The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-21
RAID ON BROADWAY TIPSTERS
POLICE SIVOOP down on THE
FIRM or GALE & WEBB.
Arrest Two Men whose Names Are Neither
Gale Nor Webb-Ra,d Made on Conc
paints OF Boston and wheeling I'm
yestOrs" Who Failed 10 Win on Races.

D,Aints Of Boston and wheeling I'm.
ycstOrs" Who Failed 10 Win on Races.
Chief Sleuth McClusky made Broad
way raid yesterday afternoon on inior-
nation thst ca ne from Bosto n and West
Virginia Under Sleuths Mc(onville, Pea
body and Clarke acted for their chief IN
the arrest, which netted two prisoners
charged with operating get-rich-qulck
concern IN the Mail and Express Building.
at 2O3 Broadway. The two men are ac-
cused OF running brace game osten-
sibly to beat the horses at the racetracks,
but in reality to beat the investors who
bargained to obtain their information from
the firm Of Gale & Webb
McChsky charges first that his prisoners
have been guilty of perpetrating a swindle.
but az a second charge he will, IL necessary.
he says, accuse them OF doing business
under an unregistered trade name II
10 the Post Office Department for using the
mails for alleged fraudulent purposes.
The Cent raj Office received a complaint
a couple of weeks ago from William Ormsby
of the Parker House. Boston, who said that
he and half dozen of his friends had put UP
tons that the firm could win for them on
the races, according to circular information
sent out from the firms office in Broadway.
According to the Mulberry street men
another complaint was RECEIVED week or
Wheeling, W. Va, who declared that he had
lost $500 which he had invested on the rep
RESERVATIONS Of the Gale d Webb concern.
McClusky's men were set to work to
run down the game, and McConville haunted
himself hat the office Of Gale 4 Webb was
in cooperation with the Office OF Arthur
Rose at l2a Cedar street.
Gale 4 Webb we're turf correspondents.
and Arthur Rose was turf commissioner,
but McConville found. McClusky says, that
the two concerns were one.
The Cedar street Office, McC1usky says,
was small room just about fit I'd for the
reception of Mr., Roses mail, while the
Broadway Office was larger and was just
Mail and Express building from the Office
OF the american Sabbath Union.
In this office, according to the letter.
heads sent out, there were Walter Gale,
general manager: Fred Webb, principal
Handicapped. and George Riley, chief
of Checkers
A "cIocker" is supposed to sit on the
fen>e in the early dawn and note with
stop-watch just what time is made by the
horses.
Gale q Webb offered in their circulars to
furnish private information Just at hand
this season.
Bear in mind" they added. that We
gave out to our subscribers on March "a.
Tommy Foster, won, 100 to II. This one COM
ing off will be just as good. Now take our
advice and be wise"
McConville, Peabody and Clarke de-
scended upon the Office yesterday after
noon and arrested Charles Hampson OF
80 Marion street, Brooklyn. and Charles
Randall of 81 West l0sth street. Manhattan.
=, According to the story given out by the
Central Office. Hampson is Arthur Rose Of
l23 Cedar street. promoter of the whole
enterprise: and Randall is both Gale and
Webb. but is supposed to be the Fred
Webb, principal Handicapped:
The police say that Riley is a myth
altogether
Hampson ia an Englishman. who told the
detectives, they say. that he was Rose
and that he thought that he was privileged
10 use false name in busine II he wanted
to- RaIda they say ,i,h is p an Enslishman
Chief Sleuth McClusky said that he did
not think that the men had got away with
any very large sum OF money from any
clients or from all their clients. They
did not aim to 90 business in the city. he
said but with bettors outside the metropolis,
and he thought that 5000 or $40 900 would
he the outside sum Of their takings.
At the Mail and Express building it was
said that they had been in their offices
there since February. ana tnat tne only
man known there was Gale, while web"
was understood to be the racetrack repre-
sentative.
Gale" the ianitor of the building said,
always declared that the firm merely sold
information and declined absolutely to
take commissions. even going so far as to
return them il commissions were sent them
through the Post Office.
At 81 West lOSth street the name on the
door Of the furnished fat Is Mrs. Charles
Hampson. Neither Mr.. or Mrs. Hampson
had been there since 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon a reporter was told last evening.