Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-06

Ivn 10 to z IL Even
The heaviest bettor of the campaign has
been F. T. Adams, q stock exchange broker.
who has put up so much money for himself
and as agent for several wealthy men mat
he has practically made the odds since the
candidates were first put In nomination.:
He reached the st. James at O'Clock ana
Immediately announced that he had $3o,oOo
to put on Morton at odds Of three to one.
There was nobody present who had $lo,Vo
ready to back Hill, but the broker managed
to place the greater part of the money dur
ing the evening in comparatively small lots,
the largest single wager being sl,OOO to
81, 200 that Morton's plurality would exceed
5000.
He announced very early that he had
placed 100000 in all on Morton since the
campaign opened, but he mace several bets
afterward that materially swelled this total
His largest bet during the afternoon was
$4,000 to $1,000. He refused to disclose the
taker of the Hill end of the wager He bet
s., 500 to $1,000 with Harry Combs, and Of
fered to bet $4,000 to 5000 that Morton's
plurality would exceed $4,000, but no takers
responded. Then he lowered the smaller
end to $1,000, and still no one came for
ward. When he offered 5000 to 5000 he
found a taker.
Warren James bet H. Benedict Of Bene-
dict Brothers IS, 600 to 500 on Strong. This
was the first 2 to 1 bet on the anti-Tam-
many candidate for mayor. Mr.. James also
bet on Strong 5000 to $500 with Kerr &
Co. II. H. Halstead went the rounds Of the
stock exchange, stopping at every group to
bet $1,000 to $500 on Strong. Finally w. D..
Oliver said he would furnish 500 toward
the Grant end Of the bet, and he induced
three other brokers to put up 800 each to
fill out the $500. j. c. Kilbreth of Farr &
Co.. then offered on Strong $500 to 500.
Harry Content took the bet.
At the consolidated exchange Mr.. B.
Mendham offered $4,000 at 10 to on
Strong and 5000 at 10 to on Morton. A
Mr. Huntington put up $500 on Hill against
5000 of Mr. Mendham's money, and J.W.
l~At Q nln
of Mr.. Mendham's wager. Mr.. Mendham
was reported to have bet $500 on Morton
against 500 with Mr.. Cumberson.
Charles A. Hess. the lawyer, said he had
Strong, G.. p. Dodge, broker, taking the
Grant side, and $3.50 on Strong against $50
bet by ]. c. Smith.
There was practically no betting up town
until Sunday night, when Joe" Vendig of
race-track fame entered the ST. James
Hotel and made known that he had about
4o,oOO to bet on Hill and Grant at the prop
er odds. The money belonged to Mike"
Dwyer and syndicate of men who were
willing to take the chances with odds in
their favor.
Very little money was bet Sunday night
and yesterday afternoon 1t was again take
to the ST. James Hotel to be placed Vendig
announced that he had SIS 900 to bet on
Hill against 100000 on Morton No one
accepted his offer
The first large bet made I'D town yester
day was upon the state election Mike"
Dwyer bet "Bill' Connors the bookmaker
$4,000 against $4,000 that Hill would be
elected.
Jimmy" Wakely bet 81, 200 on Hill against
$1,000 on Morton. Barney Aaron who
was supposed to be acting for ZAP Smith
was the other party to the bet
'Sol' Lichtenstein and Butch" Thomp-
son made a bet of $500 against $1,000, in
which Thompson bet on Morton ''Tobe'
WALL Baltimore bookmaker has bet IS 500
on Morton at odds of ) to q 1t was said
yesterday that the members of the Book
makers Club, at 30 West Doth street have
placed 100000 on Morton at odds of 3 to 9
At the Fifth Avenue Hotel Lou Jones
announced yesterday morning that he had
100000 TO bet on Morton at 3 to l, but no
one stood willing to accommodate him.
Butch" Thompson bet 81, 400 to s., 600 that
Morton would not have %, 900 plurality 1t
was said that Bob Pinkerton would be at
the St. James with 100000 to place on Nor
ton. but If he appeared he did not bet the
money.
Orlando Jones bet F. T. Adams $1,000
against 5000 that Morton's plurality would
not exceed $4,000. j. j. Hagan made two
bets that were calculated to stimulate
Grants followers. He went into the ST.
James lobby during the afternoon and bet
81 900 on Grant against 5000 on Strong with
"Joe" White, and followed this with a bet
of $500 even that Grant would be elected A
bet of $500 on Grant against $500 on Strong
was made, and the money placed in Ven
digs hands, as was also 81 600 that was bet
81 600 to $500 on Strong against Grant. NJ
j. Hess placed the money on Strong, and
the Lincoln Club" the money on Grant.
+. A. MathieSsen, who was betting on
Morton Sunday at Odds of IL to ], placed
SIS, 200 last night. He placed $4,000 at odds
Of to 2, and 5000 at odds of to L.