The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-03

men Wn0 attempt 10 6Xcnanse pdu money for good are called-form the most difficult element with which the detectives have to contend. In the ex- citement of the betting ring, where men are stumbling over one another in a hurry to give away their money, the opportunities to get rid of queer" ten or twenty dollar bill would seem to be unexeelled. In the course of the present season at least dozen such attempts have been made. and at Sara toga a gang succeeded in the course of the betting on one race alone in uIl- loading dozens of bad twenty dollar bills. Curiously enough their victims did not discover the game that had been played on them until one of the bookmakers, in paying a winning bet to John A. Drake gave him a bill that had been showed on him. Before the after noon was over detective had collected a handful of this bad money. A well known counterfeiter, supposed to be the head of the game, was warned that his hand had been exposed, and that if he did not call off his men his peace and tranquility would be rudely disturbed. The threat, of course, was only at a random shot, but it hit the target, and the racetracks have not been troubled by that particular gang since.
 The amateur slum visitor, who finds pleasure in the study of crimes and criminals, would, no doubt, enjoy him self thoroughly were he to spend an af- ternoon with Captain Haus. Tn the course of it he would at least have pre- scented to me his view as complete va riety of lawbreakers, drawn from the worlds great horde of mavericks as could be found outside prison walls. Suaye, plausible confidence men. pick pockets, whose digital dexterity ena- bles them to remove diamond sun burst without the slightest disturbance to it's owner; wire tappers and "shov- CTS of the queer gravitate to the race track as naturally as a stone rolls down hill. It is Captain Haus' duty to see. that they gravitate only so far as the entrance. Aside from the wonderful personal knowledge which man must have of the criminal classes, the track is one that requires great tact and di- plomacy. For obvious reasons, the i VI A1SAtAto PlcltllS t1ftfC etll dN sion to anything approaching a "scene' when it becomes necessary to eject an. sunWelcome guest. It is the mission of Captain Haus to see that none occur. , He knows each ''crook'' by his first name and he invariably calls him by it. 3 One of the captains notices Is "a soft word will turn away a crook where a nigllt-stick would incite riot, It was only a few days ago-tl1e last day, in fact of the Coney Island Jockey clubs autumn meeting that d young gradu- ate from metropolitan school of pock- ct picking almost succeeded in getting by him. He got 50 far on his way, in fact, as to have grandstand badge fastened to the lapel of his coat and was hurrying toward one of the lanes leading to turnstile when the captain discovered him. and tapped him on the shoulder. Billy he began, and there was more of grief than anger in his voice, I'm surprised to see you here after that little heart to heart talk we had up in Buffalo. You weren't really thinking of going to the races to-day Were you?" The look of annoyance which had come over aBilly's" face when he first recognized the others voice gave way to an expression as bland and unruffled as the captains. He was a nice looking young fellow,
 well dressd and apparently prosperous. 5 He might have been the son of bank CT or merchant except for the fact that he was the son of no one-that he could lay claim to. There was as much grieyed surprise in his voice as there had been in the captains. An this the last day of the meetin',' he expos- tulated. You sure ain't goin' to throw me down that way? I'm on the level, anyway: nothin doin' since I saw yo, up in Buffalo an, honest, all want is ito get a bet down on one they're goin' to pull off to-day
 The captain shook his head regretful- fly. I'm sorry, Billy but you won't do. I'll see that you get your bet down, stthough.'
 What are you goin' to do If I starts Ito so in ?" Billy" inquired, but in a ltone of curiosity rather than defiance.
 Its back to Headquarters for you, I Billy, the captain explained, and you know what that means
 I Billy" looked at his grandstand and =l paddock badge, which he had so re-
 gently acquired, sorrowfully T SUD- pose lose out on that, too" he com mented. An all the way from Buff
 falo between the bumpers to be on this lone" The captain promptly had the money paid for the badge refunded, and in bidding Billy a gentle but firm .i goodbye warned him of the futility of trying any of the other entrances
 He's a very fair sample of the type we have, to deal with" Captain Haus \ explained later He is a graduate of
 Elmira, and before that in foundling l asylum and a house of correction. If l there's anything crooked he can't turn his hand to, from touting to going
 through mans clothes. I don't know
 what 1t is-but I'll bet Billy does. ] .l caught him touting a crowd of young I fellows up at Wentworth last spring, and gave him his choice between Cana
 da and Elrnira again--his probation Iisn't up yet"
 It may be said incidentally that
 .touting,' as it was understood by the past generation of local race -goers, has s, become, thanks to the detectives, ob-
 solete on the metropolitan tracks The
 present day patron of the sport proba- l bly, would not know what to make oi {It.sZE E5lI1 7 AZ. !