The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-18
CHARGED WI7H C0NsPIRACY.
Edward Swnyne and James Dudley
 White Arrested.

1 Detective McGrath last night arrest l ed Edward Swayne, man about town,
 who lives at No. 101 Crown street, and
 James Dudley White, son of former Su- perintendent of Streets White, on {; charges of conspiracy, two counts be- | ing placed against each of the accused
 It is alleged that Swayne told White, | who is young man about twenty-two years of age, that he had sure thing
 on horse races and offered to let some of Whites acquaintance in on the great
 chance. From information which the
 deectives have secured they say that the game was something like this: Swayne represented that he had made
 arrangements with telegraph operator in an office at the corner of Thirtieth
 street and Broadway, New York,
 whereby he was to receive information
 of the results of races before the book
 makers not at the tracks learned the
 results, and then after having received
 the tips from his operator friend he
 could 20 to the booknlakers, place mon-
 ey on races of which he already knew
 the results and thus be betting on a
 sure thing.
 It Is alleged that he represented that
 the operator was to place in the win- dow of his office card on which was
 number, and that this number was the
 number of the horse which had just
 won in certain race, and that he
 1<a I,o tA side of the street to watch for the card and then hurry to bookmakers, place his money and only wait few minutes to receive the winnings which were sure to come.
 Young White told a friend of the scheme and the latter became so inter- ested in its possibilities that he gave White $350 to play on 1t. Swayne, White and the young man went to New York, Swayne taking the s35O. They stationed themselves on the opposite side of the street from the office in which the confederate operator was al- legged to be. and soon card appeared bearing the number 5. Swayne went into a place near by and in few min utes came out and announced that he udu iiiddc H iiiistdhN III Ieduili5 tic number, had played the wrong horse and lost. The young man, sadder, but wiser, stood the loss and said nothing.
 Next Howard Arthur, employed at Winchesters, who had saved up lit- tie money, was interested in this scheme by White and thought so well of 1t that last Wednesday he drew all his savings --$95O--out of the bank and gave it to Swayne to play for him. He (Swayne) and White went to New York, saw dis played in the window card on which there was figure 6, and after the play was made Swayne announced that the $950 was lost and that the number on the card was instead of G.
 Arthur. after he returned to New Ha- ven, complained to Captain Cowles, of l the detective bureau, and McGrath was detailed on the case. McGrath arrest | ed Swayne and White last night The l first young man caught in the scheme | had made no complaint, but White af- | ter his arrest told of the $350 play. The l 1850 victim is friend of White and l said last night that he would not ap- pear against the pair. White is in ! business as an electrotyper on Court | street, Swayne was held for $1,000 ponds on each count last night and had not secured bail at late hour. White vas released under $500 bonds on each count, his father furnishing bail.