The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-25

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WISE GAMBLERS LOSE
MONEY ON FRAME-UP
Kentuckians Place Roll on Al
legged Ringer Which Finishes
AbSolutelyLaSt
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LEXINGTON, KY, June 24.-The large
sum of $780, by investing which they
hoped to bring back nearly $50. 600, Is the
amount coterie of Paris (Ky.) sports.
reinforced by several prominent local
members of the fraternity, parted with on
framed-up ringer race which was to be
run of on the Union Jockey club track,
at st. Louis, on Tuesday last
For some weeks back q supposed wise
party has been busy interesting some
mOneyed men here and at Paris in race
crack Coast sprinter Fossil was to be
substituted for the n0tOriousiy bad horse,
NADIA, and coup pulled off as vast in re-
suit as the Polk Badget job at Latonia
over decade ago. One of the men who
was interested by the slick party in the
deal is proprietor of one Of the most pre-
tentiOus tonsorial establishments at Paris
and another is one of the hackers of the
bon capital while the two men caught in
the dragnet here are both heavily inter-
ested In Lexington poolrooms.
6ool<Ies Are Careful
The latter, however only took 800
apiece of the good thing, the other 81. 709
coming from the Paris sports. Everything
was cut and dried and last Wednesday
the two Paris sports, accompanied by the
man who said he had arranged the race,
lett for Chicago. where the sure thing was
TO be played and the hand books in opera
ton In that city wiped off the earth.
Ihey carried yalise full of money with
sion, dropped 81 ,960 but their intimate
friends claim their losses were great deal
heavier
The money, 1t is said, was intrusted to
two men, Crawford and Lucas. and they
were supposed to have placed the bets.
Upon arrival of the party in Chicago they
were told that the hand books operated
nv such men as O'Leary and Weller would
|, 1t take over SIS or $40 on anV race run
Uver the st. Louis track The Kentucky
party were steered into the fifth floor of a
nulldlng on an out. -the-way street, near
the heart of the city where, under cover,
a poolroom was seemingly in operation.
The race In question was On the board,
and, sure enough. NADIA was a starter
quoted at 10 to l. The Kentucky delega-
tlon asked the room manager what was
his limit and when he pointed to the cell
ing, they laid the 81, 900 down, and the
biggest bet probably ever registered in a
Chicago poolroom on such a long shot.
was recorded.
NADIA Never Heard From
The race was finally run and over, and
NADIA was never heard Of The form
sheets showed the good thing was seventh
wound up ninth, finishing absolutely last,
Inc kentucky sports then tumbled that
tney had been done good and brown, and
tnat NADIA was no more Fossil than HON.
my Bill would be Hermis The manipula-
tor OF the deal was called upon to explain.
put he avoided immediate trouble by ask
ing for time to hear from thn 81 o,,io
track.
The Kentuckians, however. to nrotect
themselves. If such thing was then pos
slbfe, got warrant against the manage
ment OF the poolroom where the money
MS MS pet, and ne is now in custody In the
WINDY city. 1t is their belief that the
party who framed the race went in for
a skin game solely. and never even had
any communication with the owner Of
FosSfl 1t was simply one of the Worn-oilt
tr1cks or skin racing in a new form to
catch the wise ones
Inc outcome of the case will arouse
much interest, as the Kentuckians saw
tney VIII prosecute the pooEroom manager
at Chlcago that accepted the s., 900 to the
full extent of the law -