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o a LOS ANGELES TIMES DATED /~ #- 47 Tree Arrested an Sig naling of Bat wrygeinnnay Racing Results ustrated on Page 3, Part I - Three men were arrested and booked on suspicion of criminal conspiracy yesterday by mem- bers of Dist. Atty. Slmpson’s gangster squad in an investi- Bation that uncovered what was believed to be a scheme to sig- nal race results from the Santa Anita grandstand to a garage a mile distant. Two of the men were picked up in the garage, where one was using a pair of binoculars. The third suspect was seized in the grandstand while signaling, un- aware that his asserted associ- . ates had been taken into cus tody, tody, Could Detect ‘signals Investigators Charles Hoy and Ellis Bowers reported they were able to detect the signaler from the garage and note his descrip- tion with the aid of the special binoculars, a foot and a half long, that were in the place. The men gave the names of Felix Luczak, 32, of Cicero, I, 2B, of 2627 Monmouth Ave., who was found at the binoculars, and Mtaniey Sienkiewicz, of Paw- tucket, R.L, who was stated to be in the top of the grand- stand, * They were taken to the office of Dep. Dist. Atty. Joseph Carr for questioning. H Could Beat Wires Information transmitted’ by ‘the means uncovered could be used to beat booking agents, the’ investigators said, pointing out that unscrupulous persons armed with the signaled data ‘could place bets on horses thatt had already won. | H ‘The garage in which Luczak} ~ = Jand Moran were found was on the premises of Mrs. Ida Haynes - of 452 Huntington Drive, Ar- ‘cadia. ae Mrs. Haynes said that she had ‘ented the. quarters two weeks 0 at $50 a week to men who forte to be working for a ews service handling race re ie 1S ANGELES. CALIF. anal