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TROUBLE MAKERS ARE BUSY Newly Elected Officials to Test Legality of the Betting Methods Used at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La., December 7.7-District AK - tttrntr". FlrrtJ wb tl A . i TUmIiIw rf . jffif "HTrr;, -nvlll-take "the oatlronffice Friday and expects to investigate the system of betting in use at the Jefferson Park ra.ee track the same day he announced Monday evening. Whether he will proceed by filing Informations or put the legality of the system up to the grand jury of Jefferson Parish has not been definitely decided by Mr. Buchler. "I will lose no time in making an investigation of the system of betting in use at the Jefferson Park track. I believe the legality of the system should be determined by a court and I will try to lose no time in bringing it to" the courts attention. "I have not yet decided whether I will file an information if I believe the system to he a violation of the Locke law, or whether I will lay the matter before the grand jury. I will probably decide on the mode of procedure after an investigation at the race track." New Orleans awaits witli great interest the promised investigation of Mr. Buchler, as on it may depend the future of racing in Orleans Parish. District Attorney R. H. Marr, who took office Monday, visited the Jefferson Park track last week and declared that the system of betting at that track is a violation of the Locke law, also that if the same system is used at the Business Mens Racing Association Fair Grounds track in Orleans Parish he will prosecute. The system of betting now used at Jefferson Park was used at the Fair Grounds last winter. Walter Gleason, attorney for the Business Mens Racing Association, has no further comment to make on District Attorney Marrs assertion other than that the Business Mens Racing Association will operate and operate within the provisions of all laws. F. A. Middleton, attorney of the Jcfcrson Park Racing Association, lias taken the stand that the system of betting in use at Jefferson Park is within the terms of the decision of the Supreme Court in the Austin case and therefore legal.
