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ST. LOUIS TURF LITIGATION. The injunction proceeding brought by Attorney General E. C. Cro w against the St. Louis Fair AB80ciationuto restrain bookmaking at the Fair Grounds track, was. submitted in Division No. 5 of the Circuit Court Monday and taken under advisement by Judge Fisher. Attorney H. B. Priest, representing the Fair Association, offered in evidence the record of the case brought recently against the Delmar Jockey Club to restrain bookmaking and pool-Belling at the Delmar track. He also submitted a letter, dated May 2 last, from Btate Auditor Albert O. Allen to C. A. Tilles, president of the Fair Association, in which Mr, Allen stated that an arrangement had been entered into between him and the previous management of the Fair Association, for B. F. Walker and Morton Jourdan, or some one for them, to isBue licenses for bookmaking on blanks furnished by the .auditor, and asking Tilles if he desired the arrangement to continue. The reply of Tilles accepting the proposition was also submitted. Rogers denies that he issued the licenses, but states he was present when the licenses were issued. Licenses had been issued in the same manner for the seasons of 1899, 1900 and .1901, and were issued in that manner for bookmaking at the Fair Grounds track, the Kinloch track and the Delmar track, and there was no limit as to time, he states. Attorney General Crow objected to the record of the Delmar case and submitted the affidavit of Auditor Allen and of State Treasurer B. P, Williams. Mr. Allen states the first he learned . of the issuance of the licenses was on August 7 at Springfield, Mo., when Morton Jourdan told him they were issued by Rogers. Williams denies in his affidavit that any money was turned into the State Treasury for fees for the licenses. He states that he received a check for ,700 as trustee, but not as State Treasurer, and placed it in bank for collection.
