Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1901 — Curious Use of Electricity. [ARTICLE]

Curious Use of Electricity.

. Electricity played a curious jmrt in a recent lawsuit. A certain telegraph company was not allowed to have its wire run into a race course. Telegraphic operators were stationed in a .cupolaof a hotel opposite the grounds, and signals weTe transmitted to them from the race track by means of electric lights concealed in the hats of the party seated in a carriage, including the coachman on the carriage. The results of the races and the betting were thus communicated to the operators, who were enabled to send out information to poolrooms. The gentlemen who were electrically equipped were arrested, and after 6ome years a verdict of $5,000 was obtained against the detectives w ho made the urrest.