The sun., 1901-08-11
TIPS FROM THEIR PRISONERS.
nETECTIyES VINO Missed SURE
n THINGS on THE RACES.

0ETECTIvES WHO MISSED SUk1
THINGS on the RACES.
o. q IN Embezz1es Under Arrest -
Clnsnnsu VINO Wen Ilis Vreedem
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Men N Danger oe Gems 70 PRISM.
A couple Of Headquarters detsctfves
arrested the other afternoon q race fol-
lower Who was accused Of having stolen
q quantity Of hlverware. The sleuths
rot the man on the street. He was willing
enough 10 20 along with them when they
tDIo illln Wllle no w lyl D0SHV~0
said, Q bit plaintivcly, that he'd like to havc
them delay serving the warrants on him
for an hour or 70, inasmuch AZ he was wise
to . botsled-up good thing at Brighton
DeAch that was going TO win walking.
'Old Bill DAILY said the racing man
under arrest, has got one In to-day that's
pek from papa. It's Locket. Locket hg-
ures In the dope 10 finish about next Deco
ration Day; but he's going to cop the cush.
all the same, and he'll he at 20 TO or bet
tsr. I've got a little packet OF greens on
me that I'd like to spraddle around on
Lockct In a couple Of poolroons. and I'd
take II kindly II you two 'ud just forget
about that warrant until get the money
down, anyway
Yours remarked the pair Of detec-
tives, SIS a sad, sad story. However,
that will be about all. Come along
About an hour after the sleuths had
locked the young man up they were stand
ing at . ticker in Broadway cafe when
the tape told them that Locket had won
pretty easily at Brighton Beach. with 50 to
about his chances. When they ascer-
tained, a. they did while later on. that
Daly's Lockct had been played down from
o. to I, the opening price. they were about
ss chagrined brace Of Hawkshaws as ever
turned into Mulberry street.
Il sidestepped similar chance and
chieelled myself out Of a tall stack Of the
oblong yellow papers six years ago this
summer remarked an oldtime Head
uarters detective, In commenting upon
the story OF his {, o mates who had de-
clined to take the eloquent tip Of their
rersuasiveness Of a boy that l nabbed on
rscetrack back In June, 'es. I'd probably
ave three OF four roadhouses and stable
OF puRs in training by this time But no.
! was Percy-the- whole-works on that
occasion. with a chest on me so big that
my shirt studs wouldn't hold: but when
II happened and after II was all over l
ielt like Colorado Springs lunger adding
a codici to his will.
"Jn the summer Of % young fellow
working as cashier for a wholesale china
and glassware firm pulled on a neat disap-
rearance. The ponies had got this boy.
When he went away the firm he worked
for he put a flock OF accountants on his
books. and II didn't take them more than a
number Of $4,000. When his firm drifted
over here to Mulberry street to narrate
the little tale the stunt to get him was
pushed over my way because / had often
eeen the young fellow at the tracks But
! couldn't pick up his trail
well. took little whiz out beyond the
Alleghanies in Mayr'96 dropped of at
zee few Of the bunch knew at Head
quarters. and on the day l got there de-
cided TO take run over TO Latonia, where
the meeting was just under way, TO see
II l couldn't find some color Of him in or
around Covington, Ky.
him In the paddock while the horses were
second race. He had on everything fit
TO wear In the way Of togs and carbons,
but he looked hunted, at that He didn't
squeak when | gave him the shoulder
touch, but he was pale.
.Epr me mer said sad he ,s, s,ws,alnlpewi19s.a sup
lone Of the New York crowdY said he.
Yep said l. Mulberry. We ought
to be able to get the $50 o'clock express
tonight. You're coming back without
papers, I supposer
Sure said the boy, but he looked
worried We were standing In the pad
dock, talking just as II we were going
OF course was next to the way the game
stood between US.
just drop over this way a minute
said the young fellow, noddfng me away
from the bunch standing around the horses
being saddled up. followed after him.
He leaned against a stanchion supporting
the shed. bit the end Of cigar pretty
II without lighting it, and said he:
You're 1t in this, OF course. I know
that. I'm not screaming But will you
circulate around the works here with me
for an hour or so--Tll be within two foot
OF you all the time-and then take the ride
In with me' That'll give me time to collect.
Collect, ehY said /. so you're still
going around with los temperature over
this good thing business, are your
No. said he, I'm not But there's
one in to-day that's been framed up right,
and she's going to do. l know this. I've
got 81, 900 here e,-and he pulled out the bundle
and skinned 1t over SOS / could see that
II was all there-'and came out here to-day
TO get II all on Pocahontas. She'll be the
rank outsider In four-horse race, and
she'll win at is or 20 to 1. When she walks
home and collect, III have enough 20 90
back to New York and dig up in full to the
firm and begin over again right, with a
package Of Il In hand. Pocahontas goes
In the third race. and they're ready to go
In the second now Win you let me have
the hour?'
Just as he got through talking the field
went away from the post in the second race
and l soon saw that the hundred I'd put on
Black Hawk was as good as burnt up. This
didn't improve my amiability much.
Nope said |, nor any part Of II. It's
you for Cincinnati inside of ten minutes at
most. And I'm being good to you, at that
You'll need the two thousand to hire a lawyer
when you get back, let alone TO send out for
ginger snaps and cigarettes and things
while you're awaiting trial. Let's get out
OF this
-The young fellow went a shade or so
paler when handed him this, but he gave
me a clutch on the arm and said with 8 nRu-
lar earnestness;
"'Dont get sore. But I'll make YOU a
proposition, and you'll he sorry IL you don't
take IL. I'll put thousand Of this on Poca-
hontas for you, or let you put IL on yourself, ;
once more drawing out his roll L tell
you that it's going through. It's my one
chance to win out Of this scrape that I've
world In the eve again. It's not gamble
n cartaiDty