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Show Phone Concealed in Barn Used for 'Sure Thing' Bets I NEW ORLEANS. La. Jan. 12 A hay loft oDPOslte tho Fair Grounds race track, a pair of field glasses and a telephone said to be connected wl'.h N'evv York caused the arrest of two men Wednesday when a policeman i raided a barn ln the rear of a residence : on Encamumcnt street. The men are held as suspects. Telephone wires leading to the hay loft aroused the susDlcions of Police ! Corporal Ha. tier stationed at the i track. As the last race was being ! finished. Hattier climbed Into the hay loft and reported that he found nn j of the men had field glasses on the horses while the other was at I ho I telephony in communication with New i York. j The men, according to the police, ;sald thev had used the hay loft and telephone to make "sure thins" bets ln New York. As soon as a horse won a race, the police said, .'he winner would be given ov.-r the telephone to New York and bets on the horses made in that city. |