The morning call., 1891-10-10
A CLEVER SCHEME.
De Lacy's Cleverest Device Spoiled b
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De Lacy's Cleverest Device Spoiled by
Pinkerton.
There Is an inclOSure near the betting
ring for carriages of every description, and
a few vehicles are seen there every race
day. One that has been in constant attend
ance since Saturday week ago was
barouche. 1t was occupied by large
woman of middle age, well dressed in black.
a BOY of years, two grown men, and long,
slim cOachman. with very tall hat, which
he wore with "a corn-to-sel tilt far back ON
his head. No other cOacbman ever wore
his hat in that style. The carriage always
had Its hind wheels in the direction of the
tall tower on Sleight's Hotel, and the coach
mans tall hat was forever aimed toward
the twenty mile telescope set up therein.
There was nothing remarkable about the
party. They were well behaved. The two
men were accustomed to leave their places
between races to 20 to the betting-riug,
where they would remain till race was
about to be run, when they would return to
the carriage to see the contest
The alert Bob" Pinkerton had his atten-
ton called To this carriage on Wednesday,
and he assigned two of his smaTteSt de-
tectves to the duty of watching the move
mentS of the occupants. Yesterday the en-
tire party-carrIage, woman. boy, coachman
and all-were arrested. The arrest caused
great excitement. The woman fought with
her parasol, striking Mr.. Pinkert0n on the
head, and used her nails viciously. whereof
Bob" bears the marks on his face and
hands, blood being drawn in several places.
An officer clutched the virago by the throat
whereat the crowd that had gathered be-
came greatly enraged and wanted only
little urging to go for" the blue oat. Mr..
Pinkerton, seeing the danger, called off the
officer
One of the arrested men drew himself up
to dignfied height and detained thus:
81 dare you to modest me, sir! have be-
hind me the Western Union Company and
Sl0OO0OOO! L defy you'll"
He then threw up his coat-tail as If about
to draw pistol.
Pinkerton raised his clenched fist.
If you dare to draw that gun" he Missed,
"I'll make you eat it, and I'll knock every
tooth out of your head"
The man dropped his hand and said:
~ have no pistol. / was only bluffing"
His companion was less beligerent. The
coachman showed no fight, but folded his
arms and smiled. All tine prisoners were
searched for weapons. In the coachman's
tall silk hat was found on upper story, in
which was concealed an electric-gh bulb
about two inches long. The wires from it
ran down the mans back to a battery con-
cealed under the drivers box Of the car
rage. One Of them was cOlled around his
neck, and to prevent burning was care
fully insulated. In the crown of the hat,
directly over the bulb, was a hole three
inches in diameter.
The man confessed that he was tele-
graph operator in the guise Of a c0achman.
The TWO men in the carriage were his con-
federates 1t was their business to go to
the betting ring to get the starters in each
race. the jockeys, the scratches and the
betting. and after each race the order of the
finish. the time, etc. All this information
was placed at the disposal of the cuachman.
who telegraphed it by electric-light flashes
to the confederates in the tower, who had
their twentv-mile telescope bearing on the
hole in the crown OF the tall hat The
Morse code was used. Every detail of the
racing could be telegraphed without mis-
take, the operators III the tower reading the
code by sight instead of by SOund.-N. Y.
Tribune.