The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-14
BUCKET SHOPS RECORDS
PUZZLE TO PROSECUTOR

results to handbook men OF pool rooms
that evidence viii be presented to
me- said Prosecuting Attorney Shep-
herd, Saturday, Il shall then present
II to District Attorney Webster. for
any prosecution Of the telegraph com
pany must be through the federal
courts, as II Is engaged In Interstate
business.
Our raids have given us several
leads which, wnen the grand Jury fol.
lows them up, may give the evidence
required for a prosecution.
IF the grand Jury were not in SEES.
sion, would go ahead with the bucket
shop cases IN the courts with such
evidence as we have already obtained.
But since We have the machinery for
digging up more evidence, think we
may as well use 1t. II Is very hard to
get evidence against bucket shops,
handbook men and pool rooms"
The prosecutors assertion OF diff
Guilty In getting information Is proven
by the history OF the ONCE. 1t was
about a year ago that an attempt was
made TO secure evidence against GER
tain handbook man who had ofiices
In the Detroit opera house block. 1t
was learned that he received race
track results by wire into Dearborn,
and that an agent telephoned the re-
turns from Dearborn to about % hand
book men In Detroit, using the wires
OF the Home Telephone Co. Plans
were laid to have a representative OF
the prosecutors ONCE In the telephone
exchange to listen to what went on,
but before this course could be adopt
ed the bookmaker was tipped on
and his operations ceased.
THE superstition that the hand
book men use newspaper reports OF
races as their basis OF payment OF
bets Is not true" said Shepherd
THE bookmakers are absolutely de-
pendent on the telegraph companies
II isn't human nature to wait for the
newspaper results. The bettors want
to know the result just as soon as
the race Is run. They won't wait for
their money. OF course, there are
places where bets are laid and where
the printed returns are waited for.
but they are not run by professional
gamblers. Many thousands Of peo-
pie make bets. and | don't know
how that can be stopped; but the
bookmakers can be put out OF bus
iness
cit would take about Is minutes
to close up every bookmaker II the
newspapers would stand for IT,
How? The papers could refuse to
print race track news, Just as they
refused to print loap shark adver-
Using, and thus drove the loan
sharks out Of business. II was the
newspapers that did that. This Of
Ace might have campaignsd to its
hearts content and would have
made no impression. In Chicago.
where the prosecutor had the back
ing OF but one newspaper, the cam
paign was a failure"
Mr.. Shepherd believes that many
reputable stock brokers will become
involved In the grand Jury lnvestiga-
ton. He thinks that their employees
are often sources or Information TO
bucket shop proprietors.
Attorney Frank ID. Andrus came TO
the prosecutors ONCE to secure the
release OF Charles Gartner, caught In
the raid on n. Il. Walder e. Co
Gartner claims that he had worked for
walder only two days, was employed
In posting quotations on the black
board, and knew nothing about the
Offices business. He wants to go TO
Columbus, his old home, for the hoil-
days. He will be permitted 10 go
next wednesday. after he has signed
Q statement OF what be knows which
Mr.. Jasnowski will draw up.
Inh Printing Done RIKht. Time.