The evening world., 1894-08-02
asy II business is resumed at the Lit
fieMonte Carlo"

M. Ds0,,. esunseI claims that the
I. waace spectaed In the charges IL not
< eanblins resort. bat n telegraph emce,
I where men telegraph their bets On
\ herses, which are really made nj the
race sracks.-Erfroot from Associated PRES
Rspost a sherN Dsfp,s Statement, Through tb"n-
~ % Coz. fio,cev yesterday.
Guileless, unsophisticated Sheriff
Duffy, OF westchester County. has
assured Gov. Flower. through his coun-
eel, that the, vile gambling den just
across the county line, known as Lit
tie Monte Carlo" "is not a gambling re-
sort, but q telegraph Office, where men
telegraph their bets on horses. which
4 are really made at the race tracks.
This In his answer to charges preferred
by the Society for the Enforcement OF
the Criminal Laws OF the State.
BY what mental process Duffy arrives
. ut this conclusion Is as obscure as his
attitude Of bold protector OF the place
fl refreshing. Even the proprietors of
the six books under the rude shed must
smile at the cold blum which the White
Plains oficial hurls at Coy, Flower In
answer to charges upon which he was
persistent neglect of duty.
placed himself in the peculiar. position
sntentienai psrvetter Of truth, or as
\ man whose purity of mind is so great
\ that he cannot conceive that 5000 or 1000
daily to the gambling dens for any pur-
pSss but to patronize telegraph
Just how. much OF this statement. of
a InrHp vutI hA al
Flower remains to be seen. That the
/ statement Is Without scintila Of back
ing f. beyond question The Evening
! World" challenges Sheriff Duffy and the
4 proprietors OF the place which his false
statement attempts to protect. to the
extent of pulling the wool over the Gov:
evidence to prove that anything like a
4 regular telegraph business Is being con-
! Quoted there. or that one cent In sent
4 BY wire or by other means. to the tracks
upon which the bets are made.
In the first place the idea Is absurd
J from the fact that twenty five operators
sa.a ssao1et tse whsh
IN pretended by Sheriff Duffy, Is carried
) on at the place. This In the estimate OF
an expert telegrapher. assuming that no
more than 600 bets are laid on each race.
One wire alone enters the shed and ter
4 inmates at the suspended platform In the
j centre Of the room. The sole operator in
sight is the stout fellow, who often leaves
his hot and uncomfortable perch between
races, returning, only when about to an
nounce that they're off, at one OF the
This solitary wire has the simple com
plemelt OF key and sounder. The latter
= used mostly while the running Is re-
TO be used for inquiries and verificatio
And Sheriff puffy declares that over this
wire Little Monte Carlo" does a "tele-
graph business"
Sheriff Duffys counsel further alleges
that bets are telegraphed and really
nade at the tracks" but he fails to tel
heT =: %ssd ns who
wrote an expose Of the foul den, which
was printed last Friday. found direct
Z the sssarapceI Of one OF the Telegraph
ONCE employees.
On that day n bet was made at De
pertmsnt y" on psnntlsss for the place
/, the bet was taken, was notice declar-
{. dng that money orders would be for
q warded to Brighton Beach and Saratoga.
nouncing the odds on the race which the
I reporter wanted to play. No place
eds were posted AGAINST , Dannte--' bn,
"Dauntlsss for the place said the
y reporter. handing In, his money
"ssy,", said the cashier, turning I, the
: man who controis book e. "what are
4 you laying for place against Daunt-
Eight to one," was the immediate
The reporter was handed a card bear
Eng q number printed in red Ink, which
c0rresponded with the number Of entry
card pretended to be a message blank
he started to I'LL II up.
the WINDOW s Yon Just a' Keep ne ,h %aH ".
have have got the bet down all right on the
Here was an absolute refusal to do II
felanTQnh I'm fbar
of the card furnished stlll more reyela
tions to cause wonder. The back OF the
ticket tick Vas eSyere ,as with lot Of rld!eu;
by the - Telegraph Company. The
face Of the card bears the title Electric
Telegraph Company. of Westchester."
that THE - Telegraph Company vii
make transfers Of money In any amount
containing no fractions OF dollars. be:
In receipt for same" The terms are
4 sponsib.ility e claimed regarding the
payment Of money to the wrong person,
As q matter OF fact. no charge In made
on sums Of or any other amount
The "reeeipts" alluded to are ticket
II In the printed numbers they bear.
The last lins Of these instructions no
only upset the effect OF the printed no
trscts. But Directly gives Il. lie 10 sSer
% Duny's statement made to Gov
F1oWer yesterday. 1t read:
Money will not be transmitted to b,
Placed aSa as wAssrs on contest OF an!
As Tho Evening world' has alread
shown, the place Is simply a huge gam
bling concern and but the stepping
stone to a larger and more versa iii
establishment now under construction
" 1t has already been limited that Sher
IN Dufy 10 In receipt of a good roun
sum for protecting this place. but eve
those who preferred the charges upo
which he was summoned before IN
Governor did not expect him TO deiis MI