The evening world., 1913-08-18
FIRST VICTORY Won
IN FIGHT AGAINST
BASEBALL POOLS
loren, Accused Leader, Fails to
Appear, and Bail of $500
Is Forfeited.
HAS PRISON RECORD.
Sentenced for a Year for lssu.
ing and Selling Bogus
Subway Tickets.

The ara vtotoey IN TIE Dvsnlns
Worlds tiGht 70 drive the BASEBALL
Gambling pools out Of New York vas
seorsd In he rombs Police Court 90.
day when the failure Of Henry Francis
loren to appear for q hearing on the
charge that hs conducted . baseball lot.
terry resulted IN the forfeiture of HE
bond for 800 loren was arrested on
Aug. 4 on evidence furnished by report.
srs Of this Newspaper. In the office Of
ohs fake Information bureau he conduct.
% IN the office 0f George Robinson. No.
- Nassau street. - . cloak for the BIZ
baseball pool he was operating.
Toren's attorney. II. T. r.. Bsardsisy
Of No. II Liberty street, secured two
postponemsnts Of the case for his cli-
ent and hndinR his case hopeless m s.;a
. vigorous effort to have the complain.
ant In tn case consent to . discon-
tinuation OF the proceedings. This
morning he sought further delay.
whsrsupon Magistrate Barlow sharply
demanded whether the defendant vas
In court.
Toren's name vas sounded through
the court room and corridors and when
no failed to respond Mr.. Beardsley was
forced TO admit his absence. Mr..
Bssrdslsy. In ssskins further delay.
toA the Court he had made an effort
TO have the complainant drop the case
and In reply the MAGISTRATE observed
that talking with complainant In such
. case was not good form.
FORMER POLICE RECORD PROS.
ABLY LEO 70 FLIGHT.
The reason for Toren's disappearancs.
which. unlsss the reward his sponsor
said ne would offer bsars fruit. means
that the bond supplied BY the Southern
surety Company wtil ~ forfeited. wAs
the fact that the missing man has .
police record. He has served time on
Baackwsirs Island for forgery In the
third degree and was we'll aware that
with no defense 70 the charge OF hav-
Ing conducted . lottery. he would have
been In line for another priison term.
II was announced In Torsn's behalf
last week THAI he had discontinued his
baseball pools voluntarily and would
never resume whatever the outcome Of
the case pending against him. II wee
not thought by his friends, however.
that he would entirely pass the buck"
to the friend who had secured his bond.
Before his disappearance loren offered
to exchange knowledge he sAid he had
Of other pools In New York for . dis
continuation Of the case against him.
and he voluntarily supplied some unim-
portant data. The bribe Offer. however.
1t 10 on record ,hs. Henry Francis
loren. for part Of 1909 and part Of 1919.
was a dweiisr on Blackwsils Island.
II seems that early In 1909 loren was
arrested charged with printing and cir
cuiatinx boEua subway tickets. which
10 forgery In the third degree.
The secret service Of the Inter.
borough Rapid Transit Company for
some time had noticed N Increasing
number Of close limitations Of il
| tickets and invsstiEat,on by II. =.
Beakey. chief Of the bureau. pointed 70
loren ~ the culpril
ARRESTED WHILE ABOUT To
MAKE BANK DEPOSIT.
| loren was arrested whiie about h
make = deposit Of several hundred dol.
lara on n printing prcss for which he
was negotiating. He was taken 20 JET.
ferson Market Court. and his home, M.
LEG West Forty-fourth street wan
searched. There was discovered Toren's
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