New Britain herald., 1921-10-04
Sl5,OOO THE PRICE 0F MAKING MISTAKE
Richardson Said to Have Played
 CrOOked-Trimmed at Races

That Former Detective Sergeant A. J. Richardson, now being held in the Hartford County jail on a charge in volving the harboring of a stolen au- tomobile was mixed up in a gang of crooked race promoters and was trim med to the tune of 's15,00O one time when he double crossed the gang, is tho statement now being mado by those who claim they were in on the know.
 The story is to the effect that there are four horse jockeys in New York city, whose duty it is to select one winner each day the races are on. If they select a sure winner, all is we'll, but if they cannot select a sure winner, then it is their duty to fix the race.'
 A Herald informant states that there is hardly town in the state but has one policeman on the gang" this insures them certain amount of protection. Instructions how to bet are sent from one town to the other by a system of relay messages. It is known that Richardson one time re- ceived a number of mysterious tele- grams here and these telegrams now are JO nave D66H COu6.
 When interviewed a few days be- fore his arrest concerning his alleged horse race gambling, Richardson ad- mitted to a Herald representative that he had cleaned up a considerable amount, but begged that this be not published. As the information did not seem to have any material con- nection with the case as it stood at that time, his request was granted. Story of Gambling.
 The story goes on to say that Rich ardson in some manner tried to double cross the gang one day, with the re- suit that he was trapped by a fake tip and paid s15,o0o for his lesson.
 Richardson and a few friends in neighboring cities cleaned up s4S,000 in one killing on tips sent out by this same gang, it is said. The cleanup is said to have been made on races at Toronto in October, 1919. It is said . the telephone bill for this ring of to sS,000 month.
 Richardson also is said to have re- ceived considerable money from the Giardino brothers at the Grand Hotel for protection. It is said he took his pay one time in checks which were written on check blanks printed for a prominent hotel near Saybrook. At another time he is said to have re- ceived pay in liquor, valued at $15 a gallon which he later disposed of at $40 or $50 a gallon. ..-s...
 "Confession'' Up Again.
 That the deposed detective sergeant knew what happened to Louis Wrinkle, I,ot F<>x,. a deliberate fa5t4s wf1icA M1s framed with the knowledae Of Richardson. is the widespread belief in the city. How a man, drunk or Sober could fall down 16 steps without sustaining any bruises or bumps except immediately on top of the. head is something no one can understand. Physicians who perform ed the autopsy are reluctant to admit th-. such was possible. The story that Wrinkle was drunk in the morning is disproven by witnesses who swear they saw him that afternoon, perfectly sober
 .t Another significant fact about the Wrinkle mystery is that the dying man is supposed to have lain in a sub eel lar in the front of the building, inn mediately under the sidewalk and in such a location that groans could be heard outside. The failure to send for a doctor or notify the hospital immediately after the alleged fall is explained by the knowledge that men with fractured skulls have been known to recover and had he been able te tell the story, the deceased man might have said something far different thar ! the wild tale of fracturing a skull by a fall down Q, flight of not too steer stairs, landing on a perfectly flat ce. ment bottom, an injury that only 2