The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1899, Page 1

The VOLUME L 105. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 PRICE FIVE CENTS BOOKMAKERS ARRESTED AT THEIR VICIOUS GAME ExcitingScenes at the Race Course. Gamblers Freed by an Officious Clerk. The Municipal Authorities Are Indignant Over the Unseemly Affair. Yesterday w v of varled i dent for the a ot San Fran- cise r the rde that the city upon the people. of Police Lees or- e racecourse. led at their s and wai T to the racecourse. 1s not long delayed and in the men, under the p ection of Ch of Police Le: the way. 1 idle. Consultations 1 town and a plan The Ach a legal ad- Long into viser and Ach ents. Ed Corrigan, n and the private detectives employed by the racing gamblers held a corference and it was d@etermined to fight. The bookmaker: were not consulted at that time, as the managers of ack wished to avoid, technical g the gamblers k nce the several phone message sult of one of t After were s that John P. Rice, clerk in lice Judge Conlan’s | ¥ Court, appeared at the racecourse be- | ¢ fore the first race. The presence of | ¥ Rice in his official capacity at the track | §¢-0-4-6-406404040+0+0+ 09 T ers of the Board by Police Judge Conlan as an is denounced b outrage. was to act as the tool of Corrigan and the ga The Police Court ¢ came well supplied with blank or pected emerg took upon him He of the afternoon. o abuse the author- jtiy with which tt 1pervisors have clothed him as a clerk of the Police Court. Shortly before the time came for the cpening of books on the first race the bookmakers went to the o of the secretary and asked what should do. They were told to op eir books k as the Pacific Coast would protect them and would supply bonds for their se if arrested. The managers of ation thus placed themselves operation of the law and o liable to arrest, which, by the leniency of the police, they es- caped. The bookmakers, touts, gam- blers and jockeys were not so fortu- nate. An expectant crowd was furnished with several interesting events not on the card. Twenty arrests were made for violation of the new anti-pool law | passed by the Board of Supervisors Mond Fifty policemen marched into the betting ring and under direction of Chief Lees the first step to remove the curse of the city was taken. The men arrested wer | SAM SHAEN, blockman for George Rose’s field book. H. L. JONES, booking .under the name of Stuyvesant Ciub (Johnny Coleman’s book). 1LOUIS SANDERSON, time-keeper. H. NATHAN, clerk. JAMES WILSON, waiter. AL CONEY, horseman. ABE ENKLE, bookmaker. JAMES NEAL, horseman. CHARLES SCOTT, bookmaker’s clerk (“Scotty” Rottenstein). M. JACOBS, official pool-buyer Pacific Coast Jockey Club (“Jew” Jacobs). JOE REID, phries. JOE LEVY, cashier for Barney Schreiber. OLPH DENNERY, horseman. ARLES LEW, bookmaker- clerk for Bookmaker VMES REILLY, bookmaker. ARRY HINTON, pool-buyer. ABE LEVY, bookmaker (auction- g guys”). NK WALL, messenger. AS GREEN, valet (“Ging- Green, valet for Joe Narvaez). e’ buyer). tion of a sensation more 1l number of persons went The announcement that to th the new law would be rigidly enforced | Jo Levy was next talken off the block 'more orders of that character svould be | the gamblers of In- | , the offense of of- | tele- | sent and the re- | unwarranted | of release for the ex- | " | arrested, and I POLICE RAID INGLESIDE AND ENFORCE THE LAW I:—. D S S o ® B O i oY % e 1 . HE gamblers of Ingleside intend to fight for the vicious privilege which the people of San Francisco, in : ¢ defense of tl}cir most sacred interests, have destroyed. When the ordinance prohibiting bookmaking 3¢ B¢ and poolselling was signed by the Mayor it became operative. The gamblers of the racecourse knew b |! this fact, as they have attorneys who know the law. In defiance of the law, however, the managers of Ingle- @ | side instructed the gamblers not to interrupt their trade at the track, and the result was a remarkable 3 + scene at the racecourse. A scries of arrests was made and prosecutions in the Police Court will follow. * 7 Chief of Police Lees says he will enforce the law, and the gamblers declare that they will not submit. The 3 ; contest is one of the greatest that was ever fought in the city, as the issue is onec perfectly defined be- ¢ ¢ tween morality and corruption. ! | @+ s+ 4000000004Vt DI VG000 0400000009400 000009000000 000-9 D S o S S e W‘ by the Police Department drew many frequenters to the betting ring. The gamblers, 00, were there en These fastidious parasites, hav- g been informed by their attorneys that wholesale arrests were to be ided themselves with sub- | masse. prits, by placing straw men on the bet ir sensitive souls itutes who were willing to take a ride | the patrol wagons and suffer the in- | | convenience of a The real cul- | ting stands, saved th m the annoyance of having the | eavy hand of a just law interrupt ir nefarious trade. | These sleek, smooth bookmakers have been party to innumerable trag- far greater than the mere ar- a person for misdemeanor. and ps they feared a guilty conscience 11d recall too many ruined men and women if they should, even for an hour, be detained behind prison bars.. | Three or four of the leading gam- blers decided to quit before the police arrived. The season at Ingleside is | nearly ended, these men have made a good clean-up, and they did not wish \eir departure for the East misspent money of their dupes deferred by a case in court. Be- rest o | blank orders of release on Barney Schreiber’s stand, and from that time on until the last race was run every person attempting to violate the law w instantly arrested. James Wilson, a waiter, and Louis Sanderson, a timekeeper, were ar- rested . for buying pool-tickets, and aen, Nathan and Jones were taken to the Seventeenth street police station in a patrol wagon. They were booked, arched and placed in the dark, dank | cell, where they remained for over an hour, before Jimmy Long, the Police Court lawyer, arrived with a bundle of which Judge Conlan’s clerk, Rice, had so accommo- datingly prepared. These orders were gned but no names filled in. . This was Long’s part of the work. Thanks to Rice’s system there was nothing to prevent Long releasing every prisoner | in the City Prison who is not charged with a felony. Long apologized to his | clients for not getting to the police sta- tion ahead of them, and he abused the driver of the patrol wagon for hurrying the gamblers to jail. When the prisoners left Ingleside Chief Lees telephoned to.the sergeant at the Seventeenth-street station to search every one of them for evidence. fore the first race the bookmakers vis- | This was considered a gross indignity b+ > e sw:,x..;..‘..;t D e e S S SO 2 | ited Secretary Green of the Jockey Club to ascertain what to do. | They were informed that the police | were en route to the track, to raid the | betting ring. The association attor- | ney guaranteed to furnish bail and | orders of release for ail who might be t the request of Mr. Ach, | the attorney, several bookmakers agreed to continue business and sub- mit to arrest, in order to furnish cases to test the validity of the ordinance passed by the Supervisors. The book- makers did not go into their stands. but sent their clerks and sheet writers | to the sacrifice. About 3 o’clock. just before the third race was called. the loud-voiced announcer shouted: “There ! are 200 police outside the gate.” Then | | the excitement of the day began. Sev- eral of the more timid “bookies” went | out of business instantly. They pulled | down their slates, destroyed. sheets, pocketed the contents of the cash boxes and jumped into the ring. In the midst of the bustle and hurry two squads of police, headed by Chief Lees, Captain Wittman, of the Central District, and Captain Gillen of the Seventeenth-street Station, marched into the betting ring. Lawyer Ach ap- | proached the Chief and inquired what | he intended to do. Chief Lees declared | he was there to stop pool selling, and would arrest any person selling or purchasing a pool ticket. When the officers entered the betting | ring, and while the Chief was consult- ing with Mr. Ach, the crowd of touts. stable boys and racetrack derelicts jeered and hooted at the bluecoats. All sorts of vile and obscene epithets were hurled at the bluecoats, and un- fortunately they were obliged to re- | ceive the insults without retaliating. ‘With a foreknowledge that a pliant ! Police Court Clerk was on the ground | to accept any old bond and issue an | order of release several bookmakers resumed business. Stool pigeons had been instructed to purchase tickets, | and then the fun began. Before any | arrests were made, however, Billy Bev- | erly, Joe Rose, Hoffmann & Co. and | Gus Bluhm pulled down their signs and | 1eft the ring. George Rose’s field book | started to do business, and Sam Shaen, | the blockman, and H. Nathan. the sheet writer, were taken into custody. | Nathan neglected to obey instructions | from his boss and had his sheet tacked | to a board.~ He endeavored to destroy | the record of bets, and the officers. see- ing the attempt to destroy evidence, | used force, burst into the stand and | secured possession of the sheet. Nath- an was roundly cursed by Shaen for | his stupidity in furnishing the authori- ties with evidence. Nathan and Shaen were jollied from all sides of the ring. and then the chaff became general as additional arrests were made. Hughy Jones, who had charge of Johnny Coleman's book, was the next “martyr to the police persecution.” He did not relish his position in the leasnl R o o R S e i e e o Ingleside’s Career of Evil, Under Official Ban, Is| B e o e e that effect. At 6 o'clock all the Ingle- tion. terday afternoon have created | indignation. accepted in the future. | In discussing the outrage last nigat | Police Judge Conlan said: | ® ¢ | L 'Y B i e e ei e @ Interrupted by the Police. by the racetrack men, but they had to submit. While the first wagon was on the way to the police station more arrests were being made at the track, and Long and his liberated clients awaited the ar- rival of the second load, which consist- ed of seven more “horsemen.” These men were booked and discharged rap- idly, and by the time they were dis- posed of eight more were brought in by the two other wagons which were sent to the track. The last arrests were made during the fifth race and none of the prisoners cut much figure at the track or else- where. Two or three of the latter bunch, at-the instigation of Lawyer Ach, endeavored to play a joke on the police and at the same time cloud the legal issue in court. Charles Lew mounted a box and stuck up a racing card several days old and Abe Levy put in a “marker” on one of the horses. | Leiv handed Levy an old ticket and at | this point both were arrested. Attor- ney Ach will raise the point that these men and the others are not guilty of any infraction of the law as no money was passed. During the last race open bookmaking was not attempted, but the more prom- inent gamblers were accommodated in the ring by the bookmakers. No money was exchanged and no tickets written. The bookman gave odds to his old pa- trons and the sports put in markers.’ The day at the track ended quietly, considering the unusual incidents. After the last race was run Chief Lees and Captains Wittman and Gillen went to the Seventeenth-street station to see what was done with the prisoners. When the Chief learned that Police Court Clerk Rice had issued a job lot of release orders to accommodate the jockey club lawyers he became very indignant. He informed Long that no (3 I am informed that the clerk of my court went to the Ingleside race track yesterday afternoon and accepted and issued blank bonds in the cases of a number of bookmakers and sheet- writers who were arrested for violat- ing the betting ordinance passed by the Board of Supervisors Monday last. ¥f the bonds and orders of dis- charge were blank at the time of their issuance they were clearly and un- doubtedly illegal, and therefore void. The clerk is appointed by the Board of Supervisors, and, unfortunately, is | responsible only to them for such ac- | tions. I as Judge have absolutely no con- trol over him or his actions outside of my courtroom. I did not authorize, | under any circumstances, his pres- | ence there to accept such bonds, and it was without my knowleoge that he was there. Furthermore, I particular- ly do not countenance, and I disap- prove of his actions in signing such (orders of release. I am remarkably surprised, however, that the police did not realize that a clerk had no right to fix the amount of bail in } such cases. I cannot understand why the police, knowing the law as they do, should accept the orders under the circumstances under which they were presented. It also has come to my knowledge that certain comments have been made in reference to the probable dis- position of these cases should they come up in my court. I have not as yet received a copy of the ordinance nor have I perused its contents. In the event of the cases coming up be- fore me L will give the accused a fair & side prisoners had left the police sta-|geclare that the action of Rice n. They will appear in Judge Con-|aroysed them to the necessity of re- lan’s court this morning at 10 o'clock.|organizing that part The incidents at the racetrack ves-|Court system over which they ) wide- | control. spread comment in local official circles. |do not intend that their employes | The presence and obnoxtous activity of |abuse their authority to bring into con- Clerk Rice have particularly aroused|tempt local laws. i | Chief of Police Lees de-|declares that he will not only refuse | | clares that Rice had no right to do as to accept bonds as they were given yzs- | he did and no such procedure will be|terday, but he will investigate thor- ! The arrests oughly the character of the bonds that will'be made in a proper way and re- have already been given. ileases will be secured in a legal way. has created widesperad indignation. To-day the gamblers will again ply | their trade, and again they will be ar- | | accepted by the police and he told Cap-|trial, fair play and at the same time | taln Wittman to issue instructions to|see that the law is upheld. | Members of the Board of Supervisors has of the Police | have | They appoint the clerks, and | sha'l The Chief of Police The affair $ % rested. The police will act until they | are stopped wy the courts. It is left | to the gambiers to determine how the final test shall be made. It has been the custom of the police | to arrest the clerk in poolrooms whn; sold the tickets to the officer making | the complaint, but yesterday it was de- cided to arrest the proprietors of the poolrooms also, and Policemen Esola | and Tyrrell, after obtaining the neces- sary warrants, arrested Henry | Schwartz, Fourth and Market streets: | John Glynn, of Broyer & Glynn, 276 Stevenson street and Fourth and Mis- | sion street (two charges), and John | Connolly, of Dunn & Co., 206 Steven- | son street. They each gave $100 cash bail and were released. GAMBLERS DEFIANT. Secretary Green of the Pacific Coast | Jockey Club is beginning to show signs | of the strain he has been under during the past few days. In the absence ot | President Androus and through the ill- ness of Director Crocker the burden of the emergency has fallen on his should- ers. Last night he and Ed Corrigan were in consultation for nearly two | hours and when the latteg left Mr. Green stood by his desk with a wearied and worried look on his face. The secretary was loth to make any statement for publication, but in the | course of an interview said: “Acting | on the advice of our attorney, Henry | Ach, we will race at Ingleside to-mor- row and even sell pools on the results. We appreciate the fact that the public does not attend the races for pleasure, but for the purpose of betting. “The action of the Supervisors came | as a thunderbolt to us. We have great interests at stake and we don’t think | the board treated us rightly. In fact | they ignored us completely. We have not as yet decided to go across the bay and finish our season. We can do so, but on the advice of our attorney we intend staying in this city and await developments. Mr. Ach will appear in court to-morrow and represent our as- | sociation and we have full confidence | in his ability to defend our position. At | present I am unable to make any | further statement, but may do so here- after.” ; CORRIGAN IS SILENT. | Ed Corrigan was in close consultation with Secretary Green of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club last night and when the “Iron Chancellor” of the racing world left the rooms of the organiza- tion in the Palace he wore a troubled look. He declined to say anything for pub- lication, but declared that The Call had given him a lot of trouble and was in- | blers in a bold attempt to defeat th juring him in a business way. Mr. Corrigan then retired to his room, leav- ing word with the hotel clerk to be sure and have him called at 6 o’clock sharp. BRIBERY WILL BE ATTEMPTED Gamblers Speed to Sac- ramento for Relief. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 14.—An attempt is to be made to induce the Legislature to pass a law that will nullify the or- dinance passed by the Board of Super- 2 THE Porice., e S e B R A S o ] % visors and which prohibits the selling of pools or bookmaking*on horse races within the corporate limits of San Francisco. In order to make the at- tempt successful the $20,000 raised by the racetrack people to defeat the or- dinance in San Francisco is to be brought to Sacramento and distributed where it will do the most good. Ex-State Senator Androus, presi- dent of the Ingleside racetrack, has been in Sacramento several days look- ing after poolroom and racetrack legis- lation, and he is still on the ground and will remain here for the purpose of furthering any legislation that may be introduced for the purpose of thwarting the will of the people of the metropolis as expressed by the action of the Board of Supervisors yesterday. To-day Vice President Henry J. Crocker of the Ingleside racetrack came up from the city for the purpose of as- sisting Androus in the effort to induce the members of the Legislature to rush through some bill that will legalize the Ingleside gambling game. It is generally understood that the present session of the Legislature will be brought to an end on Saturday of this week in spite of the fact that there is much important legislation pending that cannot and will not be reached on the Assembly and Senate files. To introduce a new measure at this time would be equivalent to consign- ing it to oblivion unless there is be- hind it a sufficient amount of money to purchase for it the congideration and immediate attention of legisla- tors. It is a matter of common knowl- edge that a fund of $20,000 was raised to defeat the anti-pool selling ordinance in San Francisco. It is also known that the greater portion of this sum of money was not and could not be used because of the incorrupti- bility of the Supervisors: whom the race track people sought to corrupt. It is this money that is to be brought to Sacramento and used as an induce- ment to legislators who have been working without pay for two weeks to vote for some measure that will have for its purpose the legalizing of the gambling game that the people of the metropolis are trying to suppress. “Mo” Gunst arrived in Sacramento to-night for the purpose, it is said, of interesting himself in proposed meas- ures for rehabilitating the gambling game in San Francisco. He will lead the gambling and poolselling brigade in the endeavor that. is to be made to defeat local legislation in the metropo- lis. Much comment is being indulged. in respecting the propriety of one of San Francisco's Police Commissioners openly interesting himself with gam- Prosecutionsto BeSpeedyand Yigorous. Bribery Campaign Transferred to - Sacramento. law and legalize a pursuit that is in- jurious to the morals of the community. After such a decided expression of opinion as has been given by San Fran- cisco through their Board of Supervi- sors, the attitude assumed by Gunst is subjecting him to the most severe criti- cism. MR. HOBART'S FUTURE UNDER DISCUSSION Unwritten Law Gives the Vice Presi- dent Only One Term in Office. NEW YORK, March 14.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: The question whether Vice- President Hobart shall be renominated next year will probably be determined during the sojourn of President McKinley with Mr. Hobart and Senator Hanna at the latter’s winter home in Thomasville, Ga. The matter was under discussion at the White House last Sunday night be- tween the President and one or two of his Cabinet advisers, and it was quite evident from the President’'s utterances he is willing to retain Mr. Hobart as his coi- league upon the Presidential ticket. There are between Mr. McKinley and Mr. Ho- bart the warmest and most cordial rela- tions. With the President agreeable to Mr. Hobart's renomination, and with Mr. Ho- bart willing again to stand for election, with Senator Hanna entertaining a high personal regard for the Vice-President and with the Cabinet officers of the same opinion, it might be taken for granted that Mr. Hobart's renomination is as- sured. This would undoubtedly be the ease were it not for the unbroken preee- dent which displaces the Vice-President at _the close of his first term. The political future of Mr. Hobart, therefore, is in the balance while the leaders of the Republican party confer at Thomasville. Other matters are to be discussed, one of the most important being the com- mencement of the campaign of next year. The main question to be decided now i3 whether Mr. Hobart shall be allowed to break an unwritten rule. If not, a state- ment from him declaring that his per- sonal interests will not allow a further sacrifice may be expected during the com- ing summer. BRYAN'S REBUKE AND BELMONT'S RETORT Caustic Messages Brought Forth by an Invitation to a Banquet. NEW YORK, March 14—The following dispatch has been received by Perry Bel- mont, president of the Democratic Club, in response to an invitation which was sent to William J. Bryan to attend the banquet to be given by the club in honor of Thomas Jefferson on April 13: “LINCOLN, Nebr., March 13. “Hon. Perry Belmont, Democratic Club, New York: Invitation received. Remem- bering that you openly repudiated the Democratic platform in the last cam- paign, I desire to know before answering the invitation whether you have since the electicn publicly announced your con- version to the principles set forth in that platform. WILLIAM J. BRYAN.” In answer Mr. Belmont teleghaphed as follows to Mr. Bryan: “The invitation extended to you is on behalf of the Democratic Club. Individ- ual opinfons have not been considered in issuing the invitations to celebrate the birthday of Thomas Jefferson.” THREATENED RISING OF COLORADO UTES DENVER, March 14.—A special to the News from Price, Utah, says: Reports from White Rocks Agency are to the ef- fect that the Indian leaders there are restless and serious trouble is anticipated by Indian Agent Myton, by reason of the fact that the men who control the chiefs desire to return to their former reserva- {on In Colorado. The matter was pre- sented to Agent Myton by the head men of the Whits River Utes some ten days ago, and the agent referred the matter to Washington. Nothing has been heard from the Interior Department, and ths consequence is the Indians are becoming restless, and, it is said, threaten all man- ner of things. The Indians behind the agitation are old men, ind were more or less identified with the Meeker massacre. This fact has Saused some.alarm, and by reason of Agent Myton's return to White Rocks by Special conveyance from Price, Where he was called frcm Salt Lake, lends color to the reports that an outbreak may occut at any time. The Indians are in an ugly mood and say if Washington Joes not pay them <or their lands in Colorado they pro- pose going back upon them. BLIND MAN'S CHILD : BORN WITHOUT EYES NEW YORK, March 14.—A Lincoln, Neb., special to the World says: W. L. Gregg, a well-known lecturer living in the town of Greenwood, east of here, was born blind. About a.year ago he married a Nebraska girl who has perfect vision. Last week a baby boy was born to the couple, perfect in every way except its eyes. It has no eves, and where thers should be an opening for them the face is perfectly smooth. - Charged With Criminal Libel. SANTA CRUZ, March 14—The trial of Zach Xevers for criminal libel was com- menced to-day in the Superior Court and the greater part of the time was spent in obtaining jurors. Xevers is a barber, and the complaining witness is William Gardner, an attorney. At the last elec- tion Gardner was a candidate for Town- ship Judge. Xevers issued a circular at- tacking &ardner. The case is being tried disqualified, having ty, as Judge Smith X e attorney, for Xevers. t one time been an before Judge Doonn? of San Benito Coun- s