The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-14
MORE CONFIDENCE GAMES.
Two KentucAians swlndsesa.
THE SWLMDLERS IN LIMBO.

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still continue their operations in this
city. Quite a number of greenhorns
have been victimized within the past
few weeks, but until yesterday no ar
rests were made.
Two men from Kentucky, haillng
from Ohio County. fell into the hands
of the sharpers, yesterday, and lost
their money. One named Joseph NJ.
Ford, lost about $50, and the other,
Samuel Smith. was taken in and done
for to the tune of $50.
Lew. Wilson aud Toby lines are
the names of the confidence men, aud
although both of them have not been
long in the city, they have become
quite notorious.
The manner in which The Kentucky
chaps were swindled is an old one,
and has been 10 practice for the last
thirty years. Wilson aud lines fell
in with Ford and Smith, and proposed
to go into George Schultz's, on Water
Street, and have a game of seven
up" for the drinks, aud as most of
the Kentucky backWoodsmen can play
that game, they very readily assented,
and went into the saloon. Lew. Will
son and Ford were partners" aud
lines and Smith ditto. A few hands
were played, when poker hand
was dealt, Smith getting four kings.
lines started the betting by saying
that he had a good poker hand, and
would go $ a quarter on it. Smith
thought he had a COED hand and
saw the quarter" and went TWEEN
ty-fve cents better" Lew. Wilson
then remarked that he had a good
hand, too, and would see the fifty
cents, and "go $40 better" Ford
said, why, partner, you amt going
agin me, are your" Wilson replied,
"Oh. no. but | believe / have got the
best hand in the party, and am will
Jog to risk $40 on it." The result of it
was. that Ford thought his hand
could not be beat, and he put up all
the money he had, amounting to
about $50, when it turned out that
Wilson had = four aces, which, to
use the expression of the Kentuckian.
"snoled the persimmons."
In about half hour after the first
game, Smith, the other Kentucky
chap, got beat out of $50 in precisely
the same way. holding four kings
against four aces"
The victimized Kentuekians diseov-
cred in a short time that they had
been beat out of their money by
swindlers, and Immediately proceeded
to the Recorders Office, and had way
rants issued for their arrest. lines
was arrested by officer Joseph Gerard,
near the Phoenix Saloon, on Water
Street. Wilson got wind of the officers
being on their track, and attempted
to escape, but was arrested at the
Bellevue, in independence, by Sheriff
Miller and VIM. Mills.
Wilson and lines had a preliminary
examination before the Recorder, who
held them to bail in the sum of $500
each, in default of which they were
sent to the county Jail, and will have
another hearing this morning, we pre-
sumo. The two victims were before
the grand jury yestel day evening, and
we suppose that true bills will be
found against the swindlers.
Lew. Wilson is a tall man, with
black hair aud moustache, and has a
bad look about him. We should sup
pose him to be about thirty five years
of age. lie has figured in several
other confidence games in this city,
but has got off on account of those
victimized not being able to remain in
the city and prosecute him. He at
tempted to vote for Van Ripper on the
9Th of April, but his vote was chal-
lenged, and he would not swear it in.
He also had some connection with
the Happy Family " party that were
located on Water Street, few weeks
ago. He was brought before the Re
corder for swindling man from War
rick County, not long ago, out of $21,
but got off by giving bis victim S. to
enable him to get out of town, as he
had not time to stay and prosecute
him.
Toby lines is quite young in years,
but we fear he is old in crime,
although his appearance is rather
favorable. He halls, we think, from
Greensboro.
These chaps have been operating
long enough In this city. There are
several more gentry of the same
stripe in town, but they are spotted,
and if they have any regard for their
personal liberty, they had better make
themselves scarce. We have no use
for such scallawags, and the sooner
they make tracks the better it will be
for themH
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