The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-15
CAUGHT TAPPING WIRES.
MILKING RACE TRACK NEWS FROM
TWO WESTERLY UNIor WIRka

ch.-ss Helped the Police 70 Discover the
Three Men .rs Their Telegraph Ir.tr--
-e-ts At as West Twerty--i-th Street
Rookmsk.r Joe Cotton Found .. the
Heu,s ..d Arrested with th. Others.
Capt Schmittbsrger OF the West Thirtleth
street station and three Of his detectives
nipped cIeyer overlapping scheme In the bud
yesterday afternoon. It seems that the West
srn Union Telegraph Company noticed that
there was something wrong with two Of its
wires on the west side on Friday. and linsmen
were set to work to discover the leak. The
wires that were affected were those over which
reports from the East ST. Louis and Memphis
race tracks are received. Il was suspected In the
racing departmental the operators Of which
are especially alert for wire tsppers-that
somebody was'milkinR the wires
By chance Capt. BohmittbcrGer and Detsc-
tive James Byrnes. who were strolling along
Broadway on Friday netioed two men loiter-
Ing around the windows Of Linde Brothers
iewslry store. at the corner Of Twenty ninth
street and Broadway. The Captain sent Byrnss
TO the station for Detectives Cash and Jsrolo-
mon. These men were stationed to watch the
suspicious characters whom the Captain sus-
pectsd Of purpose to rob the jewelry store By
smashing the window. The fellows m AIDE NJ At
tempt to do anything OF the sort but the detec-
tivss noticed that they studied the roofs Of the
houses on the south aide OF Twenty-ninth
street. After Q couple OF hours waiting the
supposed window smsshsrs moved OF. and the
detectives. thinking that they were mistaken.
went back to the station They reported TO
the Captain the fact that the men were evident
IL watching the roofs Of the houses. and that
ended the business for the niaht.
Yesterday morning. however. the Captain
heard from the Western Union that there was
. leak In the wires somewhere around Sixth
avenue and Twenty-ninth street He i'm
mediatsly concluded that the suspicious
characters that were seen the day before were
piekets for the wire tappsrs, and the detectives
were on hand when the men appeared again at
noon yesterday. The men took up their
w.tchins the roof tOp:. while the de:
doorwsy; Il was nearly . o'clock before the
men made move; aad then iY they were seen 70
street This was form sriy. 8 pool room kept
BIZ man named Beaman. The men entered
h: them snd ss
hS 5 :.SS.d And got SsDt ~ ssS9Sis.ss;s:.
In the back room they 70 und three wire tap
desks In the room. each provided With With tsls o
graph instTuments. and two wires led out Of .
sha Ths s: s War. Rss
After these men were secured the Captain
search q he nous. and found Joe a Cot
ton. the wsll-known racing man and book
naeS sufp..G to Il. e oser. AZ and sa
pressed more surprise when they arrested
oos 81 tn. ssa he
there for months. He denied having knowledge
S .es g s4 se IL the and but
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ana Frank Bisnd. : isborsr. Who ssia he lived lived
IN Park avenue, Hopoken.
r.tpTssd tss s the two e sils.
and had the telegraph Instruments removed
e s .t taS ,.y VII Isi .nS
ssS6 :, rs sna t Was 1. gu. extra
sSSss St Tns
tern. ON each OF the desks were racing cards
&: 'nss lists f. the nSS;
marked With pencil In places: slthoush Il wes
~ ss ss. s. s had b ne wS
Tsss. . SsS;1eSb used sSa BY
had unconsciOusly stopped ali business on
i hs :ooS wF heard On r1 the Circuit
ton soon after the raid. Insmsn were
set to work and the wires were soon repaired.
boot II q e:
zoe Cotton had Ss.n locked up only osu.
sSs.:a.a .ps.-f.a and CAV: .iocS San e:
Cotton denied that he had had anything to DO
house AZ ss va, mot 70 be found ysstsfday
Barker Of 70. There . young Woman said Il
was known that the basement Of SO had been
ies but che ai /, not not know for what DSEPoss
definitely ssssrtsinsd. but this H is what the
police thing was The yirs. cut vas the
T"sas T.su1a. from East Iouis 70 e. s.s
These returns were 70 ,. DELAYED while In
at Albany so the police think. By cipher sys-
tenn, copy q which was found In the Twenty
ssRt ssgs'' e: e BE-
After delay OF perhaps twenty or twenty-five
minutes the returns were to be sent on TO the
SssnWSi RV the oas of-tovn confederate. Of
the gang gould play the Winners IN the pool
70 be reached within the short time allowed
for the delay.
i.rson MsSEss ioiic. Court III. $oTnne ''H
Joe CottOn's arrest caused great surprise
among sporting men up town; and the general
opinion Was that he was not Interested In the
:. MeYslly WAS bailed late In the evening, .Po-
ice Justice Nc Mahon coming to the station
house to take bail.
FILES's LIFE SAVED.