Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-03
LOCAL IALE|lEl|| FlEElc!ED..
TWO Little Falls Sports Drop
About S76 "a q travelling
Man.
rHE WINNER IS ARRESTED II RI ! \ J,

He Paid q Fine and Had Burke
Arrested Jones ], the Other
Tinhorn. Skipped.
Some members III the local spOrtil,Y
fraternity received quite \ shock a X
their self.este1m In an encounter y.
cards Wit a stranRer, Sunday ant
their excnequeI also sustained thu
I shock III d, loss III about $75. 5
The affair would probably never
II hayscome totliRht had thel0cal man
won, but thest, angerwast the winner
\ and the local man .hollered' and
had the winner arrested.
Theatory u the affair is about ~
follows: rs. @..
Tw,, strangers came to the Hotel
y Buckma Saturday night. One reg.
I istered al w. u. Smith, Of Mime
] ap0lis and the other Hs H. B. Walker.
or Brookings. s. D.. They took sepa-
rate rooms, and on sunday both do.
sired q little game Of cards to pass
Il away the time.$ Smith was referred
to u local sport, but when Smtt b
found him the local sport had no
money. 30 u. course there was. no
game. The BroOkiDgs man was nc
cOnmo dated by some ira veltng men
by = game OF pitch for small
STAKES. One 81 the local men was q
spectator Of the ga me. and while It
was In progress. maize the discovery
that the BrODkings man had con:
sidera BILE money. VI
This local mans name Il Il. II J.
Jones, known tn the fraternity ~
&. Hoppy'',, Jones, this nickns me befi'R
ATTAINED Is him for Ills supposed
''pipe-hittlng'' prpcliyities, HTS
s ] ones end Burke. another local
man. arranged q game with Walker
from Brooktngs. and the trio went
too' the room VI the latter at the:
hotel to play. For some reason or.
other JOi,ss did not play. but the
game was between Burke and
Walker, and 1t was only a short
time until Burke was out $55 In cash
and Walker had htsswa tch and rings
with about $25 against them. max
linz in all about SIS that Bu.ke
dropped, q s..st.z .
rke'sstory Is that Walker agreed
to meet him at 8 o'clock Monday
morning and give him an opportunity
to redeem his jewelry, hfchs was
worth considerable more than the
amount against them, but instead,
az waiting here, Walker and. Smith
attempted to get away on the early
morning train. He then caused
Walkers arreet in order to have his
iewelry returned to him,
Walker claims that Burke and
Jones sought the game with him,
and that Jones sat behind him with
the evident intention Of tipping
his cards to burke. Nevertheless, ne
proved too much for Burke. or both
81 them aud won the money.
Walker claims to be a poultry farm
er, and says that Smith In q Mime
apolis horselnan. but there is little
doubt that both are clever card
.'ssharks."
The outcome of the game il quite
conclusive that Walker is a sharper,
but the local man has no sympathy
IN the loss OF his money. There is
little doubt. but the two Thought
they had u ''sucker, !" and when the
affa,r did not turn out according to
the arranged program ne played
baby. . ..s .ss$S Is
When taken before Justice Sheldon
Monday forenoon, Walker pleaded
guilty to a charge Of gambling, un-
der the city ordinance. and was fined
$40 and costs, amounting In all to
z$l4.
IA soon IA he was released Walker
entered complaint agasnstsisurkeand
he way arrested on u Ainiilar charge .
Burks asked for q change vi venue,
ana his ease came up before Justice
shaw. Burke also pleaded guilty
and ustice Shaw, believing that both
should be treated alike. imposed g
fine Of % and costs. all amounting
to $l4. Walker gave Burke back
his jewelry, but retained possession
OF the rs. s53.
The DfIicers were looking for Jones
but II, ID said that he skipped out:
The outcome Of the affair is O. dis
appointments to- some, as they
hoped.to .useit to rid the city -ot all
concerned. put II nothing further
/ waaseeeonplished than getting rid
OF Jones'. the authoritits can feel well
satisfied for their trouble.
III prainerf1s Diana cb: Wv Persons not