Evening star., 1896-01-28
THEIR LITTLE GAME,
The Three Men Who Were Held Here
ON SuspicfOn,

The three men who were arrested here
several days ago by Precinct Detective Sut-
ton because he received a letter telling him
that they were wanted in Dakota for post
cffice- robbery, have turned uD in Camden
N. j., where they are trying to work the
game they 50 successfully worked on the
authorities here. Their game is to write a
letter to The police authorities giving infor-
nation of the presence in the city of three
men wanted on serious charge somewhere
in the west, and usually they send a news
paper clipping with the communication in
order to make more certain that their game
will work. Then they get arrested and one
of the trio is smart enough to convince any
policeman that he is smart crook whether
he really is crook or not, and together they
experience no trouble in impressing upon
the police that the city would be better off
without them. and in this way they manage
to get fed for several days and sent some
distance IN the direction of their western
home.
In this city they gave their names as
Langoon, ONeill and Allen. One of them
wrote letter which fell in the hands of
the precinct detective and he soon had the
three men behind the bars. OF course, they
denied the charge, but admitted that they
were from the west and had been in Dakota.
The police were thoroughly satisfied that
the men were smart crooks, and when they
failed to connect with the Dakota authori-
ties there was nothing left to do but release
them. Then the strangers offered TO do
some detective work, and the police then
expected they would get down to some of
The burglars who had been visiting here.
The men, who are now denounced as 'sho-
hoes," spent several nights a the mission al
the expense Of the police department and
were again arrested.
This time they set UP the plea that the
police had not kept faith with them, and
when they got in court and explained the
circumstances they were discharged. Being
without funds, they could only leave the city
ty walking, and this method the police
thought too slow. The result was that they
We're furnished transportation as far as
Baltimore, but they evidently found the
authorities Il ere too hard to work and SO
they went Oh until they reached Camden
They are now In custody there under the
names Of Foster, Kirby and Kelly, and 1t
Is thought. they will be sent along some dis
tance by the authorities as they were from
here.
Their arrest was the resuA of a letter re-
ceived by Chief Dodd, which bore the sigma
ture of James Brown. The member of the
trio who gave his name as James Foster
was first arrested and the next morning the
newspapers ,heralded the arrest of man
Bank al Springfield, Mo. Foster had on him
the memorandum book he had here This
book contained entries about the police and
treatment received in several cities, among
them being: Portland Me-, sisters o. K;
Providence. r. l., good for money; Canton
Mass, 0. K, but look out for "cops," they
are hostile; Columbus, Ohio, N. G.: Kansas
City. O. K. good for money: Cherokee, Neb,
Newark. N. j.; Trenton, N. j.: York, Pa;
Maysville, Pa; Bridgeport, Pa; Omaha
Neb.; Ponca, Neb.; Vermillion, s. D.; FIX
Point, Neb.; Pueblo. Col; st. Louis, Mo-
London, Ont
Inspector Hollinberger heard of the arrest
of the men in Camden and yesterday he
sent word to Chief Dodd an account of their
conduct here.