The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-20
Three BRIGHT YOUTHS
They Played YiragO at a Fifty to One Shot
and Won Fifteen Hundred Dollars.
POOL ROOMS REFUSED TO PAY
Thereupon the Winners Had the Pro-
prietors Arrested for Obtaining
Money Under False Pretenses.
They Gave Bail for Hearing Before
Alderman Fitzsimmons Last Night
at 8 O'clock.


at 8 O'clock.
Michael Kelley. manager of n race.
track pool room in the rear or 30G Lack
awanna avenue and G. W. Plunkett,
manager Of the Electric News and
Money Transfer company, a race-track
establishment, doing business in Center
street near Penn avenue. wero arrested
,st night by three N N'w York travelling
men named GEORGE Deyer, George l..
Davis and w. l. Hutchinson on the
charge OF obtaining money under false
pretenses,
Al / 50 o'clock every afternoon the
houses open for Duslness, Ninety mine
persona out OF hundred passing the
doors in the glare OF the noouday sun
would not observe their character.
Whom the visitor enters ne heholds au
inviting row OF chairs, and upon being
seated ho is confronted with black
board six feet high and twenty feet
long, The board is divided into columns
aud in each column there is list Of
the horses entered in each race at some
one Of the following rscs tracks:
Sheepshead Bay, Clifton, Jerome Park
or Gutenberg. The Jockeys that will
ride are named aud taeir weights, and
also the figures that bets can be OBJ
tanned at.
HOW THE BETTING is DONE.
This horse plays even money, mean
ing if you oct 81 on him and hs wins
| y.ya Il k.,s,
plays 3 10 l, aud if he wiuS You will
get 50 by investing 81, There is an
Office to one side whore the cashier or
0ookuiaker aud the telegraph operator
ire stationed When the first race be-
ius at whatever track the house ia
receiving news from that day the op-
orator shouts: "At the pols.' Mex
is heard, They're off. Red Top may
he in the lead at the quarter pole by
length If So 1t is announced. And so
on it goes until the race is ended and
the name of the winning horse is an
nounced Those who win walk up to
the cashiers window aud get their
tickets cashed.
These institutions were open for
business yesterday when the three New
York gentlemen who caused the arrest
entered to play the races. At each
house the wires were connected with
the Brighton Beach race track. The
fifth race was about to start aud in it
were entered four Of the best horses in
the country, as follows: Nero, 6-year
old: Roller and W B. 5-year olds. and
Tom Finley, 6-year old. These horses
were playing at close odds and it
was expected that one out of the
four would win. To the sur
prise of ALL horse named
Virago, a 3.ysar.old won that has no
record at any distance and is practical
ly unknown except through its owner
A. Thompson. formerly proprietor of
the White Elephant in New York, on
Broadway near Thirty ninth street
Viragos sire Ia given as Heimdel, dam
Virgo The horse was entered not long
age at Guttenbsrg and ran under
cover. Outside Of that there is no re,
cord af its being entered heretofore
Yesterday he was being played, so to l.
THE ODDS WENT DOWN.
The New York men after entering
the pool rooms began to stake their
money on him and bet SO furiously that
the managers at each place had to re-
duce the odds from the original offer
to to at one place and 2 to at the
other.
The horse won, and when Dever,
Davis and Hutchinson demanded pay.
ment OF their tickets the cashier re
s fused to cash them. charging the three
: gamblers with tapping the wires, or
some other such device. Last night a
warrant was sworn out for the respect
i've managers and they were brought
before Alderman Fitzsimmons. The
defendants alleged that there was some
trickery employed by the three and for
: that reason did not pay over the
money. Each furnished ST. 900 bail for
, further hearing this afternoon at 3
, o'clock. John Tierney. Of 2,116 Lu-
, zerne street. became their bon lsman
There is story to the effect that
three men, and these are supposed tc
b. the people meant. played the race:
; at Bridgeport few days ago in the
3 same manner as their operations in this
city yesterday and won 5000
t The Western Union Telegraph com
: pany furnishes services to the Scranton
pool rooms for $25 n day. The man
ayers OF the pool rooms allege that the
, operator who sends the news here is In
: league with the prosecutors and that h'
! first sends cipner telegram to then
, announcing the winner OF each race
b; and that they immediately 20 and play
:, that horse, tho report not being sent tC
. the pool rooms until ample tins II
given his coUfuderatss to operate.
, A TRIBUNE reporter ia conversation
= with c. w. Plunkett, manager of tb'
/ Electric News and Money Transfe,
:, company, was told that it was the be
il lief that Vlrago was in his paddock ant
= groomed after the race before wort
WAS received at the pool room here
aud for that reason ho refused to pa,
the bets He said that no will hnv
full particulars today from Mr.. Glea
son, of,New York, VINO is the owner o
Center street pool room
. II Gleason tells him to paw tn
. money, he will pay it Keeley, tn
other defendant, says the same. Tn
hearing this afternoon promises to b
y interesting. Between the two horse
i 81, 800 was won.
TO INSPECT TIE BURKE QUARRY.
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