El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-09
One of the "Sure Thing"
Tippers Gets 5000 Fine;
Said the Jockeys Would
"Throw" the Races.


Monday afternoon, following an appeal
made by his counsel for leniency and an
opportunity to leave town.
The case required an hour and a half
for trial, during which several witnesses
were heard. The first of these was
Johnny Chris, detective employed at
the JuareZ race track, who said: Il put
this man off the race track. He Is a
professional tout. I stopped him at the
ring. His wife came back the second day
and said that she wanted to know what
I stopped him for and then said her
name was Feltzner."
"What do you mean by tOuting?" was
asked BY counsel for the defendant, to
which Chris replied: Getting people to
bet on the races on a sure thing"
Greet's Vigorous Language.
w. D. Greet. of the Ell PasO police
force, was the next witness, and he said:
''This man has been here in town, and
have reason to believe he has no work.
He is on the streets both day and night.
He is a race track hangerOn. He be-
longs to that crowd over there. He was
on the corner of San Antonio and El
PasO streets when 1 arrested him. l
saw him running around the Sheldon and
the Lobby saloon with race track buneO
men and thieves"
Andrew Shobe, of the FL Paso police
{ force, was the next summoned, and he
testified: 81 saw this man on Oregon
street making a great talk to a raneher.
As soon as he piped me he left. / had
noticed him around town for about
week"
The complainant said: con the after
noon of December q 1 was at the race
track. Henderson came to me and said
he wanted to see me in the grand stand
Where I met him and he showed me
telegraph code which said .KOoteney can
not lose unless he breaks a leg He had
the same thing on Arasee Just as he
came under the wire. Then ne tore Up
Stung on a "Sure Thing"
HE got me into his confidence and
bet S45 and lost. I still believed him
straight. The next night he met me
at the DOstOffice and Jockey Orms was
with him. We went to the Elite and
there he told ne that AlcCarty was 90
ing to throw Orms and another horse
would come IN.
'I met him the next day at the race
! track and gave him $50, while I bet 800
: After the race, the, horse. Judge CabInlss,
having lost. he asked me If l still had
confidence in him, and I said that I did.
! He said that the next day he would
have Carter and Wrispen, Two Jockeys, up
to the house. He came. but the jockeys
{ did not Then I saw what I had fallen
L
me to tell him to give me $50 to bet Tor
/ him at the track and we would split it.
! He told me he wanted me to 90 to Okla
/ hOma City and open a pool room and we
would get a direct wire on the Juarez
races and beat the other wires in.
/ He told me that he bet the $50
/ gave him in the paddock betting ring
| but ne didn't, because that day they
would only accept s. bets in the paddock
ring. The records showed he didn't bet
| that amount, because there wasn't that
much bet there on that day. Then he
/ told me I was awful clean with him
/ and he would give me back the money
/ I had given him to bet.
did YOU tell him YOU were discharged
because you had failed to turn in orders
! to your companvf" was asked by cOun-
! sci for the defendant. 4 did not, replied
| the witness. Il did tell him that l was
! discharged. but that was my business.
was not discharged. / was not short IN
/ my accounts, because / do not handle
/ any accounts.
] Ct lost nv money on December .. /
/ did not 90 to him and ask him TO bet
] my money for me. He came TO me-
The Defendants Story.
/ Henderson was then called and SAID:
/ ''The first time I met this man was al
/ the Imperial cafe. Nv wife and were
/ there eating supper when Jones and ms
] wife came in. We talked about the races,
I but I do not know whether he played
them that day OF not.
Il next saw him at the race track
| He made a big hOller about who was
touting and who was not The d0y he
/ spoke of he said he was broke. | gave
/ him a tip. as I have given them to sew
! eral people IF anyone comes up TO YOU
at the track and says, What Is goodg
you usually tell them what looks good
I to YOU.
/ You 90 to George Roses book and VIII
90 to the other end We did and bet
on all the races and I gave him the tick
/ cts. He bet $40 on each race. while 1 bet
/ So. Jockey Wrispen gave him the UP,
/ he told me.
eNow, about that ranchman the poo-
| Iiceman said he saw me with de Is
Bill Treve. I have known him long
/ time. Met him first at Detroit.
81 don't know who had me barred from
the race track. but I think it was Jones.
/ I met him down town three days later,
and he said; WHY are YOU not over there
/ any mOreT And I said. You know why
I / am not there-vOu had me ruled OH,
I and he said. No. 7 didn't Then he took
| me to Capt Jacobs, whom l had never
/ known until ] came down here, ana IN
| PRODUCING me to him, said; If TINS man
has been ruled off on my account l have
| nothing against him. He IS all right.
"He told me WrisDen's wife ana
/ SmalFs wife and his wife were friends,
and said Small was going to ride judge
/ Cabiniss and WTispen was to atJehd 70
| the rest of it.
( Sunday morning he came into the
/ Jail and said; why did they bring YOU
/ down hereT and I said, You know why
/ they brought me down here, YOU pointed
I me out to them Then he said: This
/ Judge is a pretty good friend OF mine,
and I can fix it up. I'm broke.
Prefers a Warm Town.
ct came to FL Paso with $1,000, which
7 got for three horses. Togo. Square
/ Deal and Interest. I sold them at Nor
] folk I always 90 to some warm town
/ in the winter on account of my wifes
/ health ] won $1,000 the first three days
I at the Juarez meet and told Treve
J if 7 won any more | wanted him to look
| up a fair horse for me at about $780,
q did bet the $45 Jones gave me and