Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
ElUOR BAIT AIDS
4 $4,000 SW|NDLE
NV York Mi''insr Ent'csd to
pooIroom by Crook Gang
.$ at tho Shore
wIRe.1APPINe IS USED

...,u. City, June 5.--The prom.
Nj. consignment Of Scotch
E,.vr y, recently landed from one
% S,h. islands of the Florida coast. was
,use used to bring Louis Renner'
vholesale milliner Of New York. to
Z. r.y,rt for a trimming" That was
,..,ned yesterday when the details OF
=. "vire tapping" swindle, which cost
s.,ner s2o,O 900, became known.
According to Captain James Malseed.
!. .he Detective Bureau, kenner was
,s,roduced to a man named krause in
~, York several days ago, py a phy.
~, Krause, according to the ply
.isn i;s had offered to obtain the whisky
Kim Not being interested, the
sSv,;cian introduced Krause.
pbsnner. Il is said. then drew 81! ,OU
49, his bank, and accompanied BY
snse v and the physician came to this
a. .bont Tho middle Of last week and
.tsred at a beach. front hotel. The
~ men then visited an establishment
I.ltic avenue where the whisky deal
~. s,,nposed to be concluded. The
.n.sed owner. however. who was a
msmber of the gang. refused to DO
Sr,iness in the presence OF witnesses.
n. nhvsician then returned to New
torl and Krause and Renner visited
another hotel for dinner.
Finds Wallet In Hotel
Hardly had they been seated when
xrsuse. stopping over, picked up wal.
- Investigation showed that 1t con.
tsined S121 in cash, quantity Of
,sens sheets and a visiting card bear.
iss tbe name of r. H. Hart, and an.
etker hotel address.
Finishing dinner Krause suggested to
Renner that they call up the owner Of
~ wallet and return It to him. Ar.
riviue there Hart was most profuse In
his thanks. insisting that the money
meant nothing to him but that he
vould have been practically ruined
without the racing data. He declared
thst he was on the l''inside" at several
tracks. Krause declined to accept any
,sVard for the return Of the wallet.
Hsrt then insisted that he would give
Kyause and Renner an opportunity to
participate in his Inside information. "
Proceeding to a cottage in South
Ebnnecticut avenue, Renner found q
inliy equipped pool room. The equip
ment, consisting Of telephones. tele.
naph instruments. a blackboard on
Which were written the names OF the
various horses, which it was found
liter were merely fakes, when they
we're seized by the police.
Hart made several bets for the trio
and was informed by the manager"
Nat he had won 100000. He de.
tlined to pay the wager. however, I'M.
less Hart could first prove to him that
be was able to show nm equal amount.
thereby proving his ability to make good
had he lost. That Hart agreed to do.
The three .hen left. Outside Hart and
Krause said they could each show $40,.
900 and asked Renner II he could pro.
duce $4,000 to complete the pool.
S33.OOO Used As Bait
Renner was assured that 1t would
b. necessary only to show the money
ii order to collect the wager In which
he>was to have one third interest.
With visions of $33. 900 easy money
before him, Renner. it Is now said,
telegraphed to his wife to draw $9;.
000 from the bank and wire 1t to him.
That. added to the S11 900 he had
! brought for the whisky deal would
make up his portion Of the pool.
Instead Of wiring the money Renner's
wife handed 1t to family friend,
named Stoll. The trio met Stoll at ths
railroad station upon his arrival and
the four men then returned to the
pool room. Stoll became suspicious and
warned Renner to have nothing to do
with the scheme. Renner insisted that
everything was all right and demanded
bio money. Stoll then left and
fastened to City Hall where he re.
ported tho affair to the police. A
patrol load Of detectives hurried to the
address, but In the meantime the
manager" and Hart had gotten into
IN argument during the course Of
which several blows" were struck.
The money was knocked from Rem
her's hand and he found himself out.
nde the cottage. He found the door
locked. BY that time the police ar.
!ived and broke in the door but the
BIRDS had flown. carrying Renner's
10000 with them.