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Show Pools on Murder Cases. Bookmaklng in murder cases Is ono of tbo forms of gambling hero, which has opened a new Oold to tho mon who uro willing to lay odds. Tbo sugges lion smacks of the ridiculous, but a gaudily dressed young man, with a fow "notes" in his loft hand and 540 in money In bis right. appoarod In the criminal branch of tho supreme court, hero a fow days ago. "WIio'b ou trialT'1 ho asked of un ofllcer. Being told, ho consulted his uotcs und said: ' "Loi'a Boe. -Lawyer Blank; defonse, Insanity; charge murder." And then, turning to tho doorman anain, "I'll bet you 1 to 10 ho'a acquitted." Tbo court ofllcer lookod puzzled, but was astounded when Iho gaudily droFscd man informed him ho was making "book." Tho court ofllcor saw that he niado tracks, bub not boforo ovor 3900 In bets had been placed on tho outcome of tho caso. An Investigation Investi-gation showed that them arc a largo number of these bookmakers around the New York courts, and their profits nro said to be very largo. New York Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch. |