Evening star., 1916-10-01
GAMBLERS IN COURT
Chicago Handbook Men Before
Federal Judge Lands.
BIG SYNDICATE REVEALED
Inside Workings Of Trust" Brought
to Light, Show Great
Profits.
BIG SYNDICATE REVEALED

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
| CHICAGO. September 30.-The work
ings of the Mont Tennes handbook
trust, with it's profits of about $4,000
600 year. were revealed to Federal
Judge Landis today. A handbook op-
orator started the revelations and
| Tennes' partners finished it. The op-
orator was called in connection with
the investigation into professional
bondsmens activities which grew out
| of the blackmail cases.
The situation as revealed to the fed
eral judge is as follows:
A dozen handbooks, more or less, are
! operated throughout the city. The
| profits of each run about $1,000 day
The individual operators get their rae
ing information by telephone from the
syndicate offices-room 604. Straus
building. Madison and Clark streets
and split their profits and their losses
with the syndicate. Mont Tennes, Will
Tennes. Eph Harding and Charles
Feltes C"The Duke'D are the heads of
the syndicate. Raids by the police are
not infrequent. but the evidence is
easily destroyed and the court fines are
but tiny percentage of the profits.
Locations of a few of the handbooks
were given.
Sells. Stahl, Harding and Will Tennes
were the witnesses. Sells was called
in connection with the blackmail bond
investigation, and his testimony re-
suited in calling of his partner and
the two syndicate heads.
Have you one of those base ball
pools?" asked Judge Lands.
NO" answered Sells. very slowly
Some fellows of low mentality" said
the judge, have killed the great game
of base ball by trying to make little
money. I've been looking for those
men for some time"
Bernard Z. Sunny. president of the
Chicago Telephone Company. was Or
dered subpoenaed for information con-
cerning the telephoning of the racing
information.
Have you a 'Katherine'?" asked the
judge.
You mean the Kitty" retorted
Stahl.
Yes. aNhole in the table like they
used to have down in the Wabash val
ley. How do you make your money on
this propositions"
Make Money on Percentage.
"On a natural percentage. That is,
If the bet is even we make nothing.
but if the odds are. for instance. to /,
we get the percentage"
Don't you ever get raided?"
Y es- Inc ponce were IN yesterday
but we got rid of the evidence by
throwing it into the closet
"Eph." Harding was called.
What transactions do you have with
SELF"
We'll, we split $3.50 on the races"
THAT is, you lose half and win half
with him. How many places are there
like Sells in town.
well, there are a few places, but I
don't know their addresses" But he
gave some addresses.
William Tennes was called. He was
asked by the judge to give a list Of
his Clients" He said he was brother
of Mont Tennes. He argued with the
Judge to refrain from giving names,
but he had to give them.
Have they any good horses at the
tracks now?"
There are some good horses at some
of the tracks"
A subpoena was ordered issued for
F. w. Tracy, vice president of the il
linois Tunnel and Telegraph Company.
He was ordered to bring in the names
Of the clients of the telephone COM
pany who owned the numbers Tennes
furnished the Judge. Also a subpoena
was order for John Morelock, who,
Tennes said. was connected with the
General News Bureau. as the hand
book information syndicate is called.