The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-13
KILLING" At CHARLESTON.
$5OO,OOO SAID TO HAVE REEN
MADE IN COUP AT RACE
TRACK.
FOOL Room Men and Layers in New
York and Other Cities Touched up
When Charley Strauss, at 20 to 1.
Captured Second Race.
News and Courier.

News and Courier.
That a coup whereby those who
were ION the inside" made some
thing like half a million dollars was
carried cut in the second race at Pal
metto Park yesterday afternoon is the
statement made in dispatches sent out
, last night from New York, in which
, city alone, it is said, pool room men
and layers lost in the neighborhoo
, of 100000. The alleged "killj'
came, it is stated, when CT G
Strauss, a 20 to 1 shot, won g
, ond race Of the afternoon y &C.
cording to the dispatches lived
from New York, the plan " $ con-
ceived some time ago by those who
finally carried it out yesterday after
noon.
! Nothing definite concerning the al
legged killing" could be learned in
this city last night and the first inti-
nation Of anything of the sort came
from New York, the reports being
sent out by the news agencies Of that
. city. Such racing people as could be
reached last night stated that they
did not believe the story. President
, Marshall, of the Charleston Fair and
to oh
Charleston and is said to be in New
York. Assistant Secretary Cassidy
stated that there was nothing in the
story and that Charley Strauss was a
legitimate winner Of the race. He
said Furthermore that, with the situ-
alton in the North, as 1t is at present,
betting such as that indicated in the
dispatches concerning the killing"
was impossible.
The following is the story sent out
from New York:
New York, March 7.-Special
Pool rooms and layers in New York,
and perhaps throughout the country,
lost a big sum today when the sharp
est men at the Charleston track "put
over" Charley Strauss 20 to ! shot,
in the second race. Throughout Man.
haitian pool room men and layers
were panic stricken. and when the
cleanup came later it was conser-
vatively figured they must have lost
100000 in this city alone. 1t was
believed that when reports come from
other cities where pool rooms are
open it will be shown that the men
in on the plot made in the South
Charley Strauss had started
1 The coup by which the horse won
, Is Of long inception. Twice during
the meeting in the South Charley
Strauss had started. On February 5
he went out and made no showing in
the race that interested any one He
was quoted at 100 to 1, and if any
, money went down on him the book
, makers pocketed it. Again on Feb
ruary q he started and the same
price was quoted. He showed little
| better then. The horse was not a
general tip when the rooms opened
today. Little was heard Of him. Had
the tip gone out generally, it Is likely
that the layers would not have lost
so much money. Most Of the money
put out today had been taken by the
| layers at 20 to 1. When they learned
Of the large amount down they tele-
phoned frantically about trying to
'lay off, some Of it. Few succeeded.
All the rooms had been nipped. When
the horse went under the wire first
and the news was flashed to the
| rooms some bOokmakers had been
| caught for large shares Of their bank
rolls.
Charley Strauss is chestnut colt.
4 years old, owned by c. A. Lehman,
who is not known in New York. He
was ridden by Jockey Martin, a boy
who has been an Indifferent rider
during the season.
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