The sun., 1908-06-14

gave bail and returned to the track i'm
mediatey.
Alfred Fisher Of III Second avenue was
also arrested because he refused to move
on. but was quickly released.
Charged with violating the betting law
ten men were arrested during the afternoon,
Abe Blumbern Of 235 East Thirteenth street.
Samuel Simon. lat Rutledge street; Law
renee Daley. AS West Fifty-sixth street;
John Jones. ITO Ninth avenue; Harry Som
ers, 2S2 West Forty-third street; John James.
sss Sixty-second street Brooklyn; John
Lyons, 10 Lafayette street, Brooklyn; Leon
Cohen, SAC Lenox avenue; Mortimer j.
Kahn, 800 East l30th street, and Morris
Gold. 175 Mermaid avenue. Coney Island.
They we're arraigned last night before
Police Magistrate T!ghe in the Eighth Dis
trict Court Cohen. Bnhn and Gold were
held in $500 bail each for examina ton on
June % and the others were discharged.
The seven discharged had been accused Of
making oral wagers, but the Magistrate de-
cided that there was no ground on which to
hold them.
Kahn was arrested for receiving bet Of
$40 on King James at 5 to 2, the wager
being made by John Jones' The latter was
also arrested as a witness.
The arrest OF Lyons, a racetrack regular,
caused much excitement. An unknown
man was said to have made wager with
him and the detective who made the arrest
declared that Lyons dropped a roll of bills
on the ground. but as there was no evidence
that Q wager had been made he was re-
leased. The charges against Gold and
Cohan were that both had received money
and had displayed prices on their pro-
grammes. No professional layer was among
The only real disorder during the after
noon was caused by a clash between the
police and two Of Sheriff Hobley's deputies.
Two detectives were rushing prisoner
from the field enclosure through the betting
curious persons made a rush under the
grand stand to see the fun. Inspector
O'Brien saw the crowd coming toward the
doorway and stretching out his arms he
cried:
Get back, They are taking a man to
men. John Buick and Harry Johnson
pushed their way up to O'Bnen. who
promptly threw them back
Don't handle us this way" said Buick.
I'VE are Sheriff's men"
Well. Why don't you have your badges
with the big fellows. with the crowd growing
larger every minute.
SWhere do you think we ought to wear
them, on our shoulders?' cried Buick, pull
ing out a badge.
retorted O'Brien. 4and il you make any
more disturbance I'll throw you both out
of the trs ,k.'
The censorship was removed yesterday
from the racetrack telegraph Office. Ever
since the Jockey Club made compact with
the Rev. DR.. Slicer to withhold information
from the poolrooms the telegraph wires
were " atched by the Pinkertons, so that only
newspaper dispatches, delayed, were al
lowed to 60 out. But with the new turn Of
affairs the racetrack people decided estery-
up the poolrooms. AS result all sorts OF
information was sent out over the wires,
including scratches, jockeys. weights and
full descriptions of the races. 1t was said
last night that rooms had opened up all
over town and that any number OF hand
books were now ready to do business.
While there was no evidence Of public
betting wagers Of a private nature we're
made between individuals at the track, and
IL was said that a large number Of persons
who paid admission to see the races had
placed their wagers with handbook men
the morning. This plan Of action, il was
said, would become general in the next
week for bettors in this way would not be
hampered by the law. The wagers would
be settled in accordance with official prices
published in local turf paper.
There were more than $4,000 persons
at the track yesterday, including hundreds
of women. During the running Of the
races the usual excitement prevailed. which
was due either to the fact that wagers In
some way had been made or that the pa
irons Of the sport were simply enjoying
themselves During the entire afternoon
all Of the professional layers walked about
the lawn doing no business whatsoever
In the clubhouse the usual crowd collected,
but speculation was out Of the question,
ass a bunchlof plain clothes men stood at
the elbows OF the commissioners.
When the nine men arrested at the track
on Friday we're arraigned before Magis-
trate Voorhees, in the Coney Island police
court yesterday morning their cases we're
all put over at the request Of Inspector
Q 'Brien, who explained to the Court that
the District Attorney wished to have the
cases adjourned to June 20, until certified
copy OF the new law had been received
The court room was crowded when the
Magistrate opened the proceedings, Law
yer Charles j. McDermott and an attorney
the racing associations APP
peared for the defendants, An immediate
examination was demanded by Mr.. McDer-
mott, who declared that the prisoners
we're innocent Of the charges brought
against them. Both attorneys told the
Court that the prisoners had been roughly
ndnQl0Q ap Ul1e Time OF Lnelr arrest MT.
McDermott declared that he intended to
make complaints against the police later
On.
The men arrested on Friday were Or
lando Jones OF Sea Gate, John r. Weldon
Of iS6 Willoughby street. Brooklyn: Ray
Bellinger Of ITO West 1o2d street, George |
Carhart of 5s1 Franklin avenue. Brooklyn; |
Henry Hayman Of 1ls West Ninety-ninth |
street Alexander Gourley Of s2S West |,
Seventy second street, James Brltt Of l4O3 |
Lexington avenue. Michael Kaiser Of ass |
East Eighty-fourth street and Jacob David |
son Of rs Amsterdam avenue The pris-
oners were all charged with violation OF |
Chapters 500 and 507 Of the Laws Of 1908. |
They were allowed to 60 on the bonds fur |
nished by William H. Dubois, a well known |
horseman.
Speaking Of the racetrack situation Dis |
trict Attorney Jerome said yesterday:
Il do not agree with those who believe |
hat the suppression OF betting at the race
tracks will increase the number Of poolrooms |
IN this county. Itis possible, Of course, that |
iew more poolroonas may open to emporarily |
IN the theory that there is an inor dinate de- |
dre 10 gamble on racing But do not be-
love that this will be more than O temporary |
iarenp, and II !s my opinion that II betting |
Is suppressed at the tracks 10 will mean the |
Ultimate death OF racing 10 this State
There 10 one feature Of this law which 1
.hink few persons have con. ..dered. That is. |
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