The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-23
THEY WE'RE GOOD DICE,
But the .'Sucker, Seemed TO Be Very
Lucky.

Mr.. Jones has been done up for SIS,
but Jones has the satisfaction of know
ing that one of the fellows who turned
the trick has been caught, and even if
he does not get his money back, Jones
has learned something, and his expert
ence may perhaps save him much
larger amount than SIS at some future
time in his career
1t was in the latter part of Septem-
Der that a couple of well-dressed and
WlSe-looking gentlemen drifted into
the Arlington hotel at the Seven Cor
ners. The hotel is kept by David I.
Jones. Mr.. Jones has not been hotel
keeper for years, but he has been
around considerably, and fancied that
he was well up to all kinds of games.
and could protect himself at any stage.
The strangers made themselves right
at home and captivated the hotel man.
After some preliminary talk, in which
Mr.. Jones was boosted" good and
hard, the couple got down to business
According to the story which has been
talked about among the 'ssure-thing''
men for several weeks, Mr.. Jones was
introduced to a set of dice, which when
thrown out on the bar persisted in
turning up certain spots, and could
not be made. to go wrong. One of the
strangers, who by this time had reached
that stage where he called Jones by his
that with a set of bones like the ones
in hand a whole lot of money might be
won. The bones were left with Jones'
Next day he informed his new ac-
quaintanceS that the dice were simply
wonderful. A day or so later, the two
strangers dropped into the hotel bar
room and with them was very green
looking and modest young man. There
were several rounds of drinks and then
the trio engaged in a dice game
Strange to relate the dice which a
few days before had unerringly turned
the same spots when thrown on the bar.
wouldn't work that way at all. Now
the terrible thought forces itself on the
mind of Mr.. Jones that perhaps the
dice were changed, for the result was
that after the game was over, he was
cut $15 in cash and his two friends
and the~"greeny'' had drifted out of the
place. Mr.. Jones at once called on the
detectives and informed them that he
had been swindled. He gave the Off
GERS description of the swindlers and
they at once went to work on the case.
Four days afterward Mr.. Jones swore
out a warrant for the arrest of C. F.
Morrell, Richard Roe and John Doe,
whom he charged with having swindled
him out Of SIS Sept rs.
Last evening Detectives Daily and
Murnane brought to the central station
c. f. Morrell, one of the men named in
the warrant. Morrell was locked up
for the night and will probably be ar
raigned in court this morning John
Doe and Richard Roe are still at large
Morrell, who claims to be saloon
keeper and a nonresident Of the city,
was at one time a partner in the Bode-
ga concert hall ON Sixth street, but
has been away from the city for sew
eral years. 5gtrr
Mr.. Jones, when seen at the Arlington
last evening" protested to be greatly
surprised at the arrest of Morrell and
also about his being swindled He
could not seem to recall the circum-
stances of the case and suggested that
it must be some other person by the
same name.