Show f s rr N N a a w w w w w N Leya i r 9 WIRE 11 I I i T OF J JOBS SS y N N w N N N N tr M N N M M t 1 w N a N a NM N N N N N aw N N N N M N H 1 I N w WAS AS on 0 one oC o the t party that drat I h tapped the Covington and a a 1 I race Hire w ire Feb e ethe I the Uro 0 the West tweet Baden en and French Lick Liek r e 01 r Nom t om oom wire wille teat last March Manh In tact fact fa t I 1 have lase been tn in eatery every pta deal J that went nt There Therefore Therefore fore I 1 can explain hl every d WI a as to toJ Ian w wire C tapping 1 I is 7 oper opet J Qed 1 11 i Jute June 1896 18 I 1 a a position a as telegraph operator with UIe tik West arn n fl Union Ua Telegraph company 1 b bl i Broadway l r New York and aDd soot gamed ah U tit confidence of th tb the I operator Wf as ashe aslie aslie lie he assigned me be to the race departure department t which ie to a 8 very trusted position po At this time raring fas wu as new to me mo having havin lived l and worked up to this thief time in a Canadian city but I soon MOB realized tb the greet great opportunity of 0 mak make e J tug r mon money y if Ie I could only oaly hold hoW th the races back a few seconds second and signal the win winner ner Der to a better bet r who would be in one of the tho th rooms on the circuit I was sent send sending Jog ing the racing news over oWr In rn order to t tto todo to do this tuU ee J I roust must understand under tanj i racing rac ng thoroughly and I studied for a I hours daily dally waif until t I time came to the j lion q there ther w was nothing more to learn I and AM in July Jui Jul u 1190 I z made arrangement arra nt to send an opera Q operator ra toi to Albany N t tto Y to b bet r According to my tny signals fliPS which I SM sent nt over the wire vire in a natural WY way wt v v rs U I numbered the horn homer w in la alpha alphabetical order and aad gave ave the better Nt the winner in m this thit manner 1 Post POlK ost Brighton Brig ton Beach meaning No 1 hall bad li d won Poet Post Brighton B D No 8 t M h l web Post Brighton meaning No 3 I had bad won uon Post It ft 1 R ft No 4 had Won on Post Brighten nR meaning ing No i fi had v II won j Peat Pat Beach c ck meaning No 6 had hed won on 1 c 1 Bar retie signals WI we w Johnnyt x s pool ra m in ht Albany for eleven 1 week W When wh Iw I Iwas Iwao was wao w discharged frem trem tife ferrite without with j out oat reason beta being given I In the tall fall o 1891 we bought t two complete seta sets of instruments Instrument elud t imp 19 climbers cUmbers voltmeter ate ete Mi friend hatta t at one time e lived in Ia perSuaded me to go 0 after atter flit he Montreal string sunning from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York to Montreal via ia Albany and Perth rth Creek freek Cr k Having all aU the necessary pa paraphernalia nalia milia to furnish tur advance information I Iad and ad cheat the pool rooms zooms we started arted tot foi the Montreal room locating at Al At bang Here me we tested all the thew wire w run rot running ning g OWl owr the New N w York Central Cent right ti t of way war but could not lint find the race ee wire I from York to Montreal 1 New running ng I Ik Tie The following day dav y rp re tested te ted the wh wire tI k OL oil th the Dt wUie Hudson Hud Of Alser rail railroad railI railroad road and found What ot we were testing 1 for I Mom Ilion II we find race wires ha has puzzled the ae v Union o for tOI ysa years a Fading tha the Race Sae Wire We t tk take k a large larce dh hook book attaching f fIt It to the end and dol of a pole then Utra rue a wire from front the took hook down lown to our relay 1183 thru the e a r ax roter ground By B carefully ca adji tIc the Ute relay grid and ting fling tike hook book traM hen wire to 10 mire ire we wean can an read e d t Is pa i ng e ir each without int interfering ng with the circuit I Ian an any We Ve are on a a higher hi ber than t n the pool room Therefore the Ute cur current I rent refit goes through ur fur ground and the tile W nes nen s In not interrupted Without the t e rheostat the current would run mn as far tar faras taras faras as our ground and stop top leaving I no bt Itt tery on the pool room side de After Att finding the race wire we look I for foi a suitable location that If in a house hOUR U work in After this 1111 t Is a found m w cut cutin cutin I in In which is doers donte do at Might but w we e have I Ito to teet during racing hours bows which is in inthe th the I frh writer gives iu a rather technical dev des de lotion of making the cutIn eutin which 1 bf If summarized as ar a making a loop l 1 from frum the wire to he the wire tappers rs iP ir I Ie e sti strument in such a way that it shall not be conspicuous lO us There Is ill a j by which New Nei York t an can be lie cut cat off from rom the pool poet room coon the tM being then able to lend R syu y n i ag th S vt please I In thi this particular ular io deb eb w We listened to ne news s putting pawing through e oar r in instruments ru ments for fn three the th days day started ti t relay the traces r e principally because j tm this t was vw our Job in lit fact ct the first since 1883 when five wrong winners wc were W re sent out from a tap on the Jerome track rack wire mire The fourth day we had our signals nude made up and the better etter in Montreal We opt ratios by b holding the ther thet th r t acet fi back fifteen n minutes I The Western Union to protect pool signs ai ch co of caf C a race with ith a 1 cipher word ord which indicates indicate the post POt time tithe of or the Che preceding rat race and the bookmakers in the t pool rooms cloer r race ryce at that time In order to bold hold boldt t tit lisp f races race back we tad lad to change th the t cipher word I had supplied myself with a co copy y ee C the tM cipher while white Ug in New York If the of the first ft r race raced oe am to we wae ws signed Dotage meaning 31 d would change hange it to Dunce meaning to e 4 The pool pooi would be expecting the tb second rattle rate at 14 4 while we re received re it at which g ve us s an ep p jM ot tit 1 II big tos g the bettor better off M U whet haE how hioM Mid d w iNn m by arranging the theSE second SE ll a tinted ix d way shay ay These Here w Our ur and ancl only one would appear in the second S O d betting and ani that would b on the winner The pr prices we umA were as 14 I Il 12 l 1 45 15 6 65 s 94 1 52 i 72 2 ih i 7 1 12 25 60 Gt At the time Wo We w were sending the tbt sec second secand and ond betting in t to the poolrooms we had hael the winner and changed the track price prices slightly sll in m order that th t only one of our Ur prices price pr e would be pouted posted in th tM the poolroom against the horse kose The bet bettor bettor bettor tor had a copy of our prices and end could rould easily run over them and find the cor corresponding corTes corresponding responding Tes n ing price marked up a hose horse on the board A Tap at Washington Ye We e w worked the Montreal Montrel room with ith ti th tie te e tor for eleven da days ap when they thc refused to take tak any more bets beta after r nr fir t betting We W e then decided to It t stay tay in on one mare day and key ke the room that Is send in wrong rong i 1 r suit sult which we we did breaking the I 1 bo 0 today is te w vo under oer el the im imI I 1 cession N ilon that the scheme was v 1 5 worked b ly iy his hit operator oper and the bettor whileS while S the operator o believes that It 11 was wa worked between the sending aDding operator in New York and the bettor better We next neat went down dawn de to 9 Washington D p r C t where we tested and found the thea a ton wire which was routed sever iver l er th the Pennsylvania right of way war warWe waye We e w were ere located between Philadelphia and Baltimore altimare B lUm r The tint first day everything worked well Fur IUt th d dry y we tipped ours oUn ourselves Ues off pt ending the fie t le second betting before the tbt flat first However we won nearly 1 and could rot not complain After this the Western I hanged changed the cipher ipher and wt wc were At a tor for two w wu weeks trying tring to get gel gety y j tr j p of or the new cipher Coming over to Ft Erie Ene we met a friend who was an aD operator in a in an st at this J ta and ht lit gave us a copy cotTy Uy of ot the cipher r on out our agreeing to t not cut in inon inon on his room t Of Having the new nL cipher we decided del ed on ongoing ont ona t a going after Hamilton Ontario and To Toronto Toronto Toronto We Ve w worked rk l these thee two rooms in ina ina ina a similar manner closing t the e H Hamil Hamilen en n room up in three day dav day By this ime the w were r getting wise true e emol mol it w was as more to put J them f ever everTo yer To 10 be a good wire ire en Iper you Bust aaa tf t ta u f a good all It 11 rued rOund operator t f under onder understanding standing electricity t which 1 4 0 a I very ry few fe op do mutt mast be a good fOod limn understand racing and toe be gifted with an aa unlimited amount of attic e Lack Ludt of these thase tb ee q diUs e ex ei eim m why there th N are re only three pro prof f ional nal wire tappers t p rs today toda IB In 1 January we decided on go hag After something big That was the th Cincinnati CiD nati and Louisville rooms roama a riming raising from New 1 York to Louis aUt Ky with IUt Buffalo Cleveland Toledo Toed and jayton looped on onlie We lie had a hard time finding this thi t l w wire ire irea a t 1 it t was wu very cold testing around Cleveland fa lit January It took us twelve d da s a 10 to flint e T re After lter it we located in a little greenhouse i one mile west of Berea O 0 which Is Js nine miles mUes west of Cleveland When n we cut the wire there w which which was very difficult owing to the tile ice lee on it H Hwe we had hai Dayton Columbus Cincinnati and l at our OUT mercy merey This Tats suing siring was Known a u as the one onet tHat t could not be tapped the operators ill e a various rooms declaring that thY the could detect de the th different styles of te tie sending operators Nevertheless N We stole fifteen minutes on the New rew Or Orleans leans feats roes races by changing the tre t e post t time the Ute betters picking the winners s front from the second as at Montreal We sent MISt In ht Lady L cly Kent I ent Sni gamp slid and two others s winning wince t IS day dart which II wits was N Feb a eb 6 t 1901 1801 near nearl and ud putting patting pU g a crimp in ht a few book rs bank baak rolls roils rI ey y noticed the different nt post pot time tim the fok wing day when the Western Vestern blamed d the Dayton poolroom po for job claiming it was worked front from that tbd room and that the th bettors were all aU tram from Dayton but this was not cor 01 wc as sea the bettors were from Detroit wb e we arranged arra the signals The fM post m that hat tie any i xo us We were locates located t e nearly mile froni ron I ston tolo i T a d Moth 1 tw This jeb set fife 1 ns s rind a 4 1 he I estem Union slit oit fire litre Jn tn trying o 1 arra aC C t tf e bookmakers hers ers they tJi ea in to too the t e cot l 1 lAt stun At If ft t tinto Irs 6 ti ni g ginto i into the U e by different i t w wait as it wo be Impossible tot to o tap p pt theist t but bet this was what we wanted The n room thought that U the y were pre fH r teemed tec and all we had to do was to toome ome their rt arote which the w did We cut the two wires just before they br M ached hed out at Jersey CSt City and on March Maich 1 we sent in tour four wrong winners erS over the two fag the re results re suits sent mt out t user over Q r the e ether After this dUa deal they tried in very dery tl way WRY to eaten catch eat h eve even advertising that they w glen lt de 6 he dec deckar e Ri d in lit with with tie J I After tills this s we e rested ted for fOt six weeks to let et things quiet ul t down 4 and oti on Sprit u 12 we re went over per tp Niagara Fan Falls ncI and cut in en on the Falls Faits room mom I 1 n but the night Might before we were going to toe ate atee a e heavy 7 storm blew down several several po poles f ed near u our tap and the lino Ji it while re J I pairing pal the breaks found it t i iN i N Next w we started after the Toledo geom bolding l the Ute races raees r ees up by kang log Ipg the post time but th the e bettor who st i i iwas was a a Dutchman n from Tore xo Io tw fou while waiting for thede e def a r script ion of the race he tad d bet on on and when the operator 1 m the fhe th room ro room in called Baled the tle horse he lie had bad bet os aC the winner he shouted HI I knew it ten minutes wt tea Ago He Ike hw his hi tic et and left elt upon upOn seeing the mistake m take he heka t had ka made Ail A tar fir tr as the Uie practical pad of the job Jab 1 is concerned it is very euy It la is generally the betting end that weakens W i ir or r Ups tips us oft off orr Another A o r thing we w hate t to contend with is the di of art rt o OUr r share of or the winnings from the bettors who generally hold out more or teas less of the tM winnings winning On Dex Det 5 S we e cut in n 1 on oft a string run running sling ning nin from Cincinnati to Indianapolis I Teete Haute Hautt Evansville Eva Ule Anderson Knoxville Nashville Nash Paducah Pa Lexing ton and orf We Ve were located fear f ur miler mile north of Independence Ind nce K Ky i ug rented a room in a log Jo cabin a catered c lor M 4 woman I It was gas so 80 dark that we could coul l hardly i sett It was II the last lait day at th tM the Ben meet We were supposed d to send senda I a description d to let the four fourteen teen bettors tn fir m the rooms mentioned i above bov know new that vre we e had bad control of 0 the I I wire The signal was like Ilk this thi off aH al together A long slot at the Uta quarter by length Fa Favorite cortte second by three lengths Second choice ch t ird Same iii a t the Che half It it my partner vaa as sick this day dayi slid end after he h had gent ent the description i up t to te th the b he Be sent meat the stretch h b then the t e w planer ner This being l fa m t threemile race we e a were queered qu I tight ht then Me Major jor M MIt won wen en the rae race j I We W disconnected our instruments I and came esme me back to Cincinnati We then traveled around the t e countrY 4 or r three tree months searching for tor new cir circuits cults and rooms we had not already 1 cut Ut in on on when on M March r 16 Ii Ii 1903 we I came rame across the Ute W 1 st Paden Springs Springe i wire running or of orm ort at t lama J legged on tut 1 m Rost AO torn Qt Louisville L CU me Ivy Ky J the th e wire Ire running lunning j ver V the Monon n right bt o gf way wa I About this time r gang tried In to t tap this th wiry wi d gb gf caught at it IL delay el iii a of ot days dya I on cn reh 20 wa 6 drove rove out to OW oUt 1 J an of rl ys fed house the I 1 property of of Frei Hatton h eh had been unoccupied l c up ed for years m account of ot Its 1 fin l ty y reputation fie We arrived at the house lt about 8 in the evening with th an outfit and found an n old German G tramp who had made it I fete II home for four two months The he Trench Preach Lick Job Jobi i I j We W decided on making this a lob b by sending In Jn wrong results The 1 German count who wa itu our bettor b at atthe atI I the ibe Springs Springe tW was th U the best h t man matt w we over ever overland land had d to look after the betting end He Hewon HeWon Hewon won very every colt cent fie bookmakers had They even apologized for paying him hint the tare t last Jat bet in no 30 sass I The system s tem we used was ws a ReW ne r one onet He Be was to bet on a rt v tol to 1 shot in th the t first Arlit New v Oceans ea race r if there were wen two tw shots bet OH on the first tint one ORe alphabetically should there not b br be a shot bet on the nearest one onet t f lw wee TIde was Wa ean for tor or u Ut us We just sat et at atI I ue 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