The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-22

him as a wealthy planter from the South,
and to another man who he thought was
a mine owner from Denver. These men
told him that a well known gambler had
agreed to deal a private game of faro
for them as they did not want to go into
a pubnc gambling house He was in
duced to take Part In the game.
In a room in the hotel the layout was
produced. and the three men began to
play against the dealer. Shows luck
was bad from the start, and his COM
panions did little better, He was per-
suaded to play on. being permitted to
have n short run of good fortune when
he showed symptoms Of WEAKNESS. In
this manner he was, he said, beaten out
Of $4,000. and not being satisfied with
this he was followed from Chicago to
Buffalo, where an attempt was made to
persuade him to take part In another
game. He related his experience to
friend who told him he had let himself
fall a victim to a set of snrewd swlnd
lers. Learning this ne determined to
make a complaint to the police, some
thing he had not intended doing when he
thought his money had been lost through
sheer had luck
Snow pointed OFT to tho New York
detectives Leopold Frank. who, he said,
had dealt for him In Chicago. and who
had tried to get him to play again in
the society Of ]. F. Sanders, whom Snow
also thought he recognized When not
with Frank, Sanders was generally In the
company of Masterson and Sullivan.
These four were traced through several
Broadway hotels, and yesterday Captain
Titus orderd that they should be arrest
ed. The three detectives saw Frank and
Sanders leave the Waldorf-Astoria, into
which hotel they had drifted from Thir-
ty-third street. Following the two men
the detectives were led to No. 107 West
Sixty-ninth street. There they were ar
rested. Then on the corner of Sixty
ninth street and Columbus avenue, the
detectives saw Masterson and Sullivan.
| They were also placed under arrest and
were taken to headquarters. The fact
that officers and prisoners rode in cabs
marked Waldorf-Astoria led to the re-
port that arrests had been made Of the
men who had stolen the jewelry lost by
Mrs. Mary Kingdom. mother of Mrs.
George Gould, who was robbed Tuesday
morning in that hotel.
Magistrate Mayo was persuaded by
friends of the prisoners to go to head
quarters to accept ball. John Bittner
furnished deeds for real estate and was
accepted as bondsmen for Masterson and
Sullivan, who were held in $1,000 each.
After his release Masterson was seen
by a reporter of the Herald at the Met
ropole Hotel There ne told the IolloW-
ing story:
For the first time In my life I have
been charged with dishonest dealings.
This is all a mistake and 1t will cost
Mr. Snow more than the $4,000 which he
says that he lost. He said at police head
quarters that ne could not recognize me,
yet he insisted on pressing the charge
against me. l shall certainly bring
suit against him for false imprisonment.
1t is true that l have long known Sulli-
van, and 1 also know Sanders. The latter
is a wealthy plantation owner, whose
place is near Vicksburg, Miss
of Frank 1 know nothing, although 1
have Eeen him about the race tracks
some. l thought that 1 was being robbed
when they arrested me today. l was not
taken from tho room in which was found
the faro tools. l was in the street, and
had just stepped down from bootblack's
stand, having had my shoes shined Sui
livan was with me. had no more idea
what l was being taken to police head
quarters for than you had. When got
there and found that l was charged
with having robbed this man Snow 1 was
| so angry that l would have fought the
entire force had l had a chance.
1T is true that they took a revolver