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VIGILANT WARFARE ON THE BOOKMAKERS District Attorney Winslow Outlines Plan and Pur ¬ pose of His Campaign at Empire City Ntw York August 21 The district attorney of WcstchestiT county ds juito active in pursuit of professional tatting at tlie Umpire City track al ituough not KO offensive in ihis way of working as vas Acting District Attorney lOlder for a time at Brighton Beach As to Jiis own standpoint in tlie matter District Attorney Winslow said at the ion UerH track H day or two ago agoWhile While personally I liave not eecn any bookmau ing or betting at the track today I m onviuwil from reports that have been made to me that tliero ij considerable fipeculation going on I Intend to conduct a rigid investigation of affairs at the track and you can say for me that the law as it is written will be enforced to the letter If we can get evidence azainst any bookmakers or professional esuiblers they will be arrested and vigorously prose ¬ cuted In my opinion the Hart Agncw law was passed to nliolisih iirofessional b Kikmuking Iy bonkmakiiig I mean tlio taking of bets and tlie re rording i f them by men who make siich a practice in Exclusive busiuoss Tlicre are plenty of BIICU piTiiOnts on the truck bore and 1 intend to go after them with the Idea of enforcing both the letter and spirit of the lav 1 believe that the decision of Justice Bischoff us regards oral wagers has been generally miscon ¬ strued It applies to wagers between persons who are not professional gamblers but it does not per ¬ mit bookmakers to accept wagers even orally from anybody and everybody It is tlio intent u violate the law which In these latter oases constitutes a violation of the law Betting Is now conducted in accordance with a system Tut professional layer accepts an oral wager ho iheji transmits it to an as ¬ sistant who in turn bands it over to a third uiau Who makes the word of it A fourth man pays ot 1eK6 wagers the next day I have a corps of ex nurt detectives m iny etaff auil tU rc arc other com ¬ petent iiicn on the Yonkers police force who arc going to li nd out the connections involved in the operating of this system If we can get conclusive proof of guilt we will arrest any violators of tbo law n matter who they may happen to be and we Y lllVIcavor to lliiv tllem Punished to the fullest Vhat is a bookmaker in your opinion was The exact meaning of the term replied Mr inslow must be settled by justices of the Su ¬ preme Court But in my own opinion I believe that any man who makes a business of accepting bets on the bookmakerDo races is a bookmaker Do you believe that oral wagers are illegal was another query takerthey If queryIf they are accepted by a professional bet taker they makingof are was the response The mere making of aii lawHow oral wager is an intent to violate the law socalledbookmakers How will you proceed against the socalled bookmakers bookmakersWe We will first get the necessary evidence Then we will make arrests but there will be no rough tactics used and there will be no disorder at the track If you keep your eyes open you will see some interesting developments In the next few days Personally I like to attend tlie races s much as anybody else but ns District Attorney of West Chester county I am bound to enforce the law and that will be my policy no matter what maybe the results
