Show 4 r r. r I c t r r ii 1 2 tL 4 C I C. C J I 1 i r ti 1 fl How fIo the King TUng of f Wireless rs Relieved t j One of His Victims of jn Just Six Seconds Seconds' ONEY O flashing in bi big wads hoarse boane voices calling anin beta bet phone M- M MONEY bells ringing messengers dash dashing ID ing hither bither and thither telegraph sounders founders clicking excited groups about bulletin boards c Q circling everything in A tense tons yet subdued hubbub the Fells Felix hurried through u ti John J. J thrust ft atmosphere and smoke moke laden window of ot a the tbs cashier into fake fike poolroom to bet on a fako horse running run ning sing in a 1 fake race duly programmed ed to o yield hill hlf a 8 million dollars dollar b by means menns of a n fake Cake wire tapping scheme 5 It took In Jn ac- ac ac actual actual teal time tim just six ticks of or the clock for a the cu cash cashier h. h hand to reach through ier ter window grab the and jerk of the the notes back to the tho other side partition petition That was the last that Felix ever raw of his money It was ivas the afternoon of February 6 10 when this famous bet was made The pool pool- poolroom room was very close to the old the old Fifth Avenue Ave Are TC- TC nue flue Hotel in New York Fork ell city and it was fitted up to play the plausible poolroom part in a most natural and convincing way Nerve Nene cunning and daring l subterfuge fuge fage made the place the tho climax of or one of the neatest swindling schemes ever dovetailed dove dovo- tailed together And to think of ot the perpetrators perpetrators per per- r- r to their sticking their fingers finers noses at mt the courts of or the State and going goIng- scot cot free r l Not Nota a single instance In tance of final Cinal conviction Not a n. solitary stroke of or punishment pun pun- t But the But the story will tell ten you Felix was a manufacturer of musical instruments Instrument with a place Just off oft Fifth an avenue DUe in the Big City He was WIlS wasa WIlSa a man who took an interest t In observing h lag ing the various methods method by which an sn opinion on a hazard might be backed with money Somehow Felix's Felixs predilection predilection predilection lection for paying attention to pastimes of oC chanco chance became known until it reached I westward ard through Thirty first street to tho the vicinity of Broadway where men of rapid-fire rapid gambling tendencies congre congre- gated It also became known at the same time that hidden in a secret compartment of the Felix FeUx office safe sare were fifty one tousand dollar bills billa just aching to be betaken betaken taken n out for a walk as u the Broadway gamblers and crooks put It They Thor determined de do- to 0 o tire give this mon money an liD airing At the corner of Fifth avenue and I Thirty first first street four o'clock February Feb Feb- wary the thc r the day before the OOOO way was n IrA grabbed t by the hand band of the fake fako cashier cashier an an immaculately groomed and garbed gentleman save gave his bis mustache a n final pull Dull and aud a pat cs s he mentally closed all the details detail necessary ar arto to properly approach Felix and acquire the th tb Dressed in the height of allowable fashion sleek aleck and shining swIn winging ing in a a. nonchalant C cane De and d puffing puffin I a prosperous dg cigar r he be Je sauntered from the corner into the manufacturers manufacturer's office Th This rim s' s man of winning Z Dd and attractive personality was was none other than the notorious no- no Christopher J J. J Trl Tracy cy justly called and crowned the King I of the Fake Wire Tappers T It was U his bis brain that engineered the the scheme resulting In the th transfer of ot the from the Felix Fells office safe safe- to th the pockets of of himself and andt his confederates They buried Tracy only t tie the other day which day which Is partly parti why this is written written and and if some of his bis band baud ad ad- 1 miters had tb then their ir way his bis tombstone would bear words somewhat after niter this i fashion Hero lies the the- theman man who gave e f tho penal code of Now New York Tork State a petI pet per perpetual I vertigo Tracy 1 entered tho Fells Felix office orfice the quintessence of urbane suavity Profusely Profusely Pro Pro- yet et not fulsomely apologetic and andIn andin in crisply polished phrases be he introduced himself as is oue out who had met I Felix in a 4 1 hazard parlor and had bad been attracted to him him by his sportsmanlike p bearing Passing by y he h had d noticed the manufacturer entering his place of business and had bd a recalled called him at nt once It was Impossible Impossible S' S to renew renew renew re re- sible to withstand the temptation new acquaintance so he be had nad made nude bold to enter As s be he used this affable introductory introductory intro Intro- wedge tho tiro Kings quick Blanco of anticipatory tory relish took in the office safe sate In the corner containing tho the quarry F Felix was W-AS really glad gIRd to meet Tracy Tracy- or Mr O Charles Oharles arle J J. J Tompkins an as the styled hIm himself lr for this venture venture- dad and you n needn't smile in a 8 sarcastically superior way to see how bow easily the clever crook wormed tits his way into his victims victim's confidence You never r met Tracy or you wouldn't smile mile Take it from the writer Tracy was one to convince you yon O that bullets were huckleberries and nud that the stage money would buy a seat sett on Stock Exchange Tracy Trac just as be he was saying goodby at nt the tho door turned in a most casual way and md expressed A It polished d regret that Felix did not have the time to learn of a magnificently good and sure thing thing- that had been een imparted imputed to him bim by a gentleman gentle divulge ulie single man on honor not to a part put of oC it Felix had the time m and insisted insisted in in- that ho had It Ho Ho was already captivated by Tracy and was eager to discover dl coer how he might como become an associate asso assa- elate of f his bis visitor This was the sure thin thing explained cd In velvety manner manner- You ou see sec Mr Felix theres there's a very close friend of ot mine mine-a mint min a very cry close friend indeed in In- deed deed who who is In a position to give advance Information connected with horse borso racing He cnn cant can't t give the Information along a Ions way war ahead abend you ou understand not any more than you and I n can give It That's only a n guess or an nn pinion opinion when its it's given Ien that way way- He gives or can give positive information Information Information In In- formation immediately after the race raco Is fa over before oven before anybody else ehe gets It ItI Tracys Tracy's piercing glance seemed to look right through Felix as ns he utter uttered the words before anybody else gets it it The King S saw caw W at once once by r the expression cx- cx of Felix that the bait had caught the the very first nibble He w went wenton nt on on- on My b friend has hns control of the telegraphic telegraphic tele tele- graphic reports of the races that are sent Bent out from tho the big tract tracks s. s He can retard these r reports ports after a arace race Is over for lor fully funi throe minutes If need be beat be at an any rate from one to three thre minutes minute He can an open tho the telegraphic circuit from the tho track and ud keep it open until he has sent in the news by bJ private wire to a particular p friend Inthe in inthe the the- tits city And that kin Im I'm that kind of a of i f-i- a particular friend particular friend Mr Felix Step back hero wont won't you and sit down while you rau tell ten me more about It said Felix eagerly for he hc saw In the preface that strongly ly appealed to tois his is Interest in fn hazards Tracy went f fur further thor ther back in the place pInce and sat sat down down neat near the safe cafe in which reposed ed tb the he was wu destined to get get There isn't much more t to sa say I see you ou about understand it all now be he said with a n a significant smile which clinched the hold bold he ne had had obtained obtain cd on Felix's Felixs F credulity credulity cre cre- dulity In fn a n short time If U I 1 ask him my my friend will open tho the regular telegraphic telegraphic tele tele- graphic g circuit reaching from here hen to the track and immediately ly wire Ire us UI or telephone telephone tele tele- phone u us 18 In by hI private Un line which horse hone Chas Ihns' has won von In any r race Ho will win retard the Information as to which horse has ball wona won wona a race raco until we have bave had time to to place a abet abet bet bet on the winner in some poolroom Immediately Im Immediately mediately after the bet Is placed he be will restore the regular telegraphic circuit and the official report of the race will be sent Bent in You Tou on see sea o how easily it can enn all be done Yes I sec see sec how it can It can be done answered answered an an- 8 e Fells Felix with comprehensive earnest earnest- ness nesa and Ind a bettors bettor's gleam in his bis eye Of course purred on Tracy It marnot may mar not seem to a great creat many that is exactly square But t then you know Sir Mr Felix the whole horse hone racin racing game game I C i f ET- g I r 4 p I f I Z V jl c t 1 1 m M rf I tJ i J jt 1 7 i i o r H HY I I 1 n L g 1 jI I f 1 I u V I lit Y iI H I I 1 1 m r iii L' L II I 1 I. 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I J r. r II f 7 w. w te J I 4 r. r Old Stone Stone- Stone Be Sure to G Get et It Right I Is not square They get our money so 50 often oCten our good rood money wb when n we place 1 j down to back a IL square horse to run a D square race only to find out ont afterward rd that the jockey had bad been crooked and the horse has been doped or pulled palled so 0 he hI could not win My friend Is the soul sool of ot honor in all aU other things Mr Felix but butin butis in is this one ono matter he avers aTen that it is only paying these race nee track poolroom sharps sharp back in their own Din cola And I think I pretty n nearly agree with him bim A number of t st stock ck br broker ker friends of ot mine are re in on the scheme and U are already making mak make lug ing a 8 good bit of po pocket ket mone money from It giving diving my friend who retards the Information Infer oration mation a decent percentage for tor his trouble Id I'd like you to meet moet some of these brokers Mr Felix What do you ou say war to a little wa walk k right now Ill I'll Introduce you as asono ono one of us and they'll be quite freo free with you To prove It just say sar laughingly to them Retarded Information and you'll I see e them nod and wink Ink their knowledge of what youre you're talking about There Is not the the slightest r reason a. a Mr r. r Felix wb why you shouldn't be be beDo a Do very rich man In a Do avery avery very short while These br brokers kers get et their private information from my friend over their private quotation wire Then they place bets at nt once in a n nearby poolroom Necessarily they always win Right gladly Mr Felix went with Mr Tracy Tompkins to tho the Fifth Avenue Hotel a few blocks distant Off Oft ono one of tho main corridors was WM a suite Balte of stock stockbrokers stockbroker's stockbrokers stockbroker's stockbrokers stockbroker's brokers broker's offices Tracy pulled a key a-key key from his pocket opened one of the doors and ushered td his companion within It was WI n a genuine stock brokers broker's office nil all right Felix didn't know it it but tho the broker and his bis clerks ha had gone one for the day They ey hadn't tb the least Idea Idel who Mr Tompkins Tompkins Tomp Tomp- kins was The key he used was a n skeleton purposely made to unlock the doors leading to thc confidence of suckers suck ers Felix had bad never met so 80 many moneyed men in BO so few 1 J in his l life o Tracy Tucy introduced him to John W. W Gates Gates who who likes a little plunge you know and a number numbu of 01 other well dressed and solid looking citizens s who were loudly discussing discuss discuss- lag ing the story stoc market To the man called U Gates ates Felix presumed to smile nd say eay Retarded Information and received in return the wink and the nod of significant comprehension that Tracy had bad assured him would bo ho forthcoming I ha have a little cash I 1 might try on this scheme said Felix to Tracy as M they shook bands hands in parting o Suppose I 1 meet you morrow to and brit It along If the thing thine looks good Id I'd like to go iu In it it Surely Mr Ir Felix surely said Tracy with his breezy well bred smile that was wasso wasso wasso so captivating just as you sn say Try It out aut to I Intend to use tho the system tem tern myself Watch me mo grow grow grow-as as to pile Well We'll 30 so to a poolroom right ht near I here ere Ill I'll have one of ot the clerks in the Fifth A Avenue Hotel brokers broker's office oHice keep t. t tt the telephone wire connected with the pool pool- room Soon as ns my friend at tho the track opens tho the regular telegraph wire and retards retards retards re re- tards the information so that he can apprise ap op prise us over the broker brokers wire of the winner the clerk in the office will call and ne Ill I'll kno know how bow me mc up at the poolroom to ny bets And as I stated slated before beCore Im I'm bound to win wiD You see MCC bow how Next day a L fatal day y fu fv fui Felix he be and nud was WU escorted escorted es ic met Mr Ir Tompkins It to the tho nearby poolroom certainly hid all tho the marks of or tho the genuine betting rendezvous Everything E was going gong go go- o- o Ing ng on just like liko in poolrooms where here afoot root there ther is iA no wire tapping scheme tho the hustle hURtle the hustle bustle the betting bettin- the discussion of ot horse form the tho flashing of bills bUls of lar large larso c denomination and tho the buzz that usually follows the announcement of add to results when men go o broke or their bank rolls The telephone bell eU rang Tracy winked inked at nt Felix nn and soon Mon his name was wn called by bya byn desk attendant at nt a n seemingly bona fide telephone He ne hurried to the phone booth Ho He was thero there but an instant He rushed out pulled putted a n great wad of or bills from lib Iris I pocket and said Bald in n loud louI voice at the cashiers window windo on Rollins- Rollins by Felix had halt noted on the tho betting odds blackboard that 10 to 1 was the tho price on It seemed that Mr rr Tompkins had hardly time enough to walk from Crom the cashiers window to the side of Felix before the telegraph operator announced announced an An- in a loud voice wins Instantly Tracy was wag surrounded by a group who congratulated him Fine tip and put us wise next tore time me were the comments comment Felix saw Tracy later Inter cashier and hand in his ticket to tho the of gold Jold certifIcates certificates certificates receive receives a veritable blo mountain In return At least looked like genuine money mODey The fact is a n few of the outside bills biUs were the regular notes issued by Uncle Sams Sam's Bureau of En Engrav Engrav- av ing I Felix felt an no Instant nt envy to think that another had gotten such a great haul of money t that lt should have huc been his at his at least he should bould have bavo won WOD as much He tie had cleaned his office safe Rara of its and it rested o against his beating beating- heart beart in in the inside pocket of his waistcoat Another taco race started A |