Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-23
FOLLOWED THE RACES
Three Men Arrested as Having Bad
Regulations.
Judge Miller Says He Don't Intend to
ReIensc Shell Game Workers
In the Future.

The Virginia Jockey Club race track at
st. Asaph is in Virginia, and not in this
jurisdiction, and for this reason the police
here have no police power there. But Sec
rotary Mcintyre. at the head of the execu-
tive committee, had no idea of having
crooks and di5orderly persons on the track,
and In order to protect the public from
such persons thirty men, under Detective
Bob PinkertOn. were employed. Thus far
the public has been well protected, the
police here say, and they are well pleased
with the work OF the detectives. Yesterday
he Pinkerton force was reduced to six
rlen. and several Alex andrians were put on
guard to assist these six men.
The Jockey Club officials sent tickets to
Maj. Moore. and me local detectives visit
the track from time to time, in order to
famiiiarize then selves With the faces of the
"tOuts' and hsiEGsrs-on, who work thievinS
games on pers ons Lnacquainted with their
modes of stealing.
After 4 visit to the track yesterday De
tectiEes Weldon, Horne and Rhodes went
out last night and made three arrests. The
trio appeared in Judge Kimbalfs court this
morning. and a trial under the vagrancy
act was held.
Two of the prisoners, Lew. c. Kennedy
and Thomas Il. Harmon, young men, were
We'll known to the officers, particularly TO
Detective Horne. Their game is shell
working although they sometimes operate
the swing balls"
There is no worse sort of robbery than
the she'll game, the judge told the prison.
ers. It's perfect robbery, he said
But" said one OF the prisoners, II have
never worked the game in this city,
That may be true said the judge. but
a mans reputation travels with him"
The officers said that these defendants
follow race tracks and county fairs. One
of hem had the shells on him, and the 9TH
er had eight railroad tickets to various
r,Nfr th.a off mont nIUp6
that they had Travelled between these points
and had MT given up thei" tickets.
Judge kiInEall told the prisoners that
heretofore the courts had been in the habit
Of taking the personal bonds of such per-
sons and giving them a chance to leave
town. But, said the judge, that only gives
an opportunity TO rob persons in some other
place.
Il am going to make a change in this
practice" the court told them, land require
you to give real estate security in the sum
of S2,W or go TO the worxhOuse for ninety
Gays. When you get out you may leave the
city, mi you had better tell others of your
stripe what the court will do with them If
they come here"
Abraham S. Prince was the other prisoner.
lie has been here off and on ever since the
Jackson City race track opened, so the
officers told the court. They said that he
is a tout and follower of the races, and
has the reputation of being dishonest in
addition to being an opium smoker.
Detective Weldon caused some amuse-
ment when he described the hearing at the
Virginia magistrates office of a charge
against Prince of robbing a man.
He was taken to the magistrates office, -
said the officer, land the magistrate, upon
hearing one witness, said: Let the prisoner
be released" and the officer waived his
hand to show how the magistrate had done.
The prisoner said he came here to get EN-
ployment ON the race track, and admitted
that he had been ruled off the jackson City
track. lie claimed that he belongs in Phila-
Gelphia, and said he wanted to go home.
I'VE have no use here for men of your
kind" the judge said, and / want ii dis
ttnctly understood by men of your class
that this is decidedly unhealthy climate for
them"
He was sentenced to thirty days in de-
fault of bonds in the sum of 500.