The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-25
RACE HORSE MEN IN COURT.
They Are Charged With Violating
the Anti-GambIing Law.

New York, oct. 24-If the police could
have transported the horses that ran at
Morris Park race track this afternoon TO
the Essex market court nothing would
have been needed to hold a second edi-
tion Of the races There were judges.
bOokmakers, spectators and clerks of the
course there, but all wore an air of deep
gloom, for they had been arrested at the
conclusion of the seventh race by Act
ing Inspector McCullagh and Central office
detectives on charge Of violating the
gambling laws.
Lawyers Benjamin Steinhart and jules
Lehman went TO the Essex market court
TINS morning, accompanied by George T.
Henley of Brooklyn, and on behalf Of the
people Of the state Of New York swOre
out warrants for the arrest of Samuel
Il. Lawrence, John Doe, Richard Doe and
Others on four different charges Of Violat-
ing the gambling laws.
The affidavit hy Henley as against
Samuel b. Lawrence, in charge of the
Westminster Racing Association, and
a scheme by which the owners of the
horses, 3-year-Old foals of 1892, get a
chance in the distribution of a stake
which Is made up of 500 subscribed by
each owner If mis- horse was entered on
or before Aug. 10 1895, and Subscrip-
tiOns of $50 from each owner who did
not enter his horses until oct. l, 1895;
the contributions TO be formed into one
pool and the WeStcheSter Racing AsSO-
tAdLOn would dlU a sum SullclGnl 70
make the gross sum of said pool or stake
amount TO $500, and that said pool or
stake would be distributed or paid to the
owner of the horse which should win
the said race, after deducting $500, which
should go to the owner Of the second
horse, and 500, which should go TO the
owner or me thlrq morse uIlaI tne dlIletee
ent persons should have knowledge OF
the entries until the DAY they closed,
and that the weights to be carried by
the horses, which was a scheme to equal
to be known TO the owners OF the horses
until three days prior to the running OF
said races; and that every owner Will
abide by and be governed by certain
rules known as the rules OF racing The
complaint further alleged that Samuel
b. Lawre2ce, acting as the Westchester
Racing Association received 500 from
one j. w. Rogers as the entry fee Tor
a horse called Lucania, running IN the
Withers stakes, and he violated sections
344 and 352 of the penal code relating 10
gambling.
The complaint against the other men,
Richard Doe, John Doe, etc, was that
they aided and abetted Lawrence IN the
violation of the law.
The warrants that were then issued by
Magistrate Crane were given to Acting
Inspector McCullagh to execute ana with
that intent he went to the track accom-
panied by the detectives. That ne ala not
arrest Lawrence is due to the tact that
the latter could not be found there. Short
~ before o'clock, Magistrate Crane was
notified that the arrests had been made
and that the prisoners were in custody
About an hour afterward the following
were arraigned in court: Judges Robert
w Simmons Of New Orleans and Clarence
Mcdowell Of this city; Clerk of the Course
(alleged by the complainant Henley who
said he was pointed out to him as such)
Christopher J. Fitzgerald of Brooklyn;
alleged Bookmakers Percival Maggie, Sig
mund Adhmand, Henry Stokes, Orlando
Jones, Alexander Mcintyre, William H..
Davis, Henry Harris, George Kunzman,
Ralph Hart, John Nagle, George w. Marks
and Joseph Sturgis
Mr. Lawrence, it is thought, will sur
render to the court tomorrow morning
A number of books alleged to have been
used by the defendants were seized but
they were for the most part blank. Magis-
trate Crane fixed bail in each case in the
sum of 900 and set the examination Of
the defendants down for next Monday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock. Bail was at once fur
nished and all the prisoners were releas-
ed. Lawyers Steinhart and Lehman state
that the violation of the law consists of
the running of sweepstakes-that is TO
say races in which certain amounts are
put up by the horse owners in the nature
of a wager; whereas, if the racing asso-
citation had offered a prize by themselves
il would be constitutional.