The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-28
He Saw One Of His HorsesWin, and
Waited Until Another Finished
First-His Operators.

the race horse gambler and one time
conductor of "get rich quick' con-
Germ in st. Louis, was arrested at the
Brighton Beach racetrack ON new in
dictments from St. Louis, where he is
charged with embezzling total OF
Ryan's arrest was spectacular, but
did not seem to annoy him in the least
A central office detective, accom-
panied by an agent Of the st. Louis
circuit attorney, served the warrant,
while a detective or two in reserve
looked on.
Ryan informed the detectives that
his horse Reliable had just won the
first race and that he would be greatly
obliged if the officers would wait un-
til after the thir drace, in which he
had placed "a few hundred" on his
horse Monster. This request was
granted, and Ryan had the pleasure
of making his second winning of the
day before going to the police station.
He gave his age as 80 years and his
occupation horse racing. He was
taken at once before Supreme Court
Justice Amend. in chambers, and
bonds were fixed at $4,000. Congress-
man Timothy d. Sullivan of this city
signed the bond.
A representative of the circuit at
nff,a 7 4
nant when he learned that the bonds
had been fixed at $4,000
Ryan s most notable recent appear
ance in public was when he appeared
as a witness against D. V. Miller of
the postoffice department.
He charged that D. V. Miller of
Terre Haute, then attorney the post
office department at Washington, So
1iC1tou Dr1DeS from MIN through JU-
seph J. Johns of Rockville, Ind, for
favorable orders from the postoffice
department for the use of the mails
in his get rich quick schemes. Miller
and Johns were acquitted after two
noted trials in Cincinnati in which
Ryan was the prosecuting witness.
st. Louis, Mo-, July 2S.-New in
dictments have been found against
John J. Ryan and Lumpkin o. Gill,
manager Of the Arnold company, by
the grand jury, which has recently
heard considerable additional evil
dence against the men in question.
There are seven of the new indict-
ments. Four are against Ryan, three
charging grand larceny and noe char
glng embezzlement, and three against
Gill, two charging grand larceny and
one charging embezzlement.
In their operations it was claimed
that people from all parts of the
United States lost sums which in the
aggregate amounted to over a million.
Gill is said to be in Paris. Eff
forts are being made to procure the
necessary extradition papers to bring
himto this country to be tried.
Ryan is we'll known in the racing
woodland has had varied career as
a gambler, saloonkeeper, and follower
Of the races. He has operated sa-
looms in several cities in the country
and notably in this city, in which men
have been shot and killed in saloon
fights,
He has been ruled off several race
tracks for questionable methods, and
at some Of them has not been rein
stated, although he has been allowed
to return to the tracks controlled by
the New York Jockey club. Up tc
the time he hit upon the get rich quick
scheme he had operated poolrooms
made book on the races, and accumu
lated money in various other ways.
His get rich quick scheme was sim
pie. He advertised that he had sucl
, a perfect system Of racing informa
ton that he could place bets Will
, the absolute certainty Of winning
, Then the money poured in. 1t wa
said that after his concern was closet
, he managed to get away with be
tween 100000 and 100000.