The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-10
POOLROOM MEN PUSH FIGHT.
RACETRACK MEN SUBPRNAED
IN JOHN DOE PROCEEDINGS.
Bob Pinkerton and Bookmakcr Sol LIGHT
enstein Among Those Summoned to Tes-
tify-Lawyer Steinhardt Wants to Know
the Business Methods NJ tho Tracks.

The poolroom men who are attacking the
racetrack fellows under the Percy-Gray
law evidently intend to make heap OF
trouble, for yesterday they had subpenas
served on men whose knowledge Of racing
affairs ia broader than any law ever placed
on the statute books. 1t is evidently the
purpose of the attacking party to get these
racetrack sages on the witness stand FOR
the purpose of digging out matters which,
in ordinary circumstances. lie buried from
public view. A short time ago George E.
Smith, known as APittsburg Phil, was
reputed to have declared that "he would
get square" with certain people who were
Instrumental in ruling his jockeys and
horses out OF the racing game, but on
Wednesday Mr. Smith vigorously denied
that he was in any way Interested In the
attack led against the track folks by Law
yer BENJAMIN Steinhardt OF Howe 4 Hum
mel's Office Consequently, it cannot be
said that he is behind the attack made
yesterday.
As soon as Magistrate Tighe went on
the bench In the Adams street police court
yesterday he called the case OF John Buttele,
the Pinkerton detective who was arrested
at the Brighton track Wednesday on a
warrant charging him with neglect Of duty
In failing to suppress gambling on the
Sheepshead Bay track on June "a.
Buttcle, who had been paroled in the
custody Of Pnkertons chief, Seymour
Butler, was on hand with Lawyer Horace
Lindsey OF the law firm OF Davies, Stone
h Auerbach, counsel for the Jockey Club.
Lawyer Charles Hyde, who said he was
not directly Interested in the case, was also
In court
Lawyer Lindsey asked for an adjourn
ment, saying that Lawyer Joseph Auerbach,
who represented the racetrack folks, de-
sired to appear In person to look after the
interests Of the defendant Buttele, but that
as Mr. Auerbach was at present in Chicago
u would only be proper to grant tho adj
journment to give Mr.. Auerbach time to
get hero.
Lawyer Stenhardt, who had been instru-
ment in having the warrant issued for
bttt"I"'s arrest, argued that the public's
lhtrr"'ls would be better served by an i'm
iIediie cxa mink tiOn into the case. He said
me law was being violated st the race
lrhCk every ia y, in feet almost every hour,
and 10 stponement for many days would
certainly me- n a continued viola ticn of the
hw ~. TO the day of the hearing, He
Sdded thu the Irosccution had been very
lar m not asking that the derenda mt be
imprisoned or held in ball. many a common
gambler would have been.
Lawyer Lindsey ~ id there was no reason
.oF haste, inf smuCh as counsel would agree
10 nave tie hearing before the MI gistrtte
iMh" ma issued the wars mt instead Of wGiv-
nlg examination. In addition to this the
G doSe was an imports mt one, he said. The
no,rhc' would be ready TO 60 on some time
heX' week, sly July l4or july 10.
ouhe "A was finally agreed upon as the
TTay Tor Buttele examination and after
NY plea Of not guilty had been entered he
vas paroI"d in Officer Buffers custody.
,Mneh ne had gone away with his friends,
,rawyer S'einhardt held a whispered con-
oersatlGn with Magistrate Tighe. and the
o oUurt clerks were then set to work writing
'uU suDpGnas, Six Of these were filed