The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-05-10
CHIEF DELANEY'LL
KEEP AFTER 'EM
STANDARD PooLRooa pEFIEs OFFICERS, BUT THE CHIEF
SAYS HE WILL KEEP ARREsrNa OPERATORS UNTIL
OUT OR THE COURTS STOP HIM

I'm going 70 keep after en- until
they stop or the courts decide hey
have a right 20 run"
+ This was the statement made ~
+ chief - Police Delaney today. when
asked what be waH going 10 DO
+ about the fact that az the Standard
/ pool rooms. at Occidental avenue
ana Washington street. they insist
on running the dummy ticker. or
aiming stock gamble. and shat BE-
known as hanabooka on the races.
Continuing. chief Delaney ex-
planned that the WAY he was going
20 keep after 'em astS BY arFeating
/ from day "a day the men Operating
these handbooka and pool rooms.
Il Two arrests we're made b. Defec-
/ lives Hyrnea and Kennedy yesterday
/ evening az the Standard pool rooms.
r. Holmes and ~ w aulsr wcrv
the men arrested They we're booked
on the charge Of being bookmatrrs
/ in a pool room and were each ~
+ leased on tloo cash ball. the amount
+ being fixed BY Judge George.
+ Despite these arrests. IA. standard
/ pool room continued in Operation
I last night. after the raid by Detec-
+ tivss Hyruea and Kennedy. al dur
ing the evening the crowd Of buyers
and spectators came and Wen, and
/ there was no slgn Of the visit o. the
! offieers.
At first the only sales made were
+ In mining stock. the quotations for
+ v hlch are reelsa off a tape that has
/ been prepared for the purpose and
f shows a narrow but rapid fluctuh-
/ ton IN stock. There are four Of
/ these mining stock boards upon
F which quotations are assumed 10 be-
given upon Butte Hanover ard Day
/ ton. Ohio. just what these terms
mean are known only to those who
are acquainted with the inside Of
I the scheme.
one turn 81 the reel 81 tape shows
I Butte At IS and the speeuiator can
/ bet on the next quotation that vii
/ be pulled out Next time u goes %
[ A. or 90 and the buyer wins OF loses
/ according 20 whether he haa bet that
| the stock would go up or down. The
same rule applies 20 the other three
stock boards and the number Of bets
one can make during the day de-
ponds mere on how his money holds
out than anything else.
on each board there are 30 spaces
10 which a quotation VIII be written
and bet can ba made upon each Of
these spaces. The whole proposition
IL a gamble upon what the next quo
I tatian viii be ard hundreds % men
are hanging around watching the
roll OF the tape. There IL no pre-
I tenen at secrecy and there seems 20
/ be no fear % Interference from the
| officers. Last ulght after the ar
resi- OF the pool sellers. the gam
| blera considered that their troubles
we're over until the time came for
E them 10 appear in court.
ON the east and south side ~ the
room are boards Upon which are
given the results Of the races In view
/ York. Chicago. 81 Louis aud san
T Francisco. For a short time after
+ the raid there we're no results posted
on these boards but after 8 O'Clock
+ the posters began work and the re-
suits OF -. Louis races given out
{ Just where these results come from
f. not known They arc given 10 the
posters on slips of paper and they
place them upon the boardH There
l. no telegraph vire connected with
the room and no ticker announces
the results Of the races. Those IN
I The room cannot tell where the TN
{ formation comes from. hut the bet
terH are contenfed with the fact