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NEW YORK BETTING AND THE COURTS General Bingham Testifies Before the Grand Jury and Pays His Respects to Attorney Elder New York July 15 The three most important witnesses that have testified before the Kings CounJy grand jury since that body began its inquiries into the alleged violations of the antirace track betting law appeared before it this morning They were Police Commissioner Bingham and his first deputy Mr Baker in charge of the police In Brooklyn and Sheriff Alfred T Hobley Letters had been written to the three and in response they went to the coiinty court house willingly On his return from the grand jury room General Bingham denied that the police had been reprimanded for not enforcing the anti betting laws We simply discussed the general situation on the race track Everything was most agreeable and pleasant pleasantWhy Why dont you suppress it Why dont we suppress anything that is going on everywhere Why dont ministers suppress it We are doing our best jist as the ministers are but we cant do everything Under the decision of Justice Bischoit all bets and the passage of money arc not illegal It is only when the bets are recorded that it is prohibited I am acting on the advice of the cor ¬ poration counsel counselIf If I say to you continued General Bingham I will bet you ten on so and so and pass you the money that is not illegal It must be recorded to be a illegalMr violation and illegal Mr Eldfcr says the police could stop all betting at the track in five minutes if they wanted to toMr Mr Elder is talking through his hat replied the commissioner commissionerProsecutor Prosecutor Elder when told of General Binghams comment said saidThe The best reply to the statement that I have been talking through my hat is the fact that the police did stop gambling at the Brighton Beach track at 3 p in yesterday yesterdayMr Mr Elder said that Mr Cavanagh and Mr Fitz ¬ gerald had not been subpoenaed but had been in ¬ vited to testify before the grand jury as had Com ¬ missioner Bingham Deputy Commissioner Baker and Sheriff Hobley Neither Cavauagh nor Fitzgerald appeared appearedWhen When Joe Vendig James OConnell and Alfred Smith were arraigned during the day before Magis ¬ trate Tigho in the Adams street police court in Brooklyn charged with violating section t51 of the penal code the hearing was set for July 21 bail being continued The cases of Havry Hoffman W J Heaney and J Buckley also arrested on Tuesday for alleged violation of the antibetting law came up before Magistrate Voorhees in the Coney Island court They were released on 500 bail and exam ¬ ination set for July 22 22In In Manhattan Harry Davis and Thomas Mason of New York were discharged in the Jefferson Market police court by Magistrate Wahle on charges of accepting bets on horse races Three policemen tes ¬ tified that they saw money passed but they ha1 not seen a registry made Such evidence was not of value the magistrate said saidThe The indications are that the present grand jury will sit during the entire mouth of July and prob ¬ ably AugustAnother continue its hearings into the month of August Another raid took place today and four arrests were made being W II Dubois and bookmaker Samuel Franks and his crew of clerks Charles King and John Getty clubhouse commissioner Dubois a reputed millionaire and the owner of a stable of crack race horse was arrested while in the act of passing Ills trainer Frank Taylor a 5 bill he had asked for
