The Day Book, 4 October 1916, image 3: Prosecutions in gambling case may be pushed by federal govt.

Image 3 of the Day Book for Wednesday, 4 October 1916 carries, in the right-hand column, the headline “Prosecutions in Gambling Case May Be Pushed by Federal Gov’t.” The story reports that “Racetrack gamblers yesterday got most of their news about winning and losing ponies in the afternoon’s races from late editions of the Daily News and the Hearst papers,” because “Mont Tennis’ service, General News Bureau, was cut off,” the name spelled so. “Usually it’s flashed out so the names of the winning ponies are known a few minutes after the races are run.”

It says that “On the basis of evidence gathered before Judge Landis, the federal government may start prosecutions,” and that the district attorney had been in Landis’s court all the previous day. A short item below reports a police raid on a Halsted Street hotel and 27 arrests on gambling charges.

The page is a newspaper’s report of an inquiry in progress. It records no charge or finding against anyone, and none is taken from it here. The left column, an article on the 1916 election with an editor’s note, is unrelated.