New-York tribune., 1898-11-11
BETTORs GET THEIR MONEY.
rr1J. & co. PAY OFT ABorr s9oo.ooo-MR oDEI.f
WINS :2oOCO.

rr1L & 90 PAY OFT ABOUT s3COo0O-MR. ODELf.
WINS cocoa.
Sell & Co. OF 40 81 Broadway, tho stock broker
arc firm through whom most OF the Tammany
money wagered on Van Wyck was placed an
nolnccd al about noon yesterday their readiness 10
settle All the election bets in which they were IN
tcrostcd. and other firms which have also acted as
stockholders for large sums Of money promptly fol-
lowed with similar announcements. among these
houses being j. :. Bache & Co Groosheck *
Sterling Provost Bros & Co and John Wallace.
The successful hcttors took 10 the offices of the
firms which acted their Stockholders tn" betting
slips which had been given them as receipts for
their money ~ the time the hets were made, ana
on indorsing these slips with their names and sur
rendering them they received checks for the sums
due them respectively. The bots placed by Bell q
Co aggregated $27sCo0 on their side and a ltte
less on the other side. the total amount staked
through them being about $4,000. The firm held
stakes amounting about only 5000 the other
parties TO the larger bets negotiated through Boil
& CO. having selected other persons or firms as
stakehoders In the course OF the day Bell & 90.
paid out at their Office and through outside stake
holders about 100000 Of the $1,000; and the other
firms mentioned above also settled many OF their
bets.
Chairman Odell OF the Republican state Com
mittee called at about 29O O'Clock yesterday after
| noon at the Office of Moore & Schey. which firm
on Saturday made stakeholder Of his Nl"O
bet on Roosevelt with Bell CO.. representing Van
Wycl bettors When ne left the Office few min
utos later he carried with him his own $4,000 and
Bell & CO.'S check to his order for the same
amount
Mr. Odol said in the Fifth Avenue Hotel. in tho
afternoon, that he believed he had won the $1,000
! from Mr. Croker. as he understood that he was
/ betting against Mr.. Croker. Mr.. Ode said also
that tho payment of the bet was proof that th"re
WAS no truth in a report that Tammany would ny
raise i'm The courts a question as to Colonel
RoOsevclts eliG!bil.ty for the office Of Governor.
As matter OF fact. he said. II Was silly talk on
the part Of some Tanmanyite that such question
could be raised. Before suit Of tho Kind could
/ be- brought. he said. case would have to be made
out before the Attorney General Of the State. and
the consent Of the Attorney yGeneral was necessary
10 the bringing Of the suit As the Attorney Cen
cral Of tho State * - good Republican, and his sue
ccs.Or good Republican. il IS nonsense TO talk
/ about such 4 suit hcing brought" he said.
/ CAPTAIN Webb. At tho Fifth Avenue Hotel. who
J was stakeholder Ter bets amounting to many thou
sands Of dollars. paid over most Of tho stakes I'm
/ his kecuing Yesterday to the men who had bet on
! Colonel ROoscvet's election.
The Democrats around the Hoffman House. the
/ Democratic Cldb ana tho Savoy gave up the con-
YESTERDAY. and said that there was no possible
doubt now Of Colonel Roosevclts election. and
therefore they stood ready TO settle bots \ great
deal OF money in the hands Of shareholders uptown
/ was turned over to inc winners.