The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-14
''BOOK|ES" SUFFER
IN SHER|FF'S
CLEANUP
CLEVELAND BOOkMAkERS ARE
RA,DED sv OFFICERS
MONEY 70 CHARITY.

Cleveland. Ohio, Aug. l3.-Acting IN
der peremptory instructions from Gov
crnor Harmon. the county authorities
! today clamped the lid" on the betting
| ring mt North Randall track three
hours before the closing of the grand
| circuit race meet. AS Il result, II is
predicted, the track may be closed per-
manently. Sheriff A. J. Hirstius re-
tired from the raid with his pockets.
his hat and the fulness of his shirt
stuffed with currency, and tonight II
swarm of aggrieved bettors are look
ing through the downtown streets for
the b0okmakers armed with tickets
which have not been redeemed.
Mystcriously the bookmakcrs learned
at noon that u raid was scheduled
Bondsmen were on hand to provide
bail. Nevertheless, at $3.50 o'clock
when the sheriff and his deputies APP
peared. the bookmakers were in full
voice and string of contented win
ners was swarming past the little
stands engaged in cashing in. Hir-
stius boarded the first stand and seized
the money box. His chief deputy made
| as quick work Of the second. and 20
others rushed down the line. The
''bookies' promptly vanished and the
ticket holders. alarmed. made haste to
the grandstand One Dookmaker
seized his box. but scattered green
backs and gold from II In his flight,
and Hirstius and his assistants gath
cred 1t up. The betting ring was
cleared and those who braved the law
to ask their money back wei Uniformed
that the cash would be turned over
to charity.
Blow to Races.
The raid followed sharp instructions
from the governor that the law against
public betting be enforced II is recog-
nized that the belated raid IL serious
blow TO horse racing In Cleveland. Of
fcers. of the Forest City Livestock &
Fair company. which owns the RAN
dali course, are not yet prepared to
say what they will do. The racing
men were driven from the old Glen
| vile track by the refusal of the city
authorities to permit pool selling. and
the North Randall course. far out in
the country. was built at large cx-
| pense to avoid this trouble. The place
| was organized into village with race
| enthusiasts as village officers, and 1t
was thought they would be safe from
| interruption.
| The local authorities are seriously
| concerned over the disposition to be
| made of the large sums. not yet
| counted. that were seized In the raid.
Sheriff Hirstis says his first deter
| mination to turn over to charity will
stand, and that the winners on the
| first race may frame their tickets as
| mementos.
The failure of the sheriff to make
any arrests today was explained by
him on the ground that it was simply
desired to stop the betting and not to
enter into any prosecutions further
| than that already instituted against
President Devereaux. large num-
Der of the ''bookies, foregathered to-
night at downtown hotel, paying off
all tickets offered. 4 number of the
ticket holders. however. had gone home
discouraged before the bookmakers
opened their ledgers to settle claims.
He Who Laughs.
A, comparison of notes among the
bookmakers tonight indicates that the
amount of money seized by the sheriff
was much less than was supposed. II
transpired that. the bookmakers had
thoughfully stored their larger bills
in their clothes and filled the cash
boxes with 81 and 81 bills