The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-26
KLONDIKE MAN DUPED EASILY
LONG, SWTNDLED OUT OF $4,000,
SEEKS REVENGE.
Asks for acquisitions for the Men Who
Worked . Fake Foot Race on Him
One Was 10 Fail Down and Make
. Sure Thing for Him, but Didn't.

Worked q Fake Foot Race on Him
One Was 10 FAN Down and Make
Sure Thing for Him. but Didn't.
INDIANAPoLIs, Dec. IS Papers on file
in the Office Of Gov. Durbin. and on which
acquisitions have been issued on the Gov
ernor OF Arkansas for the arrest Of j. II.
Ashmore and George Ryan, supposed to
be at Hot Springs, tell story of the methods
by which Frank c. Lory. the Klondike
King" was beaten out of $50 500 in swind-
ling foot race at Colorado Springs in Sep
TENDER last.
Lory worked In the coal mines Of Pike.
Davies and other southwestern counties
for several years, and when the Klond Ike
fever was at it's height he mort gagged his
little home for $3.50 and started for Alaska
No word was received from him for three
years but one day he got on Of train at
Washington, Daviess county, stepped into
a bank and deposited 395,OOo. He wore
watch chain made Of gold nuggets, and had
several larger ones In his pockets which he
occasionally took out and tossed in the air
after the manner Of a sleight hand per-
former. He said that he had been reason
ably successful" In the Klondike, and this
fact was further attested by the receipt
from time to time Of large sums Of money
as his share of the profits Of invest ments
which he had made.
Lory was prodigal OF his money and
was soon regarded as one Of the best fell
lows in southwestern Indiana. He pur-
chased several large farms which he stocked
with fine breeds of horses. cattle and sheep,
and at his home he lived like a lord. One
day he was at little railroad station,
nine miles from his home, and after trans
acting his business he found that the train
on which he expected to return home
was fifteen minutes late. He promptly
telegraphed the superintendent OF the road
and a special train was made up for him,
on which he went home, his train reaching
the station only four minutes in advance
OF the regular train. He paid $50 for this
luxury.
But it was not these careless or extrava-
giant expenditures that won him fame.
He met an old friend on the street one day
q man with whom he had worked in the
mines-and learned that the latter had
lost his wife and by reason of illness
had been unable to work for several
months. Lory pulled a thousand dollar
note from his pocket and gave it TO
his friend. When he reached home
he learned that another friend ha
died and left a mortgage OF several
hundred dollars on his home. Lory went
to the holder of the mortga paid It of
and sent the widow the recepted instru-
ment. On another occasion he sent the
child of a friend TO sanitarium, where a
difficult operation was performed, and paid
the entire expense.
Ii was this kindness of heart that led to
Lory being victimized by the foot-race
swindlers, and it was an old friend who
led him into the trap. Harry Tislow
came to Petersburg one day and stopped
at the Pike Hotel Lory had known him
for many years and had the utmost con-
fidence in him. Tislow told a hard luck
story, but said that he had a chance to
make a btrrel Of money II he only had
some man Of credit to back him He did
not ask that his hacker should invest any
thing. but only that he would lend him his
credit temporarily. He said that he could
arrange with man named Dean to run
foot race with George Ryan and that Dean
would ST umble and fall. thus enabling Ryan
to win the race. He said the -milionaires'
Club" Of Colorado Springs and Denver
would back Dean and that he could make a
pile Of money. as Dean had agreed to throw
the race for a consideration
Lory refused 10 put any money in the
scheme, but said that he would 60 TO Col
orado Springs with his old friend and would
appear to back him in his championship
OF Ryan. Lory went to St Louis and was
there met by members of the alleged Mil
lionaires' Club and entertained Tislow,
Massey and others who were to bet on RYAN
assured him that it was dead sure thing
and they only wanted some man back OF
them who was the financial equal of the
men who were backing Dean. In order
to meet the conditions, IL was explained,
there must he show Of money at the race;
that Is the hackers OF Ryan must have
money to put up, but II would be returned
TO him as soon "a the race was over.
This was in August and the race was TO be
run in September. Lory returned home
and drew SIS 900 from the bank and reported
at Colorado Springs on time. He was
entertained by the members Of the Million
aires Club and the race day arrived and all
met at the grounds The members OF the
club had $500, 900 with them, mostly in
checks and drafts, Lory was carried away
by the excitement and began to bet his
money on Ryan One Of the club members
had been making some side bets and was
short of money. He asked Lory to cash a
Sl2, 900 check and the Klondike king gladly
accommodated him.
In addition to the money that Lory
had put up for the gang he had bets Of his
own amounting to several thousands, and
the race was started, Ryan forging to the
front. The millionaires swore roundly,
but Tislow and Massey winked knowingly
at Lory and the sure thing was about to
happen. But suddenly Ryan, not Dean,
stumbled and fell and the stakeholder
handed over the satchel to the members of
the Millionaires' Club
Lory was completely dazed by the dis
aster, but he had no suspicion that he had
been duped till he went to Denver. Incl
IDENTIFY he inquired about certain million
aires and was surprised to find that none
OF the men who had backed Dean were
known as financiers in that city. A little
further investigation proved that Deans
real name il J. H Ashmore and that he is
skin gambler"
Lory at once employed detectives to
run the men down and he was soon in pos
session OF the true names In his affldavit
on which the reQuistion for the arrest of
Ashmore and Ryan il based, he gives the
names OF the gang as Robert Boatright
alias Scott; George Burns, William RYAN
William Massey. b. A. Edwards, George
RYAN, N. NJ. Tislow and j. H. Ashmore
alias William Dean. He swears that he
lost e83,5O on the race besides the Sl2 600
which he gave for a check which proved
worthless
As the scheme was first preached to I,ory
and the preliminaries arranged at his home
IN Petersburg, he Is seeking to have the
gamblers brought to this State for trial
He has spent Sii 900 In running the gang
down and declares that he will spend $50 600
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