The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-12-21
SHAWNEE CONFIDENCE MEN
PULLED YESTERDAY BY AN Of
FfCER FROM KANSAS.
YlC1IMIZED FOR FIYE THOUSAND.
Henry stunkel, Rich Old Farmer In
sumner County, Kansas- Worked IIim
TO Finish By Means of the An.
cient Three card Monte Trick
Taken Back 10 Kansas on
the Charge OF GraUd
Larceny.
VICTINIZED FOR FIVE THOUSAND.

j. w. Byrnes, proprietor OF the Col
dmbia saloon in Shawnee, aud one of
the most prominent men Of that town,
aud Robert Belford, an attache OF the
establishment. were arrested at Shaw
uee yesterday afternoon by Sheriff De-
Ford on a requisitiou from the COVER
nor IF Kansas, charging them with
grand larceny. Il. II. Henderson,
deputy sheriff of Sumner county, Kan
sas, and Henry Stunkel of Peck, Kan
sas, the man whom the defendants,
are charged with robbing, accom- pan
ied Mr.. DeFord to Shawnee and assist
ed in the arrest.
The culprits are charged with work.
ing the old, old three card monte game
on Stunkel, and beating him out OF s.,
900 in Sumner county, Kansas, in Oc.
tober, 1894.
According 10 the Oklahoma City Ok
laboman, Mr.. Stunkel who is plain
honest looking, genial old farmer, the
owner OF several thousand acres Of
land in Sumner county. cottoned to
the stranger and showed him every
civility, taking him out riding and ex-
hibiting his farms and other posses.
sions. During their ride they fell in
with third gentleman, unknown to
the old farmer and seemingly unknown
TO Jones. They fell into conversation
with him and in some manner (Mr.
Stunkel cannot explain how the con-
versation drifted around into talk
about gambling and how easy it was
to win at different games.
The third man had a deck of cards
and he and Jones had quite time
jokingly trying to get the best of one
another in little game called "three
card monte" Jones won and then the
stranger won, and then Mr.. Stunkel
was inveigled into the game and
allowed to win several times. Finally
the game reached such proportions
| that the stranger bet Stunkel S., 900
he could not pick out the winning
card. Jones begged him to take the
bet, and SO sure was the old man that
he could pick out the card that he
consented. Sure enough; he picked
the right card, and had won So, 900
But the third man was no tenderfoot
and sprung the question: GLOW do
know you could have paid me if you
had lost? | am betting my good
hard money against your word.
don't believe you could have paid me
If | had won"
This provoked Stunkel and with ehe
remark, "I'll show YOU" he went to
Wellington secured So, 900 and was
back in IFS to where he had left the
men. Jones took the money, count ed
both the strangers roll and Stunkeri
money into a tin box, said IT was al
o X. and gave Stunkel the box. The
third man went off crestiallen, Jones
excused him in some way and the
old farmer went home with his tin
box When he arrived home he opened
it. 1t contained some newspapers arc
half a dozen Usage oranges. The
swindlers had exchanged boxes and
got away with the stuff.
The two slick, smooth individual
were hunted high and low, but nc
trace of them could be discovered. Re
Gently Mr.. Stunkel receiving informa
tion that Byrnes and Belford were tn,
men, lie secured the requisition an'
came after them.