The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-05

cessfuIly In Some Flour City
Bucket Shop, but Couldn't Cali
the Turn When the Man Under
the Counter Heard I'm Advance
How They Were Betting.
After losing $40 on some kind of tape
game alleged to have been operated In a
rear room of o. F. Mundts awning and
tent manufacturing establishment, 90
East Third street, yesterday afternoon,
A. F. Anderson, Nels Johnson, Oscar
Johnson and Peter Swanson, living In
Minneapolis. concluded they had been
swindled and complained to the police.
The alleged victims say they were d.
rected to the game here by a stranger in
Minneapolis and say they believe plans
to defraud them were formulated In the
Mill City, and that the clay out" here
was fixed up by Minneapolis parties espe-
cially for their benefit. When the. local
police descended upon Mundts place of
business Immediately upon receiving the
complaint the store was locked up. From
glimpses Of the interior obtained through
the windows nothing was discovered to
indicate the presence of the alleged tape
game.
According to the story Of the quartette
of Spectators" told last evening, they
were simply robbed Of their money They
say they have been in the habit Of play
ing the market In Minneapolis bucket
shops and that in one of these places
they met stranger who advised them to
try their luck against the game they
claim to have played here. They say the
O ard Uxrl1i nh dc
as follows: 20. F. Mundt. manufacturer
of tents and awnings SO East Third
street, st. Paul MIMI" explaining to
them that the specializing office was in
this store. Yesterday the alleged victims
decided to come over here and try their
luck. They found o. F. Mundt's place at
81 East Third street, instead Of at No. 80.
Entering the store they claim they were
ushefed into a rear room, where three
strangers were. About the room the
speculators" say there was a layout of
black boards and other paraphernalia
such as Is to be found in bucket shops.
On the counter there was a machine re-
sembhng tape indicator, such as re-
ports of the stock market ara received
1ronl- Everything looked all right they
say and each Of the visitors took a
whirl at the play. But they invariably
got on the wrong side of the market. &C
cording to the figures on the tape I'M
rolling before them, and by the time $40
had passed into the hands of the indi-
Fidual who appeared to be the proprietor
OF the place, the Spectators began to
suspect that something was wrong They
declared they were being swfndled and
an angry alteration took place While
the argument waXed warm the "specu-
lators" say their suspicious that they
were being ''jobbed' were proven correct
by the fact that man Jumped out from
under the counter and ran out the door.
The alleged victims claim the nan hid
den under the counter was manipulating
the tape machine and that they were
putting their money on bogus reports.
The money lost by the ''speculators''
was divided among them as follows:
Anderson. Sill; Nefs Johnson. $2s; Oscar
johnson, $22; Peter Swanson, $14 The
men say they have not been working for
some time. but have been making money
out Of Minneapolis bucket shops. An
| derson gave his address as 300 Seventh
avenue south, Nels Johnson as 22i Hen
nepin avenue, Oscar Johnson as 22l Hen
nep1n avenue, and Larson as 3O9 Seventh
avenue south. Minneapolis.