Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-06
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Nsw YoeK. Sept. s5.--There was
= riot at The Grasesend track to-day
and il all came about by one man
talking through another mans bat.
Las, Monday bneuche containing q
man. tuo women and child was
driven into the enclosure north OF the
betting ring set apart for those who
do no, care to leave their carriages
The only noticeable thing about this
particular baroaehc was the coach.
mans hat II was most pretensaous
hat high, broad, deep and eapacious'
The coachman wore IL far back on
his head after q most rakish fashion.
He would sit thus, with his mighty |
bat back on his head. for hours with
out moving.
Every day since Monday the bar.
ouche and its occupants went into
the Enclosure, and every day the
coachman and his hat went with
them. When the barouche appeared
to-day, q Psnkerton man, whose sus-
picsons in some manner had been
aroused. began TO watch the coach
mans hat. He noticed that it was
poissed in the direction Of big tele-
graph pole north Of the track, whose
top Is now occupied by the Western
Union Office. lie also saw nen run
ming up TO The barouche and lravirg
slips OF paper. He further detected
the telegraph operators on top OF The
big pole pointing their telescopes at
the coachmans tall hat
Afssr the 6rst race the barouche
was ra,ded. Robert Pinkerton him
self snasched the coaehmsn on his
box and inspected his remarkable
bat. He discovered regular battery
inside. Up the coachman's back and
around his body there were many fine
wires in rubber tubes, and these wires
al lead to the battery in his hat,
The other end OF the wires were in
the lap OF the man who sat in the
barouche.
The system was . simple one
The man sitting behind was furnished
with the names OF the horses, tbs
jockeys, the betting and the scratches
and no promptly licked it of
through the coachman's hat by means
OF the fash system to Western Unior
men on the top of the pole. Every
body in and around the carriage wa
arrested. While the man Nance
Eros, was being hustled away hi
sifs became excited and jumped on
of the barouche. After that no on
can tell ac,urately whs, happened
Mrs. Frost said that she was choke
and insulted by Pinkerton and hi
men. A brother of Mr. Frosi's, VIII
was in another carriage. then rushe
up, and he, too, was arrested. In III
mean time big crowd gathere
around the fence which separates I'll
carriage inclosure from the gran
stand, As Mrs. Frost was hein
dragged away, screaming and strul
Cling, the excitement became intens
The bookmakers jumped upon the
boxes and hooted at the Pinkerto
men. The ring was full Of better
but they forgot all abou, odds AZ
tips and yelled their encouragement
the Frosts.
A young man jumped over Il
fence, sna,ched of bis Goa, and yelle
.Come on and hang 'em!"
The crowd in the ring cri,
"Lynch EN-! Lynch 'ein!"
The Pinkerton men evidently re
liked their danger, for they took tn,
prisoners TO The little guardroom b
bind the grand stand on run.
Robert Pinkerton said after the G
currance that Mrs. Frost had hit
man before ANYTHING bad been 50
10 her. He also denied that any VI
lence had been used. He SAID Nj
Frost would be charged in the Ora,
send Court with assault, the coac
man would be charged with disorde,
conduct and the Others with resistil
an officer. Mr.. Frost tn. night Sd
be was ia charge Of scheme to SCI
news out Of the track aud had be,
working il with satisfaction for Sc
eral days. He proposes TO sue Pin
erton for assault.
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