Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-11 | Page 7 | Poolrooms Victimized

POOLROOMS V VICTIMIZED Wire Wire- Wire Wire-Tappers rapp Tappers rs Rob the Bookies Rookies of in One Que Day By a sJ skillfully conducted cond Ced piece of ot wire wiretapping tapping a band of f swindlers robbed mobbed the poolrooms in the W West st st. of ot about 50 yesterday There Ther are re te reasons for Cor believing believing believing be be- lieving that several telegraph operators and men men who formerly whO worked In poolrooms pool pool- rooms In this city were c concerned in the scene V From David DavJd B B. Mitchell manager of ot the racing department of the Western Union Telegraph company of this city this statement was s' s obtained No attempt was wae ade by the wire wire- tappers to to- todo do o b business sI ess' ess In the East They confined their operations to a part of the country that leads ds me to believe a wire was cut in the the Middle Middle West The Themen Themen Themen who did this Work were men were experts and were able to tos to's select the easiest wire of all those carrying racing news for Cor their operations mss That Is the the- wIre wre r running running run run- n- n ning through sh Nashville Th They y cut ut this and then held back U the results of ot the races until th their Ir aC could get their money placed We had n no suspicion J m. m that anything ng was wrong until this morning when we were requested by Western operators to compare time This was done and we foun on the wire to to- which to-which which I have referred the h last two races at New Orleans w were re- re each each held hedback hack about twelve minutes I I make no charge against the op operators tm but this business will be inquired Into and if the the re me re responsibility can n be pIa placed d there will be vigorous IoUS prosecutions I s. s Cincinnati U Enquirer i