St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-10

Immediately that the betting was
posted, Jack observed Ben, of the firm
of Cleary & Co., move to the nearest
stand and place 800 on Shellbark to WIN.
This was the tip that Jack was waiting
for. and, leaving the pool room, ne
hailed boy, that, by previous arrange
ment, was waiting on the opposite side
of the street. Jack inserted the name,
Shellbark, in blank space OF note
which he brought from his inside pocket,
and, sealing the envelope. gave it to the
boy for delivery. The messenger was
explicitly instructed not 20 make the de-
livery until the winner of the last race
had been announced, and was also told
to answer no questions that might be put
to him. but to depart from the vicinity
the moment that the note was out of his
hands.
1t was now fifteen minutes after 4
o'clock (5:15 New York time), and Jack
went into the commission house next
door 10 the Tremont), to watch for a
message from Tod. The proprietor said
Certainly" to this request to wait for
an expected call, and left him alone in
the office.
at 4:23 the bell sounded, and, as Jack
put the instrument to his ear, he heard
painting "HelloW followed by THAT
you, JacK?
ssLiZzetta VFins,o
came the next message, and Jack was
on his way back into the pool room be-
fore Tod had time to hang up the in
strument
Jack placed $500 on Lizzetta with the
first book he could reach, and then
went along the line So much money
had been played on Shellbark that the
odds on that horse had to be cut down
to to l, and "Soap" was keeping open
in order to have a chance to even up
the books. When Jacks plunge on
LiZZetta commenced Soap" breathed
easier, and he instructed the pencilers
to take all bets offered on all the start
ers except Shellbark. Jack had about
So, 500 in his several pockets, and In five
minutes he had placed nearly $1,000 Of
the money before orders were given at
4:2S to close up.
''Post," was called ont by the operator,
and it was at once followed by They're
ff."The winner of the conSpirators' Sc
lection was soon announced. Contribu-
ton being sent as the second horse and
Airshaft third. 1t was at this moment
that Jacks messenger, faithful to in
structIonS, appeared at Soaps" desk
and delivered the note that was intend
ed to cut quite figure in the affairs of
Cleary IL Co. Soap" opened the paper
and read the following:
Dear Sir: write this at the switch board,
in the main office of the telegraph company,
at 5:25 p. m. l have just discovered a scheme
to beat you by tapping the wires aud report
ing bogus winner in the last race of today.
LiZZetta is the correct winner of the race,
and if any other horse is reported as such
you will know of the fraud in time. and be
enabled to spot the men who have tried to
do you. Do not pay off until you satisfy
yourself that am correct IN furnishing this
information. l am on duty in the office until
o'clock tomorrow morning.
T. JONES
While the proprietor was reading the
note the official report of Shellbark's
victory came, and the operator at the
other end of the wire said &c. NJ"
Soap" Immediately requested his Oper-
atOr to call up the other office again.
but no response could be received. The
next step taken by the chief of the pen
oilers was To post the following at the
cashiers window:
Wires tempered with Reported Lizzetta
won instead of Shellbark. No tickets will be
cashed until confirmation of the result can
be secured from New York. j. RISEN"
This meant that parties holding win
ming tickets would nave to wait until
The next dly before they could he
cashed.
Soap" with couple of his men,
soon afterward started out and traced
the wire from the rear of the pool room.
They hal not gone far before they
located the plant ia the block fronting
OH Fifth street. They assembled the
stairway to- the top door and came to the
Ilii e o. DirAry Il Johnson. the door of
which was wide open. The two box
relays with which the firms" operator