New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-26
PINKERTON'S GREAT CATCH.
DE LAoY,s oLEvEREsr DEVICE SPOILED.
HOW THE PooLRooMs HAVE BEEN GETTING THE
NEMs-MAN. MoMAN AID BOY AEREsTED.

HOW THE PoOLRoOMS HAVE BEEN GETTING THE
NEWs-MAN, WOMAN AND BOY ARRESTED.
There is an Enclosure near the betting ring for
carriages OF every description, and few vehicles arc
seen there every ruce day. One that has been in
constant attendance since saturday week ago. was
a barouche. 1t occupied by large woman. Of
middle age, we'll dressed In black boy OF seven years
two grown men. and a long, slim coachman, with a
very tall hat, which he wore with cOrH-to-se tilt
far back on his head No other cOachman ever wore
his hat In that style The carriage always had its hind
wheels in the direction of the tall tower selghts
Hotel. ard the coachman's tall hat was forever
aimed toward the twenty mile telescope set up therein
There nothing remarkable about the party.
They were welbehaved The two men were accustomed
to leave their places between to 60 to the betting
ring, where they would remain till race was about
TO be run when they would return to the carriage to
the contest
The alert Bob Pinkerton had his attention called
to this carriage Wednesday and he assigned two OF
his smartest detectives to the duty Of watching the
movements OF the occupants. Yesterday the entire
psrty-csrriage, woman. boy, coachman and all-were
arrested. The arrest caused great excitement The
woman fought with her parasO, striking 1Ir. Pnkerton
on the head, and used her nails viciously, whereof
Bob bears the marks his face and hands. blood
being drawn In several places An officer cutched the
vrago by the throat, whereat the crowd that had
gathered became greatly enrsged and wanted only
little urging to go for the bmecoa Mr.. Pinkerton
seeing the danger called Off the officer.
One OF the arrested men drew himself up TO dig
nfied height and deCalmed TINS:
~ dare you to modest me, sirl have behind me
the Western Union Company and SlO,OOOOOoi
defy youlll7
he then threw up his coat tall as if abotu to draw
pistol
Hnkerton raised his clenched fist.
IF you dare to draw that gun he hissed am
oo4 onH lypnoI ffoth mt q
your head"
The man dropped his hand and said
al have no pistol | was only bluiiing."
His companion was less beligerent The cOachman
showed no fight. but folded his arms and smiled
All the prisoners searched for weapons
In the eoachmau's tall silk hat found upper
story, in which concealed electrc-liglt bulb
about two inches long The wires from it ran down
the mans back TO battery concealed under the
drivers box Of the carriage. One Of them coiled
around his neck and to prevent burning carefully
Insulated. In the Of the hat directly the
bulb, hole three inches in diameter.
The man confessed that he was "a telegraph OPP
orator in the g1Iise of cOachman. The two men IN
the carriage his cOnfederates 1t their bust
W go 10 the bettngrng 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 cOachman, who telegraphed it by electric light
flashes to the coDfedeaes In the tower, who had their
O-mle telescope bearing the hole in the crown OF
the tall hat. The Morse code was used. Every dc
tail OF the racing could be photographed without mis-
take, the operators IN the tower reading the code by
sight instead OF by sound. This had been 1cng
for five days. and Thursday the system Of COM
muncatOn nearly perfected that the poOirooms
were receiving all the information they wanted.
Tho who devised the plan is entitled to gold
medal But he and all his partners were taken to the
COney Island lookup. where charges of assault were
preferred against them. They preferred counter
charges against the PnkertOn men