| Show > Ii BETTING ON BROKERS ROW Thought That 850000 Was Put Upon Up-on the Besult of tho City Election I A sum nppioxlmatlnc 50000 changed hands yesterday as the result ot the local niuniolpnl election For the most jmrt wagfis vcie made in small sums tout beta as high as SfiOUi weir reporljd Altogcther the total sum which changed hands IK I placed at JnOOOO by h sporting I mrn who claim to be In a position to Icnow the likely mount tOn l t-On Brokers now on Second South HlreeL heLthiK was honvloL One bet ot nOO was made with Mutton E Itil > y taking thf Morris enl In Hoplen saloon on Main street an even wager of SOOO was made with O J Salisbury and Alexander Tarbeli taking the cl11ora tic end At police headqnartcis betting1 was also fierce for ri tine Pjactlrally every olllcer on the force with few exceptions excep-tions not only bet their money on Mor 1 is but ppent tin day corralling votes In his behalf Ofliueib were seen at nearly ovory poll inJ place In I I he 1 trI laking tr-I an neLl te part in the vork of election Some wore Knoj budges but t worked openly for Morris Martin E Mulvey Ptrutlcd up to the betting plufe in Brokers Row nnd announced an-nounced that he had 350000 which he ould bet as a whole or any part on Mori Is The bluff h was hot air chltlly though for a time it worked JhcK was not that much Krox monej in sight hut u hen Itcpubllcan coin did anlv It ut5 < found lhat I Mulvey had only 5000 which In wanted lo bet fur fonie one ele The amount was covered by James TlfiRlf I For a few minutes the odds went as high as MOD to SSO J on Mori Is but I quickly diopped back Ct o even money I Money for both candidult8 vas to Ijr found in large amounts Most of this t bets weie made in the forenoon but ttHRHii ueie brisk durfnj the entire day I |
