Union, when asked
tlg n
sustained by the booksellers, replied that ne hau
given the matter little thought but he had no ld'a
that they could be recovered. The poOIInulh puSl-
ness was an illegal one, and he did not think the
! booksellers would risk lawsuits against such
! defence by the company. -,;..,
Nothing has been done by the company regarding
the false dispatches sent out on Saturday from me
! oil regions regarding new "Wlld-caI Wen IN Ln
| Forest Comfy No complaint has been made 10 the
company and its officers deny that they TcsPonS
! ible for the investigation of messages received 10y
! them for transmission.
Yesterday the articles essential to the sale OF pools
! being carefully secTctcd behind balzG curtains
! Walters d Co. were in iourShlng condition. not
! withstanding their TunoIed heavy, losses III
! Walters says he did not have dollar up ON the
Jerome Park on Saturday and was not aIII'''u
| by the swindlc. A reporter of The IRBUNI, how
! ever, found sporting men" who SAID lhdJ WATERS
| had lost money TO them. -,
| All day steady stream OF men ponIcu ihI" .i'r
pool rooms at COncy Island and inquired Whch Inc
money would be paid on the tickets. Anderson ~
| Burgis paid out money TO those holding tickets Oh
the and NUtIOWan races. No bt'llt 'l'll ~
pointed when the hackers of EOlc VIII receive u'lI
! money. Anderson a. Burgis say that they aI'' en-,
titled 10 at least three days, but one man expressed
the general opinion when he SAID shall be hhPPS
! if | get mine at ALL" RouTkc, who Keeps / h'
! Jumbo" will cancel his indebtedness to-day. N"t a
single man has offered 10 return the money Pald De
cause Of the false dispatches The nuclualhg tHaI-
acteT of the patrons of the Cuucy Island po"l-T"uh~
makes ii highly improbable that the PROPRIETOR
| will ever bc able to recognize the perpetrators oil
! the swindle. Not one of them noticed anything l.
regular nor did they have the slightest suspicion "I
the Job. Men, they say, bought pools Just ihc same
on Saturday as on any other day and the character
/ and appearance OF the purchasers were not SUM
GENTLY conspicuous to attract special attention.
! Yesterday afternoon the booksellers met ana dis,
cusscd the swiudle and the best means 10 be- adopted
! 10 prevent any repetition OF IT. II was ahh"uH''3
/ that the Western Union Telegraph Company had
promised to afford them better protection m th'
| future by stationing watchmcn along the me on
| race DAYS. They propose 10 adopt new cpnrI ana
! 10 institute more rigid rules in connection win us
! disclosure to puOl-rOom clerks and others.
None of the booksellers were able TO estimate ac-
! curatey what their lUs,c, Will amount 10, as ihy
| cannot tell how many persons destroyed lh'i
tickets when the false result Of the races was an
| nounccd. Naturally they hope that many, as
pusted with their luck, in an impctuous manner he
! strOycd the tickets, which II saved would nave
! been Of value. , -.
| Boston, oct 15.-The only pool dealers in this
CITY known to have done any business on Saturday
! races are RebeT n GallahcT. stranger visited
] their rooms and wanted to make a bet, but when
he found the concern only took risks payable next
| day. he declined to bet and went away.