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NEW ORLEANS RACING FOLKS ASSAILED. District Attorney Luzenberg Filer Information Charging Violations of the Locks Lav. New Orleans, i.a.. March 20. — Five Infm mstloas. chaining violations of the l.ocke Anti-Bie-- Track 1 iw one agaiaat the officer* directon aad offi-H ils of the Bovine** teas Baciag Association, collectively, and the other roar agaiast four alleged bookmakers or la nV were fUed in the Criminal liistiii t court today by District Attorney handler Luaeaberg. This I* the first time that Mr. Laaea-berg has filed such Information* in his official capacity. They are separate from these filed by William Bailey, president of the Citfateaa League of Louisiana, some time ago, after advising with Mr. Luaeaberg, but are against the same individuals. Tin- officers, director* and official* are thai Bed with aiding and assisting making of bets, while t!" four layer* are charged with actual operation of a bettiag book. Those charged in the collective information include G. A. MacDiarmld, I. B. Beaayaoa, loan Dil- lui. Artaro I 11 Orto. president, and directors Isiiae B. Orto, Philip Foto, Victor Lebeaa, Arch] baM A. Marx, A. I . .Steward, as officers aa i agents: Jooeph A. Murphy, presidlag adge, and .1. I.. Campbell, secretary, as ageata and emplo] es. Tl.ey are charged with ••unlawfully, witliin an eti-Ilosure, by a device, encouraging, aidiag ami a* sisting on, William B. Teale and other persons, whose nine- are unknown, to the district attorney, to bet aad wager epea a hone race aid bom race* apofl a race track in the city of .New Hi-. 1 ails. Pariah of Orleans, on the tenth day of February. 1!H7." The four alleged heolMaitu charged in the separate informations with operating a bettiag booh II- M. Mill T. Tom Shaw. Sol Licbi BOtela ami c ae /• i Ini. In NUag the tnformatkMti tie diatrici nttorncj .; tii.it it the allegation- contained in the affl davits tiled bj Mr. Bailey were true, the] coaati- t Ited a violation of the Locke law.
