Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-19
Hunt Sender Of telegram

a WOMAN memoer OF tho "9yno1.
cate" was believed to be in st. Louis
and the Los Angeles authorities were
asked to locate the sender Of . tele-
gram. addressed to Helen Evers. one
Of the women arrested here, which
read:
Simon says thumbs up. Two men
are holding me. Watch the fire es-
CAPE"
Operations Of ths syndicate, which
now appears to have been Of internA.
tfonai proportions, were not confined
to the blackmail Of wealthy men and
women. according to Information de.
veloped today. Among the effects In
the office Of Doc" Edward Donahue,
one Of the men caught in the satur-
day night raid, was stationery Of the
United Turf Exchange" with head
quarters In New York and offices all
over the world"
There also were cipher codes for
cecipherlng Messages received by
Wire, telling what horses to bet on,
how much to bet, what races and DO
sittons to play.
Lures Arranged
Fake newspaper clippings DETAIL
ing the wonderful cleanup made by
e young eastern plunger in pool rooms
apparently had been used to lure VIC
tins. One letter found in Donahue's
room. at the fashionable South Side
apartment house, was from the
"Horsemen's Association" Of 146S
Market street. Louisville. KY, signed
by j. c. Saulsberry, secretary. and ad-
dressed to A. T. Karger. The secre-
tary said he was sorry to hear of
"Mr. Karger's notoriety lately, and
hoped he would not have another oc-
currence like that again."
1t said that Mr.. Karger's" picture
had appeared in newspaper in con-
nection with bookmaking activities at
the races.
According to Department Of Justice
officials here today. the United Turf
Exchange" must have been an exclu-
sive affair. The rules stated that
members using the club rooms in the
evenings must appear in full dress.
Evidently the "Horsemen's Associa-
tion" was known in Louisville as
grain brokerage house. Code books
showed how wagers on horse races
could be placed and there was appar-
emily no limit. If the bettor wanted
to place $50,000 on a horse he would
order so boxes Of red, white or blue
matches, the color depending on the
position to bet on the horses-viz:
Red, straight; blue, place; white,
show. Condition of track was de-
scribed as follows:
The Fake Clippings
DPv
II all these elaborate systems were not
enough to beguile the victim, the fake
newspaper clipping was flashed. The
headlines of this article stated that "a
young eastern plunger cleaned up $50, ,0OC
from Seattle, Wash, pool rooms. Identity
Of man not known to local gambling fra
ternity." The story then went on tina,
all efforts to get information from him
had been fruitless. He had not lost a
bet. Here Is was, according to the de.
partment of justice officials here today
that Donahue broke into the game He
would claim to be the mysterious strang-
er from the east.
How Victims Were FIeeeed
According to the federal officials today
here are some of the things done by the
syndicate: They feeced a multi-milllon.
aire Of New York out Of $4,000 by threat.
ening him with arrest for alleged viola.
ton Of the Mann act, two Of the mem.
bers Of the syndicate impersonating Sc
cret service agents for that purpose.
They frightened a wealthy Philadelphia
woman who had been too friendly with
a stranger in q cafe into giving them
$35, 900.
They took 81, 600 from each Of five Chi.
cagoans, two Of whom were women. They
brought about their own arrest by alleg.
edly taking $500 from Mrs. Regina Kip.
per Of Philadelphia and afterward kidnap-
ping her.
It was said today that the organiza-
ton had worked as a whole since the first
Of the year and It is believed to have
cleaned up in that time 81, 100000.
The eight members Of the syndicate, sa.
called, were still in custody today. await.
ing their preliminary hearing before the
United States commissioner tomorrow.
WATERVILLE