The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-01
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: MONDAY OCTOBER /, 1906
lar bill, as 1 had no less change thar
that.
Puts Up More Money.

We then drew cards, after which I had
/ u put down another Thousand dollar bill
1 So far | remember l had the ace OF
clubs lying down and an ace of hearts in
my hand, and had five or six OF hearts
in my hand. and had the four Of dia-
monds.
| at this stage protested. I said that
none of the other men were putting down
any cash-that all they were putting down
/ was poker chips. and how was l TO know
| that they were able to cover the cash
that was putting down. They pooh
/ poohed' this idea, and said they had their
/ check books and could draw check for
any amount.
Sees the swindIe.
j The next hand was the last hand, and
! my $500 was thrown into the pot. and
the doctor threw down his cards and
seized the money which was lying there
and put IL into his pockets. saying that
he had won. l jumped up and called my
| brother to run for an officer that / had
been sW1ndled, but our friend who had
| taken us up there rushed out. saying that
about three minutes time with two men.
! Gne of them wore a police star under his
Jacket. He was about five feet four
! inches in height and weighed about 100
( pounds; smooth shaver and face poX-
marked. He had high cheek bones. thin
! in stature. and not well dressed. His
clothes were badly worn He had soft
shirt and collar; no jewelry; age, about
| %; rather fair complexion and fair hair
/ His eyes weix steel gray
The other alleged officer wore no star.
/ but claimed to be an auxiliary officer.
/ The fellow with the star signed the name
of Hemingway. The other fellow was of
stout build; weight about twelve stone;
height, about five feet five: shaver face
with very dark skin: looked as though he
had recently shaved off his mustache.
/ His clothes were also worn and were not
o. recent manufacture. This man wore
no jewelry. They both declared them
selves to be members of the police force
and arrested the whole crowd of US. de-
claring that If anyone attempted to escape
/ that they would shoot them.
Just before the arrival OF the officers
/ the mining expert took revolver out
/ of a leather bag.
All Are Searched.
The next action of the officers was TO
] search us all. They took my pocket
book, containing $S373. composed of eight
/ single thousand dollar bills and three sin
gle hundred dollar bills. The rest of the
money was in several smaller notes, max
/ ing up the $73. When he seized my money
asked him for a receipt. which he gave
| me. He put all the money into his pock
| cts. and also took away a gun from
I the mining expert. and then ordered the
/ doctor and the fellow who had decoyed us
| up there to accompany him to the police
! station. / said that [ wished TO go with
| him, as he had my money, but he threw
me back into the room and said that the
other officer would bring me up imme-
di9tely, and that ] would get all that he
| bad taken from me when | came to the
! office.
The other officers ordered us to accom-
| pany him about five minutes after the
others }e{t, bat the mining expert stated
; that as he had given 1920 to this officer
who was with him there was no neces-
sIty for him TO go up to the office just
now; that he would rather wait and eX-
| plain the occurrence to his friend, the
colonel, but would come up to the office
and surrender to his bond inside OF an
hour.
Mining Man Disappears.
Immediately on. our reaching the street
the supposed officer doubled back to Sc
cure the bag with the poker chips. We
followed him up 10 the room. but both the
mining expert and the bag were gone He
said it was bad affair-the loss of the
bag-aS il reduced the chances of a GRIM
inal prosecution.
He then told us that if we had any
grips at any hotel we were to bring them
with us. Ny brother went for the grips,
while I remained with the officer. On my
! brothers return, we boarded a car. pre-
sumably for the police station. Whilst
the car was in motion the officer jumped
from the car. and | after him, whilst my
brother went on with the car and grips.
I asked the officer the reason of his ac-
/ ton, and he stated that the doctor was
/ very dear friend of his. and that it was
his intention to see a friend of the chiefs
/ so that he might get the matter settled
| without its going to court. He took me
around the southern part of the city and
stopped at the old sanitarium.
Rooming House Men Make Threats.
| On entering the sanitarium he asked
| for Mr. Davis. The landlady said that
! Mr.. Davis was in No. 3 dressing, but
would be down Immediately. When he
/ came down. [ recognized him as the Off
\ Ger who had taken my money. / asked
! him how he came to be here, and he said
/ that he had been to the office and the
matter was now out of his hands; that
/ on reaching the office the money would
/ be returned TO me. / requested to be
( taken there at once, and the officer took
aside Davis and passed TO him the roll
/ of notes which had been taken from the
| mining expert. BY this time, my sus-
picions were aroused, and as we returned
/ TO the street. the three of us together,
| asked several people whom we met if
! they could identify these men as having
/ anything to do with the police depart
ment of this city. Each and all passed
/ on without giving me any reply, and the
/ two men threatened to do me if L spoke
| to another man on the route
Davis then left us, going east and the
other supposed officer took me up to
! the police station, entering by the back
way. He approached the chief who was
/ standing in the corridor, and asked to
have an interview. with him. The chief
| showed us into his room. and this big
gest officer said to the chief that this
/ young man, pointing TO me, had been
! gambling and had lost about $4,000, and
police station to lodge a complaint
was staggered at this, and asked the chief
if this was not an officer. The chief
said, Decidedly not" and 1 went on to
! tell my story to the chief
"Just Buncoed"
The chief stopped me in my description,
stating that my brother had already been
! there, and that it was the same old bun
co game again-that l had just beer bun
! coed.
/ l asked if nothing could be done He
said he had sent out a sergeant with nv
brother in the hope of Identifying some
of these men. L asked for an officer TO
| accompany me that l might take a hand
in the search, but he said it would be bet
ter to await my brothers return | said
that my brother and l were left penni-
less and the chief then turned to this bo-
gus officer and asked if he could not ar
range to get the return of some of this
money from the thieves, and he replied
! that if he gave him an hour or two he
| thought he could get in touch with them
and could promise a return of some little
amount of the money.
Private Conversation
The chief asked if / was agreeable to
1 this and I said that ne off;car