The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-12

money from the bank and meet you
here in the morning at the hotel. Then
we will match for big money. VIII
put up S25 right row with the hotel
keeper as a guarantee that I viii De
here I accepted the proposition and
each Of Us put up $25 as a forfeit. he
told the proprietor TO give me his SO II
he did not arrive in the morning with
81 500, and I told the proprietor 10 give
the contractor my SIS if I did not show
up with 800. Then we all separated.
I went down stairs in the hotel TINS
morning and met the contractor me
red-haired man was there too we were
to go in a room and match for large
sums of money, like $50 at a time. But
the contractor said he was afraid the
police would get US, and he thought we
should go out Of town and get IN the
woods to match. agreed and all three
OF US started.
When we got to the woods near
RosedaIe I noticed that the red haired
man had some money, too, and was IN
the game They let me win several
times at first and got me conhdent-
Then the contractor said: III matcn
you for $4,000 at once Are both OF
you IMP The red haired man and l
said we were, and all three put down
our rolls of bills. We matched, and 1
had heads while both the other fell
lows had tails I reached over to
take in the money, and you should
nave seen the look on their laLCS.
thought then something was wrong
The contractor told me there was
mistake and declared that he and his
friend had planned to cheat me out OF
all of my money and then give it back
to me as a lesson not to gamble Both
of them said they had an understand
ing whereby one would put down
tails while the other would lay down
heads. Then, of course 1 would have
the same as one or the other and the
ODD VErir f.
ting me win a few times to get all my
money in one bet At the time the
$4,000 was bet the contractor rubbed
his hand over his eye as a signal for
the red haired man to switch from
heads to tails. The red haired man
switched, but the contractor forgot to
change. So both had tails and l laid
down heads and won. They tried to
talk me out of the money, and when
1 would not give it up the contractor
me. called to the man passing by to
hold him, but the contractor broke
away and ran after me-
Miller said he worked at a restau-
rant at Eighth and Wyandotte streets
ten months ago and then went back to
the home of his father, George Miller,
twelve miles from Oklahoma City.
He declared that he had 81, 500 when
he arrived at the bingham hotel. But
he refused to tell where he got the
money. He carried it in his pocket all
the time. he said. If all three men had
put up 50, 500 when the last match was
made, Miller should have had $500
in his pocket when found. He had
only $4,000. He accounts for that by
saying that the opponents in the
matching game did not put up as
they said they would.
The red haired man and the fellow
who was asked to hold the contractor
escaped. The contractors story
agreed with that of Miller only in this
particular, that both said they met in
the Ef7ngham hotel last night for the
knew the red haired man. or the fourth
person.
Miller who has a fine physique. and
stands about 5 feet inches in his
stocking feet. says he is 81 years old.
He looks to be much older. He makes
some breaks in his story, too, when
questioned closely.
Miller was taken to police headouar-
ters in this city soon after his arrest
yesterday, where he was identified by
Inspector Halpin as Walter Mcmillan
wanted in Fort Worth. Tex. to serve
thirty year sentence in the state peni-
Tertiary for highway robbery. He was
also identified by the inspector as
Walter Scott" who a short time ago
was arrested and held for several days
in connection with the fleeing OF a
Texas stOckman in Frank SINNERS sa .
| loon, 1900 East Twelfth street. out of
more than $1,000 IN penny matching
skin game.
The rogue's gallery at police head
quarters contains two pictures which
the police say are those of Miller. One
was taken when he was arrested on
the belief that he helped fleece the
/ Texas stockman in SINNERS saloon,
and the other about two years ago
when he was ''vagged' and given hours
! to leave the city.
The police We're unable to connect
Walter Scott with the saloon fleeing
deal, and Judge Brady fined him
/ $1,000 for vagrancy. This was prompt
/ " paid and Scott was not seen again
by the police until he was taken to the
station yesterday.
! The communication from Fort
Worth says that Mcmillan is about p
years old. and wears good clothes. He
! broke Jail there, along with some 9TH
/ er prisoners. two days before he was
to be removed to the penitentiary.
Miller was shown q. photograph at
/ tached to the Texas communication,
and he seemed greatly embarrassed.
! He denied that 1t was his picture. how
ever. also that the photographs in the
rogues' gallery were pictures of him
self.