St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-11
TWO WERE SKINNED.
Alleged Disgraeeful Bogus
Sprint Match at Bass
Lake.
Local and Imported SINNERS
Made Up the Inner e
Circle.
Prominent Broker and Jew
elep Said to Be Heav-
lily Bit.
Victims We're Thankful to ES-
cape With Scant Wearing J
Apparel.

Bass lake. notorious for its drunken
brawls, disgraceful debauches and skin
games, was the scene of another brace
game Monday evening. 1t was an al
legged sprinting match. As has been
the case in most sporting events that
have come off at this classic resort,
there was an INSIDE and an outside"
An aggregation of local and imported
SINNERS made up the inner circle. On
the other side was a shoal of local
suckers. Several carriages left the
city late in the afternoon, arriv-
ing at the lake before 5 o'clock
with the principals, hackers and spec
tators. There were few of the latter,
and all of those had money and bid fair
to become interested in the betting that
was being industriously plugged up"
The contestants were known as Klttle-
man and skinner" Among the back
erS of the latter were a local gambler
named Turner and an attache of an I'M
portant department of the city govern
ment. These men bet heavily on Skin
per and induced several other we'll
known men to back him. When the
race came off Mr.. Skinner" was no
where. The result was that considerable
amount of money was dropped. Among
the mournerS was real estate agent
and broker who does business on Sixth
street, and Seventh street jeweler. 1t
was reported that the broker lost in the
neighborhoOd of 81 900. but when called
upon by GLOBE reporter, be denied
the story, claiming that he 'only bet
q watch for brother" He did admit,
however, that an attempt was made to
run him against the game, and charged
that the city official mentioned stood in
with the fakirs, and bet 'blind' for
the purpose of yictimizing him. He
claimed that less than $3.50 was
lost by the innocents. The broker in
question prides himself as being fly
to all games, and would not admit he
had lost his all. An oyster is communi-
cative and even l0quacious as compared
TO the Seventh street jeweler when he;
was called upon. The CHORES dickey
bird states that all of the victims are
thankful for having been allowed to
ride home and to escape with scant
wearing apparel. Fearing consequences,
some of the ''pluggers' are said tOhave
left the lake before the race came
off. The man Kittleman is said
to be NJ. K. Kittleman, originally
from Harper, Kan, who is known as a
fake sprinter throughout the country.
He has been at different fines III COM
pany with Quirk, of Brantford, Ont;
with Harry Bethune. of Toronto, and
''Bill" Boyd, of Woodstock, Ont. Ger
tain st. Paul and Duluth parties have
reason to remember Bethune. and, per-
haps, some of the other parties. 1t is
even possible that Skinner will prove
to be one of the above gang. About
three weeks ago man named Strong,
an ex-city attorney of Kansas City. was
touched up for $500. StrOng's victim
iZers and the Bass lake fakiTs are said
to be Identical. Every effort was made
to keep the affair secret; and, as the
parties had not left the city last night,
it is surmised that they are setting bait
for fresh suckers.