The daily sentinel., 1903-10-17

done, they repaired. SO he says to the
| Q. P. saloon where they were met by
A. Lounger. who was to run the sure
winning race. and by W.. E. Trapp.
Abe Pierce. Ed. Mooney and Powers,
who was to run the race against
Lounger. There the details of the
race were gone into and Gibler. rep
resenting Ryan. put up the 81, 500
against an amount put up by Mr..
! Trapp. AT this time, it was suggest
ed that Ryan act as stakeholder
This, Gibler thought. suited him,
as Ryan was his man. They then
went out to take a drink in another
room. that is, all but Ryan and
Lounger. who remained with the
valise. While they were out. one of
| the men slipped another So. 500 to Glib
Ter in bills. just like the first one. and
told him to bet that also. as they had
a sure cinch. This was repeated
several times. until they got Gibler
excited and he was finally induced to
put up his own money. he says. and
it was all turned over to Ryan and
| they went out to have the race which
was held along the river in secluded
spot little above town. eo
Rayn's racer started out we'll. all
right, but he accidentally ran against
the bank and fell down and Ryan
lost everything and with it went Glib
ler's good money. Ryan made pre-
tense of demanding that the race be
run over again, but the others would
not consider it. unless Ryan and Glib
Ter would put up 5000. Ryan was
broke and couldn't so he said. SO he
bundled Gibler off on the train for
Grand Junction to get the money.
This il all said to have happened
Thursday. Gibler told his friends
about the matter. when he reached
home and they had him wire that he
had succeeded in raising the money.
He got back Saturday and was met at
the train by Ryan. who asked if he
had the money with him. Gibler
had friend return with him who
was posting him. so he replied that he
had the money but wanted to make
sure that the original money was
still in the bank where it was sup
posed to have been left, before put
ting up any more money. Ryan as
sured him it was but failed to show
the old man who still hesitated.
This made Ryan suspicious. Glib
Ter thought Ryan would leave town,
nd or hn troi afa1, fp,
him, but couldn't find him. The
old mans friend. however. saw a
man apparently dodging Gibler. SO
he explained the matter to Depot
Policeman John Ellis, who arrested
him and took him to the city Jail.
He was later removed to the county
Jail and still later was released ON a
$500 bail. put up by Mr.. Trapp.
The officers believe that in Ryan
they have captured the man who has
been working so many people here
recently with different tricks They
claim that no less than s25. 900 has
been taken from people at this point
the last summer in this and similar
wavs. Ryan. when arrested. had a
book with the names of people in var
ious parts of the country among which
are those of the two men mentioned
above. and others.
He also has list of Pocatello peo-
pie. among them being the Bannock |
National bank. W. E. Trapp. Kaiska. |
Mooney and Pierce. and another list |
of persons with sums of money oppo- |
site their names. In this list. are the
names of Mccoy. Lounger. Jacobs,
and others. The officers believe that
the amounts mentioned are the spoils
that went to these last named. o
Gibler and Perkins claim that they
will push the cases against the men
arrested and have engaged E. S. Diet
rich and L. f. Terril to act as their
attorneys .r
AS soon as Mr.. Adams got to Poca-
Uello he at once secured legal advice
for Mr.. Gibler and the men who had
pretended to be friends of Gibler
were placed under arrest. The trial
lasted three days, last week and was
the most sensational that has ever
taken place in Pocatello. Mr.. Adams
states that it seems that every possi
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