The evening world., 1904-04-28
Telegraph company's Officials
Decline to Talk About Fart
nership Which Goddard Says
Exists with PooI-Rooms.
CAPTAIN SHOWS C0MPANY'S
GAMBLING CONNECTION.
Aided by City Club, He Rigs a
PooI-RoOm, Having Wires
Run Down Chimney to Re-
ceive Race Returns.

All of the high oficiais OF the West
ern Union Telegraph Company side
stepped to-day when asked for an ex-
preston Of opinion on the report Of
Capt. Norton Goddard that n practical
partnership exists between the Western
Union and the pool-room-keepers all
over the country. Reporters hankering
for information were referred to Supt.
W. j.. Dealey. who gave out the follow
ing unsigned statement at noon:
IF any one wants reports OF stocks.
grain. cotton. q baseball game. n bill
lard match. a chess tournaIpent, a hicy-
Gle race, a horse race or a sermon there
Is no reason why they should not have
1t n more than they shouldn't have a
gas meter OF any other appurtepance In
their houss II they want It.
The majority OF messages filed are
not in plain language; in other words,
they are in code or cipher. and the tele-
GIaph comuany has nothing to do with
such messages or their conteuts further
h a to transmit them"
As a result of Capt. Goddard's report
each member of the Board OF Directors
Of the Western Union will receive to-day
a letter from the Secretary OF the City
Club calling attention to the relations
existing between the telegraph company
and the pool-room men.
According to Capt. Goddard. the two
men who were sent frst to make ar
r~angements with the telegraph company
had considerable difficulty In finding the
proper person. After seeing two super
intendents they were introduced to MIR.
Mitchell. who. in turn. introduced them
to q Mr.. Dealy.
Took Aqueduct and Memphis.
One of the men. known as Burke, said
he wished to open u pool-room at No.
BOG Madison avenue. Dealy informed
him that he could have a wire put
In for s25 a day for the Aqueduct track
and IS a day extra for every other
rack. 1t was agreed 20 take 9 wire for
the Aqueduct track and one for Mem
phis. the price being $50. Dealy told the
men he could not give them a written
contract. as that would probably cause
trouble.
A few days later another man, who
posed as Burke's hacker In the poolroom, |
visited the Western Union offices and
saw both Mitchell and Dealy. He an /
nounced hat he was new 10 the business
and wanted TO know II the company
could furnish an operate who know
how to quare the authorities.
Mitchell, who was in the room, ordered
Deaiy to 60 and SEQ what operators
they had on hand. on Dealy's return
he said he couldn't tell what operators
would be available on April 10. the late
set for the opening OF the pool-room
Mitchell then said to the representative
OF the City Club:
Wires Down Chimney.
"Well. anyway. we will give YOU a
mar who has had a large experience in
pool-rooms n who knows the ropss
and who knows enough to climb out OF
the window when trouble comes"
Arrangements for wiring the house
were completed, and the Western Union
employees actually put tho wires into
the house. dropping them down the
chimney, 80 they would not be con-
~spicuous.
It was also agreed that the $50 a day
was TO be turned over to the operator
each day and that he was to be given
$40 a day as wages in addition.
Capt. Goddard figured that there ex-
sted no less thar three hundred pool
IbOIhAo III s4A8 NAhy, oAh NlldN VII u DthlB |
pf $50 each the Western Unions income
hom this source alone amounted 10
$4,000 a day "a this cisy
IL was agreed at the meeting OF tho
Ely u that q full report Of the affair
thtuld be sent TO each membs. of the
Board Of Directors of the III ,aph com
pany. The directors who will receive
these letters iEciude:
Russell Sage. George J. Gould, Frank
Gould. Edwin Gould. Howard ;sculd.
Robert c. Clowry. A. II. Brewer. Myron
7. Wilbur. Thomas T. Ecker. John T.
Ferry. Samuel Sloan. Louis Fitzgerald,
Jacob H. schiff. James H. Hyde, j
Pierpont Morgan, william D.. Bishop.
Charles Lanier. Chauncey NJ. Depew,
Henry NJ. Flagler. John Jacob Astor,
Oliver Ames. C. s. Shepard. John B.
Ven Every. James stillman, Thomas
y. Clark, William L. Bull. Morris X.
Jesup. Edward H. Hartman, Charles
Lookhart. Samuel Spencer and John ].
Mitchell.