The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1921-10-13

power. Which .ss never done 49,
is creation
Mr. Bruce nav not know T. 30
believe Il 10 be q far that the ~
reason hzs known Client. Cells ano
actual clients Celiz's a>s0r
wanted the act declared urcoo
tional vas that II made poe4p'e
destruction Of their syndicate -
We 90 not say chzf Mr..
knows Il because after his ssaee
we fear 20 state that be knows
The most widely known fact UW
corcing 10 the grand jury %
500 County IL l. n fact that .
number Of hzrdbookx are being -
sted In the city % Louisville.
Ne have not heard Of any move
BY Ar Bruce 10 stop fhese hand 49,
II Mr. Bruce bad succeeded ID
suit 20 declare unconaif11onei
sc- creating the State Racing -
mission there woulc be books -
me- trzrk~ a. well as handoooSs ~
me city. The law nov prohibits -
books IN the city Bon they ex1& v
The city Of Louisville Yet Nj bse<
starts . csrnoafxn against 1egziise'
be ing and 50 far 80 vc know -
no action against the Illegal oes".s
that is. IL cur opinion lDffnifefy
greater evil. which 5 rampant . ~
o~n home town
In the cormunicatson PUBLISHES %
morning. Mr.. Brucss says
Il have never pretended 70 max
spv ar--ura-e statement Of what ss
the total profits ~ the LOCKER csr''
because I ID not Know them
In. a statement nv him sent snr"oe'
me Associated Press from iousSs7h<
September II. - says
a Ie<slized giant monopoly en)o9
ing the gambling privileges realizes ,
profit Of two or three million Of a.
lars yzzr out Of this 6eD~ra1iHae
VICE
Arain W. apologize for nnvfne Aaf
I'd An a previous editorial tsax ~
Bruce kDo~s this statement q .nzeco
rst~ Bot <e avo~ that II - inaecn
rxte and utterly misleading sn'
known TO b. Inaccurate BY every man
and woman who has even cursOy IN
formation In regard 20 the purses anc
seak-s given BY the Jockey club. -
exp>ns-s incident 10 the ccodnd d
racing and the rsres pssd oy ~
Jockey C7uh-
Mr.. Bruce clo-~-~ his cenmunscnfioc
With this statement:
-Pzr4-rnurnel betting on the racs
tra~ks may b. a safer form of heffi1s
than croxmzkfnr-nfer for the gan
bler-out 7 am not inrfrr<ted IN Pm
fe<-in< the gambler"
Who IL n Mr.. Bruce d inferesteo
In prcte~t5nxt A. lawyer be w1s
Interested in forwarding rhs inreres0
Of Celia. rfT<s and Adler. who. thouk5
Of eourne ne never kn>~ n. oosducte9
hucket -ohops and syD0e.fe 49,
II rresrof mDvempet fn1hersd
Nh WI iuure fo the b<sent ~ O.
and hasdbssk men. theuet
equally ~ course he Doe me- know
this. As pr~v~n ~ the result IN Ss~
York me succ~<s ~ the uscs~mens n
sdvo~ar>S viii lead &c form of
gambling that i mcss perricscus an;
a. = rule crooked
A. revealed by the report Of the
Erard Jury in Louisville. the hand
books oour$Sh even In the raris'ed a
mo<pbe-- that surrounds Mr.. Bruca
go
Not Interested In protecting the
x.uhser- OF course not Not inter
essed in me per~nnei NJ his clients
Who employed his services 10 destroy
The state Racing Commission - that
they might run race tracks 10 Ken
turky a. they ran them IN Ntz1Suss-
~nsely for the b>n>hs of the syndicate
bsok, Not Interested IN protesting
the breeding irxere<t>7 Whas - Mr.
Brucs's rial interest,
Hts iees<r r-veaIS according 70 ~
,vn xtatemensx. that Mr. Bruce has
,~ver ben Interested enough to ~
cercnin even ne Dssf w1de1y knDwD
facts In regard to racing and thnf
be- Knows no more absuf II 49, thas
he knrw when he vas the attorney
for Douglas PARK and TIE bucketGhsp
bookmakine aT<rc<ssicn that owned 4
why Is Mr.. Bruce giving hiD Dr.
and hh high sbiiiy and great 49,
tatfor and his mooey to this dghf 70
have repealed the provision IN the
K<nrucky statutes that was pessrd
Aprfl SIN. 1896. yam before he 40
pearsd ~ the attorney for the Dougiss
Park Jockey Club, He did not hes