Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-11
| stinwell, secretary: J. Y. Kirk. treasurer;
| W, = Hatch. starter, and T. Wood Martin,
HAWTHORNE RACES STOPPED,


Hawthorne, Ill. May l0--lt was a cold
Jay Tor tho sports at the race track to-
iay. Chicago and Cook county have for
some time been strueEgng with a hot
wave. but the owners and patrons OF the
How thorne track found it cool enough for
them this afternoon. when 1-0 big deputy
shctins marched into the track and de-
glaryd that Hawthorne was running a
game pgoJulicial to good morals. the laws
AMI The peace OF the cOnmunty Having
declared themselves the deputies proceeded
To g.ther iu Edward Cortigan the master
OF Hawthorne. and John Brcunock, his
business partner, Joseph +. Cllm1n. the
proprietor uf the foreign book, ana TWEEN
ty-.iN smaller Try
The prisoners were hustled off to the
city and brought before Judge Ewing, of
| the superior court, who after u short dis
cussiou with the attorneys for the prison-
ers ani for the civic Federation, which
planned ihe raid, admitted the prisoners
( to bail IN The sum OF $500 each one OF the
prisoners. just as be- left the court room.
declared that he had been "pinchtd" Just
as he WAS about to cash winning ticket
anu there was orauHg of uecks TO see
The man who had beaten the game at
Hawthorne even though ID prohtcd him
nothing but glory. The officials Of the
civic Federation have determined that
th+t" shall be no racing contrary to Jaw
iu Geek county this year and they declare
that they viii repeat the rnids as often as
the mtnaaamsu OF Hawthorne cares TO
Heretofore the work Of suppressng the
racing Eds been the province OF the Fed
cratiou's committee on morals, but since
the election no now committees have been
appointed ana M" former iHpscd with the
outEoIrE tratiou. The gamhlinE
evil a the race tracks became so offensive
that President Baker of the federati1nt
!, solved 10 begin warfare on them without
waiting for the Intervention OF commlt-
tee on morals. He consulted with number
1t the prominent members of The fcderd-
tlpu and all OF them approved and nlorsed
his plans ana promised him their support.
T. was decided 20 swear out the warrants
before judge of court of record, as II
was known that the Hawthorne people
kept "a Justice Of the peace at tn race
tfhek auJ were prepared to give bail on
tN" spot when arrests were mad" on war
rants issued by another Justice Warrants
were accordingly taken out before Judge
noon and two hours later a small army Of
deputies were headed toward the track.
Ewings court at o'clock.
Rumors of the Intended raid got abroad.
however, and when the army Of the law
approached the track there was great con-
fusion and excitement AT the track. The
bookmakers were promptly given the
alarm and at once began to hustle their
blackhoards out Of sight. when the dep
uites marched in not a blackboard was to
be seen and the bookmakers We're standing
around trying to look innocent-a large
contract for any bockmaker to pick up
There was no confusion at the foreign
book, however Joe Ullman controls it and
he had been arrested IN a raid last year.
twice in the same place ana he was max
ing bets on nice, good races on other
tracks and not on the wicked events at
Hawthorne. Therefore, wrapped in his
innocence, confident of his ability to To-
cate the spot where the bolt would strike
he made no effort to hide his blackboard.
or what may have served him better, his
person, and he was badly fooled. The
lightning hit him fair and square. \ dep
uty, who had an idea that Hawthorne races
were no more immoral than those ON other
tracks. rounded Mr.. tllman up, much TO
that gentlcman's disgust and wrath, for
his book was g. Ob0 behind on the day
and he wanted to make it up. Other men
CONNECTED with the foreign book, seeing
the miserable failure of Ullman's light
but the officers secured as many of them
as they cared for, The formal hearing of
the prisoners viii be next Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
President Baker was prompted to vigor-
ous action In the matter, IT is said, by the
Federation people by the audaCity OF the
track management in ignoring law as en-
tirely as # 1t did not exist
That betting at race tracks Is viola
tion of the state law, is not questioned.
that their enterprises We're Illegal that
they caused TO be introduced In the legls-
lature the Humphrey racing bill, legaiZ-
ing racing in the state under certain con-
dltions This bill has not yet become n
law, but the race track people did not
wait for the general assembly to act on
their bill. They made preparations for
tn" all-summer racing meeting and the
two associations arranged To divide the
time, 80 that both would have equal
chances at the public.
President Baker watched this perform.
ance Tin he thought 1t time to Use the
civic Feleration's influence to compel re-.
spect for the law, and then he acted.