The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-25
TURF MEN ARRESTED.
CHfRGES or GAMBLING At MOhHfS
PlRK RACE COURSE.
Judges, Boolsrnakers, Spectators an" '"o
Clerk OF the Course ia Essex h"'N'
Court-The Specific Charges.

NEW YORK. oct. 2i.-If the police
could have transported the horses tial I~'
at Morris Park track this afternoon -
Essex Market Court. nothing would nave
been needed to hold a second edition oil
the races There were judges. bookmak-
ers sp.culators and clerk OF the course
there hui all wore an ar OF detP SiOVA'
for they had been arrested AT tile cOii'ie
sion OF the seventh race, D! $3.50 -.
spector Mccullough ana Cehtiai oiiioo
tectiyes on charge or violating tie
I.awver benjamin Steinhardt and julius
Leham went TO the Essex Market
Court this morning accompanied "
George T. Henly OF Brooklyn, ana on
behalf of the people OF the state of New
York. swOre out warrants for the arrest
o. Samuel y. Lawrence. Jonn Doe, hlcl-
ard Doe and others, on FOUR uiisIche
charges Of violating the gambling laws
'Thr aitidavit bv Henly as against samuel
b. Lawrence. IN charge OF the wet
Chester Racing Association and others
alleges that they participated in a scheme
hv which the owners OF the horses, three
year-old foals of 1872 get chance IN
the distribution of a stake. which Is maze
up OF 500 subscribed By each owne II
his horse was entered on before August
18th. 1926. and subscriptions of $50 from
each owner who did not enter his morse
until October lst. 1896. the cOntriouuotlH
20 bc formed into one pool and me
West Chester Racing Association would
add q sum sufficient 10 make the tIVsS
sum OF said pool or stake amount 10
3EG and thatsaid pool or stake would te
distributed or paid 10 the owner or the
horse which should win the said race.
after Geducting 500, which should go 10
the owner Of the second horse, ana 500.
which should 20 10 the owner of the tnlrn
horse that the different persons shoull
have no knowledge Of the entries uhtil
the day they closed and that the weights
90 be carried by tho horse which was
a scheme 20 eQuaiize their chances OF
winning. were not 20 be known 70 the
owners Of the horses until three days
prior TO the running of the race. and that
every owner will abide and be governed
~ certain rules known as the ruies
OF racing.
VIOLATION or THE THSAL CODE.
The complaint further alleged that
Samuel =. Lawrence, acting as the " est
Chester Racing Association, received slVU
from ono j. W. Rogers as the entry fec
for a horse called Lucania running In the
Withers stakes. and he violated sections
5ii and 3b OF the penal code relating 70
gambling.
The complaint against the other men
Richard Doe, John Doe, etc.-was that
they aided and abetted Lawrence i'm the
violation OF the law.
The warrants that were then issued By
Magistrate Crane were given 10 Acting
Inspector NcCullOgh 10 execute. and with
that end in view he went 10 the track,
accompanied hy the detectives That he
aid not arrest Lawrence is due 10 the
fact that the latter could not be found
there. Shortly before o'clock Maris-
iraie Crane was notified that the arrests
had been made and that the prisoners
were I'm custody About an hour after
wards the following were arralgned in
court:
Iudges-Robert W. Simmons. Of New
Orleans. and Clarence Mcdowell. OF this
city.
Clerk Of the course alleged by the COM
plainant 10 be- Henley. who said he was
pointed ont 10 him as such)-Christopher
j. Fitzgerald OF Brooklyn.
Alleged hOOkmakers-Percy Nanalga,
Henry Stokes. Leando Jones. Alexander
Mcintyre. William n. Davis. Henry Har-
rls. George Kunsman. Ralph Hart. John
Nagle. George ". Marks, and Joseph
SturRis
Mr.. Lawrence IL is thought. will sur
A number Of books alleged 10 have been
used by the defendants were seized. but
they We're for the most part blank.
Magistrate Crane fixed the bail Of each
in the sum Of 5000. and set tho cases
down for next Monday afternoon AT
O'Clock. Bail was Immediately furnished,
and the prisoners were released.
LAWYERS Stclnhardt and Lehman state
that the violation Of the law consists OF
the running Of sweepstakes-that is 10
saw. races iu which certain amounts are
put up by horse owners in the nature OF
a wager: whereas II the Racing Associa-
zion had offered q nriZe by themselves II
would be constitutional.