The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-10
tho person of the men arrested end
Pollard Talks OF Rnid.

tho person OF the men arrested and
convicted.
Pollard Talks of Raid.
Acknowledgement Pollard. speaking
or the raid and the result. said to-
night:
may have been hondboOks OF oral bet
ting after the raid the best information
| have is that thorc has been no book :
making since the convictions The
Norfolk papers have stated that tho
betting went on Just the sam" as be-
fole the arrests. The rewspnper men.
Pilot. have been summoned 10 testify
before the grand jury of Norfolk Coun-
- on Monday
OF tho thirteen eookrnakcrs arrest
cd. eleven have been bailed since CON
yiction. pending the hearing OF their
appeal we had an 3ll.nieht light over
Hragg had fixed the amount at Sl5po.
TIE convicted men, through counsel
then went before san COMMISSIONS
Trirleti and asked that the amount hc
rrau,t0 10 $aoO TO this str.nuously
chjccfcd. with the result that the bond
Vas riaced nj $1,000. Sut that amount
,vgs d,.trriuined upon over my protest.
fought for higher bail because !
doubted whether one OF the gamblers
would appear for TRIAL
"James v Trchy furnished bond IL
iN. sum o. $4,000 for three OF tho con
,ictad men while James l. Prince put
Lr 9 eco FOR two more. The other
bnnds were furnished by the Maryland
Casualty company after Il cash deposit
Va $4,000 hot been put ny Two OF
;he men were still IN jail late this af-
5atccr cox. OF Norfolk county. who
Gterfercd With the arrests and was
.srockod down by Detective Baldwin,
Ets sworn out q warrant against the
efIclr A imam named Skidmorc has
-lef BALDWIN for $4,000 As Mr Bald
was acting undor direct orders
acw the Governor and hy direct APP
Yomtmei.t OF the circuit Court or Nor
i.lF County tho state will sec that he
s. C"fenieu as special officer Of the
Tle hoohuaters arrested had !dloo
'u them Counsel for the gamblers
through JUuEc Wilcox, their leading
lawyer. have announced that they Viii
Nrir-. suit 40 recover the money COuii*-
Gated 10y tile officers |; has been placed
in safety deposit vault in Norfolk TO
Dy used uS evidence at tn" trial In the
.Nvrt ui conviction. believe that IL
wii escheat 10 the state. II seems that
the saWblers are counting upon a hun-
Jury ~ witch event they can claim
the money taken
ITO my mind. there Is no doubt what
ever ABOUT the violations OF the law
They We're caught with tho records Of
fh bets made written in books Our
detectives waEered marked money and
bills on which the numbers had been
taken. and the money was found in the
sutUhels Of the convicted men. The
runners had their badges numbered.
ard the correspondents" numbers were
placed u evidence
81 hr'ic,c che evidence Is conclusive.
NOT o"rni!. an. nnrticulnr Spncr, ~
mentioned 10y the law. We hive been
ini"rmch thnt the syndicate VI
'il0b' lcNcH 81 ieo day for the fifteen
days of thc meet for the privilege of
operating underneath the rrmn,i>tnnd.
tue syndicate cSidruti. has InrEc cap
ital. They snid they were going to
MARYLAND Ia "urrntr nov TINT they arc
through here"
Statement Of Track Onicinis.
shortly after giving this interview
Nj Pollard left for. Richmond. Fol
lowing as tire official statement given
out ty the cace-traCh officials after
they had decided 10 discontinue the
"rbe officials Of the jamestown
jockey club. With due sideration
for the best interests OF all concerned,
haNe decided 20 disconunu" the meet
Gay. April l. We came here TO con
duct tn, meeting under rules recognized
and respected everywhere, believing
That after numerous tests IN the courts
oi virginia, racing as conducted ny tho
Jamesiown Jockey club was legal in
all iJs phases and serving the best
interests OF the sport as we'll as OF
the c-wmuuity.
Recent conditions have brought
terpre'ati Of the existing statutes.
and uucl some decision from th.
higher courts has been handed down
We are dcS,roUs OF avoiding any con-
alct cf opinion.
~ 5 impossible for US to prevent
octunS on the races hy those In at
prevent N, establishment Of regular
stands for betting, and 20 refuse to
accord - amy ono nny rights not ac-
,'rI'H 20 thc general public. Before
coming To Virginia We required that
the llw regulating betting bc con
stFt"r This VA done. and The courts
.Ia n. Il