The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-22
RACE TRACK NOT CLOSED
Posse of ConstableS Not Al lowed to Enter.
when Its Members Dspsrtsd ths Betting Was Resumed Prssidsns Adler and Other ohlcials
 Give Bond.

St. Louis. Aug. 1i.-An attempt o9
 the part of posse of censtebR& eo
 serve warrants on the manasenent o&
 the Delmar track and the booaa doing business thereon, was frag<rafe4
 today by Sher:ff E. c. Henchen and his deputies, who repulssd the posge with shot guns. The move to close tno
 Delmar track was not altogether un- expected by the msnagement. and dep- uties were stationed at the track when the crowd first began to arrive n the afternoon. In the meantime warrants had been sworn out at St. FerdinAnd Township. near Kinioch Park. before Justice Baker, charging the defendant1 with keeping a comomn gambling
 house. Thirty-three warrants were
 drawn in all. those named therein an- clrSing President Sam w. Adler. c. A
 Titles and l.. A. Celia of Delmara
 These were placed in the hands of con-j
 stables. nearly forty being in the posses which was headed by Constable Lin-
 hard.
 At 2 o'clock the Losse set out for pelmar. word was conveyed to the track and the sherin and his deputies armed with repeating shot guns, stood themselves near the gates. At the ap- proach of the posse the sheriff walked
 into the betting ring and placed all the bcokmakerJ and the management of the track nnder arrest on charge Of vio- latIng the Breeders jaw. Betting was Immediately suspended at all the books. When the posse approached the shsr- 1 If ordered It's members to keep out Of the track.
 ..Skipny" Roman, member of the posse, attempted to rush forward, but was stopped hy the Sheriff, who ordered his men to get their guns ready. | The sheriff had but seven deputies, 1 but these were al armed and the posse l withdrew, seeing that attempts to force
 an entrance might be met with loss of l life. Constable Linhard remained out | side and after his posse had departed | was allowed to enter the grounds. He | was unable to serve his warrants on the sheriff's prisoners, however, dis covering that he had left the documents | in the care of a member of the posse. When he withdrew Sheriff Hencksn re-
 leased his prisoners and betting pro- | ceeded as usual.
 | Considerable excitement prevailed
 among the patrons of the betting ring
 while these events were in progress, | the crowd surging about the sheriff
 and constable when they entered. but general order prevailed in the grand stand. the patrons keeping their seats. | President Adler stated that racing at Delmar would continue without inter- | ruption and that there would be no change in the program of the track. The attitude of the sheriff. he said. was | founded on the fact that the book
 makers were his prisoners and that he
 intended to protect them from any in- l reference on the part of a mob. I c. A. Tiles gave bond this morning | before Judge Clark for the thirty-two bookmakers for whom warrants were l issued in the city Tuesday while Presi- dent Adler signed Mir. Tilles's bond. The bonds provide for their appearance at any time before Judge Clark. Thei trials will occur early in September. As a sequel to todays trouble at Delmar Park Joseph Graham was shot
 and probably fatally wounded at il o'clock tonight by a party of men headed by John Williams. Graham acted as deputy sheriff at the track to- day and the men who attacked him were members of Constable Linhard's posse.