Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1909 — INDICT ALLEGED BOOKMAKERS [ARTICLE]

INDICT ALLEGED BOOKMAKERS

Men Arrested at Sheepsbead Bay to Have Hearing Friday. New York, Sept. 28—That indict meats have been found by the Kings county grand jury against nineteen alleged bookmakers at the Sheepsbead Bay track was announced when the men were arraigned in Brooklyn for examination. They are charged with violation of the penal code. Hearing of their cases was put over until Friday. California la to Have Racing. San Francisco, Sept 28.—For the first time since the passage of an antiracing bill, announcement of a racing season was made by Thomas H. Williams, president of the New California Jockey club. The date set by Williams is Nov. 20. Emeryville track will be reopened. Williams will go to New York io see the operation of the antlbettfris law there.