The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-13
WELL KNOWN MEN
FACE BUNK0 CHARGE
Tim Higgins and Fred Nelson
Under Arrest.
0LDCARD GAME WORKED
ACCUSED SAY THEY CAN PROVE
AN ALIBL

According to the story told by Frank
Stenkovich, a Finnish coal miner
who came from Rock Springs to Salt
Lake on Monday to take in the sights
Of Salt Lake, a daring attempt was
made to fleece him in a bunl1O game at
the Warm Springs Tuesday evening.
Two OF the three men who are alleged
TO have worked an old trick to get the
strangers money are under arrest and
the third one is still at large
As the Rock Springs miner tells it,
he was accOsted early on Tuesday
evening on the business streets by a
stranger who scraped. an acquaintance
with him and asked TO be shown 70
the Warm springs The F1nlander had
already been to the springs and as
sured his new-fOund friend that he
would enjoy himself there Arriving
at the springs, StenkOvich declares his
companion steered him up against Two
other strangers who We're sitting under
the shade of the trees at the rear of
the bathing resort and gave q splendid
imitation Of playing a game Of cards.
There We're no intrOduCtiOns StenkO-
viCh says. but the two gamesterS pO-
litely invited him and his friend" to
take a. hand. The man who wanted to
be shown the Warm springs went into
the game, which was a three-card
monte affair, as the Rock Springs
miner describes IT, ana won d couple OF
bets. Then he wanted to borrow what
money StenkOviCh had, about $40, tell
ing him he was sure to win. Just then
the dealer flashed a roll of stuff that
looked like money, but which the OFF,
GERS believe was only a flash rolf Of
green cOlOred paper.
1t was beginning to get exciting, but
the Fiulander suddenly took fright and
made for the street car to come back
to town. as it was beginning to get
liz. -s-T. 20 -H-
and~ make a bet, but he was wise
enough TO say he had seen a sucker
money lost that way before
Pulled His Gun.
Stenkovich declares that when he
started to leave his friends grabbed
him to hold him back, as he believes to
rob him. He pulled his little pepper
box of a pistol and threatened to shoot
if he was not released, and he sue
ceeded in getting aboard of the re-
turning street car.
Straightway the young coal miner
made tracks for the Sherlf'S Office at
the county jail and related his tale.
Sheriff NaylOr and Deputy Raleigh
started out on a search for the bunco
men from the descriptions given by
the intended victim, AID after an all
night search arrested two of the al
legged SWindIerS
Tim Higgins, one of the proprietOrs
of the saloon at 80 East Second South
street, was pointed out by StenkOvich
as the man who had the flash roll"
He was taken into custody by the
sheriff, but on account of not having
warrant he was released on his prom
Use to appear at the county attorneys
office at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
At the same time one John Miller,
who was identified by the coal miner
as Higgins aCCOmplice in chief, was
apprehended by Deputy Sheriff Raj
eigh. but he failed to keep his promise
to show up with Higgins later.
Fred Nelson Arrested.
John Doe" the third man in the
affair, and the one who is alleged to
have Iured StenkOvich to the Warm
Springs, was pointed out on Second
South last evening by the Finlander
to Deputy Sheriff Cummings. who
placed him under arrest. This John
Doe" proved to be Fred Nelson, the
well known former newspaper man OF
Eureka and Provo
Higgins was released by Justice
LOchrie on a bond of $500 to assure his
appearance in court when the case is
called, charging him with attempting
to sWiudle Stenkovich. Nelson was
also released on q bond of $500, fur
nished by State Senator Q. A. SmOOt.
Both Higgins and Nelson claim they
can establish completely an aIibi. The
latter says he almost dropped dead
when placed under arrest He declares
ne has noe been to the springs for
five years, and that he was at the
Cullen hotel all the while the buncO
game was being worked.