The Topeka state journal., 1902-05-28
GOT HIS MONEY.
NJ. Mcfarland, Discharged Sol
dier, Yictimized in Topeka.
Sharpers Inveigled Him Into a
Poker Game.
SOON LOST HIS CASH.
Staked $l2O on Three Aces and
Pair of Kings.
Made Futile Effort to Get Him
Out of Town.

Chief Donovan and his braves are work
ing overtime in an attempt to restore s12o
and a gold watch, out Of which property
an ex-regular soldier named Mike AfcFar-
land was buncoed by local sharps.
Mcfarland had been discharged from
the regular army and was going home to
Lincoln Centre, N. z. He was on the I'm
ion Pacific road and had to stop over in
North Topeka he got into a converse ton
with smooth looking young man. who
around q while and see the town while
he waited. Certainly, the ex-soldier would
like to see Topeka
They walked south over the bridge and
saw the town proper Then they had an
land. but the last one affected him strange
ly. He got so he did not care whether he
caught his train or not, and went with his
companion to a house on Quincy street,
which he later pointed out to the police,
two doors south of Culp,s livery stable, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth. They went up
stairs and knocked on the door and a
man cautiously opened to them, saying
that he and a friend were playing a little
game and feared it was the police,
introduced the .Iamb' TO DR. wilson %
who seemed to be the master of ceremo-
MES. The room was arranged and a pack
of cards and pile Of chips covered with
paper were on the table Soon the CONVEX
sation turned to the game, and the victim
was invited to sit in. He sat, and ere
long held ''jObbed" hand containing three
aces and pair of kings OF course he
stayed and raised Two of the other play
eFS cropped our ana " DS8A sat DG-
fore the lamb. Then the new found friend,
who was of course out of the game. looked
on the victims hand and became enthused,
Here" he whispered, trying to pass a
handful of money to the victim. that's
a good thing, bet some for me-.
Not on your life. said Dr. Wilson,
sharply that is not fair; If you want
him to have that money. you should have
given it to him before you came in"
Then the friend sat back with a disap-
pointed air. and the lamb proceeded to bet
his own coin on the good thing Il only
La cfa a hat his entire nile
who wouldn't on an ace full in a four
handed gamer
"Dr." Wilson turned over four trays and
scooped the pot, leaving the ex-soldler
Still this 3ambkin DID not Inlstrust ms
latter went out of the fatal place with
him, Offering coincidence and small loans.
Let me lend you five, - said the friend.
you have your ticket and five will feed
NO said the fruit" sadly. 7 don't
know you, and can't ask you for loan,
but have here a good clock worth 40
plunlxs. you may loan me ten on that If
Certainly not" said the friend u don't
want your clock. and feel guilty for buck
ing you up against that game, although
God knows, when I saw your hand
would have bet my life on it. 1 don't want
your clock, and want to atone by stalking
But the lamb was filed with sorrow and
dope and he insisted on the friend re-
tanning the watch, which he did. with
great SHOW u E6lLNtdlACS- eAl7C went
back to the depot with his victim to see
that he took the train and got away where
he would not be dangerous, but alas, the
lamb recovered from the dope before train
time and at once, saw that he had been
thoroughly robbed.
He reported to the police and they work
ed all night On the case and arrested
Fletch Wilson. who was at once identified
by Mcfarland as tDr." The other two
men have not yet been captured, and only
$3.50 was found on Wilson. He had con-
cealed $40 of this in his hat, but it was
found by the searchers- He refuses 70 di-
vulee the names of his confederates and
Mcfarland has not identified any of the
several suspects brought before him this
morning.